Sunday, November 11, 2007

11.12.07 - 11.15.07



MEET JARET HUGHES
Monday November 12: Jayvee Dance Center 8:30 to 10:00

I'm 27 years old. Born in Texas and raised in Seattle. Started dancing in 7th grade by taking ballet from Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle. I was introduced to hip hop from a 2 week Summer Arts program called the Seattle Center Arts Academy that following summer. From then on, i knew i had found my passion. I now have 13 years of dance experience with Hip Hop being my specialty. Had training in Modern, Jazz, Ballet and African as well. 10 years of Choreographing/Teaching experience of all ages which include teaching 8 years at Elizabeth's Dance Dimensions in Bellevue, Washington. Choreography credits include Seattle Supersonics Dance Team for 5 years, Founder of Twisted Elegance from Seattle, Choreographer for Modazz Competition Teams at Elizabeth's Dance Dimensions, one of the Co Choreographers/Dancer for 'EVE'. Competed on Destination Stardom in Hawaii. Performances include: Seattle's Kube 93's Summer Jam for 3 years with Twisted Elegance. Which included sharing the main stage with artist such as Destiny's Child, Ginuwine, Busta Rhymes, Blackstreet, Naughty By Nature and many more. Various Hip Hop shows throughout Seattle including Daniel Cruz's Battle of Seattle Remix, 3 and 4. Worked with numerous High School and College Dance Teams from Washington, California and Idaho. Hope to one day own my own dance studio. In the meantime, in the works of starting 2wisted Elegance here in LA with the help of my good friend, Joey Cooper.

Jaret's Work



MEET ANZE SKRUBE
Tuesday November 13: Focus Dance Center 8:30 to 10:00

Competitons:

3x World Champion in HipHop (Germany)
3x World Champion in Tapdance (Germany)
4x International Champion in freestyle (Croatia)
6x International Winner in HipHop (Italy)
Winner of the International HipHop competition (Netherland)
2nd place at the biggest HipHop/freestyle competition in Europe - Streetdancecamp (Chech Republic)

Choreography:

Fashion show for Christian Audigier - Ed Hardy in Barcelona (Spain)
Hair show for Christian Audigier - Ed Hardy in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Performance, video, act, ... - Sanya (Playmate of the year 2007)
Best overall choreography - International Competition (Italy)
Primetime TV shows - MTV, Channel A, POP TV, TV Slovenia ...

Teaching:

Estonia (Tallin, Island Kuressaare)
Switzerland (Zurich)
Germany (Lorrach)
Croatia (Zagreb)
Sweden (Stockholm)
Slovenia (everywhere)

Performance:

Monsters of HipHop 2006 (for Kevin Maher)
The Edge Show 2006 (for Leslie Scott)
Musical DanceMe (Switzerland)
Dance2xs (United Kingdom)
Dirty Nights (Austria, Germany)
T-Mobile commercial
TV Shows: MTV, NIKE, Miss Slovenia, Miss Universe, TV Slovenia, and many more ...

Anze's Work









MEET APRIL RODRIGUEZ
Thursday November 15: Hype Studios 9:00 to 10:30

April Joy Rodriguez began dancing Hula at age 7 in the city of Carson, California. It wasn't until the age of 18 though, that April took her first Hip Hop class. Her early training began with SuperDave Royster and Jayson Wright. With their mentorship, she began to develop a deep love for soul, groove, and dance.

In her first year of college, April was introduced to the Boogiezone community through competing with Kaba Modern. Since then, she's danced with various choreographers for different projects. Choreographers include: Jay Chris Moore, Jason Bueno, Jed Florano, and Jun Quemado. Although living miles away from San Diego, California, she also trained with SuperGalactic Beat Manipulators under the directorship of KJ Gonzales, Ben Chung, Lando Wilkins, and Kevin Brewer.

At 22 years old, she now dances for Gigi Torres, alongside other powerhouses, in an all-female group called "Essence Dance Company," where they focus on showcasing their strength as women and hope to become positive symbols to others in that way. Within this summer, April taught workshops with Essence ladies Audrey Benson, Aimee Lucas, Candace Brown, and also with Funkanometry SF ladies Mariel Martin, and Ellen Kim in different cities such as San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Tempe, Arizona.

"Apes" feels very blessed to be surrounded by passionate teachers, as she believes she's in the beginning stages of her dancing career. There is still much to learn. She would like to thank everyone she's worked with because she gains a different lesson from each person and their drive inspires her day by day. "THANK YOU, YOUTUBE!!!!!" She would like to also thank her family and friends for their undying support, and God for his unconditional love. April Joy has so many role models and lives off of the positive vibes of others. She hopes that, in her work and in her life, she will eventually become even a little bit of an inspiration to others and a contribution to the dance community.

APRIL'S WORK





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