Mr. Ocampo served as school director of the Giordano Dance Center, as well as the director of Giordano II and the Giordano Merit Scholarship program, and as a master jazz teacher, Eddy has taught in Europe, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, the Russian Republic and throughout the U.S. He is also the founding artistic director the American Jazz Dance Festival-New Generation in the Russian Republic and continues to travel to Russia yearly to spread his passion of jazz dance to many who may have never been exposed to the art form.

As a choreographer, Mr. Ocampo's works can be seen on such companies as Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Odyssey Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, UT), Kannon Dance (St. Petersburg, Russia), Lisa Clark Dancers (San Francisco, CA), Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Thodos Dance Chicago, Cerqua Rivera Art Experience and many regional ballet companies across the U.S. He has worked with recording artists Josie Aeillo, Suzanne Palmer and London-based recording artist, Affe Adel.

Mr Ocampo received the Dance Chicago 2004 Outstanding Choreography Award as well as the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation Choreography Award for Dance Chicago in 2005. He was a featured jazz dance teacher in the June 2005 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine as well as named one of the best jazz dance teachers in the country by Dance Spirit Magazine. In the December 2005 issue of Chicago Magazine, Mr. Ocampo was featured as an up and coming choreographer and in November 2005 he was honored as Filipino American of the Year – 2005 by the Filipino Association of America. Eddy Ocampo currently works as an independent teacher and choreographer for his own production company, Bento Box Productions, and resides in Chicago, IL.

Troy Powell, a native New Yorker, began his dance training at the age of nine at The Ailey School. Following his graduation from The High School of Performing Arts, he became a member of Ailey II. Mr. Powell joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1991. He toured throughout the United States, South America, Europe and South Africa for ten years before becoming a master teacher at The Ailey School and resident choreographer of Ailey II.
Mr. Powell has choreographed ballets for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Dallas Black Dance Theater and Alaska Dance Theater. His guest artist credits include performing with companies such as Batsheva, Dallas Black Dance Theater and Complexions. Featured in an American Express commercial with AAADT, Mr. Powell has also appeared on television in George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum and the PBS Great Performances: Dance In America, A Hymn for Alvin Ailey, choreographed by Judith Jamison.
Mr. Powell teaches master classes and workshops throughout the country. In 2002, Mr. Powell choreographed a ballet for Ailey II with music by McCoy Tyner for the Verizon Arts festival at Alice Tully Hall in New York City.

Tyrone C. Walker is from Washinton DC an began his training at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts where he studied and performed under Charles Augins, Sandra Fortune-Green, Katherine Smith, Kevin Malone, Sandra Holloway and mentor Christopher Huggins. Mr. Walker was a scholarship student at the summer intensive programs of both the Washington School of Ballet and the Nashville Ballet.  He also studied at Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago. In 2005, he became a member of Nashville Ballet II under the direction of Sharyn Wood.

In 2007, Mr. Walker received a full time Fellowship to the Ailey School where he has performed choreography by Pedro Ruiz, Jacqulyne Buglisi, Doug Varone, Robert Battle, and Cleo Parker Robinson.  Mr Walker had the wonderful opportunity to perform Alvin Ailey's 'Memoria' with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for the company's 2007 season at City Center Theater in New York. His choreography has been performed by the students of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and The Ailey School.  He has been faculty at the School of the Nashville Ballet where he taught Advanced Ballet, Modern, Jazz and Hip-Hop and has also been a guest teacher at Duke Ellington.  In addition to being with Ailey II, Mr. Walker is also a member of Footprints Dance Company.

Sally Rojas was born in Caracas, Venezuela and moved to Miami, Florida when she was ten. She then began her training with Thomas Annour, Robert Pike, and Judith Reese Newman at Miami Conservatory. She also studied at the School of American Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. At the age of sixteen she became a member of American Ballet Theatre II where she remained and toured extensively for two years. Sally then joined the Houston Ballet where she enjoyed dancing in most of the company's repertoire.

As a soloist, Sally danced the lead role in many ballets including Odette/Odille in Swan Lake; Cleopatra in Cleopatra, Coupava in the Snow Maiden; Valenciene in the Merry Widow; Lescaut's Mistress in Manon; Flora in Dracula; the Sugarplum Fairy and Snow Queen in the Nutcracker; the Green Lady in Peer Gynt. Sally has also danced the lead in many short ballets including Balanchine's Serenade, Agon, La Valse, and the Four Temperaments; William Forsythe's In the middle, somewhat elevated; Ben Stevenson's the Miraculous Mandarin, Four Last Songs, and Dusk; and Sir Kenneth MacMi1lan's Gloria, Elite Syncopations, and Song of the Earth. Her contemporary works include leads in Stanton Welch's Indigo, Bruiser, and Garden of Mirth; Christopher Bruce's Ghost Dances, Land, Rooster, and Sergeant Early's Dream; Jiri KyJian's Sinfonietta; Timothy O'Keefe's Facinating Evening; Paw Taylor's Company B: Glen Tetley's the Rite of Spring; and Sean Kelly's Sinuosity, and Patterns.

Maria Mendoza Ayyat With 10 years combined experience in urban, ethnic, classical and modern dance, Maria continues her passion for movement through Pilates. In 1996, she discovered Pilates as a dance student at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2001, Maria began her personal practice and research in Classical Pilates. She later established apprenticeship and teaching roots in 2005 through Peak Pilates at the Good Space Yoga and Pilates Studio. Under guidance of her mentor, Peak Trainer Julie Williams, Maria is currently undergoing her advanced-level studies. In addition, Maria has accumulated CEC and workshop hours that include the Wunda Chair, Spine Corrector, Anatomy, Mat Progressions, and Special Needs Populations.

Maria has danced professionally for the Houston Rockets Power Dancers, Planet Funk, and IKON Dance. She has taught urban dance for the Rodriguez Dance Academy, HISD, MECA, The Children’s Prison Arts Project, The Ground Level, and Fit Athletic Club. Her other movement interests include yoga, the Gyrotonic Expansion System®, and Oriental dance. Maria also volunteers for Child Advocates, a nonprofit that addresses the needs of abused children in the Harris County court system. She is also a published writer who holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UT-Austin. Maria is a native Houstonian and a member of the Pilates Method Alliance.

Hannah Taylor  was born and raised in Houston, Texas and received her formal training from The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and teachers working with The Houston Metropolitan Dance Center. After graduating as a Dance Major from H.S.P.V.A. she attended New York University for two years, where she also trained at schools in New York City such as Alvin Ailey, Dance New Amsterdam, Broadway Dancer Center, Steps on Broadway, and Peri Dance Center. While in New York City, Hannah had the opportunity to perform at Lincoln Center, in a new work under the direction of Celia Rowlson–Hall that combined the artistry of modern dance, theater, and fashion. She also performed a modern work under Jana Hicks at the New York City Civic Center for the Performing Arts. Her strong background in ballet, modern, and jazz dance has given her the opportunity to work and collaborate with choreographers and artists such as Michelle Manzanales, Steven Boyd, and others from the Houston and New York area. Now, at age 20, Hannah has returned to Houston to pursue her career as a professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer, while finishing her degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Houston. This will be her 6th year as teacher and choreographer for Becky’s Academy of Dance, and because of her love for her students she actively seeks new opportunities to teach, choreograph, and work with others in the Houston area and around the country. 

Lauren Perrone grew up in Texas Tap Studio, training under Paula Sloan and John Truax. She graduated from HSPVA and went on to get a university dance degree in dance pedagogy. Lauren has performed with national tours of Broadway shows and has trained extensively in New York. She is currently on staff at HSPVA and is a member of the Sandra Organ Dance Company.

Naomi Glass  A native of Mercer Island, Washington, Naomi Glass trained at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and Houston Ballet Academy before joining Houston Ballet as an apprentice in 1994. In 1997, she was nominated by Ben Stevenson for the Princess Grace Award. Some of her favorite featured roles include Mr. Stevenson's Three Preludes, Evening pas de deux, Five Poems, and Dusk; Stanton Welch's Indigo and Bruiser; Trey McIntyre's Second Before the Ground and most recently, the role of Wendy in Peter Pan. Ms. Glass' contemporary roles include those in Nacho Duato's Without Words, Jiri Kylian's Sinfonietta, George Balanchine's The Four Temperaments, William Forsythe's In the middle, somewhat elevated, Helgi Tomasson's Haffner Symphony, and Lila York's All American, among others. Her classical repertoire includes the roles of the Snow Queen and Arabian in The Nutcracker; pas de trois, pas de six, Cygnets, and Neapolitan pas de deux in Swan Lake; Fairy Beauty in The Sleeping Beauty; and pas de quatre in Giselle.

In addition to dancing, Ms. Glass enjoys costume design. In 2001, she designed costumes for five ballets, including Mr. Stevenson's Dusk and Fraizer. She is also creating her own line of dancewear, called "Odoriwear" and is pursuing her B.B.A in international business. Ms. Glass is married to former Houston Ballet dancer Damian Schwiethale.