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BZ Community Class – Kyle Hanagami & Ellen Kim – Duet

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:02:10 +0000

MEET KYLE HANAGAMI

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Kyle Hanagami began dancing in 2005 with the hip hop team from University of California at Berkeley. Soon after, he joined Funkanometry SF as 2006 company member where he quickly excelled in creating unique and innovative choreography. In 2008, he said his goodbyes to Funkanometry SF and moved on to start his own company with Ellen Kim called The Lost Kids as co-artistic director. In his four short years of dancing, Kyle has taught classes across the U.S., at studios such as Debbie Reynold’s Dance Studio in LA and Broadway Dance Center in New York, as well as in Canada, South America, Australia, and Europe. You’ll be sure to see more of him and The Lost Kids in the years to come. GET LOST!

MEET ELLEN KIM

Ellen Kim is a passionate dancer and choreographer from the Bay Area, training independently in dancing and choreographing for over 6 years. She began dancing with City Shock SF under the direction of Darnell Carroll when she was a sophomore in high school. After dancing with City Shock for five years, she later became a dance captain and contributing choreographer for the group. Ellen has also danced with other groups such as No Label (Yusef Nasir), Khaotic (David Collier), Culture Shock Oakland (Kim Batiste), Khamai (Leelee Brewster) , and Funkanometry San Francisco (Emerson Aquino). After joining Funkanometry SF in 2004, Ellen’s passion for dance, as well as her amazing performance abilities, earned her a spot on the Funks SF Artistic Circle as one of their leading Dance Principals. She has since choreographed many pieces for the company, and continues to inspire and set a high standard for her fellow company members through her leadership and dance talent. She has performed with LL Cool J, Amerie, Christina Milian, and has opened up Snoop Dogs concert in Las Vegas. In 2008, she was motivated to start her own company with Kyle Hanagami called The Lost Kids. Six individuals from the Bay has come together to use their love for dancing to help out their communities by holding workshops to raise money for different charities. Ellen Kim has been blessed to share her passion for dancing with people from all parts of the world covering cities from the Bay Area, East Coast, Canada, Australia, UK, and all the way to Oslo, Norway. These amazing opportunities to share her love for dancing and choreographing keeps her motivated and very inspired. Teaching and spreading her passion for dancing to all different kinds of dancers keeps her going strong!! Being able to share something so fun and special with others is all Ellen wants to do!!! LIVE IT UP!! God Bless!!

DISCLAIMER: For Inspirational purposes only. Please respect the creative work of this choreographer. Duplicating or recycling these moves in any shape or form for your own use (without permission) is prohibited and “shameful.”

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BZ Community Class- Janene Garner and Krystal Meraz (duet)

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:17 +0000

MEET JANENE GARNER

JaNene first discovered her love for dance at an early age. At the tender age of 2 she took her first ballet class. It was then that JaNene had found her passion. The following years brought classes in ballet, tap, jazz, and hip hop. By the age of 9 JaNene was taking point and was part of “The Performers” group at the prestigious Academy of Dance Studio in North Hollywood, California.
JaNene’s dancing was interrupted after a sudden move to the Bay Area. Unable to find a dance studio that suited her, she stopped attending classes. However, she never LOST her passion for dance, often memorizing choreography from music videos for fun. In 2005 while living in Atlanta, Georgia JaNene was introduced to Gotta Dance Studio, where she took advanced hip hop from some of the top industry dancers in the area. A move back to the Bay Area left JaNene once again in search of “dance”. She has since been a member of Funkanometry SF, UFO movement, and most recently (and permanently) The Lost Kids.
JaNene’s dance style is a mix of many things and has been described as explosive, groovy, technical and even rough at times. She has performed all over the states in various dance showcases, competitions, and workshops; most recently, dancing alongside bay area based artists Zion I, Netta Brielle, and Ariel. JaNene aspires to continue professional careers in the work she loves, both dance and physical therapy.

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BZ Community Class- Gerwyn Frias w/Dream Dance Studios (interview)

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:55:03 +0000

MEET GERWYN FRIAS
Gerwyn is a newcomer to teaching but instructs his classes like a veteran. Born and raised in Vancouver BC he aims to bring out the best in any student by carrying on with DREAMs philosophy, Keep things positive, Leave the BS at the door… just Dance. Gerwyn wants to continue his love of teaching and performing and lives life taking whatever opportunities may come his way. Previously with Praiseteam, he now spends most of his time taking class and teaching at DREAM. A natural leader he hopes to bring out the best in people both as a dancer and a person. With training under many Industry and Community personalities his style of hip hop is influenced by more fierce movements and even encourages the girls to come to his class in heels!

DISCLAIMER For Inspirational purposes only. Please respect the creative work of this choreographer. Duplicating or recycling these moves in any shape or form for your own use (without permission) is prohibited and “shameful.”

Duration : 0:10:0

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CONTEMPORARY DANCE CLASSES are continuing at Vauxhall Community

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:46:36 +0000

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BZ Community Class- Chanta Mao and Alexis Avila (duet) 1

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:08:40 +0000

MEET CHANTHA MAO
Chantha Mao began to dance for Team Millennia in 2004, and in 2006 her outstanding dancing earned her the position of TM Team Captain. She held that position until August 2008, during which time her leadership helped TM capture 4 championships and several top 3 finishes in prestigious dance competitions such as Vibe, Body Rock, and World of Dance. She is also a principle dance teacher at TM’s Under the Bridge Studio in Fullerton, CA. Chantha has taught dance classes ranging from beginning to advanced levels at various studios, schools, and dance camps. Within her four years of intense training with Team Millennia, Chantha has become one of the most highly sought dancer, choreographer and teacher. In 2008, she was chosen as one of the seven dancers to represent TM on Season 3 of America’s Best Dance Crew. Her passion and energy for dancing, fun personality, and blonde hair have caught the attention of thousands of fans all over the world.

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 Pagents and acting classes, but never took a dance class till after high school. She danced for Team Millennia for 4 years and 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 Breed, EVE: A Dawn of A new horizon, and Boxcuttuhz. She has also made the jump from Captain to Director, creating her own team called Sheroes, a group of strong-minded women whose focus is centered not only on dance, but also on service. Alexis eventually returned to the Team Millennia family, competing alongside her teammates (affectionately known as the “TM7”), for both Seasons 2 and 3 of MTV’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.

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BZ Community Class- Chanta Mao and Alexis Avila (interview)

admin — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:06:21 +0000

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BZ Community Class- Chesley Tolentino and Anthony Tabucbuc (duet)

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:52:28 +0000

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.

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.

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BZ Community Class- Chesley Tolentino and Anthony Tabucbuc (groups)

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:36:08 +0000

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,

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BZ Community Class- Monica Parales & Anthony Ladao Duet

admin — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:10:12 +0000

MEET ANTHONY LADAO At 11 years old he walked in to his first dance class in Issaquah Washington with his future mentor Bryan Tanaka as his teacher……..That was it……The day Lil' Tanaka was born! Anthony Ladao became the youngest member of Breed in 2005 showing the dance community in Seattle that a 12 year old could make well trained dancers and choreographers stand up and take notice. His professional experience includes dancing and choreographing for the Seattle WNBA/NBA dance teams …

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