Elizabeth A Walter - Founder/ DirectorY2K Crew
Elizabeth A Walter - Founder/ Director
LIZ began her training in Northern California. Her classical ballet repetoir included Don Quixote, Le Corsaire & Giselle with her partner Julian Montanair (soloist with the San Francisco Ballet). Travelling to Moscow and Lenningrad USSR on sponsorships to train for the International Ballet Competition , she took company classes with the Bolshoi and Kirov Ballet companies and attended their performances as a special guest. She began teaching the pre-cursor to Cardio Funk at Sofit studio in Austin TX at the ripe old age of 17. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue a dance career on the advice of friends from the cast of the FAME television series at the age of 19. There she studied at the infamous Morolandis, Tremaine's, and Dupree studios. ACL reconstruction caused her to return to her beloved home and she has been teaching Funk Aerobics at World gym for the last 7+years. She is currently teaching the packed to capacity Street Jazz class at UT. Over the last few years, she has choreographed and judged National routines for the UT Pom, several National fitness competitors, and National Cheer and Dance Competitions. She founded Millennium Entertainment as an outlet for urban dance performance and promotion in Austin.
Stacy Aldridge - Producer/ Choreographer
Stacy is a local icon, as one of the original Bad Boys of Fitness, he helped to revolutionize the dance fitness industry in Austin. Over the years he has performed with numerous artists from Kid & Play, Stacy Earl, Ready for the World, Full Force, Redhead Kingpin, High Five and Troop. As well as half time shows for the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Rockets! He has taught at nearly every gym in Austin from the HQ Fitness to the Q and World Gym and has been teaching his packed Hip-Hop class at the University of Texas for the last 6 years! His background in breaking and freestyle dancing combined with the explosiveness of funk and hip-hop adds a fresh urban feel to the Millennium style. Stacy is also a producer at ACTV and has creative control over all of our video projects from the shoot to editting! He is currently working on our instructional dance and fitness video series for which we already have interest from dance studios in Japan and Australia!
Cindi George - Dance Team Coordinator/ Choreographer
Cindi is a new addition to the Millennium team, but she is not new to dancing or to Austin. Cindi is a local celebrity in her own right. She has been teaching funk aerobics at local gyms for the past 7 years and teaches a very popular hip-hop class at the Austin Conservatory of Dance. She has also done choreography for several high school dance teams and performed in many local events.
Brian Cash - Cheer Coordinator
Brian is an incredible dancer and was a UT cheerleader for several years. He has performed in front of packed houses at Daryl Royal field and has competed nationally for 2 universities. He has been a guest teacher at numerous cheer camps and he currently judges National Cheer competitions. His contacts in the ever-growing world of Cheer are a huge contribution to the Millennium world. He is currently working on securing a deal with a cheer all-star team. We will be working with them on choreography for National competition in the dance category.
Kathie Walter - Graphic Design
Kathie has won numerous art awards including the covetted Art Professors Award! She has a BA in Art from the University of Texas. Kathie will be instrumental in creating marketing materials for us and our partners. She is also LIZ's mother!