Keiki Musical Theatre Bootcamp

Laulea Noche

Ballet & Jazz

Laulea Noche has danced for over 10 years and is a full time school student, part-time dance teacher, and professional dancer. She has been a dance captain, principal dancer in productions, and teacher assistant since the age of 12. She is proficient in multiple genres of dance like contemporary, lyrical, jazz, tap, ballet, and hip hop, and has studied under world renowned instructors. She teaches students ages 3-17 and is dedicated to helping students grow into the most authentic version of themselves. 

Debra McGee 

Hip Hop/Breakin & Broadway Jazz

Debra moved to Hawaii island in 2011 after performing, teaching, and choreographing in NY and MN Twin Cities for over two decades.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College in N.Y.C.  There she performed works by José Limón, Milton Myers, Jeffrey Holder, Louis Falco, Virginia Johnson and Lar Lubovich.  Debra is a former member of Garth Fagan Dance and performed his works nationally and internationally. Thereafter, she began teaching and choreographing again while training vocally at the Eastman School of Music in NY.  Thereafter, she returned to MN where she worked with former Alvin Ailey principal’s company called TU Dance, performed in numerous musicals and worked as a teaching artist. She has taught and created works at the University of Minnesota, Gustavus Adolphus College, The Cowles Center, Penumbra Theater and St. Paul Conservatory. This is her eighth year as a Lava Roots dancer and 4th year as a member of the Prince Dance Company on the island of Hawaii performing, choreographing collaboratively, and teaching.  She currently teaches at Kona Dance and Performing Arts, the Hub in Hawi, Donkey Mill’s Summer Programs, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival and is a teaching artist with Hawaii State Foundation of Arts and Culture.  Debra's true love is dance because she can communicate to any culture through this universal language.

Improv

Ali Drummond is a dedicated and passionate director, dance instructor, choreographer, and educator. She began her training at an early age through pre professional institutions such as the Children’s Ballet Theatre (later renamed to Capital Ballet Theatre), American Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive Program, the Northeast Academy of Dance, and Happendance. Ali has performed biannually in full length classical ballets, such as The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Gaîté Parisienne, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty, performing lead roles such as the Rat King and Cinderella’s Ugly Stepsister. After attending Eastern Michigan University’s Dance Program, where she participated in intensive training and performed at the American College Dance Association’s Annual Festival, she moved on to work professionally as a Company Member for Fungirl Dance Company & School. Simultaneously, Ali served as both Instructor and Director for the Center for Dance & Movement at The Community House, a nonprofit organization over 100 years old. Works of Ali’s choreography have been performed professionally at Collective Sweat Detroit’s annual Birthday Party the Ypsi Dance Swap, where she accepted a choreographer's award. Ali is passionate about creating a safe, upbeat, and body positive space for students to learn, explore, dance, and grow.