Tanya Chirico grew up dancing at DANJ and became the first DANJ student to be on Broadway - in the original production of Footloose! Tanya danced with *NSYNC at the opening ceremonies of the women’s World Cup; assisted famed choreographer, Frank Hatchett; and performed at City Center Theater with the Fort Worth Ballet Company. Tanya trained at the original Broadway Dance Center under Madame Darvash, Sheila Barker, AC Ciulla, and Mia Michaels. Her commercial credits include MTV, and modeling for Maggy London. Tanya continued her career in advertising, working for FOX Broadcasting on American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance!