Sue Gilson

Sue Gilson has professional credits in jazz, Polynesian, and tap dance from performances in the Los Angeles area. She began choreographing musicals for the Palomar College Theatre in 1975 including Cabaret, Can Can, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story (1981 and again...

Sohaila Handelsman

Sohaila is a world renowned professional Belly Dance artist with over 35 years of Belly Dance performance and teaching experience. She’s an award winning director and choreographer and has performed on major entertainment stages across the United States, Europe, the...

Don Cheek

Don Cheek was introduced to Polynesian dance as a drummer and fire-knife dancer. In the thirty years of his involvement in Polynesian dance, he has had the honor of working with great entertainers such as Teri Rua, Tini Turi Ake, Pete Sanoa, Malala McCormick, Foi Moi,...

Ericka Moore

Since starting to study dance (jazz, ballet, modern, and hip-hop) seriously at the age of 15, Ericka has been driven to perform and to create pieces that speak about the world she lives in. Ericka made her 2000 choreographic debut with Fingers N the Hood. The piece...

Valerie Clark

Valerie Clark has had a long dance career.  She has performed in numerous concert tours, television shows and specials, and regional theater productions throughout the years. She has taught many types of dance for the past 40 years including tap, jazz, ballet,...

Dawn Cheek

Dawn Cheek started as an apprentice at the tender age of 12 teaching tap, jazz, and Polynesian dances. As the years went by, she decided to focus on her first love, Polynesian dance, and studied under Valerie Sills, Liz Kahaleponi Edwards, and Nia Souie. Her...