Meet your judges!
We are proud to have these talented individuals on our panel this season. Each regional event will have 3 judges. Event judges may not be listed below.
Impact Dance Adjudicators
IMPACT DANCE ADJUDICATORS was created to help dance competitions easily find their next judging panel. Our judges are in-demand, professional adjudicators, teachers, and dancers, who have prior experience behind the table, as well as vast knowledge in multiple styles of dance. The judges selected to be represented by IDA are required to go through a pre-screening process which evaluates their knowledge in multiple forms of dance. We are the first and only service in the industry to offer pre-screened, background judges to dance competitions nationwide.
IDA Judge – Brent
Brent McBeth is on tap faculty at Broadway Dance Center and has taught tap and musical theater at studios and conventions for over 15 years. He has performed in musical theater and circuses around the world. Favorite credits include: White Christmas (cast album); No, No, Nanette (NY City Center); Big Apple Circus (NY Lincoln Center); Exit Stage Left (German tour). Brent has judged national-level dance competitions for over 10 years and is on the roster of judges with Impact Dance Adjudicators.
IDA Judge – Amy
Amy Gibson is from North Carolina . She studied at North Carolina School of the Arts and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she graduated with a BFA in choreography and performance. She performed with the Walt Disney World Corporation, Horn in the West and modern dance company Soul Play. After her performance career Amy knew that teaching was truly her passion. Many of her students have gone on to study dance and are now professional performers. She directed her own children’s program at Black Mountain Center for the Arts, and formed a community based dance troupe for students that want more performance opportunities in a non-competitive environment. Amy has also worked with Olympic champion Svetlana Boginskaya as a dance instructor for the Olympia Gymnastics Camp. She travels internationally as a dance coach for competitive gymnasts and has had the honor to work alongside Olympian Chellsie Memmel, assistant Olympic coach Miles Avery and Olympic coach Aimee Boorman. She judges national dance competitions throughout the U.S. and can be found guest teaching in public/private schools. She loves encouraging young dancers to keep working hard to reach their goals and dreams. Amy is currently on the roster of Dance Competition Judges with Impact Dance Adjudicators.
IDA Judge – Ashley
Ashley Peter is a New York City based freelance performer, educator, choreographer, adjudicator and director. She has choreographed and taught at studios all over the tri-state area, Florida and Canada. She has been on staff with Universal Dance Association, DivaDanceNYC, Polish Your Passion as well as assistant staff at the prestigious Broadway Theatre Project founded by Ann Reinking and The Jimmy Awards (The National High School Musical Theater Awards). She has choreographed for Flash Mob America, the OMMA Awards, Florida Dance Masters and singer/songwriter Joey Contreras. Ashley is currently a program director and lead instructor for American Dance Training Camps multiple locations across the US. Ashley has performed with Pittsburgh Musical Theater, RWS & Associates, The Walt Disney Company, the NYC Jazz Dance Festival and the Brooklyn based contemporary dance company UrbanHumans. She has done national industrials, original Broadway workshops, and off-Broadway shows & festivals. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Point Park University with a minor in journalism & mass communications. Ashley is passionate about teaching and the education of young dancers and travels all over the US & Canada as an adjudicator, teacher and director for dance competitions & conventions. Ashley is currently on the roster of judges with Impact Dance Adjudicators.
IDA Judge – Julie
A Native of Bel Air, Maryland, Julie is an honors graduate of Rutgers University, where she was a 4-year member of the Nationally-ranked Rutgers Dance Team. She is trained in numerous styles of dance and performed professionally in shows all across the world with Dublin Worldwide Productions, and Holland America Line cruises. Her televisions credits include America’s Got Talent, America’s Best Dance Crew, and The Daily Show with John Stewart. Most recently, she was a featured dancer in the production of “Broadway’s Christmas Wonderland” in Tokyo, Japan. Julie has traveled all over the US choreographing for several studios as well as NFL and Collegiate Dance teams. She now resides in Charlotte, NC and is the owner of “Beyond the Ice”, where she trains elite figure skaters in dance, flexibility, strength and technique. In 2020, she served as an assistant choreographer for the US Figure Skating Championships Opening Ceremony in Greensboro, NC. Julie is currently on the roster of dance competition judges with Impact Dance Adjudicators.
Heidi Kulas
Heidi Kulas has grown up dancing with three generations of her family from Greenville, Michigan. She has achieved national recognition competing, performing, touring, judging and teaching Clogging, Irish Step Dance (popularized by “Riverdance”), Rhythm Tap, Traditional as well Contemporary forms of Percussive Dance including South African Gumboot and Body Percussion. She received a Michigan Dance Heritage Fellowship moving her to Maryland to join the international touring company, FOOTWORKS Percussive Dance Ensemble as a Principal Dancer and Co-Choreographer. She has been a featured dancer and choreographer in the production “Solemates” collaborating with Step Afrika! as well as a collaboration with Tim O’Brien in “The Crossing.” Heidi has toured performing around the world as a Guest Dancer with many professional and GRAMMY winning recording artists including Nickel Creek, Lunasa, Balsam Range, Uncle Earl (for which she stars in their music video for “Streak O’ Lean, Streak O’ Fat”) and Eileen Ivers just to name a few. Heidi holds a B.A. in Theatrical Arts and also served as the Dance Captain and a Choreographer for a now 28-time National Champions the Bailey Mountain Cloggers. She is a proud member of the All-American clogging team. Most recently, Heidi was a featured soloist, dance captain and entertainer in several shows with the Fee/Hedrick Family Entertainment Co. and World Choice Investments (a Dolly Parton Company) in Pigeon Forge, TN including The Comedy Barn, the Smoky Mountain Opry and Hatfield and McCoy Dinner Feud. She continues to perform as a guest artist in Pigeon Forge and around the country. She is also a certified NASM personal trainer and Nutrition Coach. She is excited to be using her diverse dance and entertainment background to be able to share unique insights with the dancers as an adjudicator for the dance season.
Lucy Mangion
Lucy Mangion is a dancer, singer and actor from Melbourne, Australia. She has been trained by Australia’s best from an early age. Not only does Lucy have a passion for performing but Lucy is a passionate dance teacher and choreographer for young and upcoming Australian dancers. She has choreographed and directed dance shows and musicals at prestigious schools across Melbourne. She has won numerous National awards for dance, drama and choreography. Lucy has performed for a large number of top music artists such as The Kid Laroi, Sean Kingston, Joel Corry, Topic and Havana Brown. She has choreographed for Australian rap artists Alpy & Sophiya and has many projects coming soon.
