Meet the Collective
Stephanie Brodie: Collective Member
During her years in the industry Stephanie has danced and acted in commercials for Disney, Grand Canyon West, and Two Chicks Premium Cocktails and has worked for companies such as Snapchat, Amazon, and Skechers. Stephanie has danced for various recording artists in their Music Videos and on Award Shows such as the Billboard Awards and Latin Billboards for the Jonas Brothers, Todrick Hall, Romeo, Wisin y Yandell, chinese rapper Jeffery Kung, the folk group Faultlines, Sam Louis, and rapper Ekoh. As well as working in the industry Stephanie loves contributing her talents to great causes and fundraisers. Stephanie has danced for Cirque du Soleil’s annual fundraiser One Night for One Drop performed at the Bellagio Theater in Las Vegas also broadcasted live on the CBS Network. She performed an aerial duo on a custom apparatus for Broadway Bares “Take off”, Broadway’s annual fundraiser in New York City, as well as for the Cure 4 the Kidz Foundation as the female role for the lead couple for an aerial straps duo for Circus Couture held at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas. She has performed on multiple apparatus’ for various shows in Las Vegas including Little Miss Nasty at the Hooters Casino, Cherry Boom Boom at the Oyo Casino, and was involved in the creation of the show Celestia at The Strat Hotel.
David Mayorga: Collective Member, Rehearsal Assistant
Born and raised in Miami, FL, David started dancing in high school and, after falling in love with it, began his formal training at New Image Dance Center under the direction of Barbara Delgado. His intense study of Ballet, Modern, Jazz and Hip Hop dance earned him admission into the New World School of the Arts, an extension of the University of Florida. While he focused most of his college studies in Ballet and Modern dance, David began his professional career in commercial dance around the same time. He’s performed in television, music videos, a world tour and has also choreographed a few mainstream movement projects. In spite of his successful commercial dance career, David has also focused on bringing awareness to the healing power of dance, specifically through improvisational movement. He has also found a passion through character work which he utilizes in much of his choreographic work. Aside from still pursuing dance in different avenues, David enjoys teaching Jazz Funk, Contemporary and Fusion, which is a hybrid style of all his movement disciplines.
Sarah Johnston: Collective Member
Sarah Johnston is a professional dancer and aerialist originally from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Straight out of high school she moved to Los Angeles to become a part of Talia Favia's professional contemporary company, “The Difference Between Actions and Words”. Later on she remained in Los Angeles to work as a commercial dancer working for artists such as JLO, Raign and many more. In 2016 Cherry Boom Boom brought her to Las Vegas where she worked for the company for years while also training in Circus arts. She then went on to perform in many more shows in Las Vegas including, Zombie Burlesque and Masters of illusions. Sarah continues to train in dance and aerial work and is excited for the future of her craft.
Adam Moss: Collective Member
Adam Moss is born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. He grew up dancing with his brothers and sister at a very young age, and eventually went on to the University of Arizona for dance. After a couple years in college, he and his sister moved to Los Angeles. Some of Adam’s credits include: Latin Billboard Awards, Paula Abdul Tribute, Rasta Thomas Bad Boys of Ballet, and Royal Flux. Adam is a diverse dancer that can do multiple styles, as well as doing some cyr wheel.
Carolyn Lajara: Collective Member, Intensive Rehearsal Assistant
Carolyn Lajara is a first generation American, born in Brooklyn, NY. After moving to Pennsylvania, she was able to begin dancing at the age of 15, when her high school offered free dance classes. Within 3 years, she was teaching at the local dance studio and dancing in Xcape’s Contemporary Company. In 2015, she decided to move to Las Vegas to pursue a BFA in Dance: Performance and Choreography at UNLV. In college, she trained in Ballet, Modern, and Jazz which led her to experience a multitude of performances including IABD in LA, Red Desert Dance Company in NY, and an 8 week program in Seoul, South Korea. Carolyn earned herself an Outstanding Choreographer Award which landed her a job as a dance instructor directly after graduating in 2018. She is currently still teaching various styles and age groups, whilst training and working towards her goal of starting her own dance company.
Courtney Friedersdorf: Collective Member
Courtney grew up dancing and learning in the studio setting from her mother who was a Soloist with the St. Louis Ballet. In 2018, she graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory with her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts degree. After college she went on to pursue her dream in performing around the globe with Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruise Line. She has danced, trained, performed, and learned works under astounding teachers and choreographers such as Danny Teeson (Disney Channel), Shylo Martinez (Broadway, Wicked), Jacob Brent (The original Broadway cast of CATS). All the while she was also heavily involved in the fitness community, and most recently received her Personal Trainer Certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine. She is currently working to build up her own fitness company CourtFriedFit through the newly opened Hero Fitness & Health.
Cierra Rogers: Collective Member
Cierra Rogers is a native of Phoenix, Arizona where she began her dance training at an early age. She trained at Tempe Dance Academy under the direction of Holly Manville, where she got the opportunity to work with notable choreographers such as Martha Nichols, Joey Dowling, Andy Pellick, and more! In high school, she attended Arizona School for the Arts where she focused on ballet, jazz, modern, and flamenco.
Cierra recently graduated Magna Cum Laude from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jazz Dance and a minor in Business Management. At Point Park, she has had the opportunity to perform works by Jessica Lang, Peter Chu, Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Catherine Kirk, and more!
Chris Borrero: Collective Member
Born in Chicago and raised in San Diego, CA. His interest in dance and gymnastics sparked at a young age through his involvement with a hip hop dance troupe called Jam Street though Sonrise Local Community Church. His passion and dedication for the arts grew as he continued performing in his church musical productions, in community theater, and in high school plays. Throughout his high school career, Chris danced on scholarship at culture shock San Diego where he continued to train in multiple styles of dance. Chris began performing professionally right after high school working for companies such as World Entertainment Services, Disneyland, Cirque du Soleil, Diavolo: Architecture in motion, NBC, etc. His biggest accomplishment was having the opportunity to join the Ensemble Cast in the broadway production of The Wiz! Live on NBC. Currently, he resides in NYC working as a professional dancer/actor with The MSA Talent Agency.
Diana Lizette Garcia: Collective Member
Lizette Garcia is a professional dancer, singer, & actress originally from Dallas, TX. She began her dance training at thirteen years old and after graduating from the University of North Texas with a BA in Dance, she pursued her passion for performing. Some of the highlights throughout her career include performing for Carnival Cruise Lines, dancing with the Black Eyed Peas in the Super Bowl XLV, & working on set in projects such as Lucifer, Orange is The New Black, & Law and Order. Lizette is currently residing in Las Vegas, NV training and working towards the continuation of fulfilling her dreams as a performer.
Natia Dorman: Collective Member
Natia Dorman began her professional dance career in 2021 after graduating college with a Bachelor of Science in Dance. Natia’s professional credits include performing at ValleyFair amusement park in Minnesota as a dancer, dancing in the Michael Jackson Live Tribute show at the Tropicana on the Las Vegas Strip, as well as gigging around Las Vegas as a model and dancer! Natia has done performances with DMD at Carnival in Hollywood, CA as well as performing at the Las Vegas Millennium Dance Complex Showcase. Natia became a member of DMD in 2022 and is excited to continue dancing and working with everyone in the company!
Riley Moore: Collective Member
My name is Riley Moore, and I became apart of the DMD family in December of 2022. I grew up dancing in Reno, Nevada, and continued my training at TAPS here in Las Vegas when I graduated high school in 2019! I competed almost my whole studio life, travelled with Velocity Dance Convention apart of their MVA+ program, and been to many intensives. I’m a contemporary boy at heart, but I have a huge soft spot for theatre. I worked at Tuacahn Amphitheater during their 2021 summer season. Other than that, I’ve worked at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio for a few seasons. Coming back to Vegas from that, my only goal was to work with Dani. When I first connected with Dani in April of 2022, I immediately knew I needed to work with her in any capacity. It’s been at the top of my list to work with the company, now here we are! I’m beyond excited to be apart of this company; gratitude is truly an understatement. I cant wait to show you what we do! All love.
Katie Grenier: Collective Member
Katie Grenier is a Massachusetts native who grew up training at a local studio as a competitive dancer. She graduated with her Bachelor's degree in Dance with a concentration in Performance and Choreography from Dean College. Immediately following graduating in 2018, Katie was hired as a company member for Boston’s contemporary dance company, Urbanity Dance. She remained with the company for four years while she also taught dance and choreographed for three different studios in Massachusetts. Katie relocated to Las Vegas in September 2022 with the intention to pursue different avenues of her performance career. She is also a current Graduate Student in Pepperdine University’s online Psychology program. Katie is excited for this next chapter of her life and the dance and performance opportunities the west coast has to offer.
