Had the pleasure of choreographing for 5Volt in Dalian, Liaoning.

After 3 days of rehearsal we finished a 4-minute set for them to perform at KOD—annual competition in China.

Good luck to you all and Xie xie for having me. My prayers are with you :)

China 2013

ChengDu, Sichuan China 2013 

Showcase choreographed by Cameron Lee and I. Thank you to LClass for having us and to our students for a whole month of sweat and years.

I will never forget this experience and the friends I’ve made here. Woh ai ni China! Xie xie!

Thank you Isaac Tualauleilei for having me in your Carnival piece this month.  Performing is my dream, and I’m grateful for the trust and support you’ve given me.

It’s definitely been a while since I’ve attened a dance show.  I’m reminded of how beautiful and talented our community is and that none of this experience as a dancer should be taken for granted because to be able to witness this almost every week in LA is an amazing thing.  I love the ups.. and I’m beginning to truly appreciate even the downs that come with it, because in the end, it’s all worth it to be able to live a big dream.

In the end I just have to say thank you Lord for love, light, and blessings.  The struggle is real, but the experiences of this life continue to feed my soul.

Over the weekend, I was given the greatest privilege to teach in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with these wonderful people!  

I would’ve said wonderful “choreographers,” but… to be very honest, Tony, Matt, and Erica are astonishing human beings who are filled with so much light to share with others.  They aren’t just teachers, they are beautiful souls who see dancers beyond their movement.  They know how to look at people and see them beneath the exterior, which is very valuable in this world saturated with “teachers.”  It’s impossible to express in just a few sentences how much I’m inspired by them to become a better me, but thank you Erica, Matt, and Tony for being great examples of what a leader and teacher should be.

Thank you Renee for fun times and the laughs.  You protected me in the car from shooting up through the roof!  GOT EMS!  I owe you my life ;)  I hope to see you in LA more!

Thank you to Jason, Emmanuel, Maite and the whole crew for this amazing opportunity. Round 2 of Monterrey was even better than the first, and I was thoroughly pleased with everything.  You all deserve a vacation for your hard work!  You really know how to take care of people and I can’t thank you enough for your hospitality.

To all of the dancers and beautiful people of Monterrey— I am very blessed to have shared this experience with you.  I’m thankful for the laughs, the music, the food, the friendship, and the Tequila!  Your hunger and passion has reignited my fire.  Thank you for pushing.  Thank you for learning with open minds and ears.  Thank you for your culture and your friendliness.  My heart melts for you all, and I hope to see you again soon.

God bless Mexico.  Muchas gracias and I love you.

I had the wonderful opportunity to dance for Brandon Dumlao in his new video among other very talented dancers. 

I’ve seen Brandon throughout the past few years grow as a dancer, and he is one of my favorites for several reasons—his strength, dedication to improving, and fearlessness in expressing himself as a dancer.  If you take his class, his musicality will challenge your ear and his movements will challenge you physically.  

Subscribe to him — youtube.com/brandondumlao87

Dancers:

Joesar Alva
Scott Nicholson
Joey Antonio
Hondo Tey
Shane Cusack
Haley Fitzgerald
April Rodriguez
Anika Dominguez-Schott
Chantelle Rose

Thanks to Lizzy Richardson for posting this inspiring and touching video filmed in the Philippines.  based on the story of Bboy Mouse

Our culture, even in it’s darkness and struggles, carries so much beauty.  This is not just a video.. this is really life in the Philippines.

So many of us take so many things for granted.  For a lot of Filipino Americans, I feel that we are very detached from our homeland and are clueless as to what is going on there.  We don’t understand what certain living situations force people to do and become… mainly the children… we don’t understand the daily perils of the streets, and we here in America take a lot of things for granted very easily.

This video brought me back and it really made me miss the Philippines so much.  Filipinos are strong and capable of lots of things.  Even in the midst of their hardships, champions rise out of it!

I love the Philippines and it is always in my prayers.  I feel that this video speaks volumes.