This Week: Feb 4,5 and 7

ABOUT SHAUN EVARISTO

Comin Straight from the bay area, now residing in North hollywood. Shaun Evaristo is a choreographer continuing to make his mark wherever goes. He travels consistently to share his style with anyone willing to learn, and is continually growing as an artist. Always working on his craft, he hopes to inspire people the way dance has inspired him. you will definitely leave his class knowing that you learned something new and refreshing.


He is the Co-director and founder of the camp, a triad of dance crews in northern california. GEN2, the family based crew, THE COMPANY a professional team based out of the Westlake school of performing arts , and the Junior group APT. All which have won competitions up and down the westcoast, and are internationally known.


more recently, Shaun is an instructor at Millennium Dance Complex, has taught at Debbie Reynolds, and Debbie Allen’s dance academy. aside from teaching in LA, he also travels worldwide for conventions and workshops. signed as one of DDO’s top hip-hop choreographers he has been able to work with many artists, such as Fergie, MIMS, Mario, and many more...


a big achievement for him has been working with NLT. (not like them) a new r&b pop sensation who are quickly climbing the charts. Shaun is the Choreographer to their music video “she said i said,” (produced by timbaland) which has been debuted on TRL, and he has choreographed for their radio promo tour. working along side NLT has opened many working relationships for him, as he is now a dancer from Omarion. working with O is a dream come true and hopes to continue the growth of his career from where he’s at. Eventually Shaun hopes to give back to dance what dance gave to him and he’s going to do what he does best....share his talent with anyone willing to appreiciate it.

SHAUN'S VIDEOS

Choreography Reel 2006



Teaching Boogiezone at Hype



Teaching at Millennium



Settle Down



MEET JOHN GILLETTE

John Gillette was born on an Airbase in Germany. He came to the U.S. when he was three and lived in Michigan until he was ten. Due to his father being in the Air Force, John moved to Montgomery, Alabama. While hanging out at a teen club when he was thirteen, john met Stephen "Twitch" Boss, and they battled in dance for 30 minutes straight! From then on, they teamed up and decided to form a crew called "Dream Team". They adopted moves from the inspirational movie "Breakin'", and ended up dancing together for the next few years until Stephen went to college. Motivated to leave the small town as well, John graduated high school one year early to enlist in the military. At the tender age of 17, he enlisted in the Air Force for 3.5 years as an F-15 jet engine mechanic. During his tenure serving our country, John was given the opportunity to sing the National Anthem on a weekly basis for all of his commanders. Realizing his potential in entertainment, the Air Force released him. John then settled down in Florida. While John was working hard in the military, his friend Stephen was working hard in Los Angeles on the Wade Robson Project airing on MTV. John went to L.A. to visit his friend and that motivated him to start dancing again. Once returning to Florida, John called every dance studio in the area in search of a teaching gig. Finally, he got his chance and he made the most of it. After teaching for about a year he learned about a competition called "Fashion Rock" headed up by Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental Records. John entered the competition and ended up winning first place. Although he received a scholarship to "Broadway" in NYC, John decided to put all his dreams on the line: He sold everything he owned, packed his car, and moved to Los Angeles with $500.00 in his pocket and a dream in his heart. After living the L.A life for 6 months, John realized he could not get enough income to support his outcome forcing him to move back to Florida. Returning to his teaching job, he honed his singing and dancing skills even more. An opportunity to dance for an up-coming artist in NYC came along and John did not hesitate. While in NYC, he met his future manager and returned 2 months later to record three demo tracks.

Currently, John is still working his production team and now resides in Denver Colorado. He teaches at the biggest hip hop studio in the state….Motion Underground. As well as teaching and performing in numerous industrials in the local market, John also co -chreographs for the Denver Nuggets.

JOHN'S VIDEOS

Icebox Remix



Dedication Class to Gary Kendall




MEET VINH NGUYEN

Keone Madrid and Vinh Nguyen started their training in hip hop dance a few years back with KJ Gonzales. Since then they have danced and trained with San Diego hip hop troupes such as Future Shock, Formalilty, Urban FX, Culture Shock San Diego, and Super Galactic Beat Manipulators. Having taught other dance troupes, they teach at various studios in San Diego at Studio 429, Culture Shock Dance Center, Rising Star, Danceology, and Studio FX, including other master classes in places such as San Francisco, Washington D.C., etc. Now at age 19 they accomplished their first side project, "The assiGnment", which won 1st place at Maxt Out. Representing San Diego, they strive to share the passion and talents God has blessed them with. Yay.

VINH'S VIDEOS

BZ Class with Vinh and Keone



Jay Z



The Assignment - 1st Place Choreography