Monday, June 4, 2012

MASTER CLASS WITH HEFA TUITA!!!!!

We are so excited to announce our Master class on Thursday June 14th. Age divisions and times to be announced at a later date. The cost will be $40.00 per girl to start out with. If we get enough girls to cover the cost then we can lower the price. Please sign up at the front desk with your payment and if the price changes we will credit your account.


If you are a fan of watching dance on tv, then you have seen Hefa Tuita perform. He’s danced on, “Dancing With The Stars”, “So You Think You Can Dance”, The Emmys, The Grammys, The American Music Awards, The VH1 Awards, The MTV Awards, Hefa was even featured in a Superbowl Commercial for Old Navy...
He’s danced with and for... some of the biggest names in the music business and he was born and raised in Spanish Fork, Utah!
Since a young boy, Hefa has been dancing and training in nearly every discipline of the art form, from hip hop, to ballroom both international and Latin, to jazz, contemporary and ballet, you name it. At the same time Hefa was also spending time playing sports like football, rugby and basketball, while also developing his musical skills on guitar, ukulele, piano and drums, singing and writing music.
At about age 14, Hefa began focusing on dance and was quickly cast as a featured dancer in "High School Musical 2". Shortly there after he joined the cast of the Nickelodeon TV series "Dance on Sunset" where Hefa was one of the “Nick 6”. The weekly show highlighted the "Nick 6" teaching their viewers the latest dance steps, breaking down the moves to help inspire young dancers. Choreographed by Tony Testa they also performed with guest musical guests Akon, Natasha Bedingfield, Miranda Cosgrove, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, Janet Jackson, Sean Kingston, Lil' Mama, Jesse McCartney, Menudo, Omarion, Panic! at the Disco and Ashlee Simpson.
Hefa then returned to dance once again for Kenny Ortega in the feature film, "High School Musical 3" and from there has gone on to continue his successful dance career performing on stage, television, music videos and on tour with Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, Usher, Ne-Yo, Nicole Scherzinger to name a very few... and is currently the dance captain for Chris Brown.
His worked for some of the greatest choreographers of our time but he enjoys working most with Rich & Tone Talauega. They're like older brothers to him and share a lot of the same culture and background. They see a lot of themselves in Hefa since first meeting him on the set of Chris Brown’s “Transform You” music video. “I was like, Rich, we gotta keep him close to us says Tone, “It was like this is the one we’re gonna pass our knowledge and wisdom too” adds Rich.
Hefa’s greatest influence in his life are his parents Hefa Sr. and Karley, both former dancers, they have raised him to enjoy life and have fun with everything, dance to the fullest, and never lose his love and passion for it. They taught him he could do anything and this is something Hefa continues to pass on to his younger brothers Soa and Niua.

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