(Director) Founder, Director, Choreographer of Xtreme Dance Force, the number one Hip Hop and Jazz/Lyrical dance troupe in the Midwest. Renzetti, recently featured on the cover of Dance Teacher Magazine, began his training at age 8 in Jazz, Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop. Renzetti now travels all over the country for Master Workshops, Intensives and dance studios guest teaching and setting choreography. Renzetti trained in Hollywood, CA with top Choreographers and teachers. Renzetti has appeared in the Show “Pop Stars 2,” Lead Singer and Dancer for (Big Idea’s) Veggie Tales “Jonah,” the national syndicated TV show “Health and Lifestyles Weekly,” and other top shows and performances across the country. Recently Renzetti choreographed the Nationally Televised MLS All-Star Game Half-Time Show Featuring Recording artist Lupe Fiasco. Renzetti’s work has received National acclaim and overall awards for Choreography/Entertainment by top industry competitions. Renzetti’s group, Xtreme Dance Force are 9-time Starpower International Victory Cups holders. Xtreme Dance Force was also rated one of the top 5 dance companies in the USA by Dance Spirit Magazine. Renzetti’s credits include: openings for recording artist Soulja Boy, Ludacris, Ciara, Chingy, Tyrese, Lupe Fiasco, Bow Wow, Mims, and Twista.. Renzetti has trained dancers who have gone on to dance in major motion pictures, music videos, live celebrity tours, award shows and numerous commercials. Renzetti’s dancers have also gone on to teach all over the world. They’ve worked with artists such as Justin Bieber, JLO, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, Jason Derulo and Pussy Cat Dolls. They have also appeared in Live Las Vegas shows, opening celebrity acts and on the “Wade Robson Project.” They have recently appeared on the Fox series “So You Think You Can Dance” and MTV Hit “Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew”, Season 1 and 2. Renzetti was featured as the head hip hop Coach in 2 shows of the Emmy Award winning MTV reality show, “MADE”. For more information on Renzetti’s Company please visit www.xtremedanceforce.com. Renzetti is also an accredited recording artist who has kicked off his singing career under the stage name "Nick Richards". For more information on Renzetti's artist career, please visit, www.nickrichardsmusic.com

Jennifer holds a BFA in Dance Performance from Northern Illinois University. She began training at a young age under the instruction of Bonnie Ardelene. From there, she studied with the Milwaukee Ballet and also was accepted as a VIP for Dance Olympus. While at Norther she studied with Randall Newsom and Judith Chitwood. She has danced with NTD in numerous performances such as Coppalia, Les Sylphide, Piquita, and The Nutcracker. She was also a member of SoFlo Ballet Company in South Florida. Since moving back, her most recent performances were with In Flight Dance Company and Free Space. Jennifer is now married and has 3 children.

(All-Star HH & JD / Xtreme Company Co-Director) Nichole has been dancing since she was 4. At age 12 Nichole joined Xtreme Dance Force when it started in 2002 and danced with the company until she graduated High School in 2008. Nichole has been trained in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Tap, Modern and Contemporary. While on Xtreme Dance Force she was a part of the group that won the first victory cup for the company in 2006 and followed that with 2 more in 2007 and 2008. She has received scholarships and numerous overall top scores while participating in conventions and competitions regionally and nationally. Through Xtreme she had the opportunity to work directly with Jesse Santos, Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo, David Moore, Kevin Maher, Brian Friedman, Dave Scott, Sky Hoffman, Nick Bass, Tokyo, Bobby Newberry, Leslie Scott, Laurie Ann Gibson, D. Woods, Marty Kudelka, Chris Jacobsen and Jayson Wright. Nichole has also been instructed by Avnun Yakubov, Nikki Del Rae, Sarah Ford, Sam Renzetti, JC Renzetti, and Alvin Ramirez. Also while on Xtreme she performed in the opening dances for Ciara, Ludacris and performed in the MLS half time show with Lupe Fiasco. Nichole also performed with Xtreme at Urbanite, Taste of Chicago, Dance Chicago, and various other performance opportunities. In 2003 Nichole was casted as one of the dancers in a commercial for Value City. During her high school years from 2004-2008 she also participated in the Neuqua Valley High School Orchesis Dance Team. During her Junior and Senior years she was given the opportunity to choreograph dances for their annual show. In 2008-2009 she assisted JC Renzetti with Team hip hop and taught at the Center. In 2009 she moved to Los Angeles. From 2009 to 2011 she studied dance in Los Angeles taking classes from various instructors at Millennium and Debbie Reynolds studio. While in California she attended Santa Monica College and UEI to pursue studies in the medical field. In 2011 she moved back to Naperville and rejoined the Xtreme Staff as a Co-Director for Crew Hip Hop and an Instructor at the Center. Nichole received her Nursing Degree and Certification in 2016. Being a nurse and teaching dance are both long time dreams of hers. Working with the crew kids and teaching the Children's program classes have given her a new insight on the dance world because she has the opportunity to enlighten the young kids she teaches and spark their interest in dance.

Gretchen Rose Duncan started dancing at the age of 2, began competing at the age of 7 & began teaching at 12 years old. She continued to train with competitive dance teams all over the Chicagoland area, winning choreography awards at many local & national competitions. During her time as a dancer she also got some amazing acting opportunities in recitals and Summer stock as Mother Nature, a featured Angel from the Christmas Carol & Maria from the Sound of Music. After graduating high school, Gretchen was selected as one of the 6 featured dancers from Chicago to appear on “the Wade Robson Project” on MTV in 2003. This was the first dance reality series ever to air on national television making the way for such television hits as 'So you think you can dance,' 'America's Best Dance Crew,' and 'Dance Moms.' Shortly after, she joined Xtreme Dance Force while pursuing her 3 associates degrees, bachelors in Business and duel MBA in Business Administration & Human Resources. With the accumulation of experience, she has danced for Chingy, Chamillionaire, Soulja Boy, Tyrese & Lupe Fiasco as well as at Chicago Bulls & Milwaukee Bucks games. Throughout the years, she has trained directly under Brian Freedman, Justin Giles, Liz Imperio, Sheila Barker, Charles McGowan, Jesse lee Santos, Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Judd, Wade Robson, Company Dance Competitive circuit owner Tracie Marcineak, NappyTabs, The Jabbawackeez Crew & many more. She is trained in all styles of dance & enjoys all aspects of the performance arts including editing & producing music, writing music and performing vocals, as well as teaching & choreographing. A few years back Gretchen answered a call on her life to ministry & was an AXIS youth leader at Pathway Christian Fellowship in addition to being a worship leader. All the while teaching and performing with Movement Revolution Crew as a dancer and choreographer. She then relocated to Dallas to attend Christ for the Nations Bible Institute, taking a position to direct the pre-teen ministry at Pathway of Life Church, teaching and choreographing at Powerhouse of Dance in Dallas and studying worship, helping international students and teaching make-up to the drama ministry for their CFN performances. This brought her home to the Chicagoland area for a short summer time before heading out Hawaii where she took an Artistic Director position at NIX Performing Arts Center in Aiea, Hawaii working on developing and building their dance program and performing company. She currently is back in Chicago, Youth Pastor at Pathway Christian Fellowship, leading worship and performing for Ashton Vines as a backup dancer.

(Co-Director) Sarah Ford Hardy is originally from Louisville, Kentucky and is a graduate of the Youth Performing Arts School. Sarah has trained at the Joel Hall Dance Center and Columbia College in Chicago IL, the Edge Performing Arts Center in Hollywood, CA and Millennium Dance Complex in Los Angeles. She has performed with numerous dance companies such as Inaside Chicago Dance, Midwest Dance Collective, DanceWerks Dance Productions, The Joel Hall Dancers and The JADD Co. Sarah was a member of the Joseph Allen Decker Dance Company where she assisted Mr. Decker for two seasons. She spent eight years choreographing and performing with Inaside Chicago Dance. Her time with Inaside also included 6 years as the company’s Youth Training Program Director and 9 years as the Summer Intensive Director. Sarah has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with artists such as Wierd Al Yankovic, Soulja Boy, Hannah and Joshua Welton of Counter Culture, 3rd Eye Girl and Prince. Sarah was a featured dancer in the movie Dreams in 2013. In 2006, she choreographed the Nationally Televised MLS All-Star Game Half-Time Show Featuring Recording artist Lupe Fiasco. She also choreographed for Nick Cannon’s Wild N’ Out Tour 2017 in Chicago. Sarah is currently residing in Illinois where she is teaching and choreographing all over the Chicagoland area. She is the Regional Director of 360° Dance Festival and has been on faculty at the Gus Giordano Dance School in Chicago for the last 6 years. For the last decade, Sarah has choreographed for numerous State Award winning high school Pom/Dance Teams. She enjoys teaching dancers of all ages, styles and levels and has recently been on the faculty of Dance Olympus, Dance Masters of WI, One Family Festival and 360 Dance Festival. In 2019, Sarah and her husband Marcus founded Sarcus Entertainment to provide dancers with high end performance opportunities on a commercial and corporate level. Sarah was a Jazz Co-Director at Xtreme from 2005-2008 and is excited to be back on staff joining the Xtreme Family once again.

Marcus Hardy, a native of Garner, NC, always had a passion for the arts from a young age. Much of that passion came from having a family of musicians. Though Marcus participated in many sports up until college, mainly track and field, he loved everything about the arts, which eventually led to him changing his major to Dance Performance his senior year of college. He went on to receive his BFA in Dance Performance, in 2012, at East Carolina University with a concentration in Jazz dance. Soon after, he moved to Chicago to dance professionally. Since then he went on to dance with Inside Chicago Dance where he was a performing apprentice for 2 years and company member for 3 years. He also performed with Chicago Dance Crash, SueMo Dance Company and WaterStreet Dance Company as a guest artist and has had the privilege of being a part of multiple Nutcracker productions portraying the roles of Drosselmeyer, the Arabian soloist, and Snow King. Marcus has also had the opportunity to dance alongside recording musical artists such as Chesca, Brian McKnight, and Stacey Kay and was the lead choreographer/dancer in Bri Joi's music video "Let me see you." Since 2022, Marcus has been a dancer at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, performing in Verdi's Aida, The Daughter of a Regiment, Fiddler on the Roof and two Grammy Award Winning Operas: Terence Blanchard's Fire Shut Up In My Bones and Champion. He was also part of the ensemble in Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical which premiered in Chicago. Aside from his performance career, Marcus has had the opportunity to teach at dance studios and collegiate dance teams across the country. His award winning choreography ranges from such styles as hip hop, contemporary, jazz, and ballet. Marcus has been a competitive judge for 9+ years and is excited to share his knowledge with the next generation of dancers.

(Co-Director) Kelsey started her dance training at the age of three in Boise, Idaho. She has performed in countless productions and competitions across the country. She has been trained in Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Lyrical, Tap, Hip Hop and Contemporary. Kelsey competed with S&R Dance Company in Freeport, IL under the direction of Mary Berryhill and Nikki Spinden-Meagher where she gained the majority of her technical jazz and lyrical training until the age of 16. While living in Freeport, Kelsey also had extensive ballet training from Jill Johnson, founder of Studio 121. From there Kelsey moved on to further her pre–professional dance training at Xtreme Dance Force, under the direction of Samuel Renzetti. During her time at Xtreme, her team took home two Starpower National Victory Cups. Kelsey has studied with world famous Hip Hop choreographers including, Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo, Kevin Maher, Jesse Lee Santos, Brian Friedman, Marty Kudelka, and Sky Hoffman and has had the pleasure of taking from Mia Michaels and Nick Lazzarini among other groundbreaking choreographers. She and her teammates performed at the halftime show for the 2006 Major League Soccer All-Star game starring Lupe Fiasco and was the opening act for major Rap artists Chingy, Chamillionaire and Tyrese. In May 2011, Kelsey graduated from Elmhurst College with her B.A. in Philosophy and a minor in dance. She was chosen multiple times to set pieces on her peers based on her choreography. Kelsey was also chosen to be a soloist performer in each final showcase. Her dance experience at Elmhurst College helped her develop a more honed choreographic style and technique. Kelsey has been teaching and choreographing for over a decade. Her dances and choreography have been recognized in high point and overall awards at competitions along with special judges awards. She has been honored to be a guest Teacher / choreographer and judge at many Northern Illinois studios. Kelsey is excited to be home at Xtreme and is looking forward to sharing her passion and joy for dance with everyone that she can!

Jessie Gutierrez is native of Havana, Cuba.  She studied at the National School of Art in Havana during which time she participated in The International Theater School Festival (ITS) in Holland and graduated as a Professional Dancer and Teacher.  In 2002 she continued her professional training with the National Company, "Danza Contemporanea de Cuba", where she toured to England, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Italy, Hong Kong, Mexico, Austria and Hungary as a company member.  She became Principal Dancer in 2006 and worked with Internationally recognized choreographers, Jan Linkens, Cathy Marston, Rafael Bonachela, Carlos Junior Acosta, Samir Akika, Luca Bruni, Kenneth Kvarnstrom, Mats Ek and Andrea Miller.  She moved to Chicago in 2008 and started working with "Hedwig Dances" and "Concert Dance Inc.".  She was also part of the 2010 Lyric Opera Season, "Damnation of Faust".  Along these years she's been teaching at different Dance Academies and Dance Companies around Chicago and Suburb areas, like Ruth Page School of Dance, A&A, School of Performing Arts (SPA), Faubourg Ballet and State Street.

(Co-Director) Samantha began dancing at age 9 with Xtreme Dance Force, where she received extensive training in hip-hop. Throughout this time, she was awarded scholarships individually by guest choreographers, contributed to multiple group awards including 4 national titles, and frequently assisted at various studios both in and out of state. After graduating from high school, Samantha continued her dance training in Chicago and was a member of The Puzzle League, one of the top dance crews in the Midwest, for 8 seasons. In 2015, she appeared as a principal dancer on the season finale of the hit FOX show “Empire,” directed by Debbie Allen. She performed with various artists, including Jennifer Hudson, Patti LaBelle, Rita Ora, Juicy J, and more. Samantha received a degree in Communications and Media in 2017 and currently works full-time in Chicago. She is also a co-director of the senior division of Xtreme Dance Force and continues to teach and set choreography at multiple studios throughout the Midwest and East Coast.

(Co-Director) Jory Macapinlac grew up in Bartlett, IL. Having over 30 years of dance experience behind her, she received her training from well-known studios, Youman School of Dance, Goldens School of Dance and the famous Giordano Dance Center. She studied with such notables as Cindy Engel, Ellen Werksmen, Natalie Rast, and Nan & Gus Giordano. Also as a competitor, she was one of the first members of the highly recognized Midwest Movement under Ted Jackson. Jory went on to train in the Theater Department of Northern Illinois University, where she studied Ballet, Pointe & Modern extensively. Her professional credits include one of the choreographers and dancers in the Las Vegas Revue “The Dream King” starring Trent Carlini, whom she also traveled and performed with in Toronto, The Star Plaza in Indiana, The Paramount Theater in Aurora and White Sox Elvis Night. In addition, for many years, she choreographed and danced for the Chicago White Sox special event games such as Classic Rock Night, Elvis Night and more. Jory has taught multiple forms of dance to all ages since High School. She specializes in Jazz, Jumps/Turns, Lyrical, Stretch & Strength, and Ballet. From 2004-2010, she was full-time director of the award winning competitive team Powerhouse Dance Company. After only 2 years on the competition circuit, Dance Teacher Magazine named them as one of the “50 Studios on the Move” in their 2007 special issue of 50 studios with top competition accolades across the country. Her students have gone on to teach, adjudicate, dance on college dance teams, become cast members at Disney World, and actors/dancers in commercials, movies, music videos and concert tours! Jory started judging competitions in 2001 with Starpower and continued on with Nexstar and Revolution. Currently she enjoys and spends the competition season judging for Starquest, Bravo and Applause. In the Fall & Winter, Jory is hired to clean competition pieces and guest teaches at suburban studios as well as teaches technique to a High School Dance Team. Jory is known for her attention to detail and her technical knowledge. She enjoys working with students of all ages and is happy to be a part of Xtreme!

With over a decade’s experience in breakdancing and event promotion, Evan Morrison has actively been a member of the suburban Chicagoland hip-hop community. He first began learning to breakdance while in high school as a part of Urban Arts Club, a hip-hop dance program for students founded by members of the Chicago Tribe. From then on and even after graduating, Evan would assist the club in hosting, promoting, and advertising of their annual Suburban Noize dance event, which lasted for 8 years from 2008-2016. He would begin teaching in an unofficial capacity during this period, hosting his own workshops for younger dancers who whished to learn breakdance and also organizing workshops from other prominent Bboys from all over the United States, such as Wealthy from Minnesota and Rox-it from Indiana/Las Vegas.

By 2016, after deciding to focus on his event promotion and teaching instead of competing, Evan began teaching in an official capacity. First, he would become a teaching assistant with the Breaking Program, at Versa5 Dance Studio (Downers Grove). By 2018, he had become an assistant breakdance instructor at Virtues in Motion (Yorkville). The following year, he became the lead breakdance instructor and began hosting breakdance events at the studio until the pandemic.

Since the beginning of 2023, Evan has returned to teaching and is dedicated to building confidence amongst young, inexperienced dancers and cultivating the next generation of hip-hop dancers in the suburbs of Chicago, an area teeming with unlimited potential in dance talent.

A native of Buffalo, NY, living in Chicago, started her performing career at Gus Giordano's Jazz Dance Chicago. She was privileged to be a soloist and company member for The Chicago Dance Medium as well as an independent performer with many affluent dancers from companies in Chicago and abroad. Currently, she teaches and choreographs at various private studios and with professional companies in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. She loves teaching master classes nationally with professional dance workshops at independent studios and on the convention circuit. She is proudly in her 12th year of teaching in Austria and Italy for Balletshule Zechner with creating two international works on ballet company F.V.G Neu Space in Udine Italy, which has been seen on international television. With her extensive knowledge in all areas of dance, Debra is in her 20th year as an adjudicator for various national dance and talent competitions and her 5th year as a teacher on the national convention circuit. Through Debra’s teachings, her students have received many college scholarships, employment in the entertainment and television industry, professional companies and performances with nationally and internationally known recording artists.

Marangelique Noguez is a 2020 BA graduate of the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. At Columbia, she received rigorous training with the foundation of dance history and theory from renowned faculty such as Darrell Jones, Dardi McGinley-Gullivan, Lisa Gonzalez, Jeffrey Hancock, Kelsa Robinson, as well as many others. Mara started her commitment to dance at the age of 8. She studied jazz and hip hop through the ARCC Ballet after school program as well as studying different genres of dance throughout high school. She then went on to become a member of Forward Momentum Chicago at the age of 16. To further develop her discipline and training, she studied Ballet, Modern, West African, and Hip Hop at Columbia College Chicago. Mara is currently a performer/competitor in Latin dance and a recent UIC Dance Team Alum. She is furthering her research of Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago Masters Program.