Nicole Cicala

Katy Pop is a Dance Instructor and Choreographer from Detroit Michigan.  Her passion for choreography began at the early age of 13 and for the past 9 years she has trained dancers of all ages and ability in Ballet, Lyrical/Contemporary, Jazz, and Kickline Precision Chorus.  Her love for dance was almost instantaneous as she trained countless hours to become a well-versed dancer and performer.  Over the years she has trained with such notable dancers and choreographers as Mia Michaels, Frank Hatchett, Gregg Russell, and Joey Dowling to name a few.  Katy attended Point Park University as a Jazz Dance Major and worked professionally as a Radio City Rockette.  She is currently a full time instructor and choreographer at Performers Edge Dance Company, JV coach for the Northville Competitive Dance Team, and choreographer for the Northville High school musicals.  She is also certified through Cecchetti Council of America.  Katy’s students have gone on to train with Disney, the Rockettes, Cruise Lines, Broadway Dance Center, and many more!  She could not be more proud, and hopes to continue to inspire her students as they inspire her every day.

Lori is certified to teach ballet, tap and jazz by Dance Masters of Michigan and the Cecchetti Council of America.  She has taught ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, and competition classes for over 30 years and taught dance workshops and audition classes for organizations such as the Michigan Opera Theatre, North Carolina Dance Masters, and Oklahoma Dance Masters. 
She has judged regional and national competitions for KAR, Rainbow and Platinum, as well as title competitions for various Dance Masters of America chapters.  In addition to judging she has choreographed for stage and TV. 
As a dancer she has toured professionally with the National Auto Show, internationally with the show “The Great Pretenders”, danced for the Detroit Pistons, and performed in, choreographed or directed over 30 plays.  Her favorite performance was with the Michigan Opera Theatre in “The Pirates of Penzance”.
In addition, she is a member of SAG and AFTRA appearing in numerous TV commercials, sings professionally for weddings and coffee houses, records voice-overs for radio commercials and websites, and has numerous print ads to her credit.

Katelyn Bonanno is professionally trained through Broadway Dance Center's professional program in New York City and through Columbia College Chicago. She has toured as a professional dancer and can be seen in music videos on MTV. Katelyn is a former Performers Edge Dance Company Competitive dancer who holds KAR's 2014 Miss. Dance National Title. Katelyn graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Theatre from Grand Valley State University and is professionally certified through ACE Fitness and Alixa Flexibility. She is signed with The IGroup and Heyman Talent Agency as a dancer, actor and print model and works part time with national dance competitions as a backstage manager. Katelyn has been a teacher and choreographer for the past 6 years and couldn't imagine her life without dance, she has a great passion for helping younger generations pursue their dreams and accomplish their goals. 

Savannah Dynkowski has been dancing for 20 years and has had the opportunity to teach for the past 7 years. She is entering her third season at PEDC and is so excited to be back and teaching tap! Savannah specializes in tap dance and is a member of Jason Janas’s professional tap company, Co.MMIT. She has also had the opportunity to learn from incredible tap dancers across the country including Christopher Broughton, Star Dixon, Sarah Reich, Jason Samuels Smith, and more. Along with being a dance teacher, Savannah currently works as an ABA therapist, providing therapy to children with Autism and other behavioral disorders and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in social work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Savannah is excited to also be the co-producer for Hoofin’ Ground Detroit, a tap festival debuting in Detroit this December! She is excited for a busy year and can’t wait to watch this season at PEDC unfold!

Lauren Hansen, a native of metro Detroit, developed a passion for dance at an early age. She spent summers studying at Point Park International Summer Dance, Hubbard Street, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, the Cincinnati Ballet, and the Louisville Ballet.
Lauren graduated magna cum laude from the University of Cincinnati – College Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Psychology. During her junior year as a student, she studied abroad in Paris at the Académie Américaine de Danse de Paris.
After college, Lauren joined the Louisville Ballet as a trainee and enjoyed performing in a variety of classical and contemporary ballets for two seasons. She then became a company dancer with De La Dance Company in Cincinnati. She is currently a company dancer with Ballet Edge Detroit.

Lauren started dance when she was 3 and absolutely loved performing and entered competition dance soon after! Following her young years Lauren began to take dance more seriously in highschool where she danced 20 -30 hours a week between Northville Varsity Dance Team and competition dance. Beginning college Lauren participated in an African dance team called Ya'baso. This was Lauren's first experience as a professional dancer. Her senior year she decided to join University of Pittsburgh Dance Team while being the president of Ya'baso. On top of other commitments, dance stayed the main consumption of her time. Since graduation Lauren has taught cheer and dance to schools around the country ranging from 10 to 24 years old.  After getting back in class Lauren gratefully made it on the Pistons Dance Team. "Truthfully my greatest experience with dance is all thanks to Katelyn. She extended me an offer to sub a PEDC one day and it has easily been the most rewarding experience and passion of mine that I will forever be grateful.