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One Day Dance Intensive featuring some of today's hottest choreographers!

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Team Wild

Jill Wolins

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Jill Wolins Pate

Creative Director

Jill’s street cred started with her pro dance career at Disney????. She continued to dance as a NYC???? Rockette????, Broadway National Tours, dancing on NBC, CBS, ABC, Universal and Columbia Pictures????, for numerous recording artists and at Lincoln Center. She has been associate choreographer for the opening number of Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade????, and has been a master teacher across the country and around the world????. She has worked with Starpower???? since 2001, and is honored to say the Star Dance Alliance???? is her life. She is co-creator and co-director of the World Dance Pageant????, and has been a part of the inaugural seasons of Nexstar⭐️, Believe????, Imagine????, DreamMaker????, and the World Dance Championships????. The real fun began when she accepted the role as Junior ????Power Pak???? Director/Choreographer. She joined Team Wild???? as a Faculty member where she taught for over a decade before accepting the role as creative director. What she loves best about Wild????, aside from the amazing apprentices and dancers, is that each event is an SDA Team effort. Wild???? brings the best of what the Star Dance Alliance???? has to offer: incredible SDA???? competition staff and the best diverse faculty working together to create fun memorable dance events for kids! Oh, and she can’t help that she loves the Wild Child room! ❤️

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Lauren Fahlman

Lauren Fahlman

Venue Liaison, Tabulator, Registration

Ms Fahlman has been part of the Star Dance Alliance???? for almost a decade. She is a regional director and senior tabulator???? for Nexstar⭐️, Petite Coordinator for the World Dance Pageant????, and correspondent for the World Dance Championship????. She started getting Wild???? in 2017 as tabulator????, and is now exercising her boss lady skills as venue, accommodation and travel facilitator. She started as a competitive dancer, has a BFA???? in dance, has taught a numerous schools in the Detroit metropolitan area, but her first love was ballet???? and is certified in Progressing Ballet Technique????.

*Proud SDA Moment: Directing the SDA????/Youth Villages and Janie’s Fund campaign to raise almost $200,000???? at our first event to help young women across the country affected by domestic and sexual abuse. Lauren loves the opportunity to help others❤️

Ryan McCarty

Ryan McCarty

Ryan McCarty

AV Specialist, Senior Room Director, Social Media and Digital Coordinator

Ryan has been part of the SDA???? for over a decade and is currently the Assistant National???????? Director of Nexstar⭐️ Talent Competition. He choreographed for and directed a competitive dance studio for 12 years as he travelled the globe???? teaching hip hop master classes and setting choreography. Ryan joined Team Wild???? in 2021 and loves the opportunity to enjoy the many aspects the dance workshop world has to offer. He programs media and monitors????, teaches on faculty, creates social media???? content, directs the senior dance room, and is even an MC???? for the events!

Kat Officer

Kat Officer

Kat Officer

Kat Officer

Dance Master

Kat Officer has built a truly impressive career in the world of dance. Her journey began with training at Aberdeen College of Performing Arts and IKIN Dance Australia, where she honed her skills and developed a strong foundation in various dance styles. This training paved the way for a successful career as a professional dancer and performer, taking her internationally and allowing her to work on diverse projects.

Kat’s performance experience is extensive, including working with well-known companies like Village Roadshow, Big Boss India, Bonnie Lythgoe Productions, Gold Coast Titans Cheerleaders and Universal Studios.

Beyond performing, Kat is also a skilled choreographer, working on the likes of Miss LIVA Diva India, Miss Australia and Village Roadshow theme parks.

Currently, Kat is the Dance Master for DanceOne. This role has given her the amazing opportunity to travel the globe and connect with dancers from all over the world.

Her knowledge spans many different dance styles, including tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop, commercial dance, musical theatre, Scottish highland, pom, and acrobatics.

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Chrystan Sheatzley

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Daniella Buxbaum

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Sydney Lewis

Jada

Jenna Knepper - TEAM WILD (1)

Jenna Knepper

Production Team

  • Paco Powell - in spirit always!
  • Brad Harper
  • Julian Gaulding
  • Chad Hudson
  • Baldwin Twite
  • Kyle McGee
  • Phill Morris
  • Ryan Fremder
  • Ta’Shaun Wilson
  • Jeff Goodrich
  • James Doles
  • Trevor Ewart
  • Thyme Hodges

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  • About Us
    • About WILD
    • Team WILD
    • Artists
    • Contact Us
  • Schedule
    • 2026 Schedule
    • Sample Schedule
  • Register
  • Rules
  • Wild Child
    • About Wild Child Program
    • Wild Child Faculty
  • Gallery
  • SDA Charity Events
    • Janie’s Fund / Youth Villages
    • Dance-a-Thon Events