Oct. 06-09 - Tony Testa, Sarah "Shack" Schachterle, and Lando Wilkins

THIS WEEK OCT 06-09

MEET TONY TESTA

Tony Testa recently relocated to Los Angeles from his hometown of Wellington, Colorado. He started dancing at the age of eight and later went on tour with the original cast of "TapKids" and Aaron Carter's Jukebox World Tour. Since moving to Los Angeles, Tony has Choreographed for Janet Jackson throughout her "20. Y.O." project as well as Sony's Las Vegas consumer show, and danced with Beyonce in "Dreamgirls" and with Britney Spears for MTV.Tony Testa, is the current choreographer on Nickelodeon's Dance on Sunset series.

"I'm not trying to use a whole bunch
of dancer lingo; I'm trying to use the
most basic terminology and I'm giving
the steps new names so people can
easily follow," said Testa. "I'm
teaching this mostly for people who
have never danced - because I want to
inspire kids to get off the couch and
dance." --Tony Testa

TONY'S VIDEOS:

Inside Boogiezone Class


Busta Rhymes


MEET SARAH "SHACK" SCHACHTERLE

Sarah Schachterle (“Shack”) has been a professional choreographer for over 10 years. She is currently featured on WWW.JIGTV.COM. this site features Shack along with such well known talent as Brian Friedman, Travis Wall, Mandy Moore, Tony Testa, Trent Dickens, and more!
Sarah has choreographed for, and performed with, well known national recording artists such as Ciara, Eve, M.C. Hammer, Kelly Clarkson, Rob Base, Ace Young and Young M.C. to name a few. She has choreographed for countless industrials including companies such as Everlast, Jacques Moret, Redken, and Eufora. She choreographed for the NBA Jam Van appearance in Hang Zhou, China and the NBA All Star game in 2005. She has choreographed and directed two European Armed Forces Entertainment tours.
Shack is currently signed with Fluid Dance Conventions and is scheduled to kick off an 11-city tour throughout the US in November 2008. She has been featured on television shows such as “30 Seconds to Fame”, and commercials for Pepsi, Fox Sports, Toyota, and more.
In 1999, Shack moved from the East coast to Denver to be the exclusive choreographer for the NBA’s Denver Nuggets (NBA). During that time, she also did choreography for many other NBA dance teams as well as AFL, and NLL dance teams. Shack has been a judge for the annual National Dance Team Competitions featured on ESPN for many years. She has done choreography for dancers and groups from all over the world including Turkey, Italy, China, Bosnia, and Germany. She continues to teach master classes all over the world and is currently in collaboration with choreographer Kenny Jimenez and his studio, Motion Underground.
Sarah is proud to be a part of the Boogiezone community.



SARAH'S VIDEOS:

SHACK TEACHING CLASS


SHACK TEACHING MASTER CLASS FOR MOTION 303


Shack with Kenny Jimenez in marketing video for “Fluid” Dance Conventions


MEET LANDO WILKINS

Lando Wilkins continues to prevail being a student of life and dance thru the work God. He was born on February 13, 1983, in San Diego, California. His feelings for dance started at around age 7, and took movement more seriously at age 13. After coming from the world of dance competitions in 1999, Landizee soon met a good friend and mental mentor Kevin Brewer in 2003. From there, the meaning of musicality and dance took a twist for the better. It lead him to the Super Galactic Beat Manipulators in 2006 where he met two more fellow brothers in christ, Ben Chung and KJ Gonzales, and from there another twist of fate occurred.

During the end of 2006, Gary Kendall encouraged Lando to start a goal to eliminate the process of auditions and just dance for a committed show. Having known dancers and choreographers share the stage with people who look up them and want to learn. That goal goes by the name of Boxcutterz. Using physical methods and mental analogies, he likes to see students break their mental blocks for learning new discoveries in dance.

Present day, Lando is now a known choreographer for wherever travel leads him. He has traveled for the passion of teaching to Brazil, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Taiwan, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Canada, Mexico, and various domestic states.

Credits: Snoop Dogg, Elizabeth Carew, Urban Dance Camp, The Vibe, The Other Duck


LANDO'S VIDEOS:

Lando Wilkins: Fun and Foolishness in Norway


The Vibe classes - Lando Wilkins week 1


The Vibe classes - Lando Wilkins week 2