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Omar Paloma, Principal |
| Originally from New York, Omar has appeared in Italy with Oumar Camera's Compania di Afro Danza, and the U.S. with Jazz Unlimited, Black Mountain Dance, Southern California Youth Ballet, and the International Festival Ballet, under Erling Sunde. Omar has received critical commendation for acting and his theatre credits include Dreamgirls, Hair, Good News, Oliver, Oklahoma, TV Commercials, and Videos. Omar was resident choreographer of The San Diego Links and has recently won for a Tommy award for his comedy dance role in Cinderella. Omar has taught at the prestigious Black Mountain Dance Centre and Chula Vista High School. Omar teaches Hip-Hop, Street Dance, Jazz Dance, Ballet and his own version of Rhythm Stomp.
Omar is the Artistic Director of Idance Featuring Culture Shock Dance Troupe (tm) United Kingdom |
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Alex 'Mechanikool' Peters |
| Mechanikool is Uk popping champion 2006 and is the only popper to have represented the UK twice. His achievements included appearing on CBBC to teach popping and featuring as a dancer in the music video 2006 dance hit "Supafreakz" by Beatfreaks. However he is most proud to be frontline in being totally committed to promoting the artform and using it as a positive motivational tool for young people.
Mechanikool has been studying the amazing artform of popping for almost 9 years. His hunger for learning has taken him overseas to L.A, Las Vegas in USA; Paris & Grenoble in France and Belgium. It even created the opportunity to be personally tutored by Michael Jackson's teacher & popping legend Pop N Taco. |
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Fia Frogard |
Fia teaches Jazz, Tap and Street Jazz for iDance. She completed her dance education at a 3 year fulltime course at the Baardar Dance Academy in Oslo. During that time she also appeared in several Norwegian TV shows, events and musicals (including the Chronicles of Narnia and Cats). Before coming to live in the UK, Fia appeared on stage as a dancer and ensemble during a 9 month run of the musical Funny Girl, the highlight of her career to date. Fia has previously taught Jazz, Tap, Street Jazz and Ballet at state cultural schools as well as private schools in Norway. "I'm enjoying being a part of the creative and friendly team at iDance!" |
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Helen Seeberan |
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Jazmine Cox |
| Plague Lil' Bow Wow George Sampson Tickled Pink Mariah Carey MTV Base Fresh & New Nathan MOBO Awards Misteeq & Redman MTV Base Beach Party (Ayia Napa) Lisa Roxanne SM:TV Live Omero Mumba Nickelodeon Lisa Roxanne CBBC Smile MTV BustaMove Live & Kicking Biography of a Dance Troupe Iceberg Slimm - Bad Boy Donnell Jones Lyracis Preeya Kalidas Nike Freestyle Princess Royal Theatre World HipHop Championships Choreographer's Carnival Jermaine Brown Breakin' Convention Plague (2008) Flo-ography (2006) Mayor of London Trafalgar Square Boy Blue Street Dance Weekend UK Championships Plague (2006, 2004, 2003) Street Kings Plague (2006) Collabo XClusive (2006) Flo-ography Create Stratford Circus World HipHop Championships LA Urban Music Festival Earls Court Plague (2004)
Xpress Stratford Circus Spitz Venue London BHS Guyana & UK/Europe--- Need we say More? |
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Nicky Short |
| Nicky originally trained at her local dance school in modern, tap and ballet and appeared in musicals and pantomimes from the age of ten. When she was sixteen she gained a scholarship to iDance and began taking hip hop as well as ballet and jazz. She earned a place in Culture Shock Dance Troupe United Kingdom in 2005 and has since performed with them at Breakin' Convention, Choreographer's Showcase, San Diego, Salon Success (Paul Mitchell) International, HSBC and Google. She began teaching regular classes for iDance in 2007 and loves it. |
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Paula 'Ladybug' Vacarey |
| Paula trained at London Contemporary Dance School, earning a BA in Contemporary Dance and Choreography. After graduating Paula fused her love of Hip Hop music and began training in the art of breaking, being mentored by B-boy/MC Sir Drew, with whom she later formed Feets Per Minute. Paula also studied aerial circus skills, trapeze, and corde de lisse. That led her to performing in the opening at the Millennium Dome for the Prime Minister and the Queen. Co-founder of Foundationz Cru, she performed in the commercial sector for Puma, Nike, Levi?s and Diesel to name a few and with artists ranging from Boyzone to Wyclef. Paula tested her B-girl battle skills in USA, UK and at the B-Girl Worldwide Championships Berlin, sponsored by Nike with the all female crew Outbreak |
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Stephen 'TAV' Tavendar |
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Some of our
favourite dance links:
UK Hip Hop Dance Crew Championship
