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WALK AWAY INSPIRED!

KAR Dance Convention 2018 | Experience the hottest new choreography styles this season at our convenient one-day event!

Where
Monroeville Convention Center
209 Mall Plaza Blvd
Monroeville, PA 15146
When
October 14, 2018
8am – 5pm

Faculty Members

Courtney Eierman
Jazz

Courtney Eierman is a native of Atlanta who has been dancing since the age of 3. She received her BA in Business Management and Dance from the University of Central Florida. During her junior year, she founded The Knights and Damsels Dance Company - the first technique-based dance organization at the University of Central Florida. She was a back-up dancer for pop star, Alexander Amor, and has also choreographed for various Orlando music artists. Courtney’s true passion is teaching dance. She has taught dance to students of all ages since 2010. While she enjoys teaching all forms of dance - from lyrical to jazz to hip-hop - she is most well-known for her award-winning Contemporary choreography. Her students have been awarded prizes ranging from Apogee, People’s Choice, Top Scores, Title Winners and more. Courtney has choreographed for some of the country’s top talent and travels as an adjudicator and guest instructor. Courtney is currently the competition & marketing manager for the brand new Skyra Studios (A performing arts academy in Orlando, FL). She loves sharing her passion of dance and choreography with the next generation.

Daniel Longo
Musical Theater

Daniel Longo, Co-Founder and Owner of East Coast Artists Dance Center is a choreographer, teacher and dancer from Long Island. He is a graduate of SUNY Fredonia with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science and Dance, and Master's Degree in Business Administration from Dowling College. After appearing on Sesame Street when he was only 10 years old, Daniel has gone on to perform and choreograph for the Alvin Ailey showcase in New York City directed by Kat Wildish and continues to choreograph for their showcases. Daniel is a regional and national judge for several competitions including StarQuest, Kids Artistic Revue and International Dance Challenge. Daniel is also the co-founder Artistic Director of Arrhythmia Dance Company. Through Arrhythmia Dance Company, Daniel has choreographed for SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Binghamton, Silvercreek High School and has done master classes at SUNY Binghamton and Monticello High School and many other studios as well. He has also worked with Erica Sobol of colliEdance and Allison Holker from So You Think You Can Dance through Arrhythmia Dance Convention. Recently, Daniel’s choreography was chosen to go before the executive producers for the 2012 season of America’s Got Talent. Also in 2012, Daniel was personally hand picked by Katee Shean from Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance to assist her at an Excel in Motion master class. Daniel was also chosen to work with Chehon and Eliana from Season 9 of So You Think You Can Dance for the official convention in Las Vegas. Daniel’s choreography was also chosen to present at the Young Choreographer’s Festival in NYC at the Symphony Space, as well as New York City's Dance Week at the Dixon Place. Most recently, Daniel was selected as a finalist for the Artist Simply Human's National choreography competition, theDANCEproject in Atlantic City.

Kelly Fulton
Lyrical

Kelly Fulton grew up training in the Midwest. She has traveled to Italy and Spain as a featured member of The American Dance Company, helping to win “The World Dance Championships” two years consecutively. Kelly also performed in Canada and Australia, representing the USA as Rainbow Dance Competition’s “Dancer of the Year” in the “Battle of the Countries”. Fulton has performed in choreography showcases at The Duke Theater in New York City as well as The El Portal Theater in Los Angeles. Currently, she spends her time traveling to studios and dance teams nationwide choreographing, training, and teaching masterclasses. Most recently, she received the title of “2017 Choreographer of the Year” from VIP Dance Competition. She is an adjudicator for Hall of Fame Dance Challenge and is on staff as an instructor for Tribe Dance Convention, Breathe the Intensive, and KAR Dance Convention. Kelly’s passion remains in the classroom, where she dedicates herself to inspiring the next generation of young artists. Her students have gained acceptance into prestigious dance programs at universities across the country and can be seen working professionally in Hollywood.

Kevin Nguyen & Dea Sevilla
Hip Hop

Kevin Nguyen and Dea Sevilla are an accomplished, engaged dancing duo. They met during Keone and Mari’s project, “Daydreamer,” for Dance for A Wish, a charity show for the Make a Wish Foundation. Kevin and Dea are both technically trained in various styles including, ballet, tap, jazz and contemporary. They trained in hip hop under Jabbawockeez own, Rainen Paguio and Kevin Brewer on Future Shock San Diego and Super Galactic Beat Manipulators. Dea furthered her training with America’s Best Dance Crew’s Boxcuttuhz and Lando Wilkins. The duo currently dances for Choreo Cookies, one of Southern California's best hip hop dance teams. They are champions at Body Rock Dance Competition, World of Dance, and Vibe Dance Competition. Over the years the duo has worked with top music artists including Pharrell Williams, Jawan Harris, Korean Pop Artists: B1A4, 2PM, JYP, Troublemaker, Sunmi, and Gee Kazz. Kevin was a featured dancer in an Android watch commercial and a principal dancer for Fox’s hit TV show, “X Factor.” Dea was a featured dancer on Fox's "Mobbed," and the Ellen Degeneres show and has worked with Casio G-Shock for their “Shock the World Tour” in Singapore. They are world renowned choreographers, having taught dance classes and judged competitions in Spain, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Russia, Switzerland, Paraguay, Singapore, Philippines, Germany to name a few. Together, they’re currently touring with World of Dance as judges, performers and choreographers and are Master Teachers for KAR Dance Convention.

Raymon Ashley
Tap

Raymon Ashley found his passion for dance at the young age of 8 years old, while residing in Northern California. He went on to attend the University of Arizona where he continued to study dance and furthered his training extensively in the styles of Ballet, Modern, Jazz and Tap where he graduated with his BFA in Dance. Raymon immediately went on to pursue a professional career in dance, booking jobs with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble as well as the David Taylor Dance Theatre, both companies located in Denver, Colorado. Raymon has had the honor and privilege of working with legendary educators and choreographers, Donald McKale and Milton Meyers. After pursuing his career in the "company" world of dance, Raymon made his way to San Diego as well as Los Angeles where he turned his sights to the "commercial" industry of dance. He booked steady work dancing in Industrials, Pepsi and Ford commercials as well as Music Video's with some of the music industries top recording artists. Once Raymon fulfilled his passions as a dancer, he began pursuing his career as a dance educator. His fresh, upbeat approach to teaching has made him one of the most popular and in demand teachers in Southern California as well as across the Country as a guest teacher. When not traveling as one of our fabulous Directors, Raymon spends much of his time traveling with "Fusion Dance" and "KAR Dance" Conventions. The VERY MOST rewarding opportunity in Raymon's life, is being the proud father of his amazing son, Rylan.

Your Dancers
Will Thank You!

Convention Price List / 6 classes + showcase at only $235

6 Classes

$185
 Jazz
 Tap
 Contemporary
 Hip Hop
 Musical Theater
 Audition Workshop

6 Classes +
Protege Performer Audition +
1 Parent Observer Band

$255
 Jazz
 Tap
 Contemporary
 Hip Hop
 Musical Theater
 Audition Workshop

$20 Parent Observer Band

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