Born and raised in the Bay Area, "Nico's" ability to dance and learn choreography quickly has always come natural to him.  A Culture Shock Oakland alumni, specializingin hip hop, his training includes Ballet Folklorico, salsa, merengue, jazz, andballet. 

While immersing himself within the dance community, he hashad the chance to dance and choreograph for several artists and companies, suchas Phoenix Dance Company, Dance Unlimited, Kristy Frank, and Kim DelFierro. Hewas featured in the Bollywood film "Duhaan in America", as well as the WB'sDaily Mixx show for the "In the Zone: Dance Contest", and also at the Wild 94.9Doghouse Comedy Jam. 

His theatercredits include "The Nutcracker" with California Ballet Academy, Chino in "WestSide Story", Fleance in African American Shakespear's Company, "The MacBethProject", and in the ensemble casts of "The Wizard of Oz", and"Cinderella".  Nico has also had theopportunity to compete in World Hip Hop Championships both in Germany and LosAngeles, receiving high recognition.  In2002 he created and directed his own dance company, "TwistedIllusion", which to this day are known for their out of the box andcreative production numbers, and were featured in San Francisco'sChoreographer's Carnival Ball.

As a professional dancer, now residing in LosAngeles and signed to DDO artist agency, Nico is happy to join the cast of  "Chelsea's on Main" and would liketo thank his parents, family and friends for all their support.

Miriam Peters-Wasmund is on hiatus from her life in New Yorkand is enjoying sunny L.A. and being part of the cast of Chelsea's onMain.  Dancing since she was four, the23 year old has trained and worked with Gus Giordano, Joel Hall and RiverNorth's Frank Chavez.  Her past fiveyears have been spent in N.Y.C. as part of the Alvin Ailey School, as well astraining with choreographers Jana Hicks, Val Suarez and Colette Brandenburg.

Present credits include a collaborative project withchoreographer Brandenburg entitled "Painted Ladies" in NYC and TheNext Stage Project in NYC and Hawaii with Jana Hicks.

She would like to take this chance to thank herfriend and choreographer Colette Brandenburg for new opportunities and lots oflaughs.

Born and raised in Southern California, Tea has been dancing& choreographing since the age of 14. He has trained at Riverside CommunityCollege, Debbie Allen Dance Academy and studios all over Los Angeles.

For 2 years, Tea helped develop R&B music sensation S1,which he toured with for over a year, and has worked with choreographers, suchas Dave Schott, Chuck Maldorado, Tabitha & Neopolitain.  Tea can also be seen winning an episode of Dance360 and as coordinator for Totalee Yoo-nek Entertainment, where heput together the “Work Hard Play Hard” school tour.

“There are so many people to thank, so I willjust say Thank You to all. I have been blessed by all that have crossed mypath.  Thanks to all”.

Angela is a Native of the San Francisco Bay area and aprofessional dancer for the Film and Television industry. Her credits includedancing for the NFL and the NBA for the Oakland Raiders and the Golden StateWarriors. She has also appeared in commercials for Coca-Cola, Ford cars, andSony. She has also been featured as a lead dancer in music videos and T.V showssuch as American Idol and the MTV Music Awards with Beyonce.

She would like to thank Thomas, her roommates,(Giancarlo and Nico) choreographers and cast for making this a wonderful show."I love you guys!"

Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Kathlyne Pham immigrated to theUnited States at the age of three.  Sheand her family settled in Houston, Texas where she was active in school playsand speech tournaments.  Encouraged byher love for acting, she attended a massive open call audition for OliverStone's epic film, Heaven and Earth, and was lucky enough to land asmall role.  Shooting the movie inPhuket, Thailand was a life altering experience, and Kathlyne decided that shewould pursue a career in the entertainment industry.

Since then, Kathlyne has appeared in such television showsas JAG, Strong Medicine, Threat Matrix, and Huff.  Upon taking her first dance class six years ago, she has addeddance and choreography to her repertoire--working on E.G. Daily's one womanmusical titled Listen Closely, and dancing and choreographing for Cheeracise,a soon to be released cheer dance and fitness DVD.

Kathlynebelieves there is nothing she can not do once she puts her mind to it.  She would like to thank her mom and dad forgiving her the opportunity to pursue her dreams.  "Leaving Vietnam took tremendous courage, and they will foreverbe my heroes".

Laura Karklina was born in Riga, Latvia. At age 8 she cameto the  United States and began hertraining in ballet. At age 18, she began working as a dancer for theme parkssuch as Busch Gardens and Walt Disney World, Orlando. Later, she worked as thelead dancer on Disney ‘s Cruise Line. She has also performed in multipleCasinos around the country, and has performed at the Araneta Coliseum inManila, Philippines.

Laura has recently relocated to Los Angeles andis actively pursuing her dreams in the entertainment industry.

Stephanie Daniel has danced with and choreographed forC&C Music Factory, featuring Barbara Tucker & The Sweat Fest 2004 WorldTour, the musical "Perilous Times" and several other R&B anddance artists.  She has performedonstage in Australia, Turkey and throughout the United States.  Stephanie has appeared on television and infilm, including a Showtime/Apple commercial, Bollywood film "Kal Ho NaaHo" and several music videos.

Stephanie has taught dance classes to all ages in NewYork City, New Jersey and Los Angeles and is an ACE Group Fitness Instructor.

Dancer, Actor andChoreographer. Jake Mason is a true triple threat. While most of his day to dayendeavors include fighting off paparazzi and obsessive fans, his free time isspent teaching Hip-Hop, Pop and Jazz to kids in his North Hollywood basedPopDance studio.

Choreographycredits include the critically acclaimed one-woman show "Listen Closely" starringEG Daily, The Comedy Central hit show "Con", Cheeracise, and Dirty LittleSecret's debut music video "Hush Your Lips".

Jake would like to thank Kathlyne Pham forpushing him to audition for Chelsea's (and then making sure he got all themoves right), Act2.for being the glue that has held this experience together, His Mom, Dad and Sister, for all their continuedsupport, and the PopDance students, who force me to be a better teacher anddancer on a daily basis.

', 'Gisele Losso brings adifferent element to this show: a hula-hoop. Born in southern Brazil, she has been in Los Angeles for 5 years. It was through an underground community in LA that she fell in love for hoop dancing, a fusion between dance and tricks with a hula-hoop. Blending electronic music and Brazilian swing, Gisele has performed in clubs and music videos, including Ben Lee's "Catch my Disease" on MTV.

Monique "Smilee" Young is a newcomer to the professionaldancing company.  She is a Kansas City,MO native with a dance & hip-hop background. While in her hometown, she hasdanced & marched to the sounds & beats across the U.S. and Europe withthe Kansas City Marching Cobras.

She is currently pursuing her acting career,while giving her God-given desire & talent of dance back to Christ at herhome church, The City of Refuge Dance Ministry.

As an actor & model making his way into theentertainment industry, Giancarlo brings a Latin-Hip Hop flavor toChelsea's.  With appearances in Monk,Barber Shop and an MC Hammer video, Giancarlo has also appearedonstage in Wayside School and This Vato Can Cook.

The energetic & charismatic dancer will soonbe visible in several Latin music videos in the coming months.

JavierChavez has been studying dance for 2 years. Born in California and raised in the San Fernando Valley, he iscurrently studying ballet with Shiva Baqhevi's Dance, as well as attendingValley College's Dance Program with Geordie Wright.

Javier plans to pursue a career in showbiz, aswell as becoming a more well rounded performing artist.

A little insight into the person behind the camera.