J. Mac | Studios
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Instructors
Charles Scibner
Charles has studied break dancing with world-renowned dancers such as Ronnie Ruin, Poe 1, Allienness, Frankie Flav, and Nat Diggity. He has competed in crews such as DeadBeats and Lunch Box James at major national battles like the GI Forum, City vs. City 5, Kings of the Cypher, and Free Styles Sessions. Charles' talent has landed him exciting bookings, dancing for Mix Master Mike, Puma, Greek Town Casino, Coldstone Creamery, Street Dreams, Hot Import Nights, and on the main stage at DEMF (the world famous electronic festival held at Heart Plaza). Over the last 5 years of studying break dancing, Charles has created effective teaching techniques that break down the fundamentals of footwork, power moves, and bboying/bgirling foundation. Charles is highly respected in the break dancing community for his creative choreography and his ability to work with both beginner and advanced breakers.
Eric Upshaw 
Upshaw, a phenomenal performer, specializes in hip hop and break dancing. He is also an extremely successful choreographer. He has choreographed and danced for Joss Stone, Stevie Wonder, the Detroit Music Awards, Walt Disney World, Fuse-In Festival, Liberty Fest, MTV's DJ Scribble, Bacardi's Block Party, and Undaground videos. He has also danced for Stellar Music Awards with Jay Moss, the Super Bowl with John Legend and India Arie, and
Jordan Mac Jordan Mac, who has been in movies such as Eminem's 8 Mile, has modeled for 
companies such as Maseriti and X-Box, and has danced for exciting names like
Tristan Fisher 
Yes, you have seen him on the hit TV show "America's Best Dance Crew" It's Tristan Fisher, founder and choreographer for Detroit's famous dance crew A.S.I.D. We are proud to have him as head choreographer of our professional performance program (PPP) This program is for 18 years of age and over and is by audition only. Students work and train professional in our 10 month that includes a High Definition Video Demo, Professional Photo Shoot, and resume building bookings!
TaQuita Thorn Singer, Dancer, Actress, and Song Writer, TaQuita Thorns! You first seen on P. Diddy Making of the Band 3 filmed in New York. She made is all the way to the last cut. While on the MTV series Taquita met formed a friendship with Kaui, one of the other contestants. They didn't make the finale cut, but as faith would have it, MTV ending up giving Kaui and TaQuita their very own show, "The TaQuita and Kaui Show". Watch clips of this funny show filming in Las Vegas at MTV Now TaQuita is writing for Major Recording Artist as well as teaching dance and producing her first album.
Chastity Dotson 
Chastity has always had a genuine love for the theater. As a teen, a teacher recruited her for competitive acting, where she received accolades on the regional and state levels. Chastity also studied under Kate Mendelhoff at the University of Michigan before coming to Los Angeles, where she studied at USC's prestigious BFA Acting Program. She has written and performed six one-woman shows and was invited to perform at the renowned Public Theater in NYC. Other solos include "Interviews with the Clown" which premiered at Primary Stages Theater in NYC, "The Eve Before Sera" at the Etcetera Theater in England, and "The Great American Cowboy Hero" at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica. You may have seen her playing "Nish" on Veronia Mars, in the feature film The Kingston High, or in two of Taco Bell's national commercials. Her other television credits include CSI NY, N3mbers, Saving Grace, State of Mind,
Martinez-Cudilla
Martinez-Cudilla grew up in Cadiz, Philippines. She grew to love dance at a very young age. She trained in ballet and Spanish/Flamenco dancing during elementary and high school. During her first year in high school, she became the youngest member of the Kayumanggi Dance Troupe. She was also a member of the Malipayon Dance Troupe. At the Philippine Women's University, she received her Bachelors in Physical Education. In college, she also trained with the Bayanihan Dance Company (the oldest dance company in the Philippines) and continued her classical ballet under Joji Felix Velarde, also working with Eddie Alajare.
Roxann Scotalla
Roxann has been dancing since the 1999. She is trained by world renowned teachers through workshops or personal dvd and video distance training with world renowned teachers such as -Keti Sharif, Kaeshi Chai, Amar Gamal ,Tamalyn Dallal, Jillina, Susan DelVecchio,Bozenka, Carrie Konya, Suhaila Salimpour, Amaya as well as many more. She has performed in Greek Town at Nikki's, Mosaic's as well as the Greek Town Casino, Crews Inn, Congress Restaurant, ILounge in Pontiac, Checkers Bar & Grill, as well as many more places. Roxann performs nationally as well as internationally.
Sari is a nationally recognized voice talent with a 22 year broadcasting background in 
radio and TV. She has been heard on radio stations across the country including WCSX and WRIF in Detroit, KLXK Minneapolis, KZPS Dallas, The Loop Chicago as well as teaching voice-overs and broadcasting at Columbia College in Chicago, and most recently a Music Director and national on air talent at
She is recognized for making national history featured in USA Today as the 1st Female Public Address Announcer in the N.H.L. for the Dallas Stars and holds an honor of being inducted into the Specs Howard Hall of Fame. She has been featured in the NY Times, Fortune 500, Forbes Magazine and locally in the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Working for XM, Sari covered red carpet interviews and artist catalogue retrospectives interviewing a wide array of celebrities and talent. Recently moving back to the Detroit area to be more involved in the film industry, she has been a part of several Michigan films, and is looking forward to more!
Kate Hart
In 1990 Kate signed with the prestigious label, Biograph Records, and released her first album. She signed a management agreement with Dick Waterman (who directed such notables as Bonnie Raitt, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Son House). She has been nominated for over fifteen awards, including the GRAMMY award for "Best Blues Recording," four WC Handy Blues Awards, two NAMA awards, four Washington State Blues Awards, and she was nominated this year for five Detroit Music Awards. In 1995, Kate received the King County Women's Leadership Award. In addition to creating and producing Seattle Women/Detroit Women in R&B, she has appeared with Roy Orbison, Leon Russell, Bo Diddley, Etta James, Koko Taylor, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Louis Walker, Mary Wells, Savoy Brown, Lydia Pense, Booker T and the MG's, Queen
