APRIL 27-30 (FANNY PAK & FRIENDS WEEK): CARA HORIBE & GLENDA MORALES, BEAU FOURNIER, AND SHAUN EVARISTO

APRIL 27-30 (FANNY PAK & FRIENDS WEEK): CARA HORIBE & GLENDA MORALES, BEAU FOURNIER, AND SHAUN EVARISTO

MEET CARA HORIBE
Cara started dancing at the age of 9 in Hawaii. She began teaching with 24-VII Danceforce while training in jazz, hip-hop, ballet, contemporary,swing,and gymnastics.moved to los angeles in 2006 to pursue dance. Cara continued to train and assist under various choreographers such as Matt Cady of Fanny Pak, Erica Sobol, Gil Duldalao, Kevin Maher, and Mark Kanemura of So You Think You Can Dance. She also became a member of the contemporary company Collide under the direction of Erica Sobol in 2007 and joined the crew Fanny Pak in 2008 which went on to compete in America's Best Dance Crew Season 2. Since the show wrapped, she has traveled and performed with the first official ABDC tour in the U.S. as well as Canada and continues to teach workshops and perform with Fanny Pak crew. You can also spot her as a cheerleader in High School Musical 3.


MEET GLENDA MORALES
Glenda started training and competing in gymnastics before deciding to get serious with dance. She started ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, and modern at age 11 and began competing right away. At Cal State University, Fullerton, Glenda began as a dance major and was performing at Disneyland as a dancer and acrobat until she was offered representation by DDO Artists Agency. Her major changed from dance to Communications with emphasis in Entertainment Studies. Since joining DDO, Glenda has danced for a few music artists including Keke Palmer, Raven Simone, and Ashley Tisdale. You can also catch her in the recent cheer movie Fired Up! Since last summer, Glenda's attention has been focused on being a part of Fanny Pak. Competing on America's Best Dance Crew gave Glenda and the crew the opportunity to dance with Missy Elliot and opened the door to future projects with Lil Mama (check out Lil Mama's “Truly in Love” video). And don't forget to look for Glenda on the cover of the new Harlequin book, Chasing Romeo!

GLENDA'S VIDEOS:

FUNKS SF COMPANY CLASS - GLENDA


MEET BEAU FOURNIER
While growing up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California, little did this total "valley boy" think dance would be his passion.At the late age of 19, Beau Fournier started dance and instantly fell in love with it. It wasn’t just the pure fun of it, but it was the movement, the creative processes, and the music that led him to believe there is so much more to dance. And now at 25, dance has enabled him to be himself while challenging him everyday. He has been able to work with great people, travel, and share his love with others. He is currently signed with DDO Artist's Agency and Artist's International and some of his credits include: Angel Faith Vh1 Save the Music Tour, Paula DeAnda, Diet Pepsi, Carnival Choreographers Ball, The Secret Life of An American Teenager, MTV Video Music Awards, and MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew. He also has worked with certain prestige dance groups such as: The CSUN Hip Hop Team, Expressive Doubt LA, Asylum Dance Company, and ABDC Season 2's Fanny Pak.

BEAU'S VIDEOS:

DU MASTER CLASS 3.19.09


MEET SHAUN EVARISTO
Coming straight from the bay area and now residing in North hollywood, Shaun Evaristo is a choreographer continuing to make his mark wherever goes. He travels consistently to share his style with the world, and is continually pushing as an artist. Always working on his craft and teaching what he creates, you will definitely leave his class knowing that you learned something new and refreshing.

He is the Co-director and founder of the camp, a triad of dance crews in northern california. GEN2, the family based crew, THE COMPANY a professional team based out of the Westlake school of performing arts , and the Junior group APT. All which have won competitions up and down the West coast, and are internationally known.

Shaun is an instructor at Millennium Dance Complex, has taught at Debbie Reynolds, and Debbie Allen’s dance academy. aside from teaching in LA, he also travels worldwide for conventions and workshops. signed as one of DDO’s top hip-hop choreographers he has been able to work with many artists, such as Fergie, MIMS, Mario, etc.

More recently his biggest achievements has been Dancing for Omarion. an artist he’s been wanting to work with for years, was made possible thru his hard work and training and is a huge accomplishment. but the hard work doesn’t stop there, he is now working with 3 of the new and hottest boy bands to hit the industry. one of them, V factory is a Warner Brothers signed pop group with their single “she bad” featuring hip-hop Star E-40 debuts this summer. Shaun has also worked with NLT. (not like them) He is the Choreographer to their music video “she said i said,” (produced by timbaland) which has been debuted on TRL, and he has choreographed for their radio promo tour. you can find his work on the “bandemonium tour” a johnny wright production. and last but not least, shaun is hitting the industry globally by working with Asia’s very own “Big Bang.” a korean pop group signed to YG ent., he has taken the far east to new heights.

Shaun is just another up and coming choreographer learning the ropes and continuing the growth of his career. Eventually he’s going to give back to dance what dance gave to him and he’s going to do what he does best....creating innovative ideas and sharing his talent with people willing to learn.

Credits:
Community:
GEN 2
The Company
APT

Industry:
Omarion
Vanessa Hudgens
NLT

ASIA:
Big Bang
Tae Yang
2NE1


SHAUN'S VIDEOS:

John Legend - Shaun

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.

April 13-16: Jackie Shentu, Alexis Avila & Wobz, and Monica Parales

APRIL 13-16: JACKIE "YACKS" SHENTU, ALEXIS & WOBZ, AND MONICA PARALES

MEET JACKIE "YACKS" SHENTU
At the age of 8 my mom placed me in ballet classes because I wasn't "girly" enough and she wanted me to stop playing with boys.In highschool I joined a dance company called orchesis which was heavily influenced in jazz and lyrical styles.then at the age of 15, my interest grew stronger in dance when I discovered the world of hip hop. The first hip hop dance group that i joined was groovaholix in 2003,then after high school I joined barkada modern in '05. as a founding member and director, barkada modern is what made dance the best experience of my life. It's from barkada modern which lead me into the hands of various opportunities and a strong support system from a family that never ceases to grow. In 2007 I was invited to join
the ever so sexy Sheroes. Never would I imagine myself dancing next to the infamous directors of sheroes, wobz and alexis. Recently I joined a new exhibition group called the minorities (based off the masses clothing brand) with directors richie and sean. My inspirations: kristine bueta, shaun evaristo, and ellen kim.

groovaholix
collabor8
barkada modern '05-present
sheroes '07-present
minorities '09 -present

JACKIE'S VIDEOS:

EVOLUTION HIPHOP CLASS-JACKIE SHENTU




MEET ALEXIS AVILA
Alexis Avila started dancing when she was 16 years old at Artesia High School. As a child, Alexis was involved in Beauty Pageants and acting classes, but never took a dance class till after high school. Immediately addicted, Alexis was overwhelmed because learning new aspects of dance ignited a thirst in her that she couldn't deny. A friend from Team Millennia advised her to audition for their upcoming tryouts, and although scared, Alexis knew she was up for the challenge. Alexis made the auditions that year, and remained on the team for three more years. It is here where she began to craft leadership experience as the Captain of TM Juniors, thriving as their leader for 2 years. Alexis eventually explored other groups over time,performing with Team Boogiezone Breed for over a year. She has also made the jump from Captain to Director, creating her own team alled Sheroes, a group of strong-minded women whose focus is centered not only on dance, but also on service. Sheroes donates all funds they earn directly to various charities, among which include The Take A Stand foundation, and The Jennesse Center, a program dedicated to women who've suffered domestic Violence. Alexis eventually returned to the Team Millennia family, competing alongside her teammates (affectionately known as the “TM7”), for both Seasons 2 and 3 of TV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. Alexis continues to hone her craft
together with her fellow teammates, and enjoys teaching all she’s learned to other dancers.



MEET KRISTINE "WOBZ" BUETA
Kristine 'Wobz' Bueta started her training at the age of three at Shea's School of Dance. She trained extensively in ballet, jazz, and lyrical modern with MKR Dance Productions till the age of 17. She joined Team Millennia in 2003, training with TM and influencing them with her own particular flare and style. She eventually earned a
leadership position on Team Millennia Juniors, serving as their Captain in 2004. During this time she flourished as their teacher and mentor while gaining valuable leadership experience. Kristine is also the co-director of Sheroes, where she devotes most of her personal time developing them into a female force to be reckoned with. She has also choreographed for Barkada Modern, Mavyn, Sheroes, various
high schools, and MKR Dance Productions. Kristine has recently reconnected with her roots, representing Team Millennia as one of the TM7 on both season 2 and 3 of Randy Jackson's America's Best Dance Crew.

ALEXIS AND WOBZ'S VIDEOS:

ALEXIS BOOGIEZONE CLASS


ALEXIS AND WOBZ- CANDY


ALEXIS AND WOBZ-CLASS ACT


MEET MONICA PARALES
From Long Beach, California, Monica Parales started training at 8 years old. A year later, she booked her first music video with Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks", directed by Dave Meyers. From there Monica booked a TV special on the WB called "The Jamm X Kids" which included
her talents of acting, dancing, and singing. In 2005 Monica Parales made Team Millennia Juniors in Fullerton, CA. Monica has taught workshops and a class for Team Millennia's Summer Intensive Dance Camp. Today at the age of 16, she is currently dancing for TM Juniors, & Sheroes, and the entertainment industry. Also, Monica is currently singing and dancing in an upcoming group called the School
Gyrls. She's excited to teaaach!! awhhyyeaaaaah.

MONICA'S VIDEOS

MONICA PARALES


MONICA/SHARLENE TM JRS

APR. 6-9: BRANDON HARRELL, ADEL LACHAB, AND KRISUAN ROSALEJOS

APRIL 6-9: BRANDON HARRELL, ADEL LACHAB, AND KRISUAN ROSALEJOS

MEET BRANDON HARRELL
Brandon Harrell, better known to most as "747" is the up and coming 22 year old dancer/choreographer coming out of Houston, Texas. He began dancing at the age of 10, inspired by Michael Jackson, Ginuwine and Usher. At age 16, he became heavily into the popping and the funk styles scene and began competing in big competition battles and events with the world's famous Soulbotics Krew.

After getting signed to MSA agency in March 2008, he found the new love for Hiphop choreography and began choreographing shows for his second crew Marvelous Motion just after a short time into Hiphop choreography. Brandon is definitly on the rise as a dancer/choreographer and continues to have an open mind which allows him to evolve each day with his unique style of dance.

BRANDON'S VIDEOS:

747- ITS SO MAGICAL


BRANDON- ROCK WITH YOU



MEET ADEL LACHAB
Adel was born in Germany.As a son of African immigrants he soonly found > out about his addiction to music and fooling around with it.As a young kid he started with dancing and imitating different Stars. Until the Age of 20 he had already met a lot of choreographers and Artists to get inspired and to share as many impressions as possible." No matter if oldschool,newschool,jazz or b-boying. No matter if michael Jackson-,Janet Jackson-, MC Hammer- oder James Brown-Style. I was happy as long as I was learning." After that, he went to L.A. and finally found in Kevin Brewer the right Chorographer / Influence to set a Base for his own Style. "Kevin tought me to listen to the Music, catch the right flow and use my talent,which is my feeling for the Music".On his way of newschool Adel met and got influenced by Artists like Marty Kudelka,Sky H., Dante Harper,Salah from France,Roland Tarbor and Shaun Evaristo. Back in Germany he started killing people´s Hunger for more by teaching his Style and showing them that Dancing is way more than just moving to the Counts. Later he started working with TV,Artists and Fashion Labels.Adel loves to travel around and teach people whereever possible. You can find him now sharing his Routines in Workshops around the world,teaching class at Styles and Elements Dance Center,coaching his Team(Nju-Styles, set in 2006) @ Dance Center Karlsruhe, or enjoying himself in other Dance Studios in Germany.

In fall 2008 a Partnership between the two teams of Vollrath in Karlsruhe (directed by Stevie Quay) and Nju-Styles (directed by Adél) has been established in order to bring up a complete new Level of Show and Entertainment. The New Team, Scenatic, has yet done well and was ranked 4th at the Dutch Open Competition in Jan 2009 and there´s still more to come.

-Some of adéls Workshops (between 2002 and 2009) :
London,Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Rome, Milano,Oslo,Zagreb, Moscow, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Riga, Detroit, Los Angeles,Seoul, Hong Kong and different cities in Germany.

ADEL'S VIDEOS:

ADEL L. REEL


ADEL KARLSRUHE CENTER



MEET KRISUAN ROSALEJOS
Krisuan Christopher Rosalejos, aka 'Super Swan', was born in San Francisco & raised in San Jose/Bay Area. At the age of 5, he discovered Break Dancing from Ricky Castro of the breaking crew, Jeprox, and began his life as a b-boy. In 1991-1994, he held open sessions in his garage with people from Planet Rock Crew, Jughead Tribe, and even world famous Tommy Boy of Style Elements Crew. Jams and sessions became his life for the next 9 years. In 2003, he wanted to venture into choreography where he danced with Soul Nation. 10 months after, he went back to his roots as a b-boy. In 2004, he was discovered breaking in a circle with Kaba Modern at Battlefest Jrs by Funkanometry SF Artistic Director, Emerson Aquino. From then on, he found his home in choreography with Funks SF & at the same time, found & directed a crew called Booftroop. Booftroop has opened for artists such as Furious, Mr. Sef, The Diligentz, & Traxamillion. They became the closing act of 'LIVE SF 2006' which headlined Christina Millian and more. Krisuan has worked with artists such as Raz-B(B2K), Mr. Sef, Holly Rae, Victor 'Pappi Grande' Saragosa, Raw, Kim Del Fiero, Immij, Desi, and the Black Eyed Peas. Other credits include NBC 11, WB20, Action 36 and Fox 2.

KRISUAN'S VIDEOS

Krisuan teaching @ Funkanometry SF


Booftroop @ Norcal Prelude 2007