JUNE 30 - JULY 3: ERIC BROWN, RYAN ALICBUSAN AND DEE BROWN

THIS WEEK JUNE 30- JULY 3

MEET ERIC BROWN

Credits Include Carnival Choreographers Ball and More.

ERIC'S VIDEOS

Go Dumb



MEET RYAN ALICBUSAN

Ryan started dancing at an early age training in filipino folk dancing. It wasn't until early high school that he started training in hip hop with Morse all male under the direction of Emerson Aquino. Ryan continued dancing throughout high school while also competing at collegiate/street level with Formality at the young age of 15. Since then Ryan has worked with other major groups such as Funkanometry SD, Mavyn and Urban Fx. Ryan has guest taught at a number of major studios in the San Diego area such as Studio Fx, APA, Culture Shock Dance Center, and studio 429. He has also given choreography to groups such as 220, team Nacu Rythmz and Urban Fx. Now teaching his very own Boogiezone class Ryan is looking to set his mark in the Hip hop industry.

VIDEOS:

Don't Spill It



MEET DEE BROWN

Hey everybody let me introduce you to a guy named “D” or Dee, whatever your preference may be. Dee is 24 years old and falls under the sign of the Aquarius. He was born in a small town called Portsmouth, VA. But was raised primarily in sunny San Diego. Aside from dancing Dee enjoys horseback riding, kayaking, and long walks on the beach… just kidding! What he really gets his kicks from is football, playing it, whether it be live or on a video game, watching it and even talking about it. Dee also likes to play video games as mentioned before. Dee also likes to get out and about and try new things too, and of course eating and trying new foods, and just being with friends. Dee has always enjoyed dancing but never thought of it as something to pursue seriously. To him it was all just fun, dancing in talent shows, school dances and later on in life nightclubs. It wasn’t until January of 2001when he got serious about dancing. Walking around the semester before at Grossmont college he found a hip hop class and it looked like fun so in the Spring of 2001 he gladly enrolled under the instruction of culture shock alumni Darla Gonzalez. She taught him the ropes, the basics, the fundamentals, and she was the start of his hip-hop training. A couple of months went by and Dee was steadily and rapidly improving and Darla suggest that he audition with this new hip- hop troupe called UrbanFX. He took her advice, auditioned and made the cut and is still there. Training under Vanessa Andrada and Jimrod Gonzalez he did nothing less than grow at rapid speeds as a dancer. Before his first year was over he was chosen to dance in a show with Unity Dance Ensemble by Tessandra Chavez as one of her hip- hop all-stars. So his training got even deeper, and more intense with her help. To add a bit more, he also received help in getting better by working with former UrbanFX dancer and roommate, Jaffar Smith and current UrbanFX dancer KJ Gonzalez. After one year with the team Dee started to go to L.A. auditions and soon enough he signed with D.D.O. artist agency in the summer of 2002. He received no work under the representation of D.D.O. so the following year, 2003, right before summer began he made the switch to Bloc Artist Agency, with the help of a recommendation from a friend in the L.A. dance industry, and about a month or so later he got his first dancing job, doing spot dates with R&B artist Ashanti, that consisted of, the BET Music awards ’03, the “Today Show” in N.Y., and the Pepsi Smash. In the same year following the Ashanti gig, He worked with choreographer Shawnette Heard on a movie trailer for an upcoming movie called “Drama Rama”, and along with some of his best friends, he performed at the “Lady of Soul” awards with 3LW. In Spring of 2004 he was one of two principal dancers for gospel artist, Tonex, doing shows in various locations from, Las Vegas, to Washington D.C. and cities in between. Dee currently teaches intermediate/advanced classes in studios throughout San Diego, including choreographing for local dance teams such as Acencion, and Formality. In the future he hopes to enhance his skills in choreographing as well as dancing, and freestyle. He someday wants to try to move to LA to pursue his dancing career as dancers say “full out” not just to say he tried, but to actually make a life of it someday. And that’s the latest on “D”.

DEE'S VIDEOS

Dance Reel



UFX at Battlefest 2008



UFX at Body Rock see 1:15 & 3:16

JUNE 23-26 - Jeff, CJ and Ray Basa

THIS WEEK JUNE 23-26

MEET JEFF CALIMBAS

Jeffrey "big jeff" Calimbas started his dance career in his hometown Chicago, il where he trained under culture shock chicago and FIA modern of UIC. 5 years ago he moved to southern california, met up with some random dudes and helped found common ground. Jeff was on CG for 3 years and later joined Breed OCLA as part of the world famous OH SEYXXX class. he was fortunate enough to take part in EVE the show where he worked under amazing choreographers and danced with talent from all over the United states. jeffrey has danced in various projects and carnivals such as Nick and annas, jay chris moore, and gigi torres. Most recently Jeffrey joined Cal Poly's GRV and experienced an amazing competition season with them. Jeffrey Calimbas would like to thank his inspiration on Breed who has since left but who he misses dearly; tu devera, cj edwards, twitch, kuya nick and ate anna, and ryan feng...thanks guys, for everything and lastly thanks to his GRV fam for justbeing there and being awesomethis is jeffrey's second boogiezone class, he hopes you all take this lollipop and enjoy it.

JEFF'S VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu3HKstAVTk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djt8KUUuojk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WPiGz76NS0


MEET CJ 2AUCE EDWARDS

CJ Edwards... A.K.A. “Sauce”... has been dancing since before he could walk, but never wanted to make a career of it, until his freshman year dancing with a group called B.S.U. (black student union) and from there, it became the only thing he thought about he later went on to teach and choreograph for his high school dance
team, and local cheer dance groups and found Team Millennia @ Cal State Fullerton when searching for colleges. From there his passion for dance grew and he knew there was more out there for him, so he took the step to get an agent and was signed to Bloc Talent Agency in May of 2005 and after TM went to Mavyn Entertainment for 6months, and later moved to where he currently met his match with BREED... Team "boogiezone.com" Many great things are headed CJ's way. He has
showcased his choreography and company “Expressive Doubt” in the most famous DMK Carnival, Cpac, and SI showcase. Just recently appeared in the Omarion “Entourage” music video. He choreographs for many local teams such as Chaotic 3, Breed, Groovaholics, Common Ground, TM Jrs, SI, Undeclared etc. CJ is also in the midst of trying to put together a demo album. He believes if he puts all that he has into all that he does only good things are to come... "Follow your heart, and stay oblivious to life and all it has to offer, don’t expect for tomorrow when you haven’t finished living for today."

VIDEOS:

http://www.youtube.com/v/PHx4TykY2yY

http://www.youtube.com/v/SHnWAcwk74g

http://www.youtube.com/v/0lxLrEBhnEY

MEET RAY BASA

Ray Basa was born and raised in Los Angeles California. It wasn’t until the age of 20 where he decided to pursue dance as a career. He trained in many styles of hip hop and trained in jazz at Debbie Reynolds, Millenium Dance Complex and the Edge Performing Arts. He also trained under the Versastyle dance company in house dance and has traveled to Philadelphia and New York to get a deeper understanding of House. In 2003 he booked his first dance agent and has been lucky to work with choreographers such as Marty Kudelka and Harry Shum. He has also danced with the dance company Funkanometry Los Angeles. Ray Basa is currently represented by MSA dance agency and is still working in the dance industry. He is also currently part of the Dance Companies Versastyle , Expressive Doubt, and The Freedom Junkies Project. Some of His Credits Include Monsters of Hip Hop w/ Funkanometry LA, Asia Entertainment, Coca Cola Commercial, and John Tesh Music Gospel Dance PBS Special.

RAY'S VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAA3U4GQjFA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6D7dJCeoQ



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KrLG8G4XSY



Here's another clip of me with Candace Brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAA3U4GQjFA

June 16 to 19 - J.R. Taylor, Chris Scott, Jovver Fortunato

MEET JR TAYLOR

R. Taylor was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. The youngest of 3 children, J.R. was into Track& Field growing up. He always danced, but behind closed doors.He didn't open up about dancing until he was about 16, when he started doing local talent shows and dancing in local companies like Lula Washington. A short time later J.R. booked his 1st job which was a promo tour with 702. From there J.R. has danced along side of Rihanna, Chris Brown, Ashanti,Amerie, Mariah Carey, Missy, and Nelly Furtado just o name a few. Some of his major influences are: Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Debbie Allen, and Gene Kelly.

JR'S VIDEOS

Robin Thicke "Cocaine" J.R. & Jillian


Janet Jackson TRL Luv Feedback Rock Wit You



J.R & Mike Class



MEET CHRIS SCOTT

Chris Scott, originally from Maryland, found his love for dance during his junior year at Hollywood High. Trained in tap, at Colburn School of Performing Arts in Downtown Los Angeles, he later received a scholarship to dance with the Jazz Tap Ensemble. A love of dance has turned into an exciting career for Chris Scott. His hip-hop debut was in 2000 when he performed at the American Music Awards with Mariah Carey, NAS, and Joe. Since then, he has had the privilege to dance with many talented artists, including the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beyonce, T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, along with numerous others. Chris' career was transferred to the big screen when he dance doubled for Alvin in the 2007 release of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Soon after, he got a role in the film Step Up 2: The Streets as the character Hair. His film credits since include Seventeen and Snowflake, both to be released in 2009. Now you can see him dancing and choreographing on youtube for the ACDC crew, whom just finished smoking the M&M cru in "the biggest online battle in youtube history." Chris loves to teach, but will never stop learning.

CHRIS'S VIDEOS

Dance Reel



ACDC DANCE BATTLE 2 FEATURING CHRIS



MEET JOVVER FORTUNATO

Jovver Tanzon Fortuno began his dancing career at the age of 17. He has danced/choreographed for dance Companies and teams such as Versatyle Styles Dance team, Khamai Dance Company, Funkanometry SF, Project Em, and Team Boogiezone Breed, earning such titles as former Artistic Director for Versatyle styles, former Assistant Artistic Director and Company Class Coordinator for Funks SF. As rewarding as dance has been to Jovver, he wishes to share the experience through teaching what he has learned.

Credits include MSA Talent Agency, The Black Eyed Peas, ABS-CBN's A.S.A.P Show, and Van Son Entertainment. Jovver has also collaborated and worked with many choreographers including Roy Rufo Jr., JP San Pedro, Stephen "TwItch" Boss, CJ "2auce" Edwards, Mitch Sanderin, and Will Ortega.

And if you want to experience more of Jovver's humor, style, and Choreography you can catch him all month long at Jayvee Dance Studio's Monthly Jam.

JOVVER'S VIDEOS

Company Class 11.04.07 - Jovver Fortuno and Mitch Sanedrin



Jayvee Monthly Jam 6.4.08 - Jovver Fortuno



Co. Class Jovver Fortuno - Neyo Crazy

June 9 to June 12 - Jillian, Myke, Audrey and Ricky

MEET JILLIAN MEYERS
Jillian Meyers grew up dancing in Portland Oregon. There she trained in all styles of dance with teachers Erin Lee, Michelle Mckinney, Candalee Wrede, Diana Redding and Sarah Riggles. In 2004 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her aspiration of becoming a professional dancer. During her time there she has become a member of Mark Meismer's company, "Evolution". She has also been an assistant to Brian Friedman, Tovaris Wilson, Mia Michaels and Mandy Moore on the hit show, "So You Think You Can Dance". Since 2006 she has been fortunate to be a lead dancer for performing artist Janet Jackson. Over the past two years she has been involved with Janet's videos, over-sea performances and a variety of television appearances. Recently she performed alongside Wade Robson in his performance for the show, "Dancing With the Stars". Ultimately, Jillian loves to dance and is excited by any experience related to her passion!
JILLIAN'S VIDEOS
I Want You


Boogiezone with Tony

Busta Ryhmes with Tony

Jillian and Montana

MEET MYKE DIZON
Myke D. originally comes from Seattle, Washington where he started to
study dance under Daniel Cruz and Jaret Hughes. He joined Seattle Breed, Jarets group Twisted Elegance, and Daniels group Cruz Control. His first professional job was dancing for the Seattle Sonics Dance Team. After finishing college and choreographing for the WWUHHDT (his college dance team), he made the big move to LA. He continued dancing with Breed on their OC/LA team. Eventually, he left the team but continued dancing professionally. Now, Myke has danced and performed with some of the biggest names in the business such as: Miley Cryus, Nelly Furtado,Rihanna, and Marques Houston. Myke just got off the record breaking Best of Both Worlds Tour starring Miley Cyrus last February. Myke travels around the world to teach and continues to dance in the industry.
MYKE'S VIDEOS
Myke and Nick Wilson Choreography

Myke and Sonya Tayeh

Myke in Marques Houston Video Circle

MEET AUDREY BENSON
Audrey Benson has been dancing for sixteen years in many styles such as Lyrical, Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Modern, and Hip Hop. She enjoyed choreographing many pieces in High School and creating her own Hip Hop team during her Senior year so much that she decided to make the move at age 18 to California from Arizona to pursue her dancing career. She has danced for Team Millennia and is currently dancing with Breed OCLA and Essence Dance Company. Audrey is also an Artistic Director for Boogiezone’s Jr. Exhibition team “Offspring.” She has also participated in Monsters of Hip Hop, The CW Launch Party Performance, Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around Comes Around" and Mims "Like This" Music Videos and recently opened up for Snoop Dogg at the Joint in Las Vegas. She is Represented by DDO Artists Agency and is currently teaching classes Team OC in orange county and Ography Dance Studio in Hollywood.
AUDREY'S VIDEOS
Ice Box Remix

Rain at Boogiezone

Lose Yourself

Audrey and Candace


MEET RICKY COLE
Ricky was born in Clarksdale Mississippi in 1985, He moved to Goleta, Santa Barbra, when he was three, and then moved to Oxnard when he was 13. He now is currently residing in Orange County where he does his thang… Before leaving Santa Barbara, Ricky was inspired by the boy next door who began to teach him how to break. After two years of practicing only breaking, Ricky then decided to try new things, Choreography. Joining Channel Islands High School Dance teams, he expanded his knowledge not only in breaking but in acting, jazz, salsa and Hip-Hop. From that point on Ricky knew he wanted to entertain. After graduating High School, Ricky then spent two years coaching and choreographing for Valencia High School who went onto winning numerous competitions including Nationals. To further his training, he moved onto the college dance scene where he spent two years dancing and choreographing for Cal State Long Beach, Pac Modern, which won and placed at many competitions. He also danced for Super Friends, Non-Stop. He now currently dances for
“The Other Duck”, Team Boogiezone “Breed, Sick Step, and Chill Factor .” Being on Breed has opened many opportunities for Ricky to pursue his dancing career, his most recent appearances were in Ireland teaching and judging Hip Hop International Regional, also on the Mims (Like This) music video and on Mad TV where he got to show his bboy and acting skills alongside some of the well respected bboys in the industry. Ricky is eager to help better others as well as himself to become a stronger person as well as a stronger dancer.
RICKY'S VIDEOS
At Groove

PYT at Boogiezone

Ricky and Twitch's Project