Faculty

Tokyo
TOKYO has a very unique induction into dance as he was not introduced to dance till he was a Senior in high school. Tokyo grew up in the martial arts and began training at age 5. By the age of 15 he attained several black belts in various arts in addition to training in Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing and MMA (Cage Fighting). At age 17, after a promising undefeated amateur record, just a few months shy of making a professional career out of MMA (mixed martial arts/cage fighting), Tokyo discovered dance and his life changed drastically. Since leaving the fighting world and entering the dance world, Tokyo has been fortunate enough to have done master classes and choreography for many studios, companies, casinos and colleges, most notably the prestigious Juilliard School and Point Park University. Due to Tokyo's background in martial arts his approach to dance movement and teaching dance is very unique and has been received and loved by many. Other than teaching/choreographing Tokyo was a featured faculty member of the summer intensive, iHollywood. Tokyo is excited to be able to give back so much of what he has been given in life through the art of dance!!!

Ade Obayomi
Ade Obayomi has been dancing since he was 6 years old. He has had the opportunity to train and live in Kansas and Arizona. Ade received a scholarship to be a dance major at Chapman University in California. After completing his freshman year he auditioned for the hit FOX TV show, "So You Think You Can Dance". Upon making the show he proceeded to light up the stage with his electric performances, culminating in a "Top 6" finish. Starting in September Ade will hit the road with rest of this seasons "Top Ten" touring the country with the, "So You Think You Can Dance" National Tour. He just recently found out he will soon join the artist Lady Gaga on her World Tour as well. Ade has had the opportunity to dance all over North America and has many other professional credits to his name. He was a featured performer in the Vanessa Williams movie, "A Christmas Carol", and also was on "Dancing with Stars" Macy's Stars of Dance this season, just to name a few. Ade is so happy to be joining the WILD Dance Intensive staff to share his talent with you.

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Marty Kudelka
In 2007, he took home the MTV VMA for best choreography for Justin Timberlake's music video "My Love". He is Justin Timberlake’s exclusive choreographer, and has worked on numerous projects, like Timberlake’s performance for the 2008 ESPY Awards, along with Justin’s 2005, 2006, 2007 MTV VIDEO AWARDS. Marty is also Timberlake’s head choreographer for music videos and Timberlake’s two sold out world tours. His resume also includes choreography for Mariah Carey, JLO, Pink, and Janet Jackson, Sean Kingston, Jason Durelo.

Marty has also choreographed for numerous feature films and commercials as well as the KIDS CHOICE AWARDS, BILLBOARD AWARDS and the GRAMMYS. You may recognize Marty from and his collaboration with choreographer Dee Caspary on DANCING WITH THE STARS, for the MACY'S PASSPORT number, "The Star Is The Star", Or from his recent appearance on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, with dancer/choreographer Dana Wilson.

Marty's recent work includes creative director and movement coach for Interscope Artist and Michael Jackson's former guitarist, Orianthi. As well as choreography for British boyband JLS, featured in their new videos “One Shot“, “The Club Is Alive”, and their performance on this year’s 2010 Brit Awards. His most recent work includes artistic direction and choreography for new artists Travis Garland And Tiffany Dunn. Marty continues to travel and teach worldwide, check him out in a city near you.

Jason Janas
Jason Janas originally hails from the Northern New Jersey area. His dance education is highlighted by his tenure as a charter member of The New Jersey Tap Ensemble, where Jason began his rhythm tap career under the direction of Mrs. Deborah Mitchell. He has performed at the Supper Club in NYC with Mike Minery, with Adrienne Canterna in Washington, DC for the Vice President Dick Cheney, and many more. Jason has taught for Dance Power Express, Dance Masters of America, Starpower’s Power Pak, and Stepp With Me Dance Conventions.

His tap choreography has won awards from coast – to – coast. Jason is a principal dancer with the Tapestry Dance Company, under the direction of Acia Gray. He has also started his own tap festival called, Hoofin’ Ground in Charlotte, NC.

Recently Jason was featured in Dance Spirit Magazine, along with the rest of the cast of Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap. The show was a critical success and featured some America’s best known tap dancers. In the past year Jason has been keeping busy as a National spokesperson for Capezio Tap shoes appearing in ads in every major dance magazine in the country. He also has been a feature dancer in Ayodele Casel's "Wonderland (A tribute to Stevie Wonder)" and "Diary of a Tap dancer", which was premiered at the world famous Apollo Theater in New York.

Kacy Combs
Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Kacy received his BFA in Dance Performance from Towson University. Kacy has danced professionally with Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Paul Mitchell, Fox Family Channel, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Moving Company and Scott Rink & friends. He has also worked with such stars as, Dru Hill, Jenny Garth (90210), Julio Iglesias, Montell Jordan, N’SYNC, Ultra Nate’, and many more. Recently, Kacy was also featured in People Magazine and on the hit VH1 show DRIVEN: N’SYNC. He has taught and choreographed for NBA Halftime Entertainment, Radio Disney, ACDF, Dance Caravan, Dance Power Express, Dance Masters of America, The Gus Giordano Dance Center, Starpower’s Power Pak, and Wichita State University, as well as countless studios and companies throughout the US and Canada. His choreography has been regarded as cutting edge and has received awards from every major dance organization in America.

In addition to being a faculty member with WILD Dance Intensive, Kacy is also the Artistic Director and the National Director for Revolution Talent Competition.

Marinda Davis
Originally from Tampa, FL, now residing in New York, Marinda is a graduate of Blake High School of the Arts and holds a BA in Dance and a minor in Musical Theater from Marymount Manhattan College. Her extensive list of performing credits range from dancing back up for recording artists Sting and 98 Degrees, to dancing several works created by choreographers Martha Graham, Gus Giordano, Kristina Berger, Twyla Tharp, and Nancy Lushington. Marinda has choreographed and appeared in several regional theatre productions, her favorite noted as the role of Cathy Hiatt in "The Last 5 Years." Ms. Davis was Dance Spirit Magazine's first ever Future Star Scholarship recipient and has appeared and been featured in numerous articles providing expert advice. Marinda is often recognized for her work as a former assistant to Lisa Allain, Ray Leeper, and the late Gus Giordano.

In 2006, Marinda became a founding member and principal dancer with Anthony Morigerato's contemporary company AM Dance Project NY. While her performing career was strong, Marinda's focus largely shifted towards choreography and teaching. Currently choreographing for some of the nations top studios, she continues to take trained dancers and indelibly mold them into phenomenal young artists. Known as an inspiring, life-changing master teacher, you can often find her on the national convention/competition circuit inspiring young dancers across America. The resident choreographer for Dance Dimensions in New Milford, NJ,

Marinda's students are known nationally for their rare artistic abilities. Her students have gone on to train at Julliard, NYU, and Marymount, and have appeared on the hit show SYTYCD. For two consecutive years she has been chosen to present work at the Joyce Theatre in DRA's Dancin Downtown at the Joyce. Her piece "Silence" was chosen in 2009 and in 2010, she was the only choreographer chosen to present two works, "Stupid Things" and "It's All Coming Back." She recently was listed in SYTYCDisms 2009 Wish List of Choreographers. In 2009, Marinda formed her own NY based professional company, marInspired; which she prefers to call an "experience." They made their NY debut this year at the Joyce. Shortly there after, Marinda was chosen to be part of The Young Choreographer's Festival at Symphony Space where she premiered her piece "Losing My Way". Because of her selection, she was featured in Dance.com as one of the Top 10 Young American Choreographers Under 25 in 2010. marInspired's full length NY premiere is scheduled for winter of 2010. Marinda is currently on the contemporary faculty for WILD Dance Convention and serves as an adjudicator for both Starpower and Revolution. In NY, Marinda can be seen teaching the advanced level of contemporary jazz at Peridance Center NY. She also serves at resident choreographer for Starpower's elite dance troupe, the Power Pak.