"It's a Latin Thing" Cabaret Show
Friday & Saturday Nights (thru June 27th)

 

Featuring:

Vai

Born and raised in the paradisiacal island of Tahiti, Vai discovered her passion for Dance at the early age of 3 through classical ballet. After drilling fundamental dancing techniques for many years, she discovered Jazz, Hip Hop and Salsa to be fun and exciting.

At the age of 18, Vai found herself unleashed in this crazy world of entertainment we call Hollywood. Soon after her arrival into the United States, she was signed by one of the most renowned dance agency called Bloc, inc. who allowed her talents to be recognized by top directors such as David la Chapelle, Zalman King, Dave Meyers and Paul Hunter throughout Music Videos, commercials, TV shows, and films.

You can see her work with many top artists’ concerts, music videos, and live performances such as Justin Timberlake, Lenny Kravitz, Usher, Craig David and many more. You might also catch her on national commercials such as Dr. Pepper, Gap, El Pollo Loco, Motorola, Verizon, etc. She also appears in films such as Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, You Got Served, Undiscovered, O.J.T, and more. For the last past 2 years, Vai has found a passion for choreographing. Her versatility in many dance genres has given her the opportunity to choreograph for different artists and projects such as Chris Brown & Ciarra, Neyo, commercials for DSW shoes or simply private events such as corporate diner shows and weddings.

Vai is now based in Los Angeles where she not only works as a choreographer, performer and instructor but where she is also persuing acting. According to her, not using what you where naturally gifted with is a complete waist of Life. “You only live once…”, she says. One of her favorite quotes is “ The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings” by Eric Hoffer.

Alyra Lennox

Alyra Lennox co-founded a Los Angeles based salsa company in 1998 and appeared as a featured dancer in the film Dance With Me, followed by appearances in various other US films, music videos, tours and morning shows. In December of 2000 she moved to Milan, Italy to dance with Tropical Gem Dance Company, playing a major role in gaining international recognition as one of the best salsa dance companies in the world. With Tropical Gem she has performed and taught at various events all over the globe: France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, England, Ireland, Belgium, Egypt, Australia, Uruguay, Argentina, Cuba, Italy and many others.

She has appeared on popular Italian television shows numerous times, has co choreographed over 20 shows, has instructed thousands of people and has won various awards including 1st place in the World Salsa Open in Milan and Best Salsa Company at the UK congress.

Carolina Cerisola

Carolina Cerisola was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a child, she studied gymnastic for eight years, competing in national and Pan-American championships.

She commenced her career as a professional dancer performing at the age of 16 on Argentinean prime-time television shows, headlining the best venues in Buenos Aires. This led her, two years later, to embark on her first Latin American tour with the famous Venezuelan singer, Jose Luis Rodriguez.

At the age of 19, she moved to the United States to further her career and became the dancing partner of one of the world’s top salsa dancers, Johnny Vazquez. Together they toured Europe and Latin America with the International Salsa Congress sponsored by Bacardi, which led them in 2001 to take first place in the world’s largest salsa championship held in Los Angeles.

After six years of touring the world as a renowned salsa dancer, Carolina decided to team up with Ivan Kane in Los Angeles, to create Forty Deuce - a Burlesque Cabaret that has become one of the most celebrated hot-spots in Hollywood. As a headliner there, people from across the globe became familiar with Carolina’s unique Burlesque and Latin flavored style of dancing, when the Bravo Channel decided to document the rising success of Forty Deuce, in a reality TV show focused around Carolina.

She has been a recurring guest star in several TV shows, such as the Jimmy Kimmel Show and performed in an array of movies such as David Lynch’s” “Island Empire,” “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang” and “Undiscovered” which marked the debut of her choreographing career.

Carolina’s unique talent and dance style prompted many acclaimed artists like Prince, Sting, Justin Timberlake Heath Ledger, Fionna Apple and Daniel Lanois to collaborate with her on an array of artistic projects including music videos and a recently completed tour as a guest headlining dancer with Sting.

Currently, Carolina is using her specialized dance and entertainment experience to produce and direct her own projects in Hollywood and all over the globe.