Choreographing “In the Heights” was such a labor of love; the music, its references, play on culture, the urban feel, all opened up endless possibilities for how I was going to portray emotions through the movement and dance. When we held auditions we were blown away by the response and it was equally matched with talent and drive. We ended up casting the show with just under 50 members and 31 of them being in the ensemble, this amazing number of storytellers was the driving force for establishing the same community feeling of the production.