Debra Cherveny: began her classical ballet training at the Taynton School and the Center for Creative Studies, in Detroit, with Mme. Mao and Joanne Danto.  Her studies continued with scholarships at the Dance Theatre of Harlem Professional Ballet School in New York City.  She then earned her BFA/Dance Performance degree at Marygrove College. Ms. Cherveny’s professional credits include performances with the Michigan Opera Theatre, Onyx Modern Dance Company, on tour with Ms. Aretha Franklin throughout the United States and Canada, including the Radio City Music Hall, and Carnegie Hall in New York City.  Debra serves as the ballet instructor at DMX Dance Center and is currently adjunct faculty for the Marygrove College undergraduate dance department and the Institute of Music & Dance.

Jonathon Atwood: was born and raised in the Metro Detroit area where he began his dance training at Wayne State University in the jazz class of Linda Simmonds and the ballet classes of Nicola Conraths-Lange and Stephen K. Stone. He soon transferred to Marygrove College; while there he was able to study with instructors such as Jordeen Ivanov-Ericson, Susan Panek, Betty Mawhinney, Barbara Selinger and Penny Godboldo, along with multiple guest artists including, but not limited to, Kevin Jeff, Paul McRae and Ricardo Moyano. 

Judith Molina: A native New Yorker and a graduate of the "Famed" High School for the Performing Arts received a B.F.A. in dance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and has studied in the United States and Europe with such teachers as Dame Alicia Markova, Rosella Hightower, Merce Cunningham, and James Truitte. She has performed with the New York City Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Contemporary Dance Theatre, Merce Cunningham Westbeth Performance, Chamber Dance Ensemble in New York, Detroit Chamber Winds, Dance Detroit and Detroit City Dance Company, also serving as its Ballet Mistress. Ms. Molina served on the faculties at Tulane, Loyola, Oakland University and Marygrove College. She is the children's rehearsal director for the Detroit Opera House/Michigan Opera Theatre's production of The Nutcracker ballet. She has been a guest teacher for numerous private and public schools and workshops. Her choreography has been featured by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Chamber Winds, ArtServe's Governor's Awards for Art and Culture, Oakland University Dance Theater, Oakland Community College, Henry Ford Community College, All-City Dance Company, Dance Detroit, Renaissance High School and for various studio, fashion and industrial productions.

Penny Godboldo: holds an M.A. Degree in Humanities and has trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance School in New York. She is the only certified instructor of the Dunham technique in Michigan. She has taught and performed in many countries throughout the world, including England, Scotland, France and Japan. In '06, she presented a paper on her work at the KOSANBA Academic Colloquium at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and at Massachusetts University in '08. In '09 and '10, she presented several papers on the dances of Haiti as well as on the work of dance anthropologist Katherine Dunham. On the faculty at Marygrove College for nearly 30 years, she also directs a mentoring program through the arts, "Discovery: GAP" for adolescent girls. Ms. Godboldo is the co-director of the Hartford Baptist Church Dance Ministry and teaches community dance to youth and adults on the weekend.