Dancers

A.C. (PARTY)

AC trained at the Corraine Collins Dance Studios in Cheltenham in Classical Ballet, Modern, Tap, Jazz, and Singing before graduating in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre from Laine Theatre Arts. His theatre credits include: Wicked the Musical (London), Fame The Musical, Wizard of Oz (Original Cast). Television credits include: Abbamania 2 and Madonnamania; Royal Variety Performance; (2004,2005), T4 On the Beach, The 5 o'clock Show, Pineapple Dance Studios.

AIDEEN (PARTY)

Aideen left her home in a little town in Ireland aged 16 and has been a professional dancer based in London since 2005. Dance has taken Aideen to many different places around the world and she feels lucky to have been given the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people whilst working. Aideen has performed for various TV shows, such as T4, the 5 o'clock Show, Paul O'Grady Show, Pineapple Dance Studios, Louie Spence's Showbusiness and many more. She has also appeared in various commercials and pop videos. Aideen says, " I'm showing you a little sexy salsa routine, it is quite easy so try and interpret it in your own style, I hope you enjoy it all!"

 

BASIL (STARTER)

Aideen left her home in a little town in Ireland aged 16 and has been a professional dancer based in London since 2005. Dance has taken Aideen to many different places around the world and she feels lucky to have been given the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people whilst working. Aideen has performed for various TV shows, such as T4, the 5 o'clock Show, Paul O'Grady Show, Pineapple Dance Studios, Louie Spence's Showbusiness and many more. She has also appeared in various commercials and pop videos. Aideen says, " I'm showing you a little sexy salsa routine, it is quite easy so try and interpret it in your own style, I hope you enjoy it all!"

 

DANNY F. (STREET)

Danny grew up in East London. When New York street culture found its way across the pond in the early 1980's, he was one of the usual suspects, falling in love with Hip-Hop. Danny F. became one of the pioneers of the UK Hip-Hop scene and soon established himself as one of the premier dancers. For the past 30 years, Danny F. has been the talk and inspiration to many dancers that followed. His first crews were The Poppin' Wizards, The Zulu Rockers and the London All Star Breakers, all based in the UK. He then refined his styles of Poppin' and Lockin' and danced all over Europe, first with New Position, then with Quiet Storm. In 2010, House of the Quiet Storm made a come-back, showing out for the first time in many years. Danny F. is now in semi-retirement, preferring to concentrate on his writing and illustrating, but still shows out to teach or perform at exhibition events.

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ELECTRO MONERO (STREET)

Electro is one of the UK's Old School Poppers. He could be found in Covent Garden with his groups The Popping Wizards and Truly Unique in the early 1980's. He has been acting since the age of 12 and has featured in many of the UK's favourite Television and Film productions. His professional credits include Sid & Nancy, Babylon, Wilt, Somers Town, The Limelight. TV: Skins, The Firm, Trial & Retribution, Eastenders, Dr Who, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Waking the Deadand many more. He has returned to the Popping circles with House Of The Quiet Storm in 2010.

To see Electro make dance, click here.

GEMMA LA BOCA (STARTER & PARTY)

Born in Leicester, Gemma La Boca certainly is no April joke!! She started dancing at the age of five, studying Ballet, Jazz, Modern Dance and Hip-Hop. Gemma moved to London to persue a career in dance and has since performed with many, amongst them Ryan Leslie, and danced in videos such as Ian Browns 'Just Like You'. Gemma has also featured in commercials such as Talk Talk and T-Mobile.
Gemma's dance styles range from Classical to Hip-Hop dance, but she specializes in the styles of Vogue and Waacking. Gemma a UK member of The Imperial House Of Waacking.

To see Gemma make dance, click here.

IRVEN LEWIS (STREET)

Irven is one of the pioneers of the dance form Jazz. This is not the Bob Fosse type of Jazz but one that is known as Bebop, a style that Irven brought to Japan in the early 90's, which resembles Tap dancing from the Hoofers of the 1930's and 40's and also todays House dancing. For Make Dance we slightly twisted this concept by Irven dancing to Incognito's mellow soul tune to facilitate the learning process a little bit. Jazz is usually performed to fast paced music like Salt Peanuts, Atmosphere and many others. Irven is highly respected in the Jazz dance circles. His group, Brothers In Jazz were known throughout the world from 1985 to 1991 for their technical, free-flowing and acrobatic routines.

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KATHRYN (PARTY)

Originally from Scotland, Kathryn moved to London to pursue her career as a professional dancer. She trained at Doreen Bird College for three years, graduating in 2009 with a National Diploma in Musical Theatre. Since graduating, Kathryn has featured on Sky1's hit TV show "Pineapple Dance Studios" as well as 'Louie Spence's Showbusiness". Kathryn has enjoyed performing to live audiences of up to 40,000 including T4 On The Beach, Alan Titchmarsh Show and Paul O'Grady Show. She has also featured in various music videos including Bryan Ferry and Fearless.

KENGO (STREET)

Born in Tokyo and living in the UK – Kengo's first love is Breaking but he has studied Locking, Popping, House, and Hip Hop. Kengo started dancing in 1997 having watched a Run DMC music video.
Kengo's inspiration and motivation are his breakdancing crew One Motion Crew and other Bboys he dances with.
Kengo has trained with the world's best including Storm, Flying Steps, Poe1 and many more.
He is currently dancing and choreographing for the Cuban Brothers, and spends most of his time traveling the world performing at clubs, festivals, and other music & dance related events!

LADY VENUS (STREET & PARTY)

Stephanie aka 'Lady Venus' has trained in Waacking in New York with some of the original Waackers who performed on Soultrain, e.g. Tyrone Proctor, Archie Burnett and Princess Lockeroo. Lady Venus has also performed with the LA Waackers in Los Angeles for 'We Are Heroes' (America's Best Dance Crew) show. She is also a prominent member of the Waacktitioners in London.
Lady Venus has worked on Sky's number one dance show 'Got To Dance' and was assistant choreographer on 'So You Think You Can Dance' Australia. She has worked with artists , companies and shows like Lady GaGa, Natalie Imbruglia, McFly, The Hoosiers, Xbox, FIFA, The Brit Awards and Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

 

LIZZIE (STREET, PARTY & STARTER)

Lizzie Gough first started training in Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Flamenco, and National dance. After thorough auditioning Lizzie gained a scholarship at Laine Theatre Arts, at the age of 16 . During her three years of intense Musical Theatre training, she made her debut TV performance on the Royal Variety Show before turning professional dancer in 2004. Since then, she has performed internationally, appearing in music videos, commercials, TV shows/ live performances, and many trade/co-operate events, such as MTV, BBC, Intel, Nokia, Adidas, Reebok, Fila, Wella, Mazda, and many more. Lizzie recently was also featured dancer on Take That's "The Circus" Tour, and was of course finalist on the hit TV Dance show "So You Think You Can Dance". Lizzie continues to train in dance to maintain her high standard, as well as Bikram yoga."  She has accomplished many styles of dance from Hip-Hop, Locking, Popping, Breaking, to Contemporary, Street Jazz and many more.

 

LUCIENNE (PARTY)

Lucienne graduated from The Urdang Academy and since leaving has performed in various shows around the world - from Bollywood (India) to Cabaret (St. Tropez) ad cruise liners (South America). She has featured in music videos for icons such as Brian Ferry, as well as in commercials. Lucienne has a great passion for performing which led her to joining the Pineapple Dance Group in 2009. With her dance group, Lucienne has performed at various events including T4 On The Beach, TV talk shows, and the National Television Awards 2011.

 

MARSHALL (PARTY)

Marshall started entertaining people at a very young age, when he attended church as a child. This passion stuck with him, and Marshall continued to dance and sing. He then went on to train in Contemporary and Street Dance, taking classes with some of the leading practitioners. After completion of his training Marshall moved to London, joined HeadNod Talent Agency, and started dancing & modeling professionally. He has danced for artists such as Dizzie Rascal, Alesha Dixon, many corporate events, and even internet virals for brands such as Lynx.

Demo coming soon.

MARTIN (PARTY)

As a former world championship-level gymnast and having trained in dance in Glasgow, London and New York City, Martin has a vast wealth of skills ranging from gymnastics, classical and contemporary dance, to theatre jazz and commercial dance styles.
After moving to London, Martin joined HeadNod Talent Agency and has since performed with some of the world's biggest pop icons including Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Take That. Martin is a founding member of the popular Pineapple Dance Group. As well as performing on various TV shows (such as ITV's first series of "Sing If You Can") and Awards ceremonies, Martin is keen to continue his development as a performer in all areas of the entertainment industry.

 

MISS ELEANOR (PARTY)

London born Eleanor also known as Miss Eleanor is part of 'The Waacktitioners', the first, leading Waacking crew in the UK, est. 2009. Miss Eleanor trained in Ballet and Contemporary (Graham, Cunningham) before finding her passion for the dance form Waacking. She has since been training with original soul train dancer Tyrone Proctor, Princess Lockeroo, Alyssa & Archie Burnett in New York & in London. As well as being a dancer, she is a classically trained pianist, songwriter and musician gaining her degree in Music (BA). She has a passion for Disco music & Funk which is why the dance style Waacking was her number one choice.

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NADIA (STREET & STARTER)

Nadia, born in London, started dancing when she was only three years old. She received formal training at Italia Conti. Her biggest inspiration are Michael Jackson, the Nicholas Brothers, and all her friends and fellow dancers who she has met traveling the world. Nadia specializes in Funk styles and Hip Hop. She is a member of the highly acclaimed dance group Boy Blue with whom she won a Laurence Olivier Award for their successful show "Pied Piper".
Nadia has performed with many productions and artists including Pied Piper, So You Think You Can Dance, Mariah Carey, and Plan B.

NIK (STREET)

Nikolas was given the name "The Prince of England" as someone described him as "the most English person in the underground dance scene". From that point the name stuck, and a great journey began. Spending two years of intense Waacking and Vogueing training, Nikolas has traveled to many countries attending and participating at dance events, jams, battles and learning from the Pioneers of these styles. He teaches workshops around the UK, but you will mainly find him sharing, jamming and weeerking it in the Club! He trained at Sylvia Young Theatre School and Millennium Performing Arts. Nick has been performing since age ten in numerous West End Shows, Films and Commercials. Working with choreographer Supple most recently on Sky's Got to Dance and Bollywood Movie "Someday".

PAMELA (PARTY & STARTER)

Pamela went to a theatre school in London when she was twelve years old , where she was trained in Jazz, Ballet and Tap. However, Pamela says, "it was when I met the people who formed the first generation of HipHop in England that I really knew what dance was. From then on, I followed my passion of Lockin', Wackin', HipHop, and a little bit of funk. I was primarily a street dancer, even though I had been formally trained. 
Pamela always loved Latin music and its passion but it was when she moved to and lived in Latin America for seven years that she learned and fell in love with Salsa. She went on to teach Salsa in Latin America as well as HipHop. Pamela specializes in Cali Salsa which is famous for its fast intricate foot work - it is the Salsa closest to the street. Pamela says, "My salsa is a fake tan free zone, it looks nothing like Come Dancing, it's Salsa for the street, Street Salsa is here".

Demo coming soon.

SAM (PARTY)

Sam was trained at Italia Conti and was the college's head boy 2009-10. He also won the Academy's Dance Award. Sam regularly judges at Festival 4stars' Talent Competition for Musical Theatre and Dance. He choreographs for award winning groups in National and International D competitions including Sardinia Dance Festival and Argentario, Italy. Sam also holds an associate teaching qualification with N.A.T.D in Street Dance/Freestyle, receiving 100 percent, and was the "Under 18 UK Hip-Hop Champion" in 2007.
Sam has since worked on various commercial productions including commercials for FIFA, Adidas, and T4. He has also appeared in numerous TV shows and even a Bollywood movie!

Demo to Come

SARAH-JANE (STREET & PARTY)

Sarah-Jane is a London-based dancer / choreographer / dance teacher. Almost completely self-taught with a desire and determination to be a working professional dancer, she made her dreams come true and cut hundreds of competitors out to work and tour with Kylie Minogue. From then on, sky was the limit and many other booking followed for artists like Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Sugababes, Jamelia, Peter André, and many others.
Choreography credits include X-Factor (Holland), Sony Ericsson (corporate videos), and music videos.

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SKULLIE (STREET)

Skullie's first interest in dance was at age 12 when he watched Breakdancers on a BBC TV show, however, at the time there was no one to turn to and learn. Four years later, a friend asked if he wanted to learn how to Krump, which was relatively new in the UK at that time. Skullie jumped onto it and loved the style as he says, "it was something I needed to express, and a channel to release my creativity". Progressing at high speed due to his passion for the dance, Skullie has been traveling the country to hold Krump workshops, and training individual students when time allows. He has also proven his dedication to the dance at many battles and dance competitions, like STL4 (Sky is The Limit), Stylefest, Throwdown and more. Skullie says, "I've also done jobs for music videos and films where I was featured as a Krumper alongside my group Wet Wipez, whom I have learnt so much from . What I want to do is to bring Krump to another level and show that there is no limit in what you do with it and where you can take it to. Krump is Dance, Dance is Art".

To see Skullie make dance, click here.

SONIA SOULSHINE (STREET)

Sonia was born in Paris and started dancing in 1996. Only two years after she joined a company and trained in Contemporary, Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, House, Salsa. Today she specializes in Locking, Waacking, House, and Salsa.
Her influences are the Original Lockers, the Electric Boogaloos, Bob Fosse, Ana Lollipop Sanchez, Storm and a lot of individual French dancers.
Sonia's inspirations at the moment are the dancers she dances with and the dancers she watches on an everyday basis.
At the moment her main passion is Waacking, and one of her inspirations is Cyd Charisse. The name of Sonia's Waacking crew is "Gossips".
Sonia has danced for many artists and brands, including Madonna, Adidas, and many more.

SSIK TINGZ (STREET & PARTY)

Ssik Tingz has been dancing for around eight years. He started taking Locking lessons in a studio, but soon discovered that Popping was where his passion lay and where he would express himself without limitation. SsikTingz is a strong freestyle popper who has won various national competitions, and has also earned a strong name on the international circuit with his achievements overseas.

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TOMMY (STREET, PARTY & STARTER)

Born in Sweden, Tommy began dancing at the age of 11 and has put the weight of this training into becoming as versatile a dancer as possible. After dancing professionally in Sweden, he won a scholarship for The Urdang Academy, London, and then danced internationally ranging from musicals and hip-hop dance theatre to music videos and films.
Recent performance credits include "Mamma Mia! – The Movie", Blaze, hand-over ceremonies for the Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, and TV advertisements for companies including Pepsi Max, Nike/Footlocker and Sandisk.
Tommy was also the runner up in the BBC1 show "So You Think You Can Dance".

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TURBO (STREET)

Turb felt drawn to the dance floor at the tender age of four, encouraged by his African dancer Mum and Reggae drummer Dad. School bullying in later years led him to give up dancing, but after watching the film Breakdance at age 14, Turbo was inspired to try different dance styles including Street and Hip-Hop. Dance has been a part of his life ever since, believing "Music gives me questions, I give it answers." From the age of 18 Turbo has been teaching in schools, detention centres, youth clubs and many other places. His impressive credits include appearances in music videos for Madonna, Jamelia, Will Smith, Mis-teeq, Shaznay Lewis and he has also been a backing dancer for Whitney Houston. Turbo has won two competitions in Japan 2009 & 2010, UK House dance champion 2010, Scottish UDO solo champ 2010. Turbo came second in the grand final of TV dance show Bump 'n' Grind in 2003/4 and was of course a much loved finalist in Sky's hit TV show Got To Dance 2011.

VALERIE (PARTY)

Valerie was born and raised in The Netherlands, Valerie started dancing aged thirteen. Her first job was dancing for the American show basketball team "The Harlem Globetrotters" and for Holland's No.1 Basketball team "Ricoh Astronauts". She spent the early part of her career performing for different Dutch television shows. Aged 17 she met choreographer Gary Nurse who took Valerie as a student and invited her to become a main dancer in his show "Legends of The Underground", which she has been performing in since.
London is now Valerie's home and as she moves up the dance scene, Valerie's skills as a dancer will create more opportunities.
Valerie's main dance styles are House Dancing, Popping and Locking, UK Jazz Dance and Hip Hop. Her skills have landed her a job in India and she has performed in Akon's video as well as Bollywood movies. Her goals as a dancer is to perform at the best possible level she can and keep inspiring those around her with a similar mindset.

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VICTORIA (PARTY)

Victoria, originally from Wales, trained at The Urdang Academy for three years and graduated in 2008. Since graduating, she has performed on numerous TV shows including Britain's Got Talent, Paul O'Grady, Harry Hill, Live at the Apollo. Victoria has also featured in music videos and commercials.  She joined Pineapple Dance Group in 2010 and has since performed in front of an audience of 40,000 at T4 On The Beach, and the National Television Awards 2011. She has featured in the hit TV shows Pineapple Dance Studios and Louie Spence's Showbusiness.

YUMIKO (PARTY)

was born in Tokyo, Japan. Yumiko started training in classical and modern Ballet at age five, and has gained a lot of experience on stage.
She came to London in 2003 to train at London Studio Centre from which she graduated after three years. Yumiko's professional experience ranges from performing at the Tchaikovsky Gala and Vienna's Festival Ball to TV shows such as Alan Titchmarsh Show, T4 On The Beach, and Pineapple Dance Studios, and even the ITV National Television Awards 2011, as part of Pineapple Dance Group.