Carnival
So Paula decided she wanted to spend her final few days in SanDiego.. and so I have no one to go to LA with.. as I'm about to abandon my plans for the trip up, Jeile (the Producer I met whilst I was in NY leaves me a voicemail asking if she can come to the Carnival tonight and that I'm more that welcome to crash at her pad). So at the last minute i hop on a train to LA.. a subway and bus ride later I'm in a breath taking apartment block in Santa Monica (just past the luxerious Beverly Hills!). Jeile's roommate owns his own franchise of Apple here in Santa Monica! They're TV is literally like the WHOLE wall of the lounge!
So we drive down to Carnival and whilst waiting around I bump into Ivan outside from Boogiezone.. turns out BREED is closing the show this night! Jess Dexter hooks us up with free tickets and takes me upstairs and says "Imran, meet a friend of mine....." .... "Dave Scott, meet Imran, my friend from London..."!! For those that don't know, Dave Scott is a big time choreographer out here. And the whole night I was just bumping into big name choreographers.. Marty Kudelka (JT's choreographer), tabitha and napolean, even some of NSync were there! Was interesting cos the show wasn't what i expected from an LA Choreographer's Carnival...there were so many 'working' LA dancers desparate to "showcase" themselves, yet their material really wasn't anything that special. And then BREED (team Boogiezone), who are mostly just college kids, came along to close the show and just had THE most amazing piece of the whole night, with the best concept (they did a dance version of 'Eyes Wide Shut'), a proper storyline and by far the best hiphop choreography.
Jess, Me, Jeile @ Carnival
The morning after I was meant to go to Millenium Studios to train, but since I was staying in Santa Monica.. i decided to walk down to the beach.. On my way I stopped at the 3rd Steet Promenade & did my first major bout of shoppin here in the US... My wardrobe is kinda evolving, but in a good way.. i think(!). Then chilled on the beach for a while, before heading back and hoppin on a train to SanDiego where I caught Samath's class... yet another dope class.
Went to dinner downtown with the CultureShock family.. got to hang with a few more of the SanDiego dancers.. Sasso etc, which was cool. And then said goodbye to the CultureShock UK guys before they flew out back to London...
Dinner with CSSD...
So we drive down to Carnival and whilst waiting around I bump into Ivan outside from Boogiezone.. turns out BREED is closing the show this night! Jess Dexter hooks us up with free tickets and takes me upstairs and says "Imran, meet a friend of mine....." .... "Dave Scott, meet Imran, my friend from London..."!! For those that don't know, Dave Scott is a big time choreographer out here. And the whole night I was just bumping into big name choreographers.. Marty Kudelka (JT's choreographer), tabitha and napolean, even some of NSync were there! Was interesting cos the show wasn't what i expected from an LA Choreographer's Carnival...there were so many 'working' LA dancers desparate to "showcase" themselves, yet their material really wasn't anything that special. And then BREED (team Boogiezone), who are mostly just college kids, came along to close the show and just had THE most amazing piece of the whole night, with the best concept (they did a dance version of 'Eyes Wide Shut'), a proper storyline and by far the best hiphop choreography.
Jess, Me, Jeile @ Carnival
The morning after I was meant to go to Millenium Studios to train, but since I was staying in Santa Monica.. i decided to walk down to the beach.. On my way I stopped at the 3rd Steet Promenade & did my first major bout of shoppin here in the US... My wardrobe is kinda evolving, but in a good way.. i think(!). Then chilled on the beach for a while, before heading back and hoppin on a train to SanDiego where I caught Samath's class... yet another dope class.
Went to dinner downtown with the CultureShock family.. got to hang with a few more of the SanDiego dancers.. Sasso etc, which was cool. And then said goodbye to the CultureShock UK guys before they flew out back to London...
Dinner with CSSD...
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