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Jaime Randall

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:03:48 +0000

Jaime Randall started dancing at the early age of two in Kansas City, Kansas. At eighteen she moved to Los Angeles to continue her training at a professional level. She was awarded a year long Scholarship to EDGE Performing Arts Center in 2003. After her year on scholarship she was represented by BLOC agency. She has worked with numerous musical artists in her career such as Gwen Stefani, The Blood Arm, and My Chemical Romance. She has performed with the Commonality Dance Company in their 2004 showcase. Some other live performances/Television appearances include “TEN” and “Musicals”- EDGE P.A.C Annual Showcase, “Quite Scenic”, – The Pindown Girls, “Carnival; Choreographer’s Ball”, “The Chaos Tour”- My Chemical Romance, and “Mr. Romance” OXYGEN. She has worked with many choreographer’s such as Scott Hislop, Brian Friedman, Andre Fuentes, Adam Parson, Tabitha and Naploeon D’Umo, and JT Hornstein for various events. She worked for Los Angeles Danceforce Convention for 7 years and is continuing her love of choreographing by teaching dance in Costa Mesa, Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Huntington Beach, California.

Kaelia Franklin

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:56:33 +0000

Has had such a passion for theater. She has played various parts in Ragtime, Camelot, Footloose ,Oliver, Fame, West Side Story, Annie Get your Gun, Bye Bye Birdie to name a few. She has been trained dramatically and vocally every since her young school days. She trained with David Ralph for dramatic acting at SVCAC and Dean Thompson for vocal. She performed in jazz ensemble with Dana Crooks, and vocal jazz club with Colleen Keene. She has performed at the No HO London various shows such as Let Me Entertain You, Delovelies, and A Diva Christmas Carol produced by Catrina Q. Kaelia has also wrote and directed a play for the Atherwood Elementry School and enjoys working with children. She took from various teachers learning piano for over nine years and she attended Moorpark College.

Kristen Mesa

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:44:05 +0000

Kristen started her gymnastics training at the age of four. With a love for the sport she moved quickly to the advanced level of gymnastics. At the age of sixteen Kristen was asked to teach gymnastics and choreograph the yearly gymnastics demonstrations. Kristen’s gymnastics teaching background consists of teaching one year olds to adults, beginning to advanced gymnasts, training on the floor, bars, beam, vault, trampoline, mini trampoline and tumble trak trampoline. She also studied and taught rhythmic gymnastics, men’s gymnastics, gymnastics conditioning, cheerleading, stunting, tumbling and trampoline classes. Kristen is certified by USAG, KAT and the American Red Cross. Her students have gone on to use their training for television, film, commercials, competitive gymnastics teams, cheerleading teams, dance teams, university gymnastics teams, university cheerleading teams, and to become gymnastics instructors. Kristen has performed in and choreographed routines for numerous parades, exhibitions, has been featured in newspapers, television and dance routines. In school, Kristen was on the drill team and was co-captain of her cheerleading team, while studying and teaching gymnastics. She received her Associate degree in Radio and Television and has attended regional gymnastics training classes. Her teaching style is all about technique and form. Being able to share her knowledge with students and watch them grow into strong gymnasts is very rewarding to her.

Lauren Persico

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:21:07 +0000

Lauren has loved the arts since she was young. She has had a full career dancing and singing for over 20 years. She enjoys all styles of dance. She has performed in musicals as Can Ca n, Carousel, West Side Story, Mame, Oklahoma and Peter Pan to name of few. In these plays she had performed at Lawerence Welk Resort, Reprise Broadways Best, South Bay, Santa Barbara , San Bernadino CLO, She also performed Knotts Berry Farm Saloon Can Can Show. She has been a performer on the Holland American Cruise Lines and has danced for Universal Studio Hollywood and at the El Capitan Theater for Toy Story. A featured dancers on Carlos and Jones Co. and a Principal dancer on AVO Ballet Company. Lauren has been a Physical Therapist Aide and also a degreed Personal fitness Trainer.

Melissa Sutherland

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:34:19 +0000

Melissa started teaching dance to young children when she was 18. Although she grew up training mostly in jazz and tap she found a real passion for ballet. Her love for dance continues inspire the children that she teaches. Melissa was trained by previous members of the Bolshoi Ballet, Prague National Ballet, National Ballet of Czechoslovakia. All teachers were trained in the Vaganova Method. Associate Degree in Liberal Arts emphasis in Dance. She was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dance in ballet teaching studies program. She is now studying to become a certified with Royal Academy of Dance.

Lori Veurink

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:38:45 +0000

Dancing since the age of 5, Lori has always had dancing as part of her routine. As an East Coast girl, Lori received her training at the Deborah Lewis Dance Studio in Maryland. She was awarded numerous regional and national titles for her solo & duo performances.

In the professional world, Lori has danced at theme parks & cruise ships around the world. As Dance Captain of the production Retro Active, Lori worked closely with Barry Lather at Paramount’s Kings Dominion in Richmond, Virginia. She also performed at Disney World in Orlando, FL in Viva Las Americas with the Gloria Estefan band.

Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Lori sailed around the world with Norwegian Cruise Lines performing in Broadway revue shows. She had the opportunity to travel to such places as: Germany, England, Portugal, Bermuda and at various ports in South America.

Now based in LA, Lori has been seen in TV shows, music videos and commercials. She has done national tours for children’s shows in Canada and across the United States. She has had the privilege to study under amazingly gifted teachers including: Doug Caldwell, Denise Leitner, Malaya, Terri Best, Dante, Joaquin, Helene Phillips, Marguerite Derricks & Eddie Garcia.

Shannon Pape

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:46:50 +0000

Shannon Pape grew up dancing and competing at Pam Rossi’s Dance Ten. She won many awards such as LA Dance Magic Performer, Star Bound Star performer, and USA Star 02 and 04 to name a few. She has been a dance instructor for 5 years and now choreographs for Pam Rossi’s performing companies. Not only does she teach, she dances professionally as well. She travels with the company HairDreams to all of there industrial events and dances for them, in New York City, Chicago, Orlando, Long Beach and soon Paris. Shannon also has danced for Pachanga Resort and Casino, Universal Studios, City of Hope and FAITA awards. She can also be seen on the feature film Bring It On CINCO.

Keri Pelletier

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:42:14 +0000

Keri Pelletier has been dancing and performing on stage since she was three years old. She has had the opportunity to compete for over 10 years. Keri was a dance teacher’s assistant for many years before becoming a teacher. She is trained in Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Pointe, Hip Hop, Lyrical, and Contemporary. Keri has a very special talent to teach our younger dancers. She has performed on many stages in Southern California, including Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott’s Berry Farm and Disneyland. Her training includes LA Dance Magic conventions, Joe Tremaine Conventions, LA Underground conventions, Roland Dupree Conventions, Gregg Russell’s Tap Sounds 3D, Tap Into the Network, Hollywood Dance Connection. In July 2007, Keri was awarded the Al Gilbert Scholarship Award in Las Vegas, at Rainbow Connection Nationals. In 2009, she was selected to compete in the Dancer of the Year Finals at Rainbow Connection, and was one of the final 35 dancers to compete for the title. In addition to her teaching, she is a full time student and dancer. She will be performing in the Fall 2009 “Speaking Movement” Dance show at Moorpark College. In the Summer of 2010 she will be attending the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.

Rachel Dubusky

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:40:28 +0000

Rachel has been dancing at Pam Rossis Dance Ten and has been a part of our award winning dance company and is now choreographing for our dance companies as well as Moorpark Civic Ballet. She has been a part of our award winning Dance Companies for over ten years and has also choreographed several winning pieces. She is a well-rounded dancer with a strong background in jazz, tap, and ballet. Rachel has performed at numerous venues including a cruise ship as well as on stages at Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, Las Vegas, and Santa Cruz. Rachel has trained at the Edge with Adam Parsons. She has studied with Jackie Slieght-Cory Finn-Joe Loerna- Mark Meismer. Her eye for detail and passion for dance brings her talents and choreography to a true artistic form.

Rod Howell

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:32:44 +0000

Rod has had extensive training and experience performing in the areas of tap and jazz. His performance credits include The Nutcracker, US Dance Olympus Tour, Miss Kansas Pageant, Lincoln Center Showcase, Edge Performing Arts Scholarship show, Miss America pageant, The House of Blues and Rhythm from the Feet, and Mind and Soul. He has trained with Gregg Russell and has taught at a variety of dance studios including Edge Performing Arts Center, LA Underground, and the 3D Dance Network. Rod shares his interests and special abilities of choreography and computer assisted music editing/mixing with many students at Dance Ten. He most recently choreographed, composed, and was featured on the national network Soap Net. Rod’s sounds can be heard at Miss America Pageants, and online at www.unitedtaps.com. He is proud of being the creator of the world’s largest tap video dictionary. Rod has also won many high scoring and entertainment awards for his very creative and innovative Tap Choreography.