Project Dance Hong Kong 2009 Teaching Staff

Cheryl Cutlip (USA) – Tap & Broadway Dance
Cheryl, Founder of Project Dance. She is also a Radio City Rockette and along with kicking on the great stage for the past 15 years. Her duties at Radio City have included dance captain、assistant choreographer for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular、spokesperson for nationally televised appearances including one-on-one interviews with Katie Couric, Diane Sawyer, and Larry King、co-choreographer for Kick Into Fitness (the official Rockette Workout); and choreographer for Christmas Across America promotional tours. Other career credits include the Broadway National Tour of “Crazy For You”, European Tour of “42 nd Street”, and the Broadway benefit to the stars of “Mack and Mable”, starring Jerry Herman and Donna McKechnie.

Derek Capps (USA/Hong Kong) – Modern
Derek, Co-Directs Glory Dance Company (modern dance company) in Hong Kong. Glory Dance Company was established in the United States 8 years ago and has recently relocated to Hong Kong. Derek recently performed in Walt Disney’s production of "Lion King" in Orlando, FL. Also, in Orlando he served as the dance director & performed at TBN’s Holy Land Experience theme park. He was also a soloist in the cast of 'Katonga’ at Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida. Some of his performing credits include dancing with Tye Tribbett & GA, Philips, Craig, & Dean, Jars of Clay, Alvin Slaughter, Salvador, Vickie Winans and many others Christian recording artist. Derek has been a modern dance instructor for Project Dance Hong Kong and Atlanta.

Cami Capps (USA/Hong Kong) – Modern & Dancing Prayers
Cami is the Co-director of Glory Dance Company (modern dance company) in Hong Kong. She received a B.F.A. in Modern dance from East Carolina University. She has a dance master accreditation from Duke University -American Dance Festival. In 1997 she founded Glory Academy of Dance Arts in Wilmington, NC, USA. Cami has had the opportunity to perform throughout the USA, Jerusalem, Israel, the Philippines and Hong Kong. Cami served on staff, directed and danced at TBN’s Holy Land Experience in Orlando, FL. She has also served as guest Faculty for Project Dance, Atlanta (2007) as well as Project Dance, Hong Kong (2008).

Elina Veikkola (Finland) - Ballet Elina was born in Kortesjärvi in Finland. Her early training was in gymnastics, before moving on to ballet and contemporary dance. She studied at the Finnish National Opera Ballet School and at the University of Jyväskylä where she graduated with a Masters degree in Health Sciences and Dance Education. She first worked with Xaris in 2004, and later spent several months in Canada with husband Yuri, training at the School for Contemporary Arts in Vancouver. Currently, Elina is a missionary stationed in Hong Kong and a dancer with Glory Dance Company.

Elyse, Lai Yi Ting (Hong Kong) – Chinese Dance Elyse received a B.A. degree from the Faculty of Chinese Dance at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. She was the winner of various scholarships including one to attend the Sichuan Cultural Dance Academy. Elyse has been the principal dancer for several major productions including “Mousaw women” & “Bundle” and has had the opportunity to perform in Singapore, Paris, Vienna, Hawaii & Brussels.

Shelby Skidmore, (USA) – Lyrical & Jazz
Shelby is a Texas native who has been dancing for 19 years. Her training encompasses all genres of dance, which she has studied at EDGE Performing Arts Center, Broadway Dance Center, and Westwood Fine Arts Academy in Austin. She spent two years at the University of Texas in Austin studying Dance Performance, and she graduated from Abilene
Christian University with a degree in Dance Education. Throughout her life, Shelby has performed in and directed several dance companies,
including Roustabouts Dance Company in Austin. Shelby travels the nation choreographing for various dance programs both privately and through Encore Creative Productions. She makes her current home in New York City, where she performs with multiple dance companies and projects including Fear. Less Dance, Atmosphere, and Kairos. Shelby’s lyrical jazz class and hip hop class is all about finding truth of expression through “feel good” movement. The class will focus on emotion based movement that seeks to convey a true story.


Melvin Jansen Ang, Team Vibe (Philippines) – Locking
Melvin is the Artistic director, chief Instructor, and choreographer of the Vibe Dance Studio, Manila, Philippines. Graduated with a major in Fine Arts from the University of Santo Tomas and serving actively in the"Talent InC" creative ministry of Victory Christian Fellowship, Manila. Venturing out not just to breathtaking performances ranging from hip hop, breakdance, jazz, gymnastics, creative writing; conducting dance classes and coaching dancers; high-quality costume designs; video productions, and a lot more. He has judged for international dance competitions in Singapore and Malaysia as well as conducting workshops all over Asia. His dancers constantly embody that drive within them in every feat reflecting God's glory in all that they do. It is faith in Christ that helps them to interrogate their work with a heart full of fire and desire for the Lord to help them to bring out the fullest and keep them perform on par with excellent. Recently, he and his crew Team Vibe won a top wining Award & Championship for the 2008 World Streetdance Championship in Netherlands and the Hip Hop Open and Solo Category for the Asia Pacific Dance Masters Competition 2007 in Malaysia.

BBoy Vino, Team Vibe (Philippines) – Breaking
Born and raised from the Philippines, Bboy Vino is a prolific dancer,having combined streetdance, gymnastics and bboying. A member of Team Vibe (2008 Silver World Streetdance Championship, Netherlands) and a faculty member of Vibe Dance Studio. He also teaches various companies and schools, sharing his knowledge and faith as well. He has appeared in various commercials and billboard ads. Trained by the likes of Jay Masta, Profowon, Powerserge, Rob Nasty, Marty Kudelka, Lil Phil, Kimberley Jay, 3ki Rick, Funkanometry SF, DS Players.


Cato Poon, (Hong Kong) – Hip Hop & Jazz
Trained at TVB dance school at the beginning of his dance career, Cato has gained specialties in various styles namely, Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Chinese Dance, Social Dance and Gymnastics. Since 1995, Cato has started working and performing with lots of A-listed stars at their concerts, including Anita Mui, Aaron Kowk, Kelly Chen, Leslie Cheung and Karen Mok. At 2000, Cato is already widely recognized not only as one of the best dancers, but also one of the most sought-after choreographers in Hong Kong. He has personally given one-on-one dance training to a lot of young and rising artists namely Ivana Wong and Hins Cheung. He has also produced versatile dance performances in many memorable concerts and musicals in Hong Kong, including Sammy Kitty Musical (森美小儀歌劇團)、Fiona Sit 903 Live (薛凱琪拉闊音樂會) and Aaron Kwok de Show Reel Live (郭富城舞林正傳演唱會)。