This Week: Apr. 01 - Apr. 03 - Addison O'Connor and JP Goldstein

CLASS CANCELLED

Due To Spring Break the Studio will Be closed. Boogiezone Community Class will resume next Monday April 7, 2008 with

MEET ADDISON O'CONNOR

Hey everyone, I'm Addison O'Connor. I've been trained in many styles of dance and performance since the age of 4. I trained intensely in ballet, modern, jazz and lyrical throughout my life. I was eventually introduced to tap, samba, and of course hip hop. I attended a performing arts high school in Los Angeles where I really developed my love for choreography as well. I am now in my fourth and last year at UC Irvine. I currently represent CADC and have been a part of the team for 4 years (you may recognize my as the "white girl" in our "Fantasia" set), I am also on Sheroes all-female crew and have been since it began almost a year ago. I was also on Boogiezone's BREED OC/LA team for over a year and performed in its amazing show "EVE: Dawn of a New Horizon". I have choreographed for all three teams as well as for the Asian Greek Dance competition for the Irvine Lambda Theta Deltas and Kappa Zeta Phis for three years. I have also danced in many dance projects over the past 4 years for Khai Nguyen, Nick Golla and Anna Rivera, CJ Edward's Expressive Doubt, Knicole Haggains and Marnita Billups, and Kristine "Wobz" Bueta, and performed at Carnival at the Key Club with many of these projects. Professionally I have also done a few plays, an instructional dance video, and danced promotionally for Miss Sixty and the arrival of "Hairspray" at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. I have been attending Boogiezone Class for almost 4 years now and am honored and super excited to be teaching! I hope many come out and enjoy my class!

ADDISON'S VIDEOS

SI4 Showcase Alexis Avila's Sheroes (Amerie 3:15)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxDc0veHa0E



Sheroes Prelude 4 (3:20)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGLe50LzfAU



CADC @ Prelude Socal 2007 (2:00)

MEET JP GOLDSTEIN

John "JP" Goldstein started dancing at a very young age. He grew up being mostly self-taught until in 2004 he joined a group called UYA, Urban Youth. Since then, JP has been training and dancing with some of Southern California's best-known teams. In 2005 he joined Team Millennia, and in 2006/2007 he embraced the stage with San Diego's very own Urban FX. Nowadays JP is focusing his time on stage with Mavyn Entertainment, GRV, Boxcutters, and his own side project Street Family.

Other credits include choreographer's projects:

CJ Edward's - Expressive Doubt
Lando Wilkin's - Boxcutters School of Assassins
K-Nita's - IBA
Carnivals under Twitch, Eric Brown, Chantal Robson, and CJ Edwards
www.youtube.com/freesoul

JP''S VIDEOS

jp @ Stylz- swag revised

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfY58Pnf_hk



Affinity Workshop 02.01-02.02

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jrv3krHBrk&feature=related

Mar. 24- Mar. 27: Nick Wilson, Elmboogie, Roland Gruspe

MEET NICK WILSON

Nick's Credits Include: Marques Houston Adidas Industrial Jessica Simpson - "These Boots are Made for Walking" Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha" Pepsi- Ringtone Commercial with Mariah Carey Nike - Commercial with Rihanna K-Swiss -Commercial NFL - Promo Commercial for Monday Night Footbal Hank Williams Jr. Def Comedy Jams Jay Leno - Late Night Talk Show KTLA Morning Live - Shane Sparks. Nick is also represented by CTG of Los Angeles.

NICK's VIDEOS

Lloyd Banks – Warrior Pt 2



Teaching at Millennium



Anxiety – Black Eyed Peas



Lil Wayne – Pump That Bass



MEET ELMBOOGIE PIZARRO

Elm Pizarro is an accomplished choreographer and teacher whose personal dance style has been described as smooth yet definite, hard hitting but fluid, with a hint of an "old school groove." With over 25 years of choreoraphy experience, Elm's dance background includes founding and leading several dance companies, performing a multitude of times for audiences in the thousands, and teaching hip hop internationally.

Elm is most known for creating www.boogiezone.com - YOUR online dance community which is an emerging internet dance website which currently has over 11,500 members worldwide. Join for Free.

He is also the co-founder of Team Boogiezone "Breed - Adult Exhibition Dance Company" (EST. 2003) and "Offspring - Junior Exhibition Dance Company" (EST. 2008) which as physical extensions of Boogiezone help to spread the Boogiezone philosophy of "Community" as members of these groups are made up of directors and members of several other competitive dance groups.

Over the years Breed has gained quite a reputation within the community as an exhibition company which continues to push the limits of concept and theming for stage shows. This past August 2007, Breed starred in their first major show with Elm serving as Creative Director along with Artistic Director Khai Nguyen, and Visual Arts Director Henry DeLeon. The team helped to create Boogiezone's first full fledged theatrical dance production entitled "EVE - Dawn of a New Horizon" otherwise known as the largest collaborative dance project ever organized. The much anticipated DVD will be released in the upcoming months! Look out for it.

Elm is also the creator of The Boogiezone Community Class which is recognized worldwide for offering some of the best hip hop instruction - as taught by up and coming and industry choreogaphers to the stars. This past November the Community Class became a "network" as two other Southern California dance studios adopted the program for a total of three. More local and international expansions for the network are currently in the works. Check out www.communityclass.com for more info.

This Tuesday, March 25, Elm celebrates his 34th birthday by teaching class for you. He would like to thank the entire Boogiezone community and friends and affiliates for their continued support with everything, and he hopes to see you in class!

ELM'S VIDEOS

Feedback Remix – Janet



Circle – Marques Houston



Baby – Brandy



Let’s Chill – Guy



Missing You – Case



MEET ROLAND GRUSPE JR

Roland Gruspe Jr started dancing at the age of 13 with Fil-Am Family Cultural Dance Company. With the company for 7 years he has toured in France for International Folk Dance competitions, performed all over the United States, and eventually started teaching within the company. Roland found a passion in teaching and ventured into social dance which gave him a background in waltz, cha-cha, tango, swing and many forms of ballroom dancing. Roland is constantly sought after for cotillion choreography that is traditional with a modern flavor.

Roland started his training in Hip-Hop at Cal-State Fullerton with Team Millennia in 2001 and was with them for 3 years. He began choreographing for collegiate & street teams, local high schools and International music artists from GMA, ACTI, Double Play Entertainment and ASIA Productions.

Roland trained and performed with Funkanometry Dance Company for two years. With Funk’s Roland has done promotional work with NIKE & MTV Spring Break Variety Shows. Currently Roland or J.R. is dancing with MAYVN Entertainment and is excited for things to come.

ROLANDS'S VIDEOS

Krispy Hip Hop



[size=5]STUDIO INFORMATION[/size=5]

1. FOCUSDANCECENTER
"the original community class"

Hours of Operation:
Every Tuesday from 8:30pm – 10:00pm

Address:
University Center
4143 Campus Drive, Suite C200 - Irvine, CA 92612
Telephone: 949-742-3567
Email: focusdancecenter@aol.com
Website: www.focusdancecenter.com

DIRECTIONS

EstImated travel time from Los Angeles: 60 minutes without traffic, 1hr20min with traffic

Estimated travel time from San Diego: 1hr30minutes without traffic, 2hrs with traffic

From Los Angeles
1. Take 405 South
2 Once in Irvine, Exit Jamboree Road
3. Take a Right off the Freeway onto Jamboree (heading West)
4. Turn Left On Campus
5. Cross University
6. Up ahead on your left hand side, you will see the University Center and In and Out Burger.
7. Enter into the first driveway AFTER In and Out.
8. Focus Dance Center is easily accessible from the parking lot on your right.
NOTE: If you must be on the 1-5 freeway, take that south until you get to the 605 then continue further south from there. It will connect you to the 405 partway down.
From San Diego
1. Take 405 North
2 Once in Irvine, Exit Jamboree Road
3. Take a Left off the Freeway onto Jamboree
(heading West)
4. Turn Left On Campus
5. Cross University
6. Up ahead on your left hand side, you will scross University Center and see In and Out Burger.
7. Enter into the first driveway AFTER In and Out.
8. Focus Dance Center is easily accessible from the parking lot on your right.
Parking: Lots of Free University Center Parking

2. JAYVEEDANCECENTER

Hours of Operation:
Every Monday from 8:30pm – 10:00pm
Address:
216 East Main Street
Alhambra, CA 91801
Telephone: 626. 300. 0178
Email: info@jayveedance.com
Web site: http://www.jayveedance.com

DIRECTIONS

--Studio is located between the 605 and 710 freeways off the 10 freeways
-15 minutes from Downtown L.A.
-30 minutes from Long Beach
-10 minutes from Pasadena
-25 minutes from Burbank
-45 minutes from North Hollywood
-50 minutes from Irvine

From the Westside area:

10 Freeway East
Exit Garfield Blvd and go towards Alhambra
Travel north on Garfield
Turn right onto Main Street
Studio will be on your right hand side.

From the East side area:

10 Freeway West
Exit Garfield Blvd and go towards Alhambra
Travel north on Garfield
Turn right onto Main Street
Studio will be on your right hand side

Parking: Park in the rear parking lot between Monterey St. and Chapel Ave.

3. HYPESTUDIOS

Hours of Operation:

Every Thursday from 9:00pm – 10:30pm
Address:
1951 W. Carson St.
Torrance, CA 90501
Telephone: (310) 320-4FUN (4386)
Email: hype.studios@verizon.net
Website: www.hypestudios.com

DIRECTIONS TO HYPE

Access to the dance studio comes off the 110 Freeway and Carson Street Exit. Hype Studio is located on Carson in between the Western and Crenshaw stretch. Major cross street is Cabrillo.

From Los Angeles:

From North Hollywood, take the 101 South to the 110 South toward San Pedro. Exit Carson Street.

30-40 min

From Irvine and San Diego:

Irvine Take the 405 North to the 110 S Exit Carson Street. 30-40

From Anaheim/Riverside:

Take the 91 to the 110 South. 30-40
Parking: Parking is in the rear behind Onami Japanese Buffet and can be accessed from Cabrillo cross street.

ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CLASS

As a physical extension of Boogiezone.com – YOUR online dance community connection, The Boogiezone Community Class NETWORK adopts and promotes an atmosphere focused on positivity and inspiration. Its unique class vibe goes unmatched, known worldwide as one of the most comfortable, non-competitive environments to train in. Taught by Boogiezone Community members from around the world and the industry’s most sought after choreographers, the Boogiezone Community Class provides the physical platform for everyone to interact and engage on a multitude of levels.

MORE INFO:

www.communityclass.com
www.myspace.com/communityclass
www.boogiezone.com

THE COST

Only $10 each Class which is offered 3 Times a Week.
Bring back your FREQUENCY CARD - Earn free classes by coming every week and referring your friends!

WANNA TEACH?

Do YOU want to Teach?
We are constantly working on providing a great line up for our students. So, if you are an experienced teacher, and would like to teach a class, please send an email to:
elmboogie@boogiezone.com
or Private Message BZ member "elmboogie"

Mar. 17 - Mar. 20

MAR. 10 TO MAR. 13

MEET RYAN FENG

Ryan Feng, more notably known as Feng, started dancing his freshmen year of college in 2001 with CADC where he danced for four years, a captain for one year and a coordinator for another finishing his career with CADC in 2005. He is currently a captain for Breed, which he has been a part of since the beginning of the OCLA team in 2003, a member of Chill Factor Crew, and recently becoming a new member of Quest. He has taught around the US in places such as Seattle, New York, and Vegas, performed in Paris by Night and EVE, and is currently working on a music video project for the Far East Movement. His style is a mixture of his dance upbringing including stank, isolations, popping, and house. He is inspired from his teammates and by the dancers in the community.


FENGS'S VIDEOS

BZ Class with Louis



Groove Movement with Jed



Twerkshop with Khai



Freestyle at Mavyn



STEPHEN "TWITCH" BOSS

Twitch is currently represented by MSA and is most famous for being a finalist in MTV's "The Wade Robson Project." Twitch has taught all over the country and will be seen in the movie "Hair Spray." He is a dance principle and choreographer for Breed, and a member of Chill Factor Crew, and Unity L.A.

TWITCHS'S VIDEOS

BZ Class with Kayce



On Wade Robson Project



twitch vs twitch



cfc session



MEET TERESA ESPINOSA

Hey ya’ll! It’s Teresa Espinosa! For those that don’t know me I eat, breath, dream DANCE. It is my life and passion, and I’m so grateful for this opportunity to share it with you! I like to think of myself as not only a choreographer/ dancer/ teacher, but also a mentor/ career councilor. And with this class, I want to offer more than choreography; I want to provide an experience that will remind you why we all love to dance! So if you’re ready to take yourself to another level then you’ve come to the right place! Hope to see you there ;)

“Great dancers are not great because of their technique – they are great because of their passion.”

Martha Graham
1894 – 1991, Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer

CREDITS INCLUDE: Hannah Montana, Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson


TERESA'S VIDEOS

Miley Cyrus "Start All Over" Music Video



Nike Commercial "Not an Athlete" (w/ Luther Brown)



Class Choreography to Mariah Carey "We Belong Together"

MAR. 3 TO MAR. 6

Miguel Zarate

Miguel Angel Zarate. So, that’s what my parents named me 23 years ago when I was born. Since then I have done quite a bit of things to establish myself as one of the most creative and uniquely stylized choreographers of the new dance era. (a Bob Fosse, if you will) I am presently on and have been a part of teams and companies ranging from Kaba Modern, Funks LA, & Unity LA. Most importantly I was the first to ever showcase my art as a solo choreographer in a competitive/collegiate/exhibition arena. Basically, I was the first “project” with Invite Only in January of 2005 at Vibe 10. In almost 2 years I have released over 5 different solo projects, each showing you, the audience member my range in movement, character, and style. From Filthy Gorgeous to Hugs & Kisses, My style has redefined “gay” as well as “good” movement for years to come. Next, you can see me on Bravo TV on “Step It Up and Dance.” This will be my 3rd ever Boogie Zone Class! So come out and support. I guarantee it will be one of the best classes you will ever take.

MIGUEL'S VIDEOS

Hugs and Kisses



Choreographer's Pilot



Kylie Minogue





JOEY COOPER

Stylistically an imaginative choreographer 27 year old joey cooper is a proud new resident of the greater los angeles area. A current member of team boogiezone breed oc/la joey has had the pleasure of continuing his pursuits in dance at a pace that consistently elevates his skills.

Joey has done work on one of the largest dance community/industry shows called "EVE Dawn of a New Horizon," as a principle dancer and segment choreographer. Along side his good friend Jaret Hughes they produced the Janet Jackson Tribute segment of the show, a ground breaking piece for the duo. recently he just wrapped work on another boogiezone production called Project Feedback, which he had the pleasure of writing, collaborating, and artistically directing a cast of immensely talented dancers for a video that won't be forgotten.

Looking to start out on the right foot now that he is an LA resident he will be working on his next big long term project. along side fellow washingon native jaret hughes the duo will introduce a new so-cal group the likes of which has not been seen called "Twisted Elegance."

He has worked and trained with industry choreographer Fusion, assisting on his first industry audition for sisqo. he has artistically directed stage shows, and television appearances for the san diego artist Lauren Silva, and is now setting his sights high on working for m.s.a as a choreographer/artistic director.

Joey says about his style:

"it can be sort of ****y, sexy, and always intricate. the musicality is always dead on, and the movements involve very much precision...oh and its fun to rock when u get it."

He is looking forward to teaching his third class for the community that has done so much for him.

JOEY'S VIDEOS

GrOOvalholix Company Class



EVE Montage



MEET JUN QUEMADO

An Oceanside native, Jun Quemado is a dancer and choreographer on the rise. Jun contributes not only his dance ability, but his breakdance experience as well. Not knowing that his life would revolve around a dancing community, his hunger for learning and become better at this arthas brought him to where he is now. Traveling through out the world he has taught in various countries and states such as New York, Washington DC, Las Vegas, New Jersey, Texas, Germany, Canada, London, Norway and much more. His choreography credits include TM, TM Juniors, Choreographers Carnival in Hollywood, Culture Shock and Future Shock San Diego, TKSpin Masters of Movement, FORMALity & HI FI, Culture Shock Oakland, Funkanometry San Diego, Second to none, Chill Factor, The Effect, Rising Star Dance Company, and Dance Center of Santa Rosa.

JUN'S VIDEOS