Ashley Peter is a New York City based professional dancer, choreographer, adjudicator and educator. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a concentration in Jazz and Ballet from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Ashley grew up in Central Florida, but she holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. She travels all over the US and Canada to dance competitions & conventions such as Beyond the Stars, Breakout Dance, SHINE, Starquest, Legacy Dance and Impact Dance in pursuit of her passion – to educate young dancers.

Ashley has been on staff with Universal Dance Association, DivaDance NYC, the Broadway Theatre Project (founded by Ann Reinking), and The Jimmy Awards. Ashley has choreographed for Flash Mob America, the OMMA Awards, Florida Dance Masters, and singer/songwriter Joey Contreras.

Some of Ashley’s favorite performance credits include the Brooklyn based contemporary dance company, UrbanHumans, the NYC Jazz Dance Festival, the Walt Disney Company, Pittsburgh Musical Theater, and RWS & Associates. She has also done national industrials, original Broadway workshops, and numerous shows & festivals throughout NYC.

Ashley has been a Program Director and Instructor-Counselor at ADTC in Vermont, Maryland, Illinois, Colorado, North Carolina & virtually since 2016. She has a twin brother and is obsessed with her senior dog, Trotter. Another passion of Ashley’s is painting with acrylics – especially painting nature and pets!

Ellen Mihalick grew up dancing at NJ Ballet and the NJ Dance Theater Ensemble. She live in NYC where she has been a Radio City Rockette since 2013.

In addition to performing at Radio City, Ellen’s professional dance credits include the Broadway National Tours of An American in Paris and South Pacific.

Other favorite career moments include West Side Story (Graziella/DC), Shrek the Musical (ensemble/DC), TV appearances on Amazon’s Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and HBO’s Succession, as well as walking in NY Fashion week.

When not performing, Ellen is a personal trainer, barre teacher & choreographer. Her recent choreographer credits include Matilda The Musical!

Ellen has been an Instructor & Director at ADTC summer dance camps in California, Colorado, Texas & Maryland since 2017. She’s an #adtcidol and wants to inspire other girls to stay true & believe in themselves. “Dream BIG because hard work pays off.”

Outside of dance, Ellen’s loves include her cat Toni, her six nieces and nephews, and traveling the world… 29 countries and counting. You’ll always see Ellen with her coffee in hand and lots of energy!

Katelyn Martin is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in Los Angeles. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in Dance and Communication Studies.

Growing up in New Hampshire, Katelyn’s mother always encouraged her to be a performer and she has been dancing and performing since she was three years old. In addition to dance, she loves theatre and performing in musicals.

While at LMU, Katelyn danced with Radix Dance Crew and Kuumba Beatz Dance Crew. She also trainined with Jason Myhre, Chad Michael Hall, Tony Czar, and Rogelio Lopez, and performed works by Marjani Forte, Holly Johnston, Paige Porter, Laila Abdullah, and J.T Hornstein.

Katelyn started as a Junior Instructor-Counselor (“JIC”) at ADTC in Vermont in 2010. She’s been an Instructor-Counselor (“IC”) in Vermont, California & Maryland for more than 10 summers, as well as Program Director (“PD”) at ADTC in Colorado for 2 summers.

Christina Johnson (“CJ”) is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. CJ fell in love with dance back in the 1900’s in Oregon.

CJ began dancing professionally with BodyVox, Bent, and Kinetic Images in Portland, then moved to Seattle, where she spent quality time learning and performing with many prominent dance companies and choreographers, including Cheronne Wong; BetterBiscuit; XODO; Alethea Adsitt; Fusion; and Seattle Jazz, to name a few.

In 2003 CJ co-founded her own eclectic modern dance company, Jerboa Dance, where she choreographed, co-directed, co-produced, and starred in many successful shows, including a special guest appearance with Dance Masters of America.

CJ joined the NYC dance scene in 2005 and is proud to have shared the stage and performed all over the world with The Love Show and Shir Dance Theater, She also choreographed and produced the Jerboa Dance NYC premier “Back from the Brink.”

CJ’s choreography has been featured on Fox 5, America’s Got Talent, and “Loosen My Tie” video. She has also performed for P Diddy, Beyoncé, Martha Stuart, and was an opening soloist for Diana Ross.

CJ has directed and taught at ADTC locations in California, Colorado, Vermont, Texas, New Jersey, Maryland & Wisconsin since 2010.

Kierstyn Sharrow is a professional dancer, choreographer and educator based in New York City. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Dance & Minor in Musical Theater from Marymount Manhattan College.

Kierstyn has taught ballet, pointe, partnering, tap & jazz at renowned NYC-area studios like the Broadway Dance Center, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Her performance credits include the National Tour with CATS (swing) and American Dance Machine (dance captain). She was also the dance captain of the Off-Broadway show, Idol: the Musical.

Kierstyn has been on staff at ADTC dance camps in Colorado, California and Wisconsin since 2017. Kierstyn has an amazing sense of humor and loves to make our campers & staff laugh. She also loves having such an important impact on the lives of our campers.

Kierstyn wants girls to learn from her that change is OK! “Life doesn’t stop when something shifts, so we can’t stop either. It is scary and empowering to all of a sudden be pushed outside our comfort zone.”

Corinne De Beer is a professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher in South Africa. She is the owner of Diversify Dance Studio in Cape Town.

Corinne has studied with the Cape Town City Ballet, Gaynor Harris School of Dance and Fantastic Flying Fish Dance Co in South Africa. She is classically trained in ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern and contemporary, and also well-versed in African, African Gumboot Dancing, African Pantsula, Broadway, Disco, Fusion and Street Dance. Corinne also has a Certificate of Higher Education in Contemporary Dance, Primary-Advanced 11 in Imperial Modern, and Primary-Advanced 11 in Cecchetti Ballet.

After graduating from St. Mary’s DSG, Corinne moved to London to train at the prestigious London Contemporary Dance School, where she studied under big-name contemporary choreographers like Richard Alston and Matthew Bourne. She has since branched out into the commercial world, and teaches contemporary, hip hop, ballet, lyrical, street and jazz workshops in London and South Africa, and works with various international artists, shows and TV programs.

Corinne has choreographed for London’s fashion week, So You Think You Can Dance South Africa, BBC’s “The Hussle,” the “Kylie Minogue Special,” and BBC’s “Doctors,” and performed for crowds of 30,000 + on famous world stages like Wembley Stadium and London’s West End Theatre. She has taught contemporary, jazz and hip hop workshops from Glasgow to Liverppol, Birmingham & beyond at numerous schools and studios, including Oxford University.

Corinne was also the choreographer for South Africa’s most watched TV show, “South African Idols” for three years, choreographing pieces for top South African artists like Toya Delayze, Liquideep, Lloyd and Kurt Darren. Other choreography credits include Busta Rhymes/T-pain opening concert South Africa, Public Sector Summit with President Zuma, and the FIFA World Cup African Celebration Show (to name a few!).

Corinne is an annual judge for the South African Hip Hop Cup, South African Championships of the Performing Arts and Cape Town Eisteddfod. Her most recent credits include choreography for large corporate events like SAB and Total Mining Indaba, Nissan, British Airways and more. She also just completed work on the new music video for Die Antwoord, and is excited to begin an entertainment partnership with the South African Rugby Union.

Corinne joined the ADTC team in 2015. She has been an Instructor-Counselor at our dance camps in Vermont & California as well as virtually.