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Jacob "Kujo" Lyons has been active in the B-Boy/Breakdance scene for 15 years, and is committed to expanding the scope and vocabulary of the dance form, as well as teaching and demonstrating the versatility of Breaking through its compatibility with other artforms. As a B-Boy, he is almost entirely self-taught, which gives him a raw, unique, and immediately recognizable style.
A founding member of the world famous B-Boy crew "Soul Control," Kujo has toured nationally and internationally: performing, competing, judging competitions, speaking on panels, teaching, and sharing his ideas with dancers the world over. After appearing in the well-known music video, Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins: "It's Like That," Kujo made an impact on the world-wide B-Boy community with his explosive movements and his wild, unforgettable style, and has helped to influence the course of the dance's evolution over the past near-decade.
Kujo's credits include working on projects with some of the biggest names in the Hip Hop world. He's worked in music videos with such hip hop artists as Run DMC, KRS-1, Eminem, Pharaoh Monche, and Naughty by Nature, and performed onstage with Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, and the Wu Tang Clan. With his B-Boy/Breakdance crew "Soul Control," he has performed and competed internationally at such B-Boy events as Germany's Splash, England's UK B-Boy Championships, Korea's World Hip Hop Festival, and Leonardo DiCaprio's 24th birthday celebrity celebration in Hollywood.
Kujo often participates in the fiercely competitive arena of Breaking/Breakdancing as a guest judge, presiding over such events as the Battle of the Year competitions in Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Italy, Greece, Japan, Korea, China, and Russia; Red Bull's Lords of the Floor in Seattle; Parachute in New Zealand; the 604 Hip Hop Expo in Vancouver; and Floor Skills in Singapore. Kujo was also the first American B-Boy accepted into Montrealâs Cirque Du Soleil, and has most recently worked with them as a consultant on a creation project for their Las Vegas "The Beatles: Love" show, which was featured on CBSâ "60 Minutes."
Since taking a step back from the competitive arena, Kujo now spends much of his time teaching. He has taught workshops and master classes all over Europe, as well as in Canada, Japan, Italy, and Australia, and currently teaches weekly classes at The Edge Performing Arts Center in Hollywood. He has also taught the art of Breaking to the performers of Cirque Du Soleil's "Quidam."
Now, as an emerging choreographer, Kujo has founded the Lux Aeterna Acrobatic Dance Company, which seamlessly fuses the raw aggression of Breaking/Breakdancing and the powerful grace of gymnastics and Capoeira with the refined beauty of Ballet, Lyrical, and Modern Dance, resulting in a refreshingly new and unique approach to performance art. Kujoâs choreography credits thus far include Dance Spectrum at the El Portal Theater, Carnival: The Choreographerâs Ball at The Key Club, the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Fest at the Palace of Fine Arts, an opera titled "Uncertain Hope" at Cal State Northridge, "Street Cirque" at Cinespace, the Lester Horton Dance Awards at the Alex Theater, and the upcoming "Breakinâ The Cypher" at Hollywoodâs Ford Amphitheater.
You can see Kujo in action in one of his self-produced films, which are available world-wide: "Detours: An Experimental Dance Collaboration" and "Kujo: The Flying Water Buffalo." He also works as a Hollywood stuntman with the Kamikaze Stunts team, most recently completing the independently produced martial arts films "Shira: The Vampire Samurai" and "The Fear of Speed." You can also see Kujo in the upcoming feature film "B-Girl."
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Recent birthday girl and head of "Choreography Modification Department," aka "Choreographicator," aka "Modiforeographer."
Sara hails from Toronto, Canada, and grew up doing rhythmic gymnastics and got into break dancing (aka b-boying/b-girling) in the late 90s while dancing with Culture Shock Dance Troupe. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 2006 with a BA in Film.
A Renaissance woman, she moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her dancing/singing/acting/film-making career. Sara has danced for such artists as the Beastie Boys, Nelly Furtado and Le Tigre as well as in industrials and commercials for Sprint, Maybelline New York, Adidas, Sketchers and Sprite. She can be seen in the upcoming feature film "Kickin' it Old Skool" and on the late night FOX comedy "Talk Show with Spike Feresten".
Sara aka Ms. Mighty is a member of "shebang!" Toronto's all-female break dancing crew (www.shebangcrew.com), and can been seen dancing locally in Los Angeles with an all-female crew of b-girls, lockers, hip hop and house dancers, known as the Get Down Dolls.
Recently Ms. Mighty has crossed over into the world of modern dance as a member of Diavolo Dance Theater Education Company (www.diavolo.org). Diavolo is an LA-based company under the direction of French Choreographer Jaques Heim whose most recent work was choreographing Cirque du Soleil's 'Ka' in Las Vegas.
In addition to performing she enjoys being a positive role model working with youth in after-school performing arts programs and as a gymnastics instructor at Gymnastics World.
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Mariesha Gifted Element Griffin: I would like to give all the glory, honor, and power to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Without him I could do nothing. In fact, I know God brought me to this company to work with a wonderful person like Kujo. The people in this company have become a family to me, and I love them!
Mariesha received her BFA in Dance in 2003 from the Ohio State University at Columbus, which houses one of the countrys top 5 Modern Dance programs, on a Vicki Blaine Dance Scholarship. Her 10-minute silent solo, Rooted Rhythms which she also choreographed earned her a ranking by arts columnist Jay Weitz as one of 2001s 10 best dance choreographers/performers. She was also a guest choreographer for Indiana Dance Theater, who performed her piece Aint Got Soul, and choreographed for, and performed in, Soul Revue at Indiana Universitys famous African American Institute.
Now residing in Los Angeles, Mariesha performs in live shows with Lux Aeterna Dance Company and up-and-coming R&B recording artist Armel, and has worked with top industry choreographers such as Hi-Hat and Toni Basil, as well as Poppin Pete and Suga Pop of the Electric Boogaloos. She also performs with a Christian worship dance company called Edify.
As a dance instructor, Mariesha was hired by Indiana University to teach their first-ever accredited Hip Hop Dance course. She also served as Adjunct Faculty for their Jazz Dance and Musical Theater courses. In LA, she teaches her unique style of choreography at the world-famous Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood, and coaches gymnastics at Burbanks Fun and Fit.
On stage, Mariesha is thrilling and compelling to watch. Her movement is spiritual, fluid, powerful, resilient, and athletic, with influences from Modern, Jazz, Hip Hop, Krumping, Popping, Boogaloo, and Breaking.
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Amy Campion, aka B-Girl Catfox, brings rawness and opinions to the stage with breaking, locking, hip hop, video, theater, beatboxing, and poetry. Amy's recent creations range from "Diamonds," a two-woman hip hop dance/theater play to "BGirls or Be Girls," an outspoken performance about the struggles of women who breakdance. In Los Angeles, Amy has performed with Rennie Harris, Hassan Christopher, Kevin Kane, and Lux Aeterna. She trains and performs with Capoeira Males and hip hop crew BYC in Seattle as well as Capoeira Batuque in Los Angeles. Amy has presented choreography at Highways Performance Space, the Mayan Theater, the Fowler Museum, UCLA's Kinross Theater and Kaufman Theater, UC Riverside, the SPARC Gallery, the 24th Street Theater, and Zen Sushi. She teaches dance and capoeira and has led performance and art activism projects at UCLA, Heartbeat House, the Echo Park Boys & Girls Club, and the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking. Amy graduated in 2006 from UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures.
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Hokuto "Hok" Konishi bio: Born in japan, raised in England, Hok began his dance career from a HipHop background. Noticed for his "Original" Dance style which the foundation belongs in B-boying, Popping, Locking, HipHop, Hok was featured on FOX's smash hit tv show "So You Think You Can Dance" as one of the top 12 finalists. Using his artistic ability, he positions as Quest's head director/choreographer. Hok travels both domestically and internationally teaching, performing, and choreographing. One of the biggest experiences he had from the show, the hummingbird and the flower choreographed by Wade Robson was loved and inspired many people throughout the whole nation.
Media - Vitamin suu "MATCH" (Ootuka Seiyaku), Music Station, Parthenon Tama Dance Competition, Dance Delight?Charcoal Filter music video[Japan], Lunar new year festival, "So You Think You Can Dance"(FOX), MHS Variety show [U.S], FOX reality remix, US weekly, Star magazine, TV guide, FOX news edge, FOX.com, FOX news radio, Wireless news flash, realitycheckbygina.com, realitywanted.com, buddytv.com, blogcritics.com, msn.com.
Battles/Competitions - SYTYCD Top 12, Tony tee Dance contest Winner, VIBE11 Winner, Undadog2 semifinalist, Trickonometry2 semifinalist, Trickonometry1 2nd place, Dance or Die? 10 round survival battle Winner, "HAUNT" Winner, Dance Attack Winner?Dance-bu2007 crew battle Winner,
Other Appearances Hip Hop World Championships opening act, Power Korea Opening Dancer, "CARNIVAL" choreographer's ball, Busta Groove Guest Dancer, Maxt Out Guest Dancer, San Francisco Hip Hop Festival, Dance Master shows.
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Anibal Sandoval, also known as "Animal," is the newest edition to the Lux Aeterna Dance Company. Animal has been studying the art of movement through Breaking for 11 years, and in the past 4 years he's studied other forms of dance movement, including Jazz, Ballet, Modern, and Ballroom. He currently studies at Antelope Valley College under the guidance of Kathy Bingham, Shelby Curtis Meeker, Cindy Littlefield, Rochelle Guardado, Kathleen Burnett, and Chris Anderson.
In addition to dancing, Animal has been teaching tumbling classes for 5 years at various gyms as well as Break-Dancing and conditioning classes. Animal is also part of Lancaster's China Project, studying and performing Chinese Pole, Aerial Silk, Hoop Diving, and Wu Shu under the guidance of master Zheng Yin Ping, the artistic director of China's Fujian Acrobatic Troupe. He has also had the opportunity to work alongside Diavolo Dance Theatre's founder Jacque Heim, performing in Heim's piece, "Tiananmen Square" in Lancasterâs "Dragon Wakes" and "Dance Dimensions," the latter of which also featured Animal's first piece as a choreographer, "Orbital Inevitability."
Animal is also one of the newest additions to Diavolo Dance Theater's Education Company.
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Sarah Moser is the newest female member of Lux Aeterna and is one talented young lady, with Bachelor’s degrees in Drama and English from UC Irvine and lifelong training in Musical Theater, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, and Gymnastics, as well as recent training in Hip Hop, Martial Arts, Stunts, and Circus Arts such as Tissue, Cradle, Trapeze, and Stilts.
Her Musical Theater credits, both as choreographer and performer, are extensive and include “The King and I,” “Bathsheba,” “West Side Story,” and “Grease.” She’s appeared in music videos for Gregory Scott and Lil Chris, the TV show “Day of Independence,” and “Manswers” on Spike TV.
She currently teaches Jazz, Tap, Acro, and competition dance teams at Pacific Dance Center in Irvine, and Gymnastics at Giants in Tustin.
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Steve-O is the new boy! Bio coming soon.
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