Ballet: Deidre Russell Robinson began her studies in Houston, TX with Margo Marshall, Madame Seminova, James Clouser and Patsy Swayze. She also studied jazz and musical theater with Frank Hatchet, Gus Giordano and Alvin Ailey. Ms. Robinson’s career has included many dance forms, movies, commercials, and touring shows in eight different countries. She performed and toured extensively with the Houston Jazz Ballet Company and Houston Ballet under the direction of both James Clouser and Ben Stevenson. Summers had her touring with Theater Under the Stars. She has been featured in national commercials, the movie Urban Cowboy, Jesus Christ Superstar and Bally’s Las Vegas production of Hollywood Jubilee. She also performed and toured with Juan Carlos Flamenco Ballet Company of Caracas, Venesuela. In Austin, she was invited to join the Austin Contemporary Ballet while directing its junior company, Texas Youth Ballet. She has choreographed musicals for the Capital City Playhouse and Kid’s Acting. She is proud to be a member of the International Dance Council, Classical Dance Alliance, Texas Association of Teachers of Dance and the Cecchetti Council of America.

Contemporary/Lyrical/Repertory/Jumps & Turns: Both internationally as well as in the U.S., Ashley Carter is passionate about her work as a dancer, teacher and choreographer. Primarily trained in New York, she has studied and worked in many different styles from ballet to lyrical, modern, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, and musical theatre. She has had the opportunity to perform and/or choreograph at venues such as Jacob's Pillow, Teatro Madrid, The Gerald Lynch Theater, The Barrow Street Theater, SummerStage, Spoke the Hub, Webster Hall and the Ailey Theatre. Ashley is also on faculty at various schools in Mexico and Spain; and has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, Peridance and Ballet Arts in New York City, Lines Dance Center in San Francisco, and Round Rock Repertory in Texas. She can be seen working alongside artists such as Ricky Martin and Mila Kunis, for companies like Pilobolus, Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions, [the] movement initiative and Balasole, and for brands such as Nike, Ursus Vodka, Microsoft, and Lush Cosmetics. She has been seen off-Broadway in shows like West Side Story and 3 to 1. In 2008 she was invited to Madrid to teach at the Association of Dance Professionals and choreograph for Spanish recording artist Nuria Elosegui. Recently she performed in Sia's music video, in Central Park Summerstage, in a Boost Mobile commercial, and is credited with choreographing independent feature film "The Ride of Tom and Valkyrie". She has just finished touring with the European show "Compradores de Sueños", premiering with the Legendary Dance Project at the Museo del Barrio and finishing her third season of New York City's Summerstage. Last summer Ashley danced in an upcoming movie with Justin Timberlake and she also choreographed and produced a full-length show for her company DoubleTake Dance. Additionally, this season she can be seen dancing on the Rachel Ray show, choreographing for a breast cancer benefit and the latest commercial for Fuse TV, and travelling to the west coast, Europe and Mexico to teach contemporary workshops.

Jazz/Tap/Lyrical/Repertory/Jumps & Turns: Originally from Spain, Vanessa Martinez de Banos is recognized as a contemporary/jazz/tap dancer and teacher. She is also resident choreographer for the Spanish musical theatre production company Tela-Katola now showing the Spanish production of "I Love You, You're Perfect …Now Change"(nominated for Best Choreography 2011). Though primarily trained in NY, Vanessa has also studied in European schools, and was recently honoured with a scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Vanessa can be found on teaching faculties in the US, Spain and Mexico and on judging faculty for the Lehigh Valley Dance Alliance in Pennsylvania. As a dancer she can be seen both in New York and overseas, dancing in contemporary jazz and tap companies such as DoubleTake Co (assistant director), BalaSole Dance Co., Burnt Sugar, The Little Opera Theater of NY, [The] Movement Initiative, Acrodance S.L., J.T Lotus Dance Co.Burnt Sugar; Bemoved … or for choreographers such as Germaul Barnes, Guillém Alonso, Eva Sánchez, Ashley Carter and Lynn Schwab among others..... She was featured in the European production of "Compradores de Sueños" in Madrid and was seen performing in New York at Tap City, The Ailey Theater, Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Webster Hall, Teatro la Tea, and Baryshnikov Arts Center. Abroad she has performed in prestigious venues such as Teatro Madrid, Kapital and Sala Triángulo in Spain, and others throughout Portugal and Mexico. She has performed as a dancer, model or actress for international brands and commercials with El Pais newspaper, Ursus Vodka, KDDance, Lush Cosmetics/Gorilla Perfumes, channel Tele5, Fuse TV, and also in music videos for artists like Alain Perez, Bag$, and Jason Lindner. Most recently she has been seen dancing in a Breast Cancer Benefit at the JCC, at Tribeca Performing Arts Center for "Where Dreams Become Reality", for the Fashion Center Arts Festival, the East Flatbush Dance Festival, and for the X-Box/Kinect event in Times Square with NeYo and Lady Sovereign. Also as a trained actress, she has been seen in several TV and theatre productions and commercials, feature film "The Ryde of Tom & Valkyrie", and can be seen dancing alongside Justin Timberlake in the upcoming movie "Friends With Benefits." (IMDB 2011)