BZ Community Class - Will Johnston & Marissa Osato - Groups

MEET WILLWill Johnston has been training in dance since the age of four. Coming from San Jose, CA, he received the majority of his training at A.K.A Dance Company under the direction of Kelly and Alex Velasquez. Currently a fifth year at the Universityof California, Irvine, Will is working towards a B.F.A in Dance Performance, a B.F.A in Dance Choreography, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. While at UCI, he has had the privilege of performing works by renowned faculty members Jodie Gates, Loretta Livingston, Lisa Naugle, and Donald Mckayle. Will is a member of Tayeh Dance Company, performing works choreographed by Sonya Tayeh, six of which will premier in Tayeh's "The Endurance to Move" in November 2009. In addition to performing for Sonya Tayeh, Will assisted the choreographer on season five of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" as well as the national commercial for the current season of "Dancing With the Stars." Will's passion also lies in the art of choreography. He has choreographed numerous works for local studios in the San Francisco Bay Area as well asfor various UCI dance productions. He has had the honor of showcasing ten works at UCI, one of which, co-choreographed with Jenna Otter, will perform as a finalist in the Palm Desert "Choreography Under the Stars Festival," in November 2009. Most recently, he was named assistant director of Westside Dance Project, directed by Jessie Rae Hartley as well as Co-Director of Choreography ofBoogiezone's new contemporary company, Entity.
MEET MARISSAMarissa recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from UC Irvine with a B.A. in Dance and B.A. in Literary Journalism. At UCI, she choreographed eight new works for various undergraduate dance concerts and was a three-year member of modern dance legend Donald McKayles repertory company, Etude Ensemble. In Sept. 2008, she co-founded the Boogiezone Contemporary Community Class with mastermind Elm Pizarro and hopes to expand the class worldwide. Marissa currently performs with BZs exhibition hip hop company, BREED, and co-directs Boogiezones new contemporary dance company, ENTITY. Represented by DDO Artists Agency in Los Angeles, Marissa has yet to decide what to do with her life. Her dream job involves touring the world, creating, writing, connecting with people and perpetuating love. She is all about positivity and shared inspiration, is quite excited to be teaching with her beloved partner Will, and would be honored if you took their class!
Thank you to BZ and to everyone who has supported my crazy aspirations and pushed me to be better. I love you.

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• BZ
• Community
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• Contemporary
• Focus
• Dance
• Irvine
• Marissa
• Osato
• Will
• Johnston
• Groups

[BIBSTERDANCEAVENUE]

Who is the chick in the middle with the black jacket at 2:43?? She is SOOO dope! she killed it!

[MarissaOsato]

Karen Chuang of NSU Modern & ENTITY! She's pretty amazing, eh?? :)

[tatsuya4140]

@BIBSTERDANCEAVENUE

that's my girlfriend ............ im kidding the one in the grey to the left of her is.

[michaelfranklin90]

i see tabitha from bmod!

[musicashley01]

i spy candace brown lol!!!

[JEHsfrances]

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[Landoreo]

okay Candace! WORK red plaid!

[njororaven]

high price- Ciara and ludacris

[Makeupbyrachit]

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[moma2010]

omg u guys are so creative. but i'm curious to the name of the song