Nikki Gyftopoulos holds a BA in Public Relations and a dance minor from Hofstra University and an MBA in marketing from Providence College. She has been training in dance over twenty years and is an active choreographer and instructor at various dance studios in the New England area. From her choreography and work, she has received a total of 34 Choreography Awards, including KAR Choreographer of the Year 2016 and 2017. In addition to teaching and choreographing, she is a national dance competition adjudicator for KAR & Rainbow and a convention tour instructor for Turn It Up Dance Challenge. Gyftopoulos started her classical dance training at a very young age and then later found her love for street and hip-hop dance after joining the hip-hop crew The Movement Specialists directed by Keith Silva. She is now co-director of LIV3LIHOOD crew from Providence, RI (Prelude New England 1st Place Champions 2018 and 2019) and co-owner of Thr3e Live Dance Complex. For more info about Nikki Gyftopoulos, check out her website  https://nikkigyfto.wixsite.com/dancer