Mckinley Alston 🇭🇹

New look, same me 📸: @capturedbyalexarose

New Beginnings 🌟🛳️ Endlessly grateful to those who poured their knowledge into me and surrounded me with faith, care, and support.❤️ GOD DID AND GOD BLESS🙏🏾

“Mirrors” Appreciate you @lylebeniga for this amazing class glad I still get to learn from da 🐐!!!!! @monstersdance

🎥 From the #TheLab with NextGen Choreographers Mack Alston and Skye Estevez. // THE CHOREOGRAPHERS // Mack @off.icialmack “Mack” Alston is an 18-year-old dancer and choreographer who has been dancing for about 11 years, training in tap, ballet, jazz, and mostly hip-hop. He has been part of two high-level competition and training teams — Brickhouse NYC (Gen XS, Gen Nex, Gen X) and Broadway Dance Center AIM. Passionate about storytelling through movement, Mack is excited to return to DLNY NextGen this fall to continue creating, growing, and sharing his love for dance. Skye Estevez @skyeemmanuelle Skye Estevez is a 17-year-old dancer and aspiring choreographer from New Jersey. A senior dance major at High Tech High School, she is a former NBA Knicks City Kid and now serves as a social media intern for the team. Represented by Clear Talent Group, Skye trains with Kozmic Edge and has made her mark on the convention circuit as a Kaos Cast Member. A returning DLNY NextGen dancer, she is honored to step into the choreographer role this season. // DANCERS // Jada Coleman @imjadanicole Jaimie Dela Cruz @jaimie_dancerofficial Gilbert Gonzalez @G.ilbertg Zion @whoiszionn_ Hayatt Kiki @hayattkiki Nathaniel Montes @yowhosnate Nyelia Paulino @nyeliapaulino Jaylen Wallace @jaylenthegr8 The NextGen Company joins The Lab under the guidance of our Resident Mentor, Michele Byrd-McPhee @theeladybyrd - a 2023 Bessie Award winner, street dancer, and arts activist known for her work decolonizing hip-hop culture across gender, sex, and racial lines. Michele is the Executive Director of Ladies of Hip-Hop, Artistic Director of LDC, and Associate Professor at UMass Amherst, and we are thrilled to have her leading this season’s company. // FILM + EDIT // Jenna Maslechko @jennamaslechko #DLNYNextGen

Dis was gass right here!!! @luudaddy appreciate You fa this push was very needed and appreciated!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 🏡: @brickhouse.nyc 🎵: @asaprocky

Take a look inside Mack’s #NextGen Lab with Choreographer, Mack Alston 📸 Mack @off.icialmack // “Mack” Alston is an 18-year-old dancer and choreographer who has been dancing for about 11 years, training in tap, ballet, jazz, and mostly hip-hop. He has been part of two high-level competition and training teams — Brickhouse NYC (Gen XS, Gen Nex, Gen X) and Broadway Dance Center AIM. Passionate about storytelling through movement, Mack is excited to return to DLNY NextGen this fall to continue creating, growing, and sharing his love for dance. // DANCERS // Jada Coleman @imjadanicole Jaimie Dela Cruz @jaimie_dancerofficial Gilbert Gonzalez @G.ilbertg Zion @whoiszionn_ Hayatt Kiki @hayattkiki Nathaniel Montes @yowhosnate Nyelia Paulino @nyeliapaulino Jaylen Wallace @jaylenthegr8 The NextGen Company joins The Lab under the guidance of our Resident Mentor, Michele Byrd-McPhee @theeladybyrd - a 2023 Bessie Award winner, street dancer, and arts activist known for her work decolonizing hip-hop culture across gender, sex, and racial lines. Michele is the Executive Director of Ladies of Hip-Hop, Artistic Director of LDC, and Associate Professor at UMass Amherst, and we are thrilled to have her leading this season’s company. // ABOUT NEXTGEN // DLNY NextGen is designed to help young choreographers, 18 and under, unleash their creative potential by providing them with robust guidance from professionals in the field. #DLNYNextGen #DLNYFall2025 📸: @jennamaslechko

a trio of you never knew you needed 👌🏾 🧠: @jaredjjallen 🕺🏾: @xaviermack_official @off.icialmack

Meet the Fall 2025 NextGen Cohort! // THE CHOREOGRAPHERS // Mack @off.icialmack “Mack” Alston is an 18-year-old dancer and choreographer who has been dancing for about 11 years, training in tap, ballet, jazz, and mostly hip-hop. He has been part of two high-level competition and training teams — Brickhouse NYC (Gen XS, Gen Nex, Gen X) and Broadway Dance Center AIM. Passionate about storytelling through movement, Mack is excited to return to DLNY NextGen this fall to continue creating, growing, and sharing his love for dance. Skye Estevez @skyeemmanuelle Skye Estevez is a 17-year-old dancer and aspiring choreographer from New Jersey. A senior dance major at High Tech High School, she is a former NBA Knicks City Kid and now serves as a social media intern for the team. Represented by Clear Talent Group, Skye trains with Kozmic Edge and has made her mark on the convention circuit as a Kaos Cast Member. A returning DLNY NextGen dancer, she is honored to step into the choreographer role this season. // DANCERS // Jada Coleman @imjadanicole Jaimie Dela Cruz @jaimie_dancerofficial Gilbert Gonzalez @G.ilbertg Zion @whoiszionn_ Hayatt Kiki @hayattkiki Nathaniel Montes @yowhosnate Nyelia Paulino @nyeliapaulino Jaylen Wallace @jaylenthegr8 The NextGen Company joins The Lab under the guidance of our Resident Mentor, Michele Byrd-McPhee @theeladybyrd - a 2023 Bessie Award winner, street dancer, and arts activist known for her work decolonizing hip-hop culture across gender, sex, and racial lines. Michele is the Executive Director of Ladies of Hip-Hop, Artistic Director of LDC, and Associate Professor at UMass Amherst, and we are thrilled to have her leading this season’s company. // ABOUT NEXTGEN // DLNY NextGen is designed to help young choreographers, 18 and under, unleash their creative potential by providing them with robust guidance from professionals in the field. #DLNYNextGen #DLNYFall2025 #DLNY #DanceLabNewYork #DanceLabNY #NextGen2025

“ KILLA KILLA “ Thank you @kerriemilne for this love learning from you!!!🫶🏾🫶🏾 see you soon!! @monstersdance Got too much in the vault time to clear it out!!!

“ DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME “ Appreciate @_cameron_giles needed dis fam def needa comback!!!!

FEEEEEELLLL 🐍🐍 @xaviermack_official appreciate you my brother for class this was fyeeee much love 🤞🏽❤️

“STAY WITH ME” Genius!!!!🧠: @sam.javi