March 02-05: CJ Edwards, Julie Lein & Tu DeVera, and Jose Dingle

MARCH 02-05: CJ EDWARDS, JULIE LIEN & TU DEVERA, AND JOSE DINGLE

MEET CJ "2AUCE" EDWARDS
Mr. “2AUCE” aka Christopher Jordan (CJ) Edwards was born and raised in the small town of Victorville, California, to parents Joseph and Dolores Edwards on June 18th 1985. As a little boy he took a profound love to music and movement. “I knew I wanted to be a superstar!” Idolizing such people as Michael /Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Aaliyah, he knew that the stage was for him, one way or another. “I used to record videos from the T.V. and copy the dance steps. I would dress up in the costumes and pretend that I was onstage living my dream.” Yet, it wasn’t until high school that his dream became a reality. He joined an after school club named Black Student Union and became a member of the dance and step team and got the opportunity to perform at school and in the local community. Dancing was the priority. “I wanted to be involved in everything that had to do with dance.” His senior year of high school, he was referred to a local dance studio named Dance Time and there assisted and took class from now good friend Cristina Brandt. While looking for colleges to attend where he could still dance, friend Cristina Brandt, found a group named Team Millennia(www.tmdance.org) linked from the Culture Shock San Diego website(www.cultureshockdance.org) , and found out they were based out in Fullerton, Ca which was only an hour away from home in Victorville. “She told me about this team and I went on a campus tour of Cal State Fullerton, and the rest was history.” He danced on Team Millennia from 2003-2005 under the direction of Danny V. Batimana. After Team Millennia, CJ wanted to take it further, so in February of 2005 he auditioned and was signed to Bloc Talent agency (www.blocagency.com). In that same month he became an original member of Mavyn Entertainment (www.mavyn.com). Yet, there was something that would help him in a way that he didn’t expect, but knew he was ready for BREED oc/la under the direction of Elm Pizarro (www.boogiezone.com). This is where CJ stayed and blossomed into the now known personality Mr. “2AUCE” which was given to him by his older brother Stephen “tWitch” Boss. “He told me it represented a person with a lot of flava when they danced, and it was perfect for me.” He danced on Breed as a principle dancer and choreographer from October 2005 all the way until April 2008. While being on Breed, CJ (2AUCE) discovered his passion for choreography and direction. “It was a gift; I fell in love with the idea of putting how I felt into movement and getting lost in the melody of a song.” That love for choreography and direction grew more and more. He started being asked to teach and share that love with such groups as: Common Ground, Chaotic 3, Groovaholics, Culture Shock Oakland, Prophecy, Undeclared, EmanoN, BoofTroop, Blackorea, TM jrs, Sheroes, Breed, Offspring, and many more. That love grew so much that it birthed his well known project turned Professional Company ExpreSSive DoUbt (www.myspace.com/expressivetalents) which is managed by TeeJay Lee, marketed and sponsored by Lucratif Street Clothing (www.lucratifstreet.com).
Currently Mr. 2AUCE is signed to DDO Artists Agency (www.ddoagency.com) as a developing choreographer and dancer. He teaches regularly at Jayvee Dance Center (www.jayveedance.net) in Alhambra, Ca, where he directs the 3 studio competition groups Baby Groov, Junior Groov and Teen Groov. In August 2008 he co-founded the Fre2H new group entitled MaiN InGredient (www.myspace.com/2midance) with Brother Chris “Kidd” Nguyen. He also has an extension of ExpreSSive DoUbt coming to the San Francisco area in January 2009 called ExpreSSive DoUbt S.f. (www.myspace.com/expressivedoubtsf). In October 2008 he choreographed his first music video for upcoming artist Andre Mieux. Industry credits include: Omarion and DMK’s Choreographers Carnival. “I live by this anthem: “Ready to do it, no looking back, face my fears, make change and do it for me. I can and I will! Believe it or not. Accept it, because it’s true I AM NUMBER 1, yet will never forget I was once NUMBER 2.”
Contact:
Email: DriveNT22@aol.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/MR2AUCE YouTube: www.youtube.com/mrcje


CJ'S VIDEOS:

www.youtube.com/doubt2express
www.youtube.com/2midance
www.youtube.com/mrcje


MEET JULIE LEIN
Due to her mother's influence, Julie's passion for dance started at a young age through Modern, Jazz, Ballet and Chinese Traditional dance. Julie was first exposed to the world of Hip Hop during her freshman year at UCI. She was an integral part of CADC from 2000-2004. From 2003-2008 she continued to explore her love of Hip Hop through Breed OCLA. She is currently dancing with the ladies of Sheroes.

Now as a Breed Forever, she is happy to be back teaching along side her partner in crime-- TU "Ha" DeVera ;)


MEET TU DeVERA

Tu DeVera is currently JAYVEE Dance Center's General Manager. She is a talented dancer, choreographer, teacher, and business woman. With a degree from the University of California, Riverside in Liberal Studies concentrating in Biology with an emphasis in business administration, and extensive training in Hip Hop from some of the hottest studios in Los Angeles, Tu is a talented, intelligent and driven individual that keeps JAYVEE Dance Center up and running. Tu is working with designer Cheryl Koo and is her "RHW" for the The Other Duck assisting her on multiple projects. Tu has studied at multiple studios in Los Angeles including Focus Dance Center, The Edge PAC, Millennium Dance Studio, UC Riverside, Athletic Garage and at JAYVEE Dance Center. She has danced with multiple dance companies and performance groups in the Los Angeles area from the west coast to the east coast to Japan and back. Some of these groups include: "909", Team Boogiezone- Breed, Groovaholix, and ExprSSive Doubt. Tu has performed all over the world with various artists including "Dolla Bill" and Taiwanese Pop Star "Richie" as well as in the hottest night clubs in LA and other various dance showcases such as Maxt Out, Vibe, Ultimate Brawl, BustaGroove, World of Dance, Project Hip Hop, Fusion, and Body Rock. Tu has choreographed for an equally impressive number of performance groups and competition teams including Groovaholix, Teen Groov, Junior Groov, "909", and Baldwin Park High School Dance and Drill Team. She has also danced with the Ladyhawks cheerleaders for the semi-professional minor league football team, the Inglewood Blackhawks. Tu is currently working on a new project with Joanna "JV" Vargas producing "STREETease", a dance based fitness DVD for the ladies!

MEET JOSE DINGLE
Joselito Cardenas Dingle aka Johng aka Jayce aka Tito Jong...or just Jose, was Born in the Phillipines and was raised in Pasadena CA and Honolulu HI. He moved to Seattle when he turned 21 and now resides in West LA. He's been dancing and performing since he was 6 but only started taking Hip Hop Classes back in 2001 (Shout out to Daniel Cruz). Jose's creative and into various forms of art but, he has to say that nothing beats DANCE! He LOVES BEING ON STAGE and is the happiest person when he performs. Dance to him is very spiritual that takes control of his whole body. He is grateful and blessed to have such talent in dance, he wouldn't know how he could live without it. Although many other things can make him happy... nothing can top dancing it's his passion, his heart. When his wheelchair days come and take toll of his body... don't be surprise to see him twirling his chair-bopping his head in the middle of the dance floor! Some of his credits include Tribe 2001-2003, Cruz Control 2001-2003, kaSAma 2001-FO LYFE, and BREED 2003 (1st wave)-4VR.