master intensive 2025

graduated from the University of Colorado with a BFA in Dance. Her training includes Perry Mansfield School of the Performing Arts, American Dance Festival, Harvard Dance Festival, EDGE Scholarship, Gus Giordano and Hubbard Dance Street. Her credits include commercials and industrials for Godiva, L'Oreal, Reebok, Toys R Us, Universal Studios, Volkswagen and Warner Brothers. Jess worked on the tour of HAIR as Dance Captain for years, performed for the opening premiers of Moulin Rouge and The Great Gatsby and can be seen in such movies as Living Out Loud and Between The Sheets. She has danced in or been the assistant choreographer to the Elan Awards, Bob Fosse Awards, Ms. America Pageant, Carnival, Dance Break and Broadway Bares.

Jess has choreographed the New York musicals "The Shaggs", "The Book Of The Dun Cow" and "Dead City" as well as the movie musical "Free Fall". She has choreographed the music video "Just A Dress" for the Berlin Film Festival, "Mia Agapi Fotia" for European artist Sofia Strati's Eurovision and has been a finalist for the ACE Awards.

Jess has taught at Universities and Festivals throughout Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway and the United States. Jess has danced with "The Wes Veldink Movement" and co-created her own company "Two Peas & A Pod". She has created live work for "A Great Big World" at Brooklyn Academy of Music, set work for Carnegie Hall and assisted with choreography for the Alicia Keys tour. Jess recently debuted work on Houston METdance, Marymount Manhattan College, Point Park University and Wanderlust. She is currently an adjunct professor at Pace University in New York City, on faculty with 24 Seven Dance Convention and a Co-Founder of Dancers Give Back Dallas.

Cheryl Copeland graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Having studied and performed extensively in Florida, New York, Texas, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, her training and technical expertise are reflected in her classes and choreography. She has worked under such notable choreographers as Milton Myers, Mia Michaels, Lisa Hopkins, and Kim Bears-Bailey. Finding her true passion behind the scenes, Cheryl gave up a career in performing for a much more fulfilling career in choreography and education. She has served as resident choreographer for Teen Dance Company of the Bay Area, and as artistic director of pre-professional companies; Breakthru Dance, DAC PAC, and Humnz Dance Ensemble, as well as her professional company BHumn Dance Company. She owned BHumn DanceSpace, the leading training facility for modern dance in Austin, TX for four years and then retired as owner and headed to NYC to serve as the Director of Education at Peridance Capezio Center, where she established programming, ran audition tours, and managed faculty for three years. She finds herself as creatively pushed in dance administration as much as she does in choreography. Now back home, she is the founder and artistic director of BHumn Arts Ensemble in Austin, TX. As an educator, Cheryl’s students have received countless awards and scholarships, and gone on to dance with artists such as Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, and can be seen in numerous national commercials. Many of her students find themselves pursuing dance degrees at various colleges all over the United States including USC Kaufman, Juilliard, SUNY Purchase, NYU, and Boston Conservatory amongst others. As a choreographer, she has won several awards including a Choreography Under the Stars finalist cash award, and has choreographed full length works for the Fordham Ailey BFA program and Peridance Certificate Program. These choreographic praises keep Cheryl in demand amongst studios and universities all over the country. Previously, Cheryl has been an instructor at Peridance Capezio Center, Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, Edge PAC, Ballet Austin, Millennium Dance Complex, and Broadway Dance Center.  Cheryl is looking forward to all of the new opportunities and adventures coming her way and trusts that because of her diverse background, hands on approach, and her ever changing creative mind, she will continue creating innovative work and cultivating beautiful talent for years to come!

Eoghan Dillon was born in Ireland and raised in Ottawa, Canada, where he began his dance training. In 2012, he earned a full scholarship to pursue his studies at the Ailey School in New York City, where he had the privilege of training under renowned professionals such as Milton Meyers, Francesca Harper, Bradley Shelver, and others. After joining Parsons Dance in 2014, Eoghan quickly progressed from a dancer to Rehearsal Director and shortly after was appointed as the company’s Artistic Associate in 2020. He worked alongside David Parsons to perform and maintain pieces by esteemed artists like Robert Battle, Kate Skarpetowska, Trey McIntyre, Ephrat Asherie, Chanel Da Silva, among others. Eoghan has toured, taught, and choreographed extensively across the United States and Europe. Notable commissions include works for Parsons Dance, METDance, Dark Circles Contemporary Dance Company, Ballet Memphis, and The Institute of Contemporary Dance.  Recognized for his choreographic strengths, Eoghan was a Finalist for the Capezio A.C.E Awards in 2019 and was selected as one of The Irish Echo's “Top 40 under 40” in 2023.

His contributions to the dance world have been featured in international publications such as Metro Roma, The New York Times, Ottawa Life Magazine, The Tyrone Times in Ireland, and The Gap’s “Dress Normal'' Campaign. 

Recently, Eoghan added a new dimension to his career by joining the cast of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular and with his company, Red Rhino Dance, Eoghan remains dedicated to the mission of spreading inclusive dance globally.

Peter Chursin, originally from San Francisco, CA, was most recently seen in the Broadway revival of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’. His additional Broadway credits include King Kong, Wicked, On the Town, and the 2009 revival of West Side Story. Some favorite theater credits are Rob Ashford’s Carmen at the Houston Grand Opera, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway at the MUNY, Brigadoon at NY City Center, The Music Man at Theatre Under the Stars and Nikolai and The Others at Lincoln Center. His television appearances include Netflix’s Halston, Dancing with the Stars, Fosse/Verdon as Christopher Chadman, Flesh and Bone, SNL, America’s Got Talent, True Blood, Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, and Joan of Arcadia. Peter has had the privilege of performing internationally with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Twyla Tharp Dance, Barak Ballet, and Lydia Johnson Dance.