Alex & Victoria Arizpe
Uptown Productions

Patricia Astorga
Sabor Mexico

Robin Rettig Carlson
Dance Force Productions

Gary Connor
Wyld Styl

Kenneth Epting
Exclamation Dance Company

Harrison Guy
Urban Souls Dance Company

Monica Hand
Ocular Expressions

Reetu Jain
Samudra Fusion Dance Company

Barbara King
Barbara King’s Dance Company

Shakira Massood-Ali (Debbie Scheel)
Solange

Amber Thornton
Bay Area Ballet & Theatre

Tesia Truitt
Planet Funk

Sophia Torres
Psophonia Dance Company

Adrian Walter
Tartanic

Shawn Welling
Planet Funk

Janie Yao
Dance of Asian America

Shawn Welling
Planet Funk

Shawn Welling is the chief director of Planet Funk, which he founded 15 years ago. Shawn’s career as a performer & choreographer began at the NBA World Championship games for the Houston Rockets in 1994 and continued with NFL & NHL half-time shows, concert openings, stage productions, music videos, over 60 TV appearances plus conducting dance master classes throughout the US.
Performance highlights includes Cirque du Soleil “Dralion”, Good Morning America, 2 ABC dance specials (one submitted for an Emmy) with Debra Duncan, and an NBC TV special with radio and TV personality Sam Malone. In 2000 Welling built Planet Funk Academy, which recently aired on the Bravo network in a 5-week series that was also highlighted on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to a 5 million viewing audience. Shawn has recently produced a variety of successful master classes for the Disney Lion King dancers, the cast for the Broadway hit Oliver, and MTV star Wade Robson.

Shawn and his talented team are regular performers in Houston’s Downtown Theater District and for local celebrities like Roger Clemens. Recently, Shawn and 2 of his dancers visited with President George Bush senior in his office in regards to the acclaimed 2-hour rendition of Planet Funk's latest show “Electric Light Circus” which aided in the Tsunami Relief. H.P., Apple Computer, NASA, United Way, Second Baptist Church, Girl Scouts of America, and ConocoPhillips resemble the wide variety of clients that have hired Shawn, his company, and dedicated directors.