BAD BOYS of DANCE Season V (2011-12)

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SERGEY KHEYLIK 

Sergey is originally from Voronezh, Russia. At the age of 10, he began his ballet training in Voronezh and became inspired to perform by the legendary Michael Jackson. At 12 he went to the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow and received a scholarship from the Rudolph Nureyev Foundation to study at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School. In 2000, he won the Hope Prize at Prix De Lausanne in Switzerland and later studied under Peter Pestov at the John Cranko Ballet School in Stuttgart, Germany. During his studies in Germany he won 1st prize at the 2001 Vienna International Ballet Competition and the gold medal in Bulgaria at the 2002 Varna International Ballet Competition. His professional career started shortly thereafter when he guested with Universal Ballet in Korea. In 2003, he joined Vienna State Opera Ballet as a full time company member, and was invited to dance in America with Carolina Ballet the following year. Since coming to America Sergey has enjoyed other aspects of the dance world such as performing in nightclubs and choreographing to electronic music. His interests have recently evolved towards contemporary ballet and challenging his previous classical background. Within the past five years his companies have included Cirque Du Soleil, Los Angeles Ballet, Odyssey Dance Theatre, New Orleans Ballet Theatre, South African Ballet Theatre and Hong Kong Ballet. He was featured in a car commercial for Infinity and danced as one of the Carousel performers in Paramount Pictures’ production of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Sergey currently lives in Los Angeles and works as a freelance artist, traveling to different festivals frequently and sharing his talent across the world.

SHANE OHMER

Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Shane began his dance training at the High School For Creative and Performing Arts. Upon an early graduation, he finished his training in Pacific Northwest Ballet School's Professional Division. He has danced in Pacific Northwest Ballet, River North Chicago Dance Company, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal and most recently has been a guest artist for numerous companies around the world. Shane has toured extensively throughout the US, Canada, the Middle East, and Europe performing in works by Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Stijn Celis, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, and George Balanchine. Recently, he created choreography for celebrity fashion designers The Blonds in NY Fashion week. Besides dancing, Shane has been a runway model in NY Fashion week for Commonwealth Utilities and Armani Exchange and was featured in GQ and GAP Press Magazines.

JAMES BOYD

James was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida and started dancing at age eleven at Dansations Performing Arts Center. His training led him to earn his B.F.A from Suny Purchase College in 2010. Mr. Boyd became fluent in ballet, jazz, hiphop, breakdance, modern and tap. James has received numerous scholarships from the conventions L.A.D.F., Urban Jamm, Company Dance and N.Y.C.D.A.

JAKOB KARR

Originally from Orlando, FL, Jakob began dancing at the age of 12 where he trained and competed at a local studio. After graduating high school, he moved to New York to attend The Ailey School while touring with New York City Dance Alliance as their national Senior Outstanding Dancer. He was the Runner Up on season 6 of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance. Other credits include: the 82nd Annual Academy Awards; Cirque do Soleil's VIVA ELVIS.

KAMERON BINK

Kameron started dancing at 6 years old; receiving training in many areas including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Acrobatics, Hip Hop and Contemporary. Being a daredevil at heart, Kameron enjoys many activities such as riding motorcycles and skydiving. One of Kameron's most memorable dance experiences has been appearing on the hit TV show "So You Think You Can Dance?" as a Top Ten Finalist. He is also an in demand master teacher, choreographer & guest dancer across the USA.

CHRIS McCARTHY

Born in San Francisco but raised in Miami, Chris started dancing and developed into a self-taught contemporary dancer through instructional videos on the internet at just 17.  Since recently beginning his formal training at Miami Dance Town (under the direction of Manny Castro) and signing as a dancer/entertainer for C & J Productions, Chris has performed for the NFL Miami Dolphins halftime show, as well as the Principal cabaret dancer in the traveling series of the Las Vegas headline show "Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli Together Again". Chris performed for the 2008-2009 New Year's Celebration Concert featuring Prince and Madonna in the Bahamas.  Chris continues to appreciate multiple opportunities to choreograph & dance around the world.

RYAN CARLSON

Ryan was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. He began his dance training at age eleven at Center Stage Dance Company.  Ryan has trained in ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, contemporary, hip hop and gymnastics. He is a graduate from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts and has received many awards as a competition dancer including Teen Mr. Dance of Florida. He has also won numerous awards for choreography and began teaching with The Dancer’s Spotlight convention at age 15.Ryan is a member of the award winning “Systematic” dance crew with recognition as the winner of BET’s "Best Dance Crew". He has been a featured dancer in several music videos and TV commercials. 

DANIEL VANISKA

Daniel is extremely excited to be a part of the Bad Boys family. Growing up in New Jersey, Daniel had the opportunity to train extensively at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway in New York City. Some of his performing credits include: The First National Tour of The Music Man, Nights on Broadway II and III at Caesars Palace and Footloose- choreographed and directed by Emmy award winning and Tony nominated choreographer AC Ciulla. Most recently, Daniel performed the broadway musical Hairspray onboard the world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. 

ALBERT BLAISE CATTAFI

Albert began dancing in New Jersey thanks to his sister Elena, and since that time has established himself as a fine young artist.  His training includes the Joffrey Ballet School and Kelly Allen's For Dancer's Only. Albert was featured in Jeff Amsden's "A Few Good Men... Dancin'", has appeared in an international Coke Zero commercial, and is a member of Rasta Thomas' "Bad Boys of Dance".  As a soloist, his dancing has graced such famous stages as The New Amsterdam in NYC, Sadler Wells in London, and the Lucent Danse Theater in Holland. To great acclaim he has worked with Tony Award winning directors Des McAnuff and Jerry Mitchell when he took on the role of a dog in both "The Wiz" and "Peepshow".  Cattafi has assisted some of the countries top choreographers including Sergio Trujillo (Tony Award Winner), Ray Leeper, and Mia Michaels, as well as assisting on the creation of several Broadway shows including "Billy Elliot", "Spider-Man", and "Tarzan" (Holland). He was also the assistant choreographer on world renowned director Franco Dragone's, "INDIA".  Most recently, Albert danced on the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards for 'Florence + The Machine' choreographed by Travis Wall.  A proud recipient of the Mr. Dance of America title and is a founding member of "ROCK the Ballet".

CARLOS GARLAND

Carlos was born and raised in Jacksonville Florida. He started dance at the age of 13 at Lavilla School of the Arts. Originally in drama he was brought into dance through a bet by a friend in the 7th grade. He recently graduated from Douglas Anderson School of the Arts studying various styles of dance all four years. In 2005 Carlos was the winner of the Mille Lewis America's Models and Talent Competition in Dance. In his senior year of high school in 2006 he recieved a Merit Award in the NFAA (National Foundation of Advancement of the Arts) in hip hop. Carlos is currently attending Jacksonville University double majoring in dance and computer science. Carlos has been trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, comtemporary, and breakdance. He has a previous background in Taekwondo of 7 years and reached a second degree black belt. Carlos and his dance crew recently won BET's 106th and Park Dance Competition twice in a row, and has been in many national and international TV commercials.

LEE GUMBS

Lee Gumbs started dancing at age 5 and by 7 he received scholarships for ballet & jazz classes. Shortly after he started signing himself up for more classes without permission! This is when his mom realized this was more than a hobby. He went on to win numerous regional & national dance competitions. Lee started traveling solo at 15 to L.A., New York, Las Vegas & Virginia Beach to take advantage of scholarships he had won. At 16  he was the first boy chosen by Dance Spirit magazine as 1 of the top 3 cover models out of thousands of entries. He was featured in the magazine for 4 months. As a senior, Lee became an alumni of the Young Arts and attended Marymount Manhattan College in NYC. 

ALEXEI GERONIMO

Alexei Geronimo is originally from Vancouver, BC where he trained at the Richmond Academy of Dance. Alexei also has had the pleasure of training at such prestigious institutions as Banff Summer School, Steps NYC, Broadway Dance Centre, Boston Ballet, and is the winner numerous competitions including outstanding male dancer for the LADF competition and convention. Upon graduation he completed his training in Los Angeles as a student of the Edge Performing Arts Centre Scholarship Program. Mr. Geronimo’s professional credits include the TV series Hellcats, Jazz Moves Live, Vancouver Olympics Opening Ceremonies, and Carnival. Alexei Geronimo teaches at Harbour Dance Centre in Vancouver and is represented by the acclaimed agency MSA Los Angeles.

CHASE MADIGAN

Chase Madigan, is originally from Leesburg, VA, where he grew up training and competing with the Loudoun School of Ballet. In 2008, just out of high school, he was cast in the original company of the revival of West Side Story on Broadway. Since the fall of 2009, he has enjoyed touring with New York City Dance Alliance as a dancer/assistant under the direction of Joe Lanteri.

TIM OLSON

Tim Olson originally resides from Anoka, MN. Dancing since the age of 3, and teaching since 15, Tim has studied various styles of dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet, Contemporary and Hip Hop at Northland School of Dance, Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Some of his achievements include winning the 2004 National Teen title at West Coast Dance Explosion and performing in the 2005 Tanzsommer Dance Festival in Austria. Tim tours the US as an assistant teacher for NYCDA. This past year he danced with Odyssey Dance Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah, performing productions such as “ It’s a Wonderful Life”, “ Giselle”, and “ Romeo and Juliet”. 

 DOUG BAUM

Doug was born in Fallston, Maryland began his dance training at Mid-Atlantic Center for the Performing Arts going onto graduate from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2006.  Doug received his B.F.A as a student at the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University program.  As an apprentice for Ailey ll, Doug has worked with numerous choreographers including Christopher Huggins, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Kevin Wynn, Sidra Bell, Larry Keigwein, Edgar Zendejas, Troy Powell, and Thang Dao.  He has had the pleasure of performing in such events as Fire Island Dance Festival 15, 50th Gala performance of AAADT, Ailey at the Apollo, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Springboard Danse Montreal & NDT Maximum Danse Course.  Doug recently completed a season with Compagnie Flak under the direction of Jose Navas & Zhukov Dance Theater under the direction of Yuri Zhukov. 

JOEY ARRIGO

Joey is an experienced contemporary jazz dancer, choreographer and dance teacher living in the Greater Toronto Area.  He was born and raised in Newmarket, Ontario and began his dance training at Elite Danceworx in Markham where he completed the Vaganova Ballet course and is qualified at a professional level in ballet. In 2010, Joey competed in Chicago at Youth America Grand Prix where he won the overall Grand Prix award and competed at the international final in New York City.  Joey has been choreographing since the age of 16 and has won numerous choreography awards for his work in Canada and the United States. He has judged at dance and title competitions and teaches convention master classes in jazz, lyrical and contemporary. Joey has won many awards for his dance including Junior Mister Dance of America 2006, Teen Mister Dance of America 2008, Mister Dance of America 2010 and Senior National Jump VIP 2010.  He is a regular demonstrator and master class instructor for Jump on their US and Canadian tour.  Joey was assistant choreographer for Blake McGrath and Mia Michaels on the first three seasons of So You Think You Can Dance Canada and was one of the finalists on season four.  In the fall of both 2009 and 2010, Joey was one of 30 dancers chosen to perform at the Bell Celebrity Gala in Toronto.  Joey is a dancer in several highly acclaimed music videos and was asked to perform at the Much Music Video Awards in Toronto.  Joey is one of the principle dancers in the Disney movie Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure and was featured in several television commercials for Shoe Carnival.  Joey is thrilled to be a member of the Bad Boys of Dance!

MARQUIS CUNNINGHAM

Marquis began dancing at the age of 14, training in ballet, jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acrobatics, and tap, under Robin Dawn Ryan and her staff at Robin Dawn Academy of Performing Arts in Cape Coral, FL in 2004. He is a graduate of North Fort Mayer High School Center for the Performing Arts where he performed various leading roles including "Lumiere" in Beauty and the Beast and "Jo Jo" in Suessical the Musical. Upon graduation, Marquis moved to the New York City metropolitan area to began his professional career. Mr. Cunningham has gone on to make national TV appearances in "Dance Wars Bruno Vs. Carrie Ann" on the ABC Family Network where he made top 30, and made the Top 18 on Season 4 of "So You Think You Can Dance" on the FOX Network. Marquis was a part of the creation cast of “Viva Elvis” Cirque du Soleil 2009-2011. Marquis Cunningham enjoys traveling, guest performing, teaching, and judging dance competitions all over the world.

HENRY RIVERA

Henry Rivera was born in New York and raised in Miami, FL. Inspired to dance from attending his sister’s recitals, at the age of 14, Henry received a scholarship to study at Dance Attack of Miami, Fl. Under the tutelage of owners John Culbertson and Cookie Ramos, Mr. Rivera trained in a variety of techniques and styles to become a versatile dancer. While at Dance Attack Henry competed internationally and is a winner of several national titles. Mr. Rivera is member of the renowned agency MSA NY, and professional credits include Royal Caribbean, C&J Productions, and has performed with Natalia Jimenez on Pa’ Lante Con Cristina. Henry Rivera is now a proud faculty member of Dance Attack and is an in demand teacher and choreographer in the Miami Florida metropolitan area.

DAVID LORENZO

David Lorenzo is a native Miami, Florida, and has had a passion for dance since he mastered walking. At age 14 his hobby became his life as he began classical training at one of the top 10 performing arts magnet high schools, New World school of the Arts. At 16 David received a full scholarship to the Miami studio, Dance Attack, where his training intensified and matured into a versatile artist. David has been awarded numerous titles and scholarships at regional and international competitions. Mr. Lorenzo has been fortunate to have worked with several well-known choreographers, including Travis Wall in “Step Up 4,” the movie, and performed in many commercials and professional works. As a member of Bad Boys of Dance, David looks forward to exciting new experiences and learning opportunities.

JAMAL WHITE

Jamal White was born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. While in Atlanta, Jamal began his training at Dance Makers of Atlanta under the direction of Denise and Lynise Heard. Jamal later moved to study ballet at Ballethnic Dance Academy and Dekalb School of the Arts. After 4 years of study Jamal received a scholarship to study at Virginia School of the Arts under the direction of Tyrone Brooks and Adam Sage. At VSA, Jamal performed works by Christopher Huggins, Keelan Whitmore and Adam Sage. Jamal has also studied at the Kirov Ballet Academy, Nashville Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, and London Contemporary Dance School. Jamal is a recent graduate with a BFA’11 in Dance Performance from Southern Methodist University where he has performed roles created by Adam Hougland, George Balanchine, Donald McKayle, Pascal Rioult, Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle and Martha Graham.