
Not only are our FACULTY staying busy—check out some of our PULSE DANCERS AT WORK! Recent happenings…featuring our talented kids and their relationships built from The Pulse weekends!
THE PULSE FACULTY:
LAURIEANN’s reality show just finished shooting and begins airing on E! in April - Can't wait to see! All this, while busy with GAGA:)
DAVE is producing a new show called “Hustle” which will be put on at Drai’s at the W in Hollywood!
WADE is looking forward his opening of "Happy Feet 2" and is NOW directing StepUp4! WOW!
MIA has a million things in the works, including Broadway and one is a National TV Directing- can't tell you YET (of course!) but we will, soon!
BRIAN did the Britney Spears filming THIS WEEKEND. Welcome back to the Brit/Brian world!
CRIS choreographed the Sugar Bowl – he’s also appearing at the Choreographer’s Carnival in a special tribute to Travis Payne with other Michael Jackson dancers! We love MJ!
TYCE had a great season on SYTYCD, choreographing for "Big Time Rush" and now choreographing for Paula Abdul on "Drop Dead Diva".
GIL is working with artist Charice and Janet Jackson on their upcoming tours, starting today!
DESMOND is in his 15th season with Complexions and an amazing Breast Cancer Awareness show in NYC August 26th. See him discuss SYTYCD and perform.
PULSE PROTEGES AND DANCERS:
•Teddy will be performing on the Oscars again this year, choreographed by Jamal Sims, he is everywhere!
• Ben Susak, Chaz Buzan and Judson Emery were in the Britney Spears video that Brian just did! Awesome.
•Taja Riley is in rehearsals for the upcoming Ne-Yo International Tour. Jealous!
•Montana Efaw (Protege) just shot the “Born This Way” video with Gaga and Laurieann- THIS WEEKEND---right off the Gaga Monster Tour with Sloan (Protege)!
•Kendall Glover (our little protégé) is in the semi-finals of Paula Abdul’s “Live To Dance.” Her episode airs live tonight! Good Luck Kendall!
•Scott Myrick (protégé last year) is in rehearsals for Katy Perry’s World Tour!
•Karen Chuang is in rehearsals for Willow Smith, opening for Justin Bieber on his tour in March! A-mazing.
•The 2010 VMA's rocked! Laurieann Gibson as Gaga's choreographer and 3 VMA awards! Laurieann - congrats on Best Choreography and thanks for including our dancers! PULSE dancers who performed on the VMA's included Ben Susak, Teddy Forance, Ryan Ramirez, Noelle Marsh, Scott Myrick, Tarin Pratt, Chaz Buzan, Judson Emery, Morgan Burke and Channing Cooke.
•PULSE Protégé Emily Silber from Planet Dance starred on Season 2 of the MTV reality series, “Taking the Stage”.
•Current Elite Protégé Pauline Mata was featured as one of the top 20 on SYTYCD Season 6. Winner of Season 7, Lauren Froderman was also a past PULSE Protégé.
•“Impressions, an evening of dance” Joelle Cosentino, in association with Milk and Champagne Productions, brings to you Impressions, an evening of dance. PULSE faculty member and Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Desmond Richardson performed along with PULSE assistant Chaz Buzan! Each piece was dedicated to someone the dance community has lost to cancer or is battling the disease currently. Portions of the proceeds to benefit The American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
•Elite Protégé Taylor Maas was hired by Lauriann Gibson to start working for upcoming pop star Natalia Kills. Lauriann literally hired her right after our PULSE Summer NYC Final Night Gala!
•Brooke Lipton, one of the choreographer’s of GLEE! She taught at the PULSE and CAMP PULSE! You can see Brooke on almost ever episode of GLEE. Its awesome!
•Tyce Diorio performs with dancers on Drop Dead Diva! Kayla Rodomski and Elysandra Quinones who were past Protégés and assistants for Brian Friedman.
•Lady Gaga dancers from The PULSE: Lacee Franks, Teddy Forance, Ben Susak, Montana Efaw and Sloan-Taylor Rabinor on stage for American Idol!
•Talented Pulse Family – Jonny Forance - one of our Intermediate Elite Protégés for our 2009-2010 season and older brother Teddy Forance also danced as Mia’s assistant for the PULSE the year before. Teddy has been featured in Lady Gaga music videos, choreographed by our other PULSE faculty member Lauriann Gibson and Gil- with Janet they know Teddy from his work with the PULSE. Teddy also danced on stage at the 82nd annual Academy Awards and VMA's. He never stops!
•Ryan Ramirez danced at our PULSE conventions where Mia Michaels spotted her and asked her to be her assistant. Ryan was also featured on Season 7 of SYTYCD, making it to the Top 20 and continues to assist Mia at the PULSE and on SYTYCD. We just saw her on America’s Got Talent this week!
•Past Elite Protégés Sloan-Taylor Rabinor and Montana Efaw toured with Lady Gaga’s “Monster Ball” tour, choreographed by PULSE faculty Lauriann Gibson. LAG hired these two to work on tour after working with them at the PULSE.
•PULSE Elite Brittany Andres and Protégé Kassidy Bright star in the boy band “Mindless Behavior” video called “My Girl”. Dave Scott choreographs for Mindless Behavior. They boys range in age 12-14 and live with their manager in Los Angeles. Mindless Behavior has been the opening act for the Backstreet Boys this past year.
•Dave Scott's feature film “Step Up 3D” features our PULSE Protégé Simrin Player who is seen both acting and dancing in the film. She is also a star in Justin Beiber’s “Somebody to Love” music video and dances in Sear’s “I Want to Arrive” clothing commercials with Disney star Selena Gomez. She was one of the two girls performing with Justin Beiber at the VMA's.
•Past Protégé Marina Micalizzi is a featured dancer in Broadway’s Tony Award winning “Best Music” hit “Billy Elliot”
•PULSE Protégé Kayla Rodomski and PULSE assistant Taja Riley performed as Cheerio’s on the hit show GLEE and is currently dancing for Janet Jackson for upcoming spot dates in NY and overseas, choreographed by Gil!
CONGRATULATIONS LOGAN HASSEL! Logan is one of our fantastic PULSE Proteges and will now be performing the part of Clara on the Radio City Rockette Christmas Spectacular National Tour! We will certainly miss her but are so proud and wish her the best of luck!!!
Also Congrats to all of our studios who were chosen as OPENING ACTS for The Radio City Christmas Spectacular National Tour! They were chosen after Rockette Executive Director watched them perfrom at the PULSE Summer NYC and LA this past July 2010!