I'd like to meet:
**************** THA CHOREOGRAPHERS ! ! ! *****************
Jasmin Calabrese is the Choreographer/ Dance Manager of Pure Dance Elements & newly formed hiphop dance crew 'SWEAT'. Jazz was born in Bunbury, 1980 & starting dancing at 5 years old. She started Jazz, funk & tap at Wendy Morgan's School Of Dance & loved to freestlye & choreograph her own routines. Jazz studied scholarship dance at John Curtin College of the Arts studying Ballet, Contemp, Spanish & Jazz & won many dance awards at the Bunbury Eisteddfod & South West Dance Festival. Jazz then became a freestyle dancer at nightclubs 'Metropolis, Rise, Bubble & performed dance shows with Atomic dance. Jazz moved to Melbourne to train fulltime at Dance Factory achieving Certificate 3 & part 4, whilst also training in HipHop at United Styles! Jazz has now been teaching in Perth as a local freelance dance teacher for 5 years & specialises in HipHop, Jazz, Tap, Funk, Acro, Lock, pop, liquid, house, krump, lyrical, break & freestyle. She has choreographed & performed for dance crews 'Edge Dancers, Rhythm Factory, Magnetic FX, Lucr8iv, Urban Measures & 'Sweat' choreographing dance shows, concerts, music videos, festivals, clubs, comps & many dance performances! Jasmin made the top 50 in Perth, WA 'SO You Think You Can Dance 2007' Australia, Winner of Dance Idol 2005, Winner of Liquid Freestyle Dance Comp 2004. Jazz has trained all over the world at Pineapple Dance studios London, Debbie Reynolds, Millenium Dance Studios LA, with some of the worlds best choreographers including Shane Sparks, Teresa Espinosa, Chris Jones, Brian Friedman & Leslie Scott!
******************** Sunil Choudhury **********************
Sunil was born in 1987, Australia. A local B-boy/MC & Breakin, Uprock, Lock & Tuttin Hiphop Dance teacher grew up in Perth, WA & has performed in the underground hiphop scene freestlye Mc & Breakin Battles since he was 12 ! Also known as Intelect, Sunil he has a strong passion for aussie hiphop & has recorded & released eps and joined the 'Tea Leaves' and performed at Mojos nightclub with Ladyloca. Sunil has passed on his talent of old school hiphop dance & break to Workshops at the Leederville SkatePark HQ, Magneticdance kids n adults, high schools & Youth Centres. Sunil has competed at many local breakin battles including Hyperfest, Outbreak, parties & nightclubs, including breakdance performance with Karren & Jazz 'Magnetic Fx' at the Monster Mash dance party at Heat nightclub 2006. Sunil's genuine talent & breakin ablilities are real, old school funk, fresh and raw styles!*********************** Lauren Marter ***********************
Lauren Marter is the founder & choreographer of 'Blazin Dance' a Mandurah based hiphop group who won the WA State Hiphop championship in 1999. She has been teaching ballroom & hiphop dance classes for 8 years at many schools across WA plus her own hiphop dance classes at Raggae Hall in Mandurah. Lauren is involved with dance company 'DANCEZONE' owned by Principal, Debbie Sullivan, which have been providing schools with popular Ballroom Dancesport programmes. She is part of new hiphop dance crew "SWEAT" & also a guest dance teacher for Pure Dance Elements 2008.************************ Karren Flint *********************
Breakin, Hiphop, freestyle, Pop & Lock Dancer/Teacher aka B-Girl Flint born in 1980 grown up in the local break scene of Midland trained with B-boys from the Drunken Uncles & battled with Illegal Moves breakdance crew with
b-boy mega mike! Karren has performed at local events including breakin & freestyling at Hyperfest 2005, Victoria Park Street festival 2006, Midland Street Festival 2007, Bunbury Entertainment Centre Lock & Break Performance 2006 & in the opening breakdance act for Perth Boxing Tournaments 2008. Karren was featured dancing on channel 31 with the HipHop Gladiators & was also runner up at the 'U Got Served' freestyle Dance Comp 2006 at the VArga Lounge. Karren was a freestyle dancer at nightclubs Metropolis Perth, has performed with dance crew Magnetic Fx at Heat nightclub. She also came 2nd Place in popping at Battle Cry & performed in Healthways Breakin' Concert at the Octagon Theatre. Karren is a raw, original, hardworking, passionate & extremely talented dancer & intricatly creative choreographer for hiphop, pop, lock, breakin, boogaloo & Krump styles. Karren teaches freelance at the Dance Workshop, Dance Force, Swan City local youth centres, highschools & workshops around the WA State!
********************* Michael Durrant ***********************
Michael Durrant was born In Birmingham England 1982 & came over to Australia when he was 7 years old, developing a keen interest in dance & drama. He joined 'Limelight Theatre' company & performimg in many shows including Scrooge, 42nd Street, Oklahoma & Jekyle and Hyde. Mike has also performed in many musical theatre productions with the Emileez Performing Arts Company. Mike joined Magnetic Fx hiphop dance crew & performed at the Leederville Skatepark 2007 & Southbound music festival 2008. Mike is a talented freestyler & energetic dancer with an awesome passion & dedication for dance with his own unique style. Michael is currently a freestyle dancer at Metropolis Perth nightclub & teaches kids hiphop/break dance classes at Image Models Entertainment Agency.
************************ Brendon Cook ***********************
Brendon Cook was born in 1988 grew up in Perth. He has ventured overseas & taught Dance Classes at a Balinese Orphanage for 3 months living on only veges & rice! Brendon has also been teaching Hiphop dance classes for Pure Dance Elements, Manning Primary School & Dance Plus Joondalup.Brendon has a fresh, fun, high energetic style & holds a big passion for hiphop style choreography. He's performed at the Subiaco Arts Centre & part of Hiphop dance crew 'Sweat'. Brendon's Current Dance Training includes Hiphop, locking & popping at the The Dance Workshop & Pure Dance Elements 2008!
********************** Shannon Madden **********************
Shannon was born in 1989, she has been involved in the underground dance scene and is extremely talented & versatile in house, Krump, freestyle & hiphop dance styles. She has been a Hiphop Teacher at Scotch College. She is also trained in Irish & Jazz Dancing! Shannon is also a member of dance crew 'Sweat' & performing at Earthcore 2008 :P
******************* Kathryn Marter ***********************
Kathryn grew up in Mandurah & has been training in ballroom dancing since the age of 5. Kat achieved 5th place in Australia at the National Ballroom championships in Melbourne 2006. She has also choreographed musical theatre show 'We Will Rock You' in Mandurah 2007. Kathryn has been teaching ballroom dance styles for 5 years representing 'Dance Zone.' She was a guest teacher at Pure Dance Elements & has been teaching hip hop with 'Blazin dance' 2008 this year!
