The Dance Corner boasts an all-professional staff, with credits that include professional dance companies, movies, television, and musical theatre.
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Tina Chang
Bringing with her is a newfound energy, charisma, and a sense of style. Believing in presenting the elegance and the beauty of body language, Tina performance choreographed, and taught in Northern America and Asia with her degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. With her disciplines in gymnastic, martial arts, opera, ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, modern, aerobics, yoga, ballroom, and various culture dances (like Chinese, Flamenco, Japanese, Indian, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, and West Africa), she has acclaimed for her innovative dance techniques and performances. Through her talents, Tina has worked with Hollywood stars like Britney Spear for her MTV series tour, Eko Superyanto for the Broadway show, Lion King, in Los Angeles, Xiaoling Yang in New York Chinese Folk Dance Company, and Liu Xing in Olympic Gymnastic Preparation Camp.
Tina C. Chang has been commissioned by choreographers like renowned post-modern dance founder, Simone Forte, and Victoria Marks, in addition to companies such as Crossroad and The Yard among others. Tina has also enjoyed working with L'Oreal and Paul Mitchell hair product companies in shows, and giving workshops and lectures to professional cheerleaders and dance teams across North America.
Ms. Chang has also won numerous accolades and awards for her work. These includes first runner up for the Fulbright award, best actor in the International Chinese Opera Competition, Outstanding Cultural Ambassador (when she danced as a principal role in Southern Taiwan Dance Co. which was representing Taiwan to perform around the world), and the Astonishing Soloist in Silence, which was a $65,000 fundraising event. Currently, Ms. Chang is honored to teach in the American Chinese Dance Association's dance company. Not only she would like to pass on her knowledge of dance and martial arts to our future generation, she also would like to inspired dancers to be well rounded in the world of dance.
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Ricky Sun
Recognized as a child prodigy, Ricky Jin Sun was admitted to the best well known dance school in China, Beijing Dance Academy, when he was only four years old. Then, he was hired by China National Song and Dance Ensemble, one of the few government supported companies, to perform repertory's principal roles. To further his study, Mr. Sun got acquainted with Beijing International Ballroom Dance Academy, which leaded him to earn the honor of achieving 1st place on Latin Dance at China Hoipai State Dancing Society Competition in 1999.
After arriving in the U.S., he had the opportunity to study with Nadia Eftedel and started receiving attention and rewards in the field. The most recent award is 3rd place in Open Latin for 2005 Vegas Showdown. Ricky has received equal attention as a ballet (principal of Nutcracker in Media City Ballet), jazz (principal as CanCan Master in Glendale College Dance Company), hip hop, and modern dance where he is an equally respected teacher and choreographer.
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Joanne Domenici
I have danced pretty much all my life. I started out with ballet at the age of three. After college, I wanted to take an exercise class to stay in shape, and ended up taking a belly dance class instead! That was in 1974, and I have been dancing ever since. Starting in 1976, I worked as a professional dancer in the middle eastern clubs in the Pasadena and Los Angeles areas. I still dance at parties, weddings, fund raisers, etc.
Currently, I dance as a member of a middle eastern dance troupe, Sahira. Our group won the Belly Dancer of the Universe competition in the group category in 2002; we continue to dance all around the LA area. I love belly dancing - it is a classical, beautiful, feminine dance with a long and storied history. It is enjoying a rebirth of popularity right now, and is a terrific form of low impact exercise. I am excited to be teaching; it is one of my favorite things to do!
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Roberto Almaguer
As the principal dancer from Cuba National Ballet, Roberto has performed extensively with the company throughout the world under artistic director Alicia Alonso. His repertoire of dance includes almost every ballet from the Classical menu.
In 1989 Mr. Almaguer obtained Gold Medal in a International Ballet Competition in Peru. Award winning choreographer of the 2005 edition of YAGP. Guest choreographer of the LA opera, and the Teatro Real of Madrid, Spain.
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Stefan Vogel
Started dancing in 1989, started teaching in 1997
Certified teacher by the German Dance Sport Association
Member of the German National Team
Over 10 Years teaching experience in Germany, Europe and USA
3.Place IDSF World Ranking List Competition in Giessen/Germany
3.Place DTV German Ranking List Competition Munich/Germany
5.Place DTV German Ranking List
Results USA
1.Place California Open Championship Professional Rising Star Latin
3.Place California Open Championship Professional Latin
2.Place Las Vegas Showdown Professional Latin
2.Place Manhattan Dance Sport Championship Professional Rising Star Latin
1.Place Dessert Classic Championship Professional Rising Star Latin
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Upcoming Events
Join us for our upcoming dance and ballroom competitions!
See the Events page for locations and dates! |
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