(Adrenaline Dance, NYCDA, Dancescape LA, Sean Lew Concept Video)
Adrenaline Dance - Phoenix
I had a great time at Adrenaline Phoenix in April. Although I missed dancing with Matt Aylward who is busy on the European leg of Justin Timberlake's tour...I really enjoyed dancing in Nick Bass's classes!
I love the vibe at Adrenaline...it's very low key and the Faculty is very supportive of each dancer. It's always fun to see Justin Giles, Matt Luck, Nick Ninicolangelo, Caroline Lewis-Jones, Mikeal Knight, Chris Jacobsen, Nick Zborowski, Maddi Berg, Rose Yager and Merissa Gassel. They are great teachers and very genuine people. You feel constantly inspired after a weekend at Adrenaline.
Adrenaline will be announcing their 2014/2015 tour dates soon....check out www.adrenaline.com for more information on the tour, their 2014 Summer Nationals event and FOUR Summer workshop options including Elevate, Syncopate, Urban Legends and Soul Escape!
New York City Dance Alliance - Phoenix
I attended NYCDA Phoenix at the beautiful Phoenix Convention Centre. Such an amazing venue and the teen/senior ballroom was a great place to dance in.
Faculty for the weekend consisted of Andy Pellick, Suzi Taylor, Ray Hesselink, Taja Riley, Martha Nichols and Tony Testa. Anyone that knows me, knows that these are some of my favourite people to take class from! I also took Girlfrenzy during lunchtime with Kaitlyn Edgar and Amber Jackson. It was a fun-filled weekend of dance and I had a blast seeing the Faculty, Corey, Nick Gomez, Andre Jovovich and Croix Dilenno.
Dana Foglia Dancers Perform at Dancescape LA
There were performances by Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Andrew Winghart, Tony Tzar, Matt Cady & Ricky Palomino, Chloe Arnold's Syncopated Ladies, Rhapsody James, Mather Dance Company and more! I wore one of the infamous DFD leotards and wigs and danced my first stage performance in heels (yikes!)
The event was held at Club Nokia right across from The Staples Centre/LA Live. The venue was crazy busy with hockey playoffs between the LA Kings and Anaheim. I had a great dinner with my mom, Jordan, Will & Moe who joined us to watch the show!
The DFD Mentorship students are a great group of people. Everyone is supportive of each other and I've met some great friends. Thank you to Dana for allowing us to perform your repertoire alongside the Company members. It was a great evening and I am proud to be part of DFD!
Sean Lew Concept Video
Sean Lew...budding dancer, artist, chef and choreographer, asked me to be in his new video to Ariana Grande's song "Problem". We rehearsed and shot the video at mL Studio with Big Will. It was really fun to take direction from Sean with his Choreographer Cap on....it was also a lot of fun to throw water balloons at each other after dancing outside in the California heat! Check out his new video:
