THIS WEEK: NOV 26, 27 & NOV 29
MEET LEE DANIEL
A Chicago native, Lee has been dancing all his life, but it wasn't until he attended the University of Illinois and joined a small hip-hop dance team(Dance2XS) that he became serious about his craft. Much of his training is from Dance2XS founder, Patrick Chen, who has traveled the world teaching as well as working with such artists as Misteeq, Mariah Carey, Asia Idol, appearing in the hit films Matrix 2 & 3 and many more. Some other training would definitely include the Monsters of Hip Hop convention where Lee was chosen to be a part of the show "Roadtrip" which is choreographed by the industries elite; Tabitha and Napoleon, Marty Kudelka, Rhapsody, Chonique and Lisette, and Brian Friedman to name a few.He co-directed the International Hip-Hop company Dance2XS. He has taught at the top studios in Chicago, New York, London, Italy, Portugal, and Estonia to name a few. His choreography has been featured in Dance Chicago for the past 3 years. He has also choreographed for upcoming artist Raphael Smith. He loves to dance and share his passion through instruction with hopes to inspire others to be the best dancer they can be. Lee teaches regularly at Debbie Reynolds in Los Angeles.
LEE'SVIDEOS:
Miscommunication
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YU4mhx7kdw
In the Closet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDHiR1iyVLw
Git It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5rkRG44GdE
MEET FRANCESCA TAYLOR
My name is Francesca Taylor. I started dancing at the age of 14. I started off dancing ballet, lyrical and jazz. At 18, I moved onto hip-hop and have loved it ever since. Currently, I teach at studios and high schools throughout Orange County, Los Angeles and in the Inland Empire. I would describe my style as hard hitting, intricate and full out!!! To list some of my credits I have performed in Super Bowl 32 Half Time Show, Vibe, Maxt Out, Prelude, Ultimate Brawl, Bustagroove, Clippers pre-game show and Carnival to name a few. November 28th I will be debuting my choreography in my very first Carnival. I am excited to come back teach my second Boogiezone class and hope to see you there!
FRANCESCA'S VIDEOS:
Mr. Me Too
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=22770424
Phone Sex
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=11364379
MEET AMADOR ANQUE
Amador Anque has been dancing for 18 years, having trained in ballet, jazz, modern, hip-hop and his forte tap. He currently teaches at Temecula Dance Company where he hones the skills of dancers in the art of tap, hip-hop, and overall dance. In conjunction with being an instructor at TDC he continues to pursue his goal of operating his own dance studio in the very near future, providing aspiring dancers in the Inland Empire a creative outlet. Since Amador's first Boogiezone class, he has moved onto becoming an alum of 909 Hip-Hop Dance Troupe to a member of The Super Galactic Beat Manipulators. He looks forward to seeing everyone at Unity's Traffic on Dec. 15th, where he will be performing with SGBM once again. Amador is humbled and grateful to have another opportunity to teach a Boogiezone class, and would like to thank all who continue to support him on and off the dance floor.
AMADOR'S VIDEOS:
909 Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZTVlPqieZI
909 At Collaboration - Song 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaqcQbIL9Oc
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 26 - November 29
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Nov. 19 and Nov 20
MEET JP SAN PEDRO
JP San Pedro, originally from Laguna Beach California, now resides in LA where he continues to share his art in the dance industry. JP is currently working with NIKE; soon to tour Asia. Recently he has worked with Justin Timberlake’s Choreographer, Marty Kudelka and Patrick Chen on tour with asian pop artist “Elva.” He not only danced but choreographed a live stage concert for her. Jp also recently worked with High School Musical star, Corbin Bleu in his current “Push it to the Limit” video. He was featured in “You Got Served” and his credits, to name a few, are: NIKE, B2K, Elva, Corbin Bleu, Jasmine Trias, Marques Houston, Omarion. Through his dance career he has worked with choreographers such as Dave Scott, Shane Sparks, Cris Judd, Eddie Garcia, Teresa Espinosa, Rino Nakasone, and Marty Kudelka. He has worked choreographically with Teresa Espinosa and Rino Nakasone. JP San Pedro is represented by one of Los Angeles’ top talent agencies, CTG (CLEAR). You may recognize much of his choreography and work with Funkanometry LA and many southern California based dance troupes. As an international HipHop instructor, he has taught Master Classes in Lisbon Portugal, Zurich Switzerland, Manila Philippines, Melbourne Australia, London England, Hawaii, and most recently Tai Pei Taiwan. Check out his weekly classes, Mondays at 4pm and Thurdsdays at 8:30pm at Debbie Reynold’s Dance Studio.
JP'S VIDEO:
Last Night
Clothes Off
Appreciate
MEET TUCKER
Tucker Barkley originally comes from Texas, now lives in LA for the past 2 and a half years, to pursue his dance an choreography career. Even though Tucker is only 17 years old, he is no stranger to the dance world. Tucker has danced all his life, growing up in his mothers dance studio and competing. Tucker has been told he is one of the most versatile dancers out there, from being technically trained in jazz, ballet, tap, and every style of hip hop, and even some breakin and gymnastics thrown in. But his passion is Hip Hop.
Since moving to LA , 2 1/2 years ago, he has been working as a professional dancer, most recently worked with artists, Sean Kingston, Cheetah Girls, Omarion, and Sean Paul with Keyshia Cole, and Disneys Corbin Bleu, and Jordan Pruitt, and from the Bratz soundtrack, Prima J, to name a few.
You can also see Tucker in several commercials and TV projects, he just did "Dancing with the Stars" dancing with Choreographer Wade Robson, CBS "Cold Case," MTV Tres, "TRL"., VH1 " BIG IN THE 06 AWARDS", MTV JLO's "Dancelife", Cartoon Network Reanimated, "Kidd Fit" Pilot, ABCs Jimmy Kimmel Show. DirecTV, NFL Sunday Ticket, Shoe Carnival, Americas Most Talented Kidd II, Blue Man Group Promo, Shane Sparks Digital Dancers Video, Monsters of Hip Hop Instructional DVD, just to name a few.
Also catch Tucker in the upcoming feature films "WALK HARD" AND "ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS" DUE OUT IN THEATERS DECEMBER 2007.Tucker has also been working as a choreographer, he Choreographed and Directed a video skit for "The Jimmy Kimmel Show", choreographed for the live dance show "5 On It". Tucker teaches at the Millennium Dance Complex in LA., Also at the Edge and teaches Master Classes around LA.
Tucker also, is on Monsters of Hip Hop Next Generation Tour as a choreographer , and also, Muse Dance Co. as faculty for in house workshops, West Coast Dance Explosion, and other workshops around the US.Tucker has assisted many of the top Choreographers at workshops and classes, like most recently Brian Friedman, Gil Duldulao , Marty Kudelka, and Dave Scott.
TUCKER'S VIDEOS:
Kiss Kiss
Backstroke
Anytime
Sunday, November 11, 2007
11.12.07 - 11.15.07
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
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
11.06.07 - Ben Chung
About Ben Chung
Ben Chung was born and raised in Panorama City, CA. At a young he became intrigued by the hip hop culture, particularly with the element of Bboying and freestyle dance. In 2001, Ben joined DVS dance troupe, of which he was co-director for a year, and stepped into the competitive collegiate hip hop dance circuit. After transferring to UCI in 2002, he went on to dance with and choreograph for the competitive collegiate team, Kaba Modern. Since then, Ben became known for his unique style of blending old skool popping elements with his personal new skool flavor. After graduating from UCI in 2002 with a BA in Film Studies, he went on to dance and choreograph for the professional dance company, Funkanometry Los Angeles. Through Funkanometry LA, he was able to showcase his choreography in the Monsters of Hip Hop Show in 2005, which marked his entry into the LA dance industry.
Ben steadily reps his crew, the original Jabbawockeez Crew (who can be seen on America’s Got Talent Season 2, MTV’s Next, and spotlighted in the upcoming feature film Step Up 2). Along side of Kevin Brewer of the Jabbawockeez, Ben is also a Co-Artistic Director of the dance company, the Super Galactic Beat Manipulators (one branch of the 4-part “Family Royale” unit) based out of San Diego, CA. Ben recently showcased his choreography again at the Monsters of Hip Hop Show in August 2007. Ben continues to work within the LA dance industry and is always focused on sharpening his craft by teaching, taking classes, and practicing with his crew, and aspires to contribute to hip hop culture by inspiring this generation and the ones to come.
His Videos
