Wendy Penatello Denny is from Raleigh, NC, and has been dancing, performing, and choreographing for 20 years. Her training includes North Carolina School of the Arts, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Assisting at Broadway Center in NYC, and Dancing at Pieriette Sadlers Dance Company under the direction of Christy Curtis. She has had several awesome performance opportunities, such as dancing in a national Dr. Pepper commercial, Carolina Hurricanes halftime show, the NY Yankee parade, and as a performer in the River Street Break Dancing Crew in Savannah, GA. Wendy has also won several choreography awards at competitions at the local and national level, and choreographed for musical productions of Annie Get Your Gun and Grease. She is currently working with DanceWorks pre-professional company, and Elissa Edwards' Evolve Dance Conventions, and director of Driven Dance Competition. Wendy has a true passion for teaching and continues to expand her knowledge by taking classes and exploring new movement.