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Performance Intensive                  

AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 30, 2012

Summer in L.A. The Performance Intensive is open to dancers 15 years to adult including dance teachers worldwide. 
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Summer in L.A. includes all of the following and so much more...

• Dance Classes and Private Workshops
• Leading Industry Guests and Professionals
• Auditions and Shows
• Sightseeing and Fun
• More
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• Registered Dancers Only

Dance Classes and Private Workshops

• Private group Audition/Musicality class starts off your experience to help show off your style, how you pick up choreography and your confidence level.  This will help highlight your strength(s) in the Carnival choreography.  To be featured more in the show, be prepared to show off your signature moves and/or tricks.
• Carnival is not just for those wishing to be discovered.  Be in the program for the love of dance and performance and for all the other cool reasons that make Summer in L.A. the best way to spend a part of your summer.
  
• Private group dance and performance classes with L.A.'s top choreographers and dancers that will get you pumped and ready for your performance debut.  Faculty is TBA and will include America's Best Dance Crew's Beat Freaks, Michael Jackson's "This is It", So You Think You Can Dance and The Groovaloos dancers and choreographers.  These choreographers also have Carnival performance experience.
• Work with Mihran, voted one of the top Summer in L.A. choreographers for the last couple of years.  Mihran is a versatile and innovative choreographer whose specialty is Hip Hop and is currently choreographing Selena Gomez's world tour.  Mihran's other credits include Madonna, Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears and Ricky Martin, to just name a few.  Mihran recently choreographed the video for our Summer in L.A. Super Star Dance Intensive.
• Rehearse 8 hour + days at IDA on Hollywood Blvd. like the pro's do.  IDA is the home of America's Best Dance Crew, So You Think You Can Dance, American Idol, Mia Michaels, Janet Jackson, Jesse McCartney, Chase Collins and so many more!
  
• Assisting Mihran is Charm who has just returned from touring with the Black Eyed Peas and she will add the technical elements to the piece.  She has been working with Mihran since their world tour with Madonna.  She assisted Mihran with our video shot for the Summer in L.A. Super Star Dance Intensive.
• Some classes and rehearsals will be held on site at the hotel to avoid extra travel time for dancers which will allow for more dance and fun time.

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Leading Industry Guests and Professionals

• Imagine being in a room with some of the most well known, talented choreographers and dancers in THE industry.  Choreographers to stars like Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Beyonce and the Pussy Cat Dolls.  Choreographers who create groundbreaking routines in films such as You Got Served, Stomp the Yard and Step Up.  Choreographers including Wade Robson, Dave Scott, Sonya Tayeh, Kenny Ortega, & dancers from MTV's America's Best Dance Crew and Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.
  This is Carnival.  This is the show that you will be in.
• Adam Shankman (So You Think You Can Dance judge) on Carnival: "It also serves as an unofficial casting call.  It's the only forum aside from dance classes where I can go and see who's new and great."
• Network with industry decision makers, choreographers, stars & back up dancers who are inspirational and provide moral support, guidance and their expertise and love of dance.
• In additional to the star choreographers and dancers that Summer in L.A. dancers meet and work with, past dancers have also met Marques Houston, Mya and Carmit Bachar of the Pussy Cat Dolls. Be sure to check out the Past Programs page to read more and visit our Gallery to see photos.
• Have intimate and interactive experiences at all private group workshops with industry chats, Q & A's, autograph signing sessions and photo taking opportunities
• Dancers will be getting a sports massage the day of the show. Sports massage lessens the chance for injury, decreases recovery time and optimizes performance. Gloria Ramos, CMT, is a graduate of the California Healing Arts College. With a wide range of healing arts knowledge, she specializes in the fields of sports and deep tissue massage. She is also well studied in the areas of nutrition, with an emphasis on herbal and food remedies for ailing muscles, joints and over all good health.
• Chaperones are mature, professional child care providers to rock stars, celebrities, corporate presidents and normal everyday people.  They are Trustline Registered and CPR and First Aid Certified.
• Meet top U.S. immigration lawyer Kevin Levine who helped  Tre Armstrong (Missy Elliott), Jae Blaze (Black Eyed Peas) and Janet Castillo (J Lo) get their US work Visa after Be Discovered recommended him.  As a result, they were able to get a US agent and work in the states.  Learn about what you need to be able to get work in the U.S., if you are not a US citizen.

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Auditions and Shows

• Your dream? To dance in the world famous Carnival: the Choreographer's Ball.
• Choreography and wardrobe will be age appropriate.  Although trendy and cool, we will not use overtly sexual music, routines or costumes.  We do not believe that these are the only ways to show off talents and get connections in the industry.
• "It was at Carnival that the producers of "You Got Served" spotted Robert James Hoffman II (Step Up II), landing him his first big-screen choreography credit.
• Dancers from every corner of the globe go to Los Angeles to try and make it in the biz, and their first stop is Carnival.  Carnival spans genres with routines in everything from ballet to modern dance, martial arts to hip hop.  With over 120 dancers and 18 choreographers contributing to the event, Carnival brings you the hottest collection of dance from the industry's best.
• Part nightclub, part talent show, Carnival now in its' 11th year, features a who's who of local dancers pirouetting, gyrating and popping-and-locking for the audience.  The legendary Avalon Hollywood claims bragging rights to infamous headliners including The Rolling Stones, Prince, Tina Turner and the Beastie Boys and is the new home of Carnival. 
• Your make up and hair will be professionally done by top L.A. stylists for the show.
• Following the performance, stay and watch the rest of the Carnival show and network with other dancers, choreographers and industry decision makers.
• Attend auditions and/or work on a live set if you fit the type being cast.  In 2004, the dancers attended Christina Aguilera auditions and in 2005, some of the dancers were background performers on the feature film Walk The Talk.  In 2007, Marques Houston sat in on a class looking for dancers and scouted Talia Adler-Magat, who was invited to audition for him and for You Got Served director Chris Stokes.  In 2008, TLC's 10 years younger was being shot live on location at the Hollywood Highland Mall during our sightseeing outing.  Diana and some of the dancers were asked to be a part of the taping.
  
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Sightseeing and Fun

• Travel to Los Angeles, the entertainment capitol of the world from your hometown.  Your can come on your own as the program is chaperoned or you can join us with your family.  Your family will be able to attend Carnival to watch you perform.  All workshops, classes and other events are closed to spectators.
• Spend an incredible week surrounded by new friends from all over the world, who share your passion - dance
• Choreographers, back up dancers and other stars are invited to join us on our outings.  Past programs have featured actor Dayo Ade (Degrassi) and Duece the prince of krump (Janet Jackson, So You Think You Can Dance)
• Shopping trip and lunch at The Grove during the lunch break of the SYTYCD taping.
• Night out at Universal Studios Citywalk for shopping and sightseeing with your new friends.
• Be picked up in style by a stretch hummer limo for your final night on the town and sightseeing tour.  Choreographers and dancers will be invited out to celebrate and to wrap up the week.

* The Program and the choreographers who are working professionals are subject to change.

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More

• LAX airport transfers.
  Flight to and from L.A. is not included.   Travel agency recommendation available.
• Shared accommodations at the newly renovated 4 Star Sheraton Universal Studios Hollywood hotel, known as the "Hotel of the Stars".  Take a refreshing dip in the heated outdoor swimming pool and whirlpool, or hop on the complimentary tram to explore Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Citywalk.  Enjoy amazing views of the Universal Studios or the Hollywood Hills, with all the comforts of home.  You'll feel like a star at Sheraton Universal Hotel, where every comfort is extended and every desire indulged.  If you are traveling with family, additional rooms may be booked at a discounted rate.
• Meals, snacks and beverages. Meals are healthy options for dancers customized by a nutritionist and are prepared by a professional caterer whose clients include Paramount, Fox, E! Entertainment and Warner Brothers, to just name a few. 
• Transportation to and from all Summer in L.A. classes, workshops, and events.
• Emergency medical insurance for Canadian dancers with valid provincial health coverage is included
  
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