MAY 12 TO15 - JIAN, WILL, CHUCK

MEET JIAN PIERRE

Born in Queens, NY and partially raised in Miami, Jian didn’t start dancing till the age of 16. But, that soon changed after watching an incredible performance by the group Live in Color, which stirred up his passion and inspiration to dance. Now 21 and living in LA, Jian has a well succeeded in being one of the inaugural cast members in the Monsters of Hip Hop Show and dancing for artists such as Trina, Jaheim, Jackie-O, Uncle Luke and Lisette Bustamante. He’s a fresh new face being one of the newest instructors at the prestigious Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio and his well seasoned style is being sought after from dancers all over.

JIAN'S VIDEOS

Lisa Shaw - Grown Apart



Teaching at Debbie Reynold's



MEET WILL ORTEGA

Will Ortega was born in the Philippines. At the age of six years old he started dancing with his older brother doing local television shows in the Philippines. His dance credits includes Formality SD, Future Shock SD, Culture Shock SD, Urban FX, and is now part of the creative team for Funkanometry SD. He was also part of the Van Son world tour. Training under well known dancers and choreographers such as Emerson Aquino, Anna sarao, Sherman Shoate, Tessie Chavez, Miguel Zarate and KJ Gonzales, he moves forward in his passion for dancing.

WILL'S VIDEOS

Kid Sister "Control"



Janet Jackson "DayBreak" - Rockin the BZ Tee



Christina Milian "Say I"


MEET CHUCK MALDONALDO

A native of Atlanta, Georgia Chuck Maldonado has obtained a BS degree in Marketing at North Carolina A&T State University. After teaching Spanish he decided to chase his dreams as a dancer and choreographer. He then began studying all aspects of dance at Atlanta Studio Dance, Gotta Dance Studio, and New York City Broadway Dance Center. This allowed him to enhance, and gain training in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, and Break Dancing.

With such a wide varied dance background, Chuck was given the opportunity to dance for the Atlanta Hawks Dance Team, and choreograph, and dance in the “Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1996 Games in Atlanta”. Chuck went on to form numerous Metro-Atlanta dance teams including Left Eye Productions in which he helped to build with “Lisa Left Eye Lopes” from TLC. This would later lead to the opportunity of choreographing for Blaque and “Block Party” which would be the only solo music video Left Eye would release.

Chuck has surely been blessed. Since his move to Los Angles he has worked with such artist as Chris Brown, P. Diddy, Omarion, Fergie, Lil Kim, Nicole (Pussycat Dolls), Left Eye, Jennifer Lopez, Jmoss, Blaque, Tamia, Sisqo, Usher, Mya, Kyle Massey, Taylor Dane, Pink, Anastacia, Xscape, Latoya London, Missy Elliott, Raven Symone, Kelly Price, Roselyn Sanchez (Rush Hour 2), Ashanti, MC Lyte, Rakim, and Ludacris.

Chuck has also appeared in several commercials and movies from Sears, Hanes, Ipod, AT&T, Crystler, Nike, You Got Served, Garfield, Collateral, Honey, From Justin To Kelly, Shark Tale, Bewitched, Dream Girls, Underdog Video, and Blades Of Glory. Aside from all that he has also had a hand in Choreographing a new Nickelodeon Show “Just Jordan”, Assistant Choreographer for Kanye West at the 2005 Grammy’s, dancing at the Latin Grammy’s, BET Awards, Hip Hop Honors, Vibe Awards, Soul Train, Choreographing Lil’ Romeo’s Nickelodeon performance, Co-Choreographing Kylie Minogue 2004 Promo Tour and Associate Choreographer of “Stomp The Yard”.

In his career thus far, Chuck has worked with many Artist, Directors, Producers, Choreographers, and Dancers. From this he has drawn countless experiences in which have, and will help him along his way to a successful career.

CHUCK'S VIDEOS:

Choreography Clips



Dance Performance/Steppin



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