Dance to Vegas

About Dancing to Vegas

The Dance to Vegas project was set up to help fundraise an all female group of 7 talented dancers called MYSELF trip to this year’s Ihiphopdance championship in Las Vegas. MYSELF will be the only female crew representing the UK. Through the Dance to Vegas project MYSELF aim to promote the UK’s vibrant dance talent and raise the aspiration of several young dancers in the UK who have persistently tried to showcase the UK’s female dance talent. More so they hope to they can help to prove to the youth of London that with hard work, determination and a positive attitude you can achieve your dreams whatever they maybe.

About the Myself

MYSELF are an all female Hip Hop Dance group made up of strong female dancers from all over London.
MYSELF was formed in May 2008

Myself inspires and empowers women in and out of dance to love themselves and what they do.
It creates an awarness and platform of strong female dancers, leaders and innovators.
Myself also inspires young women who want to become dancers or create their own group, that with practice commitment and belief anything is possible.

We promote positive women in Hip Hop with the aim to influence and inspire others. Named MYSELF because we believe in always being yourself without trying to emulate others. The group, led by Choreographer Kloe Dean train every day of the week in any place we can get across East, West, North and South London. We train in Popping, Locking, New style and Break Dancing to name a few. We have performed at numerous venues such as Stratford Circus, Fairfield Halls, The Royal Festival hall for an Event called ‘Bsupreme’, appeared on Sky1's Got to Dance, and were part of Saddlers Wells ‘Breakin Convention’ Tour at the end of 2010.

On Saturday 5th June 2011, MYSELF competed in the qualifying rounds at the idance UK Hip Hop Championships in Thorpe Park, judged by world famous dancers such as Shabba-Doo, one of the original members of the Lockers and the character Ozone from the eighties film ‘Breakin’. We gained a place in the finals on Sunday 6th from which MYSELF won third place and now qualify to represent the UK at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas at the end of July. This is a huge achievement for 8 hardworking girls from London and we are the only all female group that have been chosen to represent the UK.

The Money

Money raised will go towards paying flight and accommodation cost for MYSELF crew of 7 girls in Las Vegas. No matter how small you pledge we are more than grateful, it all goes a long way to supporting our dream and will inspire other young dancers to take a positive step forward to realizing their own unique dreams!

“Any donations will be hugely appreciated, as we really don’t want the journey to end here”

The Competition

Hip Hop International world Hip Hop Championship, based in Los Angeles is the producer of many live and televised street dance competitions such as Randy Jacksons America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, and the World Hip Hop Championships. The event involves dancers from 35 different countries. It s a very high profile event that features many high profile hip hop artists. The website link is www.hiphopinternational.com

The competition will take place in Las Vegas from the 26th of July to the 1st of August (www.ihiphopdance.com).

Other Ways You Can Help

Funding is obviously our main priority but there are other ways you can support us. You can show your support by becoming a fan of our facebook group page and by asking as many people you know to support us and donate funds. Any funds from £5 upwards will do!

The Team

Kloe Dean-Director, Choreographer and Dancer of MYSELF

Kloe has a big love for Hip Hop dance and has been training, dancing and performing since the age of 7. She has trained and been a part of several prominent dance groups and is an active member of Boy Blue Ent and all female collective Project G as well as running her own crew ‘ Myself’. She is also an aclaimed choreographer and has performed her own material all over London. She has won a few dance championships and represented the UK in  the Female Freestyle Streetdance Champion 2010 in Germany. Kloe Teaches dance to young people in Schools, colleges and youth clubs in and around London with a great passion for youth work and young people’s self development.

Aleta Thompson – Dancer

Aleta began her career in dance at the age of Eleven, attending the Jennifer Haley Stage school and training in Ballet, Modern and Jazz. She followed on from here to study a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts and a BA in Performing Arts, performing in amateur productions such as Fame the Musical, and performing work in venues such as Union chapel and Jacksons Lane theatre.
She is an accomplished dancer and performer. Her choreography has been showcased at prestigious venues such as The Royal Opera House and Sadlers Wells.

Rosanna Carless- Dancer

Born in Wolverhampton Rosa was involved in many activities and hobbies such as gymnastics and roller skating. Over the years, she studied performing arts and has had diverse dance experience such as bashment dace styles, podium and breakdance. She has been a member of a street dance crew and done some choreography. Rosa enjoys teaching and inspiring young children.

Keisha Okwesia- Dancer

Keisha Started training in dance at the age of 11 in Street Jazz. She later went on to Studying Contemporary in Wilberforce Sixth Form College. She developed her love for Hip Hop dance and started teaching street dance regularly at The Northern Academy of Performing Arts in hull and then decided to pursue her training in London. Moving to London in 2009 Keisha began more in-depth training in Popping, Locking and New Style and is an active member of Project G as well as being a part of the Myself crew.

Olu Alatise- Dancer

Olu started dancing 8 years ago with a company called Hazard and then progressed to dance with Nexus Generation who were a renowned group. Olu also danced for all female group Rhythm Junkies run by Rhimes Lecointe. Combining all training received, progressed to run her own company called Illusion which has now developed into Project G - A collaborative collective of female dancers aiming to break boundaries within the dance industry!

Helen-Suzanne (Ibs) Olaonipekaun- Dancer

Ibs has been dancing seriously for the last 6 years training in various dance styles as well as Hip Hop. Graduating from Kingston University with a 2:1, Ibs Studied Dance and Drama. Ibs is also training and performing with Boy Blue Ent. and Project G.
“I have a deep passion for dance and a drive to be nothing but the best”

Natasha (CoCo) Lee- Dancer

Natasha was always a creative and active child who started Ballet, Jazz and Tap lessons at a young age and continued this for several years! She started training in Hip-Hop 5 years ago and has since had the privilege of performing abroad several times in San Diego, Barcelona, Germany, Poland and is now endeavouring to go to LAS VEGAS. She has taught young adults to dance over the last 5 years and loves to inspire the youths and be inspired by them!  She is currently studying for a BA HONS degree in Dance.

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