Rise to Dance All-Styles Judge: Keith Pinto

We are pleased to have Keith Pinto to Judge for us at Rise to Dance!

Keith Pinto is an actor/singer/choreographer/musician/educator from the Bay Area. He is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. He has been teaching dance in the bay area for over ten years and currently teaches hip hop at Ohlone College and SJSU. Professionally Keith has worked in numerous productions and toured Europe and North America with Fame the Musical. Most recently Pinto appeared as K-Fed and Justin Timberlake in Becoming Britney at Center Rep. as well as Scapin at A.C.T. Prior to that he played G.I.Joe and Flight Attendent in God’s Ear with Shotgun Players. Pinto is a co-founder of the award winning San Francisco based hip hop crew Felonious. Felonious creates original music and theater. With Felonious Theater Company Pinto played the role of “Guy” in Angry Black White Boy at Intersection for the Arts in SF, and “The Pinto” in Stateless: A Hip Hop Vaudeville at Jewish Theater SF for which he was nominated for a Critics Circle award for choreography. Felonious has recorded numerous albums and has performed in the Bay Area, LA, Chicago, and Germany. As well as shows with Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul, LL Cool J, The Roots, and Erykah Badu. For more info and discography go to www.feloniouslive.com

The Legendary Profo Won Judging at Rise to Dance!

I would like to welcome you all, Profo Won of Floorgangz Worldwide. Bboy ProfoWon has been in the BAY AREA HIP HOP dance scene for 20 years and still going strong. 13 of those years he has dedicated his life in the dance called Bboyin!!! Part of the FloorGangz Worldwide movement. He has judged, lectured and speaks on the history of bboyin' in places such as Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Canada, Russia, Philippines and other places around the world! We are very fortunate to have him with us to Judge on May 14, 2011 at RISE TO DANCE.


Below are a few of Profo Won's competitions which he has won:

Battle of The Year 98 (Germany)

Freestyle Session 99 (Los Angeles)

Octagon Champion USA 06 (Los Angeles)

Out For Fame 07 (San Francisco)

Massive Monkees Anniversary 2008 (Seattle)

HeadHunters Anniversary 2008 (San Jose)

World of Dance Footwork Champ 09 (San Francisco)

Freestyle Session Japan 2009 (Tokyo)

Circle Prinz Taiwan 2010 (Taipei)

Bring it Back to Streets 2 2011 Malaysia (Muar)


Profowon has judged competitions such as:

Vegas Shakedown 2008 (Las Vegas)

Texas Hold Em áCanada 2008 (Vancouver)
 
All Out Kingz 2009 Vietnam (Hanoi)
 
Culture Shock volume 2 Taiwan 2010 (Taipei)
 
Radikal Forze Anniversary 2010 (Singapore)
 
Bring It Back To Street 2010 Malaysia (Muar)
 
Outbreak Australia 2010 (Perth)
 
Impression Cup Qualifier 2010 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
 
R16 Malaysia Qualifier 2010 (Kuala Lumpur)
 
Vegas Shakedown 2010 (Las Vegas)
 
Freestyle Session Taiwan 2010 (Taipei)
 
Circle Prinz South Korea 2010 (Seoul)
 
Astro Battle Ground Malaysia 2010 (Kuala Lumpur)
 
Ring Masterz 2011 Vietnam (Ho Chi Mhin)
 
Culture Shock volume 3 2011 Taiwan (Taipei)

Dance to make the difference...

Now, after helping out with multiple charitable events through churches and volunteer groups to fundraise money within the bay area through dance, the Flow Fanatics Crew will be taking on a more personal and bigger responsibility. Andre Kim Pham (The Grinch) of Flow Fanatics, will be throwing an event in which all proceeds will be donated to St. Jude's Hospital.

"After seeing my mom suffer from breast cancer a few years back, I felt that should do something about it. I didn't know what it was exactly, but something had to be done. Following this incident, my close friend's mother had passed from a different type of cancer and everything just fell on me. It was the final straw that absolutely just did it for me and I knew I had to take a stand..."

"...I want everyone to have a chance at a fulfilling life. Whose to say you cannot live the reality of 'dreaming big,' 'living it up,' or better yet, do the simplest things we take for granted each day such as walking, playing, or even dancing. We have all been affected by cancer one way or another and to those of you who are already standing up against it, I applaud and thank you..."

"...Make the difference in a child so that he or she may have the opportunity of freedom to live a fulfilling life that you and I both have... I am a bboy, a popper, a dancer. There are many of you out there who follow this way of living because you love it just as much as I do. Now what if we can make the difference to a child by doing what we love while supporting one another? We most certainly can! I ask that we all stand up against cancer, to support our dreams and others... -I ask that we Rise to Dance."    -Andre Kim Pham

Flow Fanatics Crew

Andre Kim Pham & St. Jude's Hospital 

Presents:

Rise to Dance

May 14, 2011

2pm-8pm

Seven Trees Community Center

3590 Cas Drive
San Jose, CA 95111

5vs5 bboy battles ($500 prize)
1vs1 all-styles ($100 prize)

Fliers will be posted up shortly.