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Keaton Kermode, now residing in Los Angeles, comes to us from Fairland, Indiana. Growing up as a competition kid at Style Dance Academy, Keaton now has over 20 years of experience and is signed with MSA Talent Agency. Currently pursuing a career in commercial dance, he has had the opportunity to dance alongside some of the most renowned choreographers and entertainers in the Industry. Keaton is the Season 17 Runner-Up for So You Think You Can Dance. He toured with DanceMakers Inc as a Collective Season 7 member, and is now on Convention Faculty with DanceMakers Inc and Endless Talent. You might have seen him on the 96th Annual Oscars performing “I’m Just Ken” with Ryan Gosling and the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade With Paula Abdul. He has performed back to back years in the Disney Magical Holiday Special with multiple artists such as Julianne/Derek Hough, Robin Thicke, and Alfonso Ribeiro. Keaton has also been on tour with C-Pop artist Jolin Tsai for her Ugly Beauty China Tour.

Keaton sees his ability to give back to his community as his true passion. Growing up, Keaton yearned for classes where the teachers made him feel seen and cared for. That is one of his top priorities during every one of his classes. Many people have made an impact on his life, not just dancers, and Keaton now takes this knowledge gained and pours it into the next generation by using every second in class to demonstrate and teach life lessons, to not only make great dancers, but great humans.

About

Accomplished dancer who is well known for his YouTube channel iDejANCE where he posts choreography videos, performances, and video blogs about his experiences. The channel has earned over 300,000 subscribers.

Before Fame

He was 13 years old when he realized that he wanted to be a dancer. His mother persuaded him to dance as a child, and her persistence was a major influence on his success in the business.

Trivia

He has appeared on multiple news outlets and was a choreographer for MTV’s The Electric Barbarella as well as America’s Got Talent.

Family Life

He was born in Bosnia and then lived in Germany before moving to the US. He has a younger sister named Mollie.

Winkee Krick is originally from Grand Rapids, MI. She was born and raised in a family owned dance studio.  Winkee began taking classes on her first birthday and never looked back. Winkee’s dream since the age of twelve has always been to move to California to pursue her career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, and to share her passion for dance with others. Winkee has trained intensively in tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, hip hop, and contemporary. Growing up in the convention scene she has won several scholarships from many conventions including CoDance and Shock the Intensive, and won the title of “National Tap Champion 2008” at the Star Systems Nationals in Nashville. Winkee has been seen around the country assisting Darryl Retter, Keith Clifton, and Tom Alexander at regional and national DMI conventions. Winkee made her big move to Los Angeles in the summer of 2010.  She has traveled the country setting competition pieces on some of the nation’s most prestigious studios! Winkee is honored to be a faculty member of Burbank Dance Academy and most recently teaching at The Abby Lee Dance Company in Los Angeles. The past five years have been such a growing experience for her. She has choreographed two official music vidoes. “ Acid Rain” by Lorn, and “Love For That” by Mura Masa feat. Shura. She has performed in many shows including three shows at the House Of Blues with singer Sean Vanderwilt. She performed in the 25^th Anniversary Show “Beauty Shop” as the featured plus size dancer. She can’t wait to see what the future has in store for her.