Caitlyn Hydeck was born and raised in Newtown, Connecticut. Her passion for dancing would grow and flourish through the many styles of dance she studied. Her first loves were jazz and tap, later accompanied by hip hop, contemporary, and ballet. She later studied at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance and performance. She expanded her hip hop repertoire with more styles, such as breakin', popping, and locking. Her love for performance and creating movement continued as she took classes in New York, North Carolina, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Connecticut. She began teaching and choreographing award- winning hip hop, jazz, and contemporary routines at studios throughout New York and Connecticut. She has danced for artists such as Kat Deluna, Flo Rida, and Def Jam productions and has appeared on networks such as MTV2. She has danced with companies such as Double Up Dance Company and CT Theater Dance Company while presenting her works in New York City. During the last six years, she has coached and choreographed for the Fairfield University Dance Team and taught contemporary, heels, hip hop, street jazz, and improvisational dance for the Sacred Heart University dance program. She has also directed and choreographed for numerous theater productions and taught at The Norwalk Conservatory. She has been spreading her passion for dance through teaching and performance for the last 30 years and loving every minute.

Susan Rodriguez was raised in Danbury, Connecticut and began teaching hip-hop, street jazz, and social latin styles in 2008. While pursuing her degree, she earned the opportunity to dance and choreograph for both the Fairfield University Dance Ensemble and the Spanish-American and Latino Student Association. At this time, Susan also worked extensively with the directors of Double Up Company & Entertainment, and assisted in the development of dynamic training programs for pre-professional dancers. She has proudly worked with the Liberate Artists Dance Education Movement as an apprentice for its FOCUS LA event and as a faculty member for its Phoenix Fire training program and production in NYC.

Today, she continues to teach all ages in Fairfield County and Hartford County, and serves as the studio manager to Dance on the DL, the only all Hip-Hop & Breaking studio in Darien, CT. Susan is inspired by the way dance lessons and life lessons often connect, and strives to teach her students how to be exceptional humans that move exceptionally.

Jillian Cusano and Rosanna Karabetsos (President + Vice President) are collaborating in a new full length performance piece, set to be released in September. Join them in exploring choreography that will be presented on stage later this year!

Learn more about Jill & Rosie here!

Emily Daly is a dance artist, educator and choreographer based in Connecticut. She is the owner and director of Verve Dance in Simsbury, CT. She did early training with the American Academy of Ballet, Boston Ballet, the School at Steps NYC, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and The Ailey School. Emily graduated from Muhlenberg College with a B.A. in Dance and was the recipient of the Baker Award for Excellence in Performing Arts. Emily began her professional career in New York City dancing with Parsons Dance and Bryn Cohn & Artists. After moving to San Francisco she performed with Katie Faulkner/little seismic dance company, Risa Jaraslow & Artists and CALI & Co. She has also performed with the Teriaca Ensemble in Italy. She has toured and performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Emily was the program director of RoCo Dance in Marin County, CA for a decade where she focused on dance education and youth program development. Emily is also the co-founder of MDRN YGA, a hybrid vinyasa yoga and modern dance class that has been featured at Wanderlust Yoga Festival. After becoming a mom to two boys, Emily returned to her home state and has been on faculty at Ballet Theater Company and Miss Porter's School. She is a teaching artist in the Moving Matters program in the Hartford Public School system and has taught master classes at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. 

Lauren Horn is a movement and text based artist from Windsor, CT. She graduated from Amherst College with degrees in Psychology and Theatre and Dance. Lauren’s work explores identity and the ways it can be uncovered, marginalized, highlighted, and erased. By utilizing movement and text as means of fostering a more welcoming form of vulnerability, the work creates a space for self-reflection and conversation for both the performer and viewer. Another aspect of Lauren’s work is entrenched in creating a dialogue around our current society’s relationship to technology. From the Silent Generation to Generation Z, she wants to understand how groups of individuals, in each living generation, feel that technology has affected their expression of their true self. Lauren’s choreographic work has been showcased at The BAM Fisher Theatre in Brooklyn, NYC, The Boston Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA, Hibernian Hall in Boston MA,The Meydenbauer Center Theatre in Belleview,WA,  The Armory in Sommerville, The Studio of Contemporary Dance and Thought in Northampton, MA, The Northampton Center for the Arts, Amherst College and ACDFA New England.