June 29-July 1: Siri Tveter, Fao Phong Cao, and Lars Sarmiento

JUNE 29- JULY 01: SIRI TVETER, FAO PHONG CAO, AND LARS SARMIENTO

MEET SIRI TVETER

Siri Tveter was borned and raised in Norway. She is 20 years old and has been dancing at The Vibe international hip hop dance center since 2008. Thanks to the Vibe, she's been able to train with some of the best choreographers like; Ellen Kim, Jenn Galo, Lyle Beniga, Jillian Myers, Mariel Martin, Keone Madrid, and Elm Pizarro and many more. During the year, she's been active member in The Vibe Team, working and performing with Norwegian artists. She just stared choreographing, and has been teaching at The Vibe and Dream dance studio.

MEET FAO PHONG CAO
Fao is the founder and director of The Vibe - The International Hiphop Dance Center, Norway. He ha appeared in numerous music videos, fashion and TV shows both as a dancer and choreographer. he has also worked with big brands like Puma and Nike International in Paris. This is his third teaching job outside of Norway and he is very excited by the chance to share his passion and love of dance with talented dancers of LA scene!

MEET LARS SARMIENTO
Lars "Jooo" W. Reyna Sarmiento, was born and raised in the city of Oslo, Norway! At the late age of 17 he started dancing hip-hop when he met Fao Phong Cao(founder of The vibe). Before he did all kinds of sports like Basketball, soccer and so on. At that time, he took his first workshop class with Shaun Evaristo and got inspired to continue dancing, and hasnt stopped since. Now at the age of 19, Lars has dedicated him self to Hip-hop and will forever train to become better and better. Thanks to The Vibe, a dance center which started in January 2008 by Fao Phong Cao, and a member of the vibe team, Lars has been given many opportunities to train and become a better dancer. Since then, Lars has trained with choreographers such as Jed Florano, Keone Madrid, Gigi Torres, Ellen Kim, Mariel Martin, Lando Wilkins, Phillip Geniza, Elm Pizarro, Jenn Galo and Knicole Haggins and more.

VIDEOS:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CaosEntertainment

JUNE 22-25: Troy Austria, Bruce Blanchard, and Derrick Caldwell

JUNE 22-25: TROY AUSTRIA, BRUCE BLANCHARD, AND DERRICK CALDWELL

MEET TROY AUSTRIA

Troy Austria discovered dancing in 2002 through a video game called Dance Dance Revolution. Eventually the road led him to hip hop and he has been training since then. He is a freestyler at heart, influenced by funk styles, house, and hip hop. Now he is a part of DDO Agency, Mavyn, Street Family, Boxcutters, and Soul Fresh. He is also a co-director of Goon Squad, and his current focus is Tha Acadamee. Hoping to inspire others to pursue something that they love, and to give back to those that helped inspire him, Troy is introducing himself now as an upcoming choreographer to the dance community.

TROY'S VIDEOS:
MAVYN COMPANY CLASS


IN THE END


MEET BRUCE BLANCHARD

-Known & respected choreographer/dancer for his creativity & personal style.
-He’s the founder and director of the B.O.S.S.Team Europe & an important character in the Hip Hop environment in Belgium.
-As a dancer he worked with several artists in Europe and USA, he participated at several Hip Hop-battles, done several commercials & fashion shows, dancer/model for clothing marks, and worked for several TV shows.

Dancer for :
AMCK London (UK),Chemical Brothers (UK), Candy Hill (USA) for Ciara Tour , Julie Zenatti (France),Shy'm (France), Moondust (Germany), Leki, Katherine, Ange, Tatiana ( Belgium)
- avant premiere for : Busta Rhymes & Lauren Hill, The game, Craig David,….

-As a choreographer,he has have done several music tours of artists, videoclips, TVshows, run wayshows, events and Is asked all over Europe to teach at workshops, to be jury of battles (freestyle and choreography) and also as a coach for personal training for artists.

Choreographer for:
Leki, Ange, Katherine, Tatiana ( Belgium) 411 magazine (JIM TV), Willy Denzey (Promotion Tour Belgium), Rize Tour, B.O.S.S.Team, DO THE DANCE (culture club)...

-Winner juste debout Germany 2006


BRUCE'S VIDEOS:

CHOREOGRAPHY WHOS THE BOSS


BRUCE BLANCHARD TRAILER


MEET DERRICK CALDWELL

Derrick Caldwell is a young choreographer/dancer born and raised in Los Angeles , California. He's known for his unique style of dancing and has traveled many places to express that passion to others. He's devoted to his work and to those who are interested in learning the art of dance. he is a well known dancer/choreographer to many other major choreographers such as shane sparks, phlex, free. His loyalty to taking classes at the premiere dance studio to the stars "millennium dance complex" has brought him many opportunites and major accomplishments. Derrick's accomplishments have yet to come to a hault. His work as a Choreographer within the industry has pushed boundaries to another limit for his age group. Some of his major accomplishments are performing pieces in shows such as Tjams, and Carnival. As a dancer again he has cultivated many things such as working with Shane Sparks and being featured in Carnival numerous times, dancing for capitol recording artist Ak'sent, and many other showcases across Los Angeles. After a long period of hard work and devotion. He hopes to achieve success in everything he does. As he continue to as he'd say "Tell a story without words" he strives to be the best and love what he does.

DERRICK'S VIDEOS:

NOR CAL WORKSHOP


GROOVE DANCE CLASS

JUNE 15-18: SURREAL WEEK

JUNE 15-18: SURREAL WEEK: CLARENCE BITUN W/ DAN PHAM, TUAN DUONG W/ CHRIS BITUN, AND DJ CASIS, SHAWN DUONG, AND PAUL TIU

MEET SURREAL

Surreal is an all-male team that began in 2003 with Shawn Duong, Chris Bitun, and Tuan Duong. Starting out as just a group of friends who wanted to dance together, Surreal grew to become a larger group of friends who still just wanted to dance together. Currently, the dancers on Surreal include members from Kaba Modern, Common Ground, alumni from Team Millennia, Funkanometry SD, Boogiezone Breed, Velocity, Underground, and Kaba Kids. In the year of 2007 and 2008, Surreal did a co-ed project for Maxt Out Chor. Taking 2nd place in 07 and 1st place in 08. Through an invite only basis, they maintain strong chemistry and the progression of their unique style. Their raw humor and chill vibe continue to draw the attention of whoever is lucky enough to come across them. But their passion and pure talent to express their personalities clearly through movement is what makes them stand out. They value humility above all, so that they are grateful for every single opportunity (no matter how big or how small) granted to them; and they show their appreciation back through their performance. Although they have incredible talent on this team, their main goal rather than to just simply show off, is to entertain the audience as much as humanly possible.

SURREAL'S VIDEOS:
MAXT OUT 08


MAXT OUT 07

SURREAL GLOBAL DANCE SHOWCASE

JUNE 08-11: JAY DEJESUS, MYKE DIZON, AND ELM PIZARRO

JUNE 08-11: JAY DEJESUS, MYKE DIZON, AND ELM PIZARRO

MEET JAY DEJESUS

Jay De Jesus is a young choreographer, aspiring to establish his own
style of the craft. He started out by joining the Las Vegas based team, Meccamee, and has expanded his knowledge since then. He is the team's captain, enhancing tentativness and ensuring retention is on point. Being one of the lead choreographers for the team, his pieces have been featured in shows and competitions such as Battlefest Vegas, Boogie Wars, Set It Off, and Culture Shock's Takin' It To The Streets. He is the Special Events Coord for *Groove Community Dance and has taught classes at Studio 702 numerous times. Lately, he has been co-training and mentoring Meccamee's new junior team, the Rascals. Jay is a highly disciplined, motivated dancer who wishes to share his knowledge and experience with other dancers in hopes to elevate their love for dance as well. Jay has been in the US Army since 2004 and will commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in August 2008. He attends the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, as a senior and will get his degree in Management Information Systems in August of 2008.


JAY'S VIDEOS:

GROOVE DANCE CLASS


MEET MYKE DIZON
Myke D comes from Seattle, Wa. where he was heavily involved in the dance scene there. He was a part of 4 different dance team while going to college. He eventually made the move down to LA and began pursuing his dream of being a professional dancer. Myke D is now working with many artist and travelling around the world doing what he loves to do and is truly blessed. He's excited to teach his 3rd BZ Community Class! Myke D loves BZ!!!!!!!!!

Credits:
Miley Cyrus
Marques Houston
Nelly Furtado
Rihanna
Little Boots
Adidas
Seattle Sonics Dance Team

MYKE'S VIDEOS:


MEET ELM PIZARRO
Elm Pizarro is an accomplished choreographer and teacher whose unique personal dance style has been described as smooth, hard hitting, and groovy. With over 20 years of teaching 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 all over the United States, in Canada, London, Norway and soon Denmark, Amsterdam and Germany.

In addition, Elm is most popular for creating www.boogiezone.com - YOUR online dance community which is an emerging internet dance website which currently has over 14,200 members worldwide. Join for Free.

He is also the Founder and creative director of "Breed - Adult Exhibition Dance Company" (EST. 2003) and Co – Founder of "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 full fledged theatrical dance production entitled "EVE - Dawn of a New Horizon" otherwise known as the largest collaborative dance project ever organized.

Elm is also the creator of The Boogiezone Community Class which is recognized worldwide for offering some of the best hip hop and contemporary instruction - as taught by up and coming and industry choreographers to the stars. There are currently 3 classes that operate regularly in California, one in New Jersey, Chicago, New Zealand, London and very soon Denmark. Check out www.communityclass.com for more info.

Elm’s life mission is to inspire others through dance, by utilizing Boogiezone as a vehicle for expanding his reach. He promises to help bridge dancers to their dreams by sharing his love with as many around the globe. Especially those who do not have dance readily accessible. He enjoys meeting people from all over the world and hopes to continue serving as a positive role model for the dance community and industry at large.

ELM'S VIDEOS:

JUNE 1-4: JAQUEL KNIGHT, MARI MARTIN, AND LEE DANIEL

JUNE 1-4: JAQUEL KNIGHT, MARI MARTIN, AND LEE DANIEL

MEET JAQUEL KNIGHT

Born in North Carolina, but raised in Atlanta, GA, JaQuel has been dancing passionately since the age of 2. Beginning his formal dance training at the age of 14 with instructors such as Chuck Maldonado, Dave Scott, Brian Friedman and Shane Sparks, JaQuel soon realized that he wanted his passion to become a career.

Moving to Los Angeles directly after graduating from high school, he began his journey to becoming a professional dancer and choreographer. After being in LA for only a week, he booked his first job with noted choreographer Fatima Robinson, for a principal role in P. Diddy’s music video, “Diddy Rock.” From there he went on to work with artist like Janet Jackson, Gnarls Barkley, DJ UNK and Soulja Boy and with choreographers Michael Rooney, Richard Jackson, and Miss Prissy. Then on to assist choreographers like Chuck Maldonado, Jae Blaze and Frank Gaston. Those opportunities resulted in choreographing the single and promo tour of “We Break The Dawn” for recording artist Michelle Williams, of Destiny’s Child, and the single “Corazón (You’re Not Alone)” for Latina Pop group, Prima J.

Months later, JaQuel received a phone call from Frank Gatson, who had previously discovered his great choreography ability while working with Michelle Williams, to come in and choreograph Beyoncé new video for the single, “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It).” Days after the video was released, JaQuel was recognized for the genius and innovative choreography seen throughout three-minute dance clip, ending with Beyoncé catching her breath.

Since then, JaQuel has choreographed Beyoncé’s second single “Diva,” from the “I Am...Sasha Fierce” album, along with being choreographer for her 2009 “I Am...” World Tour. He was also called in by artistic director for the stars Jamie King, who has worked with Madonna, The Spice Girls, and Celine Dion, to be a contributing choreographer for Britney Spears’ big return in her 2009 “The Circus” World Tour.

JaQuel has also filmed scenes from Hannah Montana: The Movie with Jamal Sims and will be working on the Nickelodeon show, The JumpARounds, with Chuck Maldonado. This is just the beginning of his journey and he’s not looking to stop anytime soon.


JAQUEL'S VIDEOS:

REEL: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x92cix_choreography-reel_music
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1094926449732&subj=1123680170
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x938mp_8ball-mjg-you-dont-want-drama-hipho_music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVO0jmIses

MEET MARI MARTIN
Thirteen-year old Mariel Martin began dancing against her will at a summer hip hop camp in Boulder, CO. Since the first day of the camp, she has been unable to stop dancing. She danced in hip-hop focused programs at studios in Boulder before moving to the Bay Area where she got a little more serious after joining Funkanometry SF. During her four years with Funks she choreographed many pieces for stage and classes and eventually was appointed Co-Artistic Director. She also helped develop the youth team Funksters (now known as The Oddacities) and acted as Co-Artistic Director for three years. Recently, she has been blessed to be a part of Choreo Cookies in San Diego, which she believes to be one of the most talented and wonderful teams on the planet. She has also been lucky enough to travel internationally to teach in Columbia, Norway, Germany, Canada, Finland, and Singapore as well as various places in the U.S. like Chicago, Boulder, Las Vegas, New Jersey, New York and all over California. Mariel has no idea how to classify her style, but just likes to think of herself as a person who is in love with music, no matter what genre, and tries to simply interpret her appreciation for it.

MARI'S VIDEOS:


MEET LEE DANIEL
Lee Co-directs the international dance company "Dance2xs", Lee Daniel has taught in all of the top studios across the globe including Chicago, NY, London, Estonia, Italy, and Portugal. Lee's style has definitely one of a kind mixing street dance, jazz funk and even lyrical elements to create a one of a kind class not to be missed!

LEE'S VIDEOS:

MAY 25-28: MEMORIAL DAY, STEPHEN TWITCH BOSS, KJ GONZALES

MAY 25-28: MEMORIAL DAY, STEPHEN TWITCH BOSS, KJ GONZALES

MEET TWITCH

Most people start driving when they hit 16--Stephen chose to start dancing. This southern boy got his training at Chapman University, and he stays versatile by switching up his styles (although he does admit to a preference for street). Stephen is nothing if not energetic, and he's overcome family tragedy to get where he is today. A move to where the magic happens (a.k.a. California) has already helped him get his foot in the door. Stephen was also one of the semi-finalists of MTV’s “The Wade Robson Project.” Stephen's long-term goal is to open up his own dance studio and give back to the community. Stephen “Twitch” Boss was in Hairspray the Movie, was Finalist on SYTYCD and is currently working on a new movie called "Step Up 3d." Twitch will always be a member of Breed!

TWITCH'S VIDEOS:


MEET KJ GONZALES
KJ started dancing at age 17 with culture shock san diego then moved on to dance and artistically direct urbanfx until 2005, he is currently one of the artistic directors for the super galactic beat manipulators. kj has also toured with such artist as 3lw, mc hammer, tonex (tonay), jhene and has recently toured with disneys cheetah girls. he has also been in commercials for pepsi, k-swiss, and hiv prevention. kj also gives all glory and thanks to the Way, the Truth, and the Life, Jesus Christ for His Grace and Salvation, the amazing gift of dance, the experiences lived through them and just for life all together.

KJ'S VIDEOS: