PAUL CANAAN
Broadway: Kinky Boots (dance captain / original Angel), Miss Saigon, Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage Aux Folles, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Legally Blonde. Co-Producer: How to Dance in Ohio.
He partnered with Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell to launch Choreography Guides with MTI and Broadway Media, which enables schools and theaters to learn and perform original Broadway choreography.
Paul also founded the non-profit arts education organization Take It From The Top, which provides professional mentoring and training opportunities for aspiring young artists. He also served as a judge for The National High School Musical Theatre Awards (The JIMMY AWARDS).
LAUREN NICOLE CHAPMAN is a New York based actor, singer and dancer who is most recently known for her 7 year journey with Frozen on Broadway and the North American tour. Lauren is a powerhouse vocalist working in NYC for the past 12 years on and off Broadway. Fresh off the road from playing Princess Anna, she is so thrilled to be able to pass on all that she's learned to all the students she's fortunate enough to work with and is so excited to return to Take It From the Top! Her favorite past credits include Kinky Boots on Broadway and the first National tour, Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Serena in Legally Blonde and Corrie Bratter in Barefoot in the Park. @laurennicolechapman
CARLOS ENCINIAS is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico and his Broadway career spans more than two decades and includes How to Dance in Ohio, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia! Good Vibrations and Scandalous.
Carlos is a passionate educator and teaches at the Professional Performing Arts High School in Manhattan and the Dreamyard Project. As a director, he’s worked at Pittsburgh CLO, North Carolina Theatre, The Gateway and Adirondack Theatre Festival.
BRAD WILLCUTS
Broadway: Amazing Grace (Assistant Fight and Movement Director). National Tour: Amazing Grace (Assistant Fight and Movement Director). Regional: Arena Stage, Mother Courage and Her Children w/ Kathleen Turner, The Shakespeare Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, Virginia Repertory Theatre: South Pacific (Choreographer) Mame starring Emily Skinner (Associate Dir, Chor. ) Northern Stage, A Chorus Line (Al), Current Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Choreography at Michigan State University.
