Louis A. McKay, Jr.
A native of San Diego, Louis McKay practiced his art until the age of 20 when he was chosen to dance with the Debbie Reynolds Show.
With Debbie, Louis traveled all over the world performing on stage and many TV specials. He was featured in performances such as The People's Choice Awards, Liberace Special, The Bob Hope Special, Johnny Carson's Tonight Show, The John Davidson Show, The Mike Douglas Show, the Barbara Mandell Show, and The Sonny and Cher Show.
Louis is an accomplished vocalist and dancer and has taught master classes in 43 or our 50 states, with his largest class being over 1,000 students.
Louis has studied with greats such as Gower Champion, Ron Lewis, Michael Peters, Toni Stevens, Sal Dano and many more.
Dr. Robert Giarcello
Robert returns to North County DanceArts for his sixteenth year of working voice with our musical theater group.
Robert is an accomplished composer, teacher and performer. His works have been performed by many such as the CSU Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, Dr. Leland VaIL, Dr. Robin Cox, SDSU's Saxtet, The New Music Ensemble, Nova Ensemble, and the Oasis Chamber Ensemble.
He has performed with the San Diego Symphony, the Long Beach Symphony and Chorus, the LA Master Chorale, Dr. Paul Salamunavich, and the Opera Pacifica under Henry Venanzi.
Robert currently teaches voice and piano privately.
North County DanceArts' 2019 Musical Theater Workshop will focus on the song "Friend Like Me" from the movie 'Aladdin", Disney's remake of the 1992 animated musical fantasy directed by Guy Ritchie and co-written by Ritchie and John August opening in theaters May 24, 2019.
This workshop includes: