APRIL 21-23: Nolan Mopia & Rachel Woods, Tina Wang & Kei Tsukamoto, Chesley Tolentino & Anthony Tabucbuc

APRIL 20-23 (220 WEEK): NOLAN & RACHEL, TINA & KEI, CHESLEY & ANTHONY

MEET NOLAN MOPIA
10 Things About Nolan Mopia:
1)Born in San Diego, CA
2)Started dancing in 2002 after watching his first hip-hop competition show called “Fusion”
3)Danced with Formality, Rejects, SGBM, Funkanometry SD and of course 220… My love
4)Currently one-fifth of 220’s directors
5)Favors the groovy side of dance
6)Enjoys this new and evolving style of dance but misses the simple and fun times of dance back in the day
7)Loves the artistic aspect of dance… It’s amazing to see an artist’s/choreographer’s expression of music come to life
8)Electrolytes are my friends… Ask me and I will tell you what I mean
9)Loves to meet everybody and anybody
10)Love stabs all around... Big stab to Shelley! I love you!

NOLAN'S VIDEOS:

Funks SD Class 2.24.08



MEET RACHEL WOODS
While living on the island of Maui, Rachel Woods’ daily routine consisted of free-styling in the living room to the jams of her first cd’s: Janet Jackson’s “Control”, and “Spice World”. Rachel would constantly sing “Nasty Boys”, so her parents stuck her in the nearest dance class around, in hopes it would supply appropriate music and burn her energy. The nearest thing resembling hip hop was a hole-in-the-wall ‘hip hop’ class with modern/hippie flavor, and this really did “Spice up [her] Life”. Upon moving to the mainland, her training expanded to include Tahitian, Jazz, and Contemporary. Her biggest influence was Cecili Chadwick (Unity SD). She transitioned from the high school competitive jazz scene to Future Shock San Diego where she trained under Keone Madrid, Jun Quemado and Belle Paguio, and developed a style of her own. Currently she attends UCSD as a Visual Arts-Film major/dance minor, and dances on the sickest team ever in existence; 220 second to none. She also teaches at San Elijo Dance and Music Academy. Her style might be classified as quirky. It is also pretty much a guarantee she will attempt to tell some kind of story with her choreography. To Rachel dance is powerful art but also love.

RACHEL'S VIDEOS:

RACHEL-MY LETTER TO HIPHOP


AGAINST ALL ODDS


220 COMPANY CLASS


MEET TINA WANG
Tina Wang loves to dance! She is a choreographer and dancer from 220 Second to None. She started dancing hip hop in high school as a Songleader, which is a dance version of a cheerleader, and was a past member of Future Shock San Jose. Other productions she has been a part of include Boogiezone's EVE and Darren Oliva's Project. She is also a recent graduate and dance minor from University of California, San Diego. Her choreographic style comes from an array of different inspirations, ranging anywhere from Modern to Ethnic dance. Tina Wang loves to dance dance dance!!

TINA'S VIDEOS:

TINA-YOU WILL FIND A WAY


TINA & KEI - FSSJ


MEET KEI TSUKAMOTO
Born in Tokyo and raised in the suburbs of San Jose, Kei started Tae Kwon Do as a kindergartener in hopes of becoming the next Power Ranger. Nine years later, when he realized that the dream was still far from reach, he quit before finding a greater passion for dancing after performing in various productions at Lynbrook High School. His infatuation with dance continued after joining Future Shock San Jose his senior year. But when he moved down to San Diego for school in 2005, he joined 220 under the direction of Bernie Nefalar, and he is now one of the proud directors of the team. In addition to the team, he trains and subs at Culture Shock Dance Center. He's had the privilege to work with Breed's very own Joey Cooper in 2007 as a member of the San Diego community cast of EVE, and he is also currently dancing in Keone and Mari's project; Boys and Girls with Short Hair.

KEI'S VIDEOS:

Master Class with Kei


MEET CHESLEY TOLENTINO
Chesley Tolentino was born and raised in Fremont, California where she began dancing at the age of four. She trained in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, Tahitian, ballroom, and Filipino folk dancing at Mission Dance and Performing Arts and Yoko’s Dance and Performing Arts. But among these dance styles she fell in love with hip hop, and has since pursued it with great passion. She joined Funksters in 2006 and trained under many of Funkanometry SF’s choreographers including Emerson Aquino, Mariel Martin, and Kyle Hanagami. Training with such talented people inspired and motivated her even more to pursue hip hop and she also continued training with Future Shock San Jose before leaving to San Diego for school. In the fall of 2008, she joined 220 and is currently in her second year on the team. Since then, she has gone back to teach at Future Shock San Jose and Step2This dance studio in Fremont, but she has also taught at PGN's (Funkbrella) Company Class, UCSD’s Hip Hop Recreation classes, and continues to share her choreography with her beloved team. 220 has given her the confidence to expand and explore her potential while constantly motivating her to be a better dancer. Her unique dance style has been influenced by all her previous dance experiences, and she would like to thank everyone who has inspired and supported her to be the dancer she is today.

CHESLEY'S VIDEOS:

PGN CO CLASS



CHESLEYS CHOREO LEONA LEWIS


MEET ANTHONY TABUCBUC
Anthony was born in Honolulu Hawaii, and raised in San Diego CA. He started his dancing career in 2007, when he decided to take his first hip hop dance class at Culture Shock Dance Center. He then started training with Future Shock San Diego under the direction of Belle Paguio, Keone Madrid and Jun Quemado. Then went on to further his training with an amazing team named 220 Second to None.