Passion * Purpose * Perseverance
Parallel Performance Company
2024-2025
Parallel is S1D2’s award-winning non-competitive, non-profit performance company, under the direction of Jessica Gallew and Ashley Lowman. S1D2 students devote their time to rehearse and perform within the community, in New York City, and at various dance conventions. Membership in Parallel is by invitation only, with students undergoing auditions to join as members or apprentices. Additionally, S1D2 has a solo recreational traveling team, further enhancing the dance opportunities available.
Step 1 Dance 2 Academy’s amazingly talented performance company has won numerous awards such as Creative Choreography, STUDIO OF THE WEEKEND, student scholarships, STUDIO SELECTION, Standout Performances from Artist Simply Human (ASH) and Broadway Dance Centers, Artist in Motion (AIM), on scholarship with a two-time Technical Excellence Award and Creative Choreography Award, and awards from RADIX. Our dancers have also received individual scholarships and accolades from Revel Dance Convention, RADIX, and ASH.
We strive for these young dancers to understand, master, and be challenged through the art of dance in a nurturing and positive atmosphere. Our goal is for them to become young professional dancers and/or enjoy this passionate art form while performing within the company. We believe in finding ones inner fire and positively pushing those limits endlessly. We are a FAMILY!
Ashlyn
Gavin
Skye
Adriana
Parallel Company Events
Performance Videos
Move If You Wanna
Choreographed by Matt Smith
Get Up
Choreographed by Jessica Gallew & Ashley Lowman (“JASH”)
Move It
Choreographed by Trevor Sones
Sink
Choreographed by Cameryn Kelly
I Love the 90’s
Choreographed by Jessica Gallew & Ashley Lowman (“JASH”)
Deepest Lonely
Choreographed by Julie Carter
Daddy Lessons
Choreographed by Cameryn Kelley
BELONG
Choreographed by Jessica Gallew & Ashley Lowman (“JASH”)
SAFE
Choreographed by Cameryn Kelley
Magic In Our Bones
Choreographed by Emily Bufferd
Higher Ground
Choreographed by Zach Bergfelt
Under His Eye
Choreographed by Jessica Gallew & Ashley Lowman (“JASH”)
Bruised
Choreographed by Hayden Frederick
Never Say Never
Choreographed by Brianna Mercado
Swim Low
Choreographed by Cat Cogliandro
Glorious
Choreographed by Jessica Gallew & Ashley Lowman (“JASH”)
Escape
Choreographed by Trevor Sones
Undertow
Choreographed by Michael Susten
Right Now
Choreographed by Skooj CorE-O
Not Without Haste
Choreographed by Ashley Lowman
Parallel Alumni
“The moment of in between why you once were, and who you are becoming now, is where the dance of life truly takes place.”
Kylie Hydock
2024Kylie will be attending the Savannah College of Art and Design in the fall of 2024 as a Social Strategy and Management major.
Summer Salos
2022Summer is attending Slippery Rock University as a Dance major. She toured as a Pro Reveler Faculty Assistant for the REVEL Dance Convention's 2022-2023 season and is a guest choreographer for Parallel and Paradigm Performance Companies.
Tia Hydock
2021Tia is a freelance makeup artist after graduating from the College of Makeup Art & Design Complete Makeup Artist Program in Toronto, Canada. She is also an S1D2 dance instructor and has been serving as the Company Captain for the Parallel and Paradigm Performance Companies since the 2022-2023 season.
Abby Scaggs
2020Abby is a Dance major attending The University of the Arts and is also a guest choreographer for S1D2.
Bryce Sale
2020Bryce is a guest choreographer for the Kent Island High School dance program.
Emma Trump
2020Emma is a Public Relations major and Dance minor attending Messiah University.
Kaleigh Hart
2020Kaleigh graduated with an Associates degree for Media Production and is continuing her education at Florida Atlantic University. She was a dance instructor for S1D2 from 2020-2022 and is a guest choreographer for the Kent Island High School dance program.
Cam Kelly
2019Cam is a professional dancer who graduated from the 2021-2022 inaugural year of the CLI Conservatory Program with Teddy Forance, after attending Point Park University as a Dance major. She has been an Embody Dance Conference Assistant since the 2022-2023 season and is a guest instructor and choreographer for S1D2 and the Parallel and Paradigm Performance Companies.
Maisie Daniels
2018Maisie is a graduate of Stevenson University.
Alex Heyn
2018Alex was a dance instructor for S1D2 from 2018-2021.
Jessi Mortillaro
2018Jessi is a graduate of Towson University with a Bachelor's degree in Dance.
Nikki Blades
2017Nikki graduated from Goucher College with a Bachelor's degree in Dance and Communications and went on to become a professional dancer with the Boston Community Dance Project Company and the Pantos Project Dance Ensemble.