CONVENTION FACULTY 2025

Marqui Jenn
Marqui started performing in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular where she later became the Assistant Choreographer and Dance Captain. She is currently the Senior Artistic Advisor for Cirque Du Soleil’s “The Beatles LOVE” and has worked on “Mystere” in Las Vegas as the Dance Coach. She has assisted on developing and creating many projects with Cirque Du Soleil including for the Super Bowl, NFL Draft, Super Bowl, Life Is Beautiful, The Beatles Rooftop Tribute, MGM, and The Today Show. Marqui has had opportunities to assist with choreographers such as three time Tony Award winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, Linda Haberman, Dennis Callahan, Rhonda Miller, and Janice Barringer. She trained across the country with the Joffrey School, Central Florida Ballet, and the Juilliard Summer Program. Other performance credits include Life is Beautiful performance with Walk The Moon, Walt Disney World, Nuclear Cowboyz, Cirque Du Soleil’s “One Night for One Drop”, Tokyo Disney Resort, Sample Dance Company, Anti Gravity, and Broadway Cares.. She is trained in STOTT Pilates, she is recognized as a Nationally Certified Pilates Teacher NCPT. She teaches Pilates for cross training and rehabilitation with performers. Marqui taught nationally and regionally for Intrigue Dance Intensive and CLI Conservatory. She was also a judge on Dance Moms. Marqui is currently on faculty with the TAPS Program in Las Vegas, NV. @MarquiJenn

Lauren Yakima
Lauren competed on the NBC hit show World of Dance and danced on Disney Channels Summer Singalong. Within the past couple years, she was in music videos for singers AJ McLean, Christina Ricucci and Sam Tsui. She has performed at the Capezio ACE Awards, with the Radio City Rockettes as the role of Clara as well at Tony Robbins Birthday Fundraiser. She has been a member of RoyalFlux, a contemporary company directed by Jaci Royal. Lauren has most recently just finished touring with JoJo Siwa as a dancer in her Nickelodeon D.R.E.A.M Tour.

Janaya French
Janaya was a part of the Top 20 dancers on Season 9 of So You Think You Can Dance. Since her time on the show she has appeared on various TV shoes and Films such as; Dancing With The Stars, The Goldbergs, Glee, Teen Beach 2, Ted 2, American Housewife, CMA Country Christmas special, and one of her favorites Grease Live. She also has performed on many awards shows; the Grammy awards with James Corden, the Emmy awards with Stephen Colbert, People's Choice Awards with Jane Lynch, the CMA's with Thomas Rhett and Fall Out Boy and the Latin AMA's just to name a few. Janaya also toured the country twice with Maks and Val from Dancing with the Stars on the Our Way tour and MVP confidential tour. Most recently she has worked with artists such as Kelsea Ballerini on the People's Choice Awards, Shania Twain on The AMA's and can be seen in episodes of Penny Dreadful.

Alyssa Guerrieri

Jeff Lapes
Jeff is an east coast based commercial dance choreographer and highly experienced convention teacher. He has worked with Labrinth, Ne-Yo, Nelly Furtado, Timbaland, Lil Mama, Taylor Dayne, Patti Labelle, Debrah Cox, and more! Jeff has appeared on MTV,CBS,VH1 and more! He has also toured the country bringing his fun and exciting classes to conventions and intensives like NYCDA, CLI conservatory, WCDE, Generation IV, DMA, and ADA .. .just to name a few. You currently can catch Jeff on staff at The Joffrey School NYC, and Steps on Broadway NYC, bringing his fresh yet “old school” vibe to dancers from around the world!

Amy Yakima
Amy Yakima grew up in Dearborn, Michigan. While training, she was casted in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as Clara for 3 years at the fox theatre in Detroit, MI and 1 year at the Radio City Music Hall in NYC. She is most notably know for winning season 10 of Fox's hit tv show "So You Think You Can Dance" and continuing to tour nationwide that fall with the top 10 contestants of that season, plus returned as an All-Star in Season 11. She toured with Travis Wall's Shaping Sound dance company and was a performer in Lindsey Stirling's Shatter Me national/international tour. She also was on the 2nd National Tour of Wicked in the featured track as the Witch’s Mother. She was a dancer in Carrie Underwood's "Something in the Water" music video, Ingrid Michaelson “Celebrate” music video, Emmy nominated Amazon Prime Tv show “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, John Oliver’s Late Night Tonight, and performed live on NBC in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2016/2017 and with Julianne Hough for New Years Eve 2020. She made her Broadway debut as Peter Pan in Finding Neverland in which she performed there for over a year and came back to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as an ensemble member in 2021-2022.

Miss Jazzy B
Jasmine Beaulieu, known as Miss Jazzy B, is a powerhouse dancer, choreographer, movement coach, and educator based in Los Angeles. She began her career as a competitive dancer and was a signed professional dancer by the age of 13. She has since been featured in magazines, live performances, TV shows, and national campaigns with credits including Fabletics, GAP, JCREW, Kelly Rowland, Meghan Trainor, All American: Homecoming, and Good Trouble. Her choreography has been showcased by NIKE, Doritos, Google, and Panasonic, where she’s worked with celebrity talent like Kendall Jenner, Jack Harlow, and the Lawrence Brothers along with choreographing numerous viral videos. A leader in both commercial and competitive dance, she has coached national championship teams, developed arts curriculums across the globe, earned the 2024 Video of the Year, and received a World Choreography Award nomination. Known for her performance-driven approach, Jasmine empowers dancers to move with purpose, precision, and passion.