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Wes Veldink
WES VELDINK
Director and choreographer, Wes Veldink, discovered his passion for teaching dance early on when he co-founded All That Jazz Dance Studio in Grants Pass, Oregon at age 16. He later moved to Los Angeles to complete his senior year of high school at the prestigious Orange County High School for the Performing Arts. Throughout the next decade, Wes became well known as a performer, teacher and choreographer. He appeared in the Disney film Newsies, co-choreographed Paula Abdul's video "Blowing Kisses in the Wind," was Michael Jackson's dance double on two videos, and was invited to improvise live onstage with singer/songwriter Ani Difranco. As a teacher, Wes was a popular faculty member at both Tremaine Dance Center and EDGE Performing Arts Center, where he trained and inspired scholarship students making the transition to professional dance as well as professionals from throughout the world who came to study dance in Los Angeles. Dance companies and institutions across the globe began inviting Wes to both teach and choreograph. They include the Oslo State Ballet School and Oslo Dance Ensemble in Norway, the Osaka School of Music and K-Broadway in Japan, the International Dance Meeting in Italy, Le Harmonique in France, The Dance Center in Holland, and the Nadine Bommer Academy in Israel, not to mention universities, conservatories, and conventions throughout the United States and Canada.
In 1999, Wes relocated to New York City to found his own professional dance company, The Wes Veldink Movement. After an overwhelming response from New York audiences, the company toured to Los Angeles, Toronto and South Korea. In 2005, Wes created and directed the Professional Program, a 10-month intensive training scholarship program at Broadway Dance Center in New York, where young dancers were mentored in navigating a career of integrity while making the transition to becoming professional dance artists. Currently, Wes is on the faculty of STEPS in New York City and the national tour of Monsters of Contemporary dance convention. He is the director of the Continuing Education/Teacher Training program for DanzEmergencee, LLC.
Wes and his company have been featured in articles in such internationally respected publications as Dance Spirit Magazine, European Dance News, Dance Life, Aftenposten Publications, Yomiyuri Newspaper, and they were on the cover of Expressions Italian Dance Magazine. He continues to work commercially, having recently choreographed Kate Moss in an international television/web campaign for Nikon cameras. Wes is featured in the upcoming dance documentary film Move. And meanwhile, the studio he co-founded at age 16 just celebrated its 20th successful year in business.
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Intermediate Contemporary Jazz
Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
11:30-1:00
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