Fun With the Assistant and Starlette Dance Team

I must dedicate this post to my assistant Sarah. She is an incredible person and a fierce dancer, and I don't use fierce lightly. This past weekend, she attended the PULSE convention in San Fran, and earned herself two scholarships. Work :) Above is a video of the two us dancing a routine to Watch Me Burn by Rhianna and Eminem. Its one of those that sticks with you and yet you can never do it enough.

And now another blast from the past!



Last summer, I was given the opportunity to put together a six member dance team to travel to China and dance for an American All Star team. The event was held in Hangzhou, two games were played, one televised, and we performed multiple routines in both games.

The USA Starlettes

       For the first time, after being a part of two professional teams, I was to head my own.  I had to assemble the team, do all of the choreography, coordinate practices, put together two costumes on a budget, and all of the other responsibilities of a coach. Not only this, but I was also one of the dancers in the team. It was amazing and things went quite smooth! Hope you enjoy the pictures and I hope to find footage of the dances soon!

 

Summer Fun and Justin Bieber Music Video!

During last summer (2010) I taught an advanced jazz class in Chino, California, and found this exciting clip of some of the girls doing my routine:

The song is by The XX and titled Islands. These girls are some incredible dancers, ranging from age ten (the shortest girl in the video) to fifteen. I can tell you right now, there is no way I could handle this kind of dance at such a young age. It is like we are growing prodigies here in the US.... crazy! Special shout out to Sarah in the video, my assistant and bestest buddy :) adore you darlin! Hope you all enjoy the style!

Snapshot from the video

I also danced in the "Eenie Meenie" music video with Justin Bieber and Sean Kingston during the summer. It was so great and I must say those boys' kicks beat mine 100%, especially Biebers purple nikes... amazing! Below are a few snap shots of myself in the video, it was so much fun!

First Entry!

I would like to begin this blog with a shout out to my twin little sisters (only little by age) Hailey and Kirsti. These two just competed in Arizona's State Pom competition and not only got 1st over all for their jazz and pom routines, but they also won high score above everyone in the entire competition in both divisions. So proud of my girls!

So on with the blog! Above I share an extremely rough cut of three dances I am choreographing for a studio out in Chino, CA. I currently am working on a 5-7 year old lyrical routine to Far Far by Neil Yam, a 12-14 year olds solo to Queen Bee (shown), a 12-16 year old jazz routine to Creator by Santigold (shown), and another jazz for 8-12 year olds to Thats Not My Name by the Ting Tings (shown). Before the holiday break, my sisters came out to visit me. Hailey's boyfriend came and surprised her from long beach while my sister Kirsti came with me to dance and we collaborated on some of the choreography. I must say it was rad! Dream team? Perhaps. :) The video has only me and the dancers in it but hopefully a cameo of both my sisters will come soon. Enjoy!!