Boise, Idaho Judges
March 2-4, 2023
Amber Nadelkov
Amber is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and creator in the Central Florida area. After spending many years expanding on her creative knowledge, vocabulary and experience in cities such as Tampa, New York City and Nashville, she maintains an active performing career at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL where she performs on Cinderella’s Castle Stage in Magic Kingdom as well as in Beauty and the Beast Live Onstage at Hollywood Studios. She has also performed alongside artists such as Disney’s Descendants and Meghan Trainor for nationally televised Christmas specials. When not performing full time, she also teaches, choreographs, stages, and manages events for multiple production companies. Amber choreographs and teaches for the Stars youth program dance workshops at Universal Studios Orlando. When she’s not working in the professional world of entertainment she travels the nation as a judge for regional and national dance competitions, sharing her love and knowledge of dance with the future generations. Amber is currently on the roster of dance competition judges with Impact Dance Adjudicators.
Danny Dwaine Wells II
Danny is an alumnus of Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and a graduate of San Diego State University's BFA Dance Program. He is a well travelled and versed dancer, performing throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. He has trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (Summer Intensives). Diavolo Dance theater, and Zenon Dance School. Danny has an extensive career working with such artists and choreographers as Todrick Hall, Fatima Robinson, Charm Lodonna, Courtney Miller, Katie Spelman, Ka-Ron B. Brown, Queen Latifah, Raja From Rupaul's Drag Race season 1, and Alex Newell. As a performer Danny Dwaine has received opportunities that have shaped him as a human and an artist. His blessings of being able to perform in spectacular venues, breathtaking productions, being guided and supported by awe inspiring directors, choreographers and fellow actors has truly left him in bliss at where he is currently in life and what the future holds. His resume demonstrates his versatility as a performer. Hair, Hairspray, Shrek, The Musical (Marriott Theatre Three Little Pigs/Donkey understudy), Saturday night Fever (Drurylane Theatre), Cabaret and Elf the Musical (Paramount Theatre), La Cage Aux Folles, Sesame Street Live (Cookie Monster), Little Mermaid (Sebastian), Dreamgirls, and the life changing role of Matron Mama Morton in Chicago. Each show has unearthed a new side to humanity and opened a new way of receiving the world, which shows in his approach to choreograph storytelling, diverse casting and process of working with fellow performers. He strives to challenge the audiences paradigm and create change through authenticity and engaging conversation.
Paul Thiemann
Paul was born and raised in the southeast and has been performing since the age of eight. He studied dance with the Northeast Atlanta Ballet and Gwinnett Ballet Theatre and went on to complete his BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Dance from Western Carolina University under the direction of Broadway veteran, Terrence Mann. For the past eight years, Paul has been working s a performer, dance captain, swing, teacher, and creative collaborator. Paul's performance career has taken him all over the globe working with companies like Holland America Cruise Lines, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Asheville Lyric Opera, and the Broadway National tours of Finding Neverland and Andy Blankenbuehler's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Paul's aerial journey began back in 2016 with his first private class and he's been hooked ever since His first aerial performance job was aboard the MS Eurodam and later the MS Noordam with Holland America Cruise Lines and RWS & Associated. During the pandemic Paul returned to his aerial pursuits and is now part of the instructor team for Dragonfly Aerial Company in Colorado Springs. Outside of performance, Paul is an award winning choreographer, artist, certified Yoga teacher, and professional dance adjudicator with Impact Dance Adjudicators. He is thrilled to be brining all of his experiences with him to the adjudicating table.