Virtual C.V.

Candice Michelle Franklin



Director/Owner of Pro DANZ® Group, Inc.
Master Teacher in Jazz for Joffrey Ballet School
Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary Audition Instructor/Scholarship Adjudicator
Head Choreographer for CEG Live Productions
Artistic Producer/Choreographer for Jazz Ain’t Dead®
www.JazzAintDead.com
www.CandiceFranklin.com

Contact:
212-426-1305
candicegetsdown@hotmail.com
www.facebook.com/candicegetsdown

 

 

 

Biography

Originally from St. Louis, MO, born and bred into Jazz dance and influenced greatly by the Jazz music scene, Candice Michelle Franklin is a New York based professional dancer, choreographer, and producer who has been seen in numerous film, TV shows, music videos, industrials, and, of course, on the live stage performing in plays and dance companies.  She has a B.A. in Fine Arts majoring in Dance on four-year scholarship, studied on scholarship at Steps on Broadway, trained in St. Louis at Missouri Concert Ballet, and, upon invitation to New York, received her conservatory training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.  She owns Dance Industrial Professionals, Inc./The Pro DANZ Group in which she oversees the dance and creative direction of several performance groups, recording artists, industrials, and stage shows. 

Her choreography has been performed in a host of New York venues including Jacob Javitz Convention Center, The Syracuse OnCenter, Capitale, Odeum Expo Center,  Highline Ballroom, Broad Street Ballroom, The Kumble Theater, Symphony Space, Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Cafe, Webster Hall, The SPACE at Westbury/Westbury Theater, Stage 48, the Oheka Castle, The Theater of Riverside Church, Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, The Sage Theater, American Theater of Actors, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and Joyce SoHo, as well as numerous casinos on the east coast such as Turning Stone, the Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Trump Taj Mahal, Tropicana, Borgata, and Caesar’s.  In addition, she serves as choreographer for a number of recording artists including internationally celebrated Bollywood Hip hop artist, SHAKTI, and Grammy award winning recording artist, Macy Gray.  Most recently, her choreography work has been commissioned by Pro Arte Dance for continued performances at the Kay Meek Center in Vancouver, Canada, and Tiny Starr Productions at the National Black Theater and Symphony Space. 

Currently, she is Head Choreographer for CEG Productions LLC, she performs with the legendary master jazz pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs II's New Vintage, and works as the producer and choreographer for Jazz Ain’t Dead®, a live band and dance production group.  Miss Franklin is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

 

 

Candice Michelle Franklin Master Teacher in Jazz and Jazz Dance Studies Master Class List

Dance Conservatories/Colleges/Academies Joffrey Ballet School                                                              Hubbard Street Dance Chicago                                              Vancouver School of Arts and Academics                                Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita Academy       Mauro Youth Ballet                              Andanza Contemporary Dance Pacific Northwest Ballet                                                          IABD/Dallas Black Dance Theatre                                           Boston Ballet                                                                    University of Hartford/The Hart School Colorado Ballet                           East Coast Ballet                                                              Detroit Music Hall Center for Performing Arts                         University of Utah/Marriott Center for Dance                          IABD/Joy for Motion Dance Center                                         Bravo Dance Center                                                                Maria Verdeja School of the Arts                                             Freddy Jet Art House and Dance Conservatory                      The Ballet School of Stamford                                                  Walnut Hill School for the Arts                                              NOCCA -New Orleans Center for Creative Arts                       Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts     Young Dance Academy                                                             Joffrey Ballet School/Miami -New World School of the Arts      University of Kansas Department of Dance                              Uptown Dance Academy                                                           Ballet Hispanico                                                                         Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Wycoff School of Dance                                                            Cycely Tyson High School of the Performing Arts                    Next Step Dance Studio                                                            Expressions Dance Studio                                                         Ballet Nova                                                                     Albemarle Ballet Theatre                                                           Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center                                           Angela Floyd Schools                                                                N'Ferno Performing Arts Center                                   Kansas City Ballet  Center for Performing Arts Methuen                                         Carolina Dance Center                                              IABD/Cleveland Dance Movement                                           Infinity Dance Company                                                            Westside Dance Academy Together We Dance PINX Dance Academy Jovan Miller Dance Productions IABD/Denver Center for the Performing Arts Kent State University The Majestic/Dance Prodigy Booking Suzanne’s Main Street Dance Centre Classical Ballet Academy Arkansas Academy of Dance Eisenhower Dance

State/Location New York, NY Chicago, IL Vancouver, WA Vancouver, Canada San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Seattle, WA Dallas, TX Boston, MA Hartford, CT Denver, CO Jacksonville, FL Detroit, MI Salt Lake City, UT Washington, D.C. Warminster, PA Coral Gables, FL Oxford, AL Stamford, CT Natick, MA New Orleans, LA Dallas, TX Milwaukee, WI Miami, Florida Lawrence, KS New York, NY New York, NY Pittsburgh, PA Wycoff, NJ East Orange, NJ Milwaukee, WI West Union, IA Falls Church, VA Crozet, VA Bronx, NY Knoxville, TN Randallstown, MD Kansas City, MO Methuen, MA Raleigh, NC Cleveland, OH Lyndon, WA Waukee, IA St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Seattle, WA Denver, CO Kent, OH Bellingham, WA Detroit, MI Portland, OR Little Rock, AK Rochester, MI

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Video Samples
All Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

1. Style - Traditional Concert Jazz
Mingus in My Cup
Pro Arte Dance Centre Student Ballet Company CatchingArt

2.  Style – Neo-Afro Contemporary Concert Jazz
Afro Blue
Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Students with Jazz Ain’t Dead® at Harlem Arts Festival

3.  Style - Jazz
Golden
Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Summer Intensive Students Class Combos

4.  Style – Latin Inspired/Traditional Concert Jazz
Overjoyed
Joffrey Trainee performs duet live with Jazz Ain’t Dead®

5. Style – Contemporary Jazz/Lyrical
Ain’t No Sunshine
Solo Choreography – Classroom Exercise
Choreography Courtesy of Jazz Ain’t Dead®

6. Style – “Candice” Jazz
People in the City
The Bucket Dance of Union Square
Students of the Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary Summer Dance Intensive
Opening Number 2016
Guest Performers Courtesy of Jazz Ain’t Dead®



7. Style – “Candice” Jazz
Let’s Go Crazy
Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary Summer Dance Intensive
Opening Number 2017
Guest Performers Courtesy of Jazz Ain’t Dead®

8. Style – Contemporary
Billie Jean
Jazz Ain’t Dead® performs contemporary duet at Joyce SoHo

9. Style – Theater Jazz Inspired by Bob Fosse
Fever
Jazz Ain’t Dead® performs classic Jazz trio -Produced by Jazzmobile

 

10.  Style – Theatrical Commercial Pop Jazz
Alice in Wonderland Tea Party Revue
CEG Live Special Event Company New Year’s Eve Performance

11.  Style – Concert Jazz
Jazz Ain’t Dead® Montage
Montage of Jazz Ain’t Dead Show:  The JAD Lounge

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Click here for choreography recommendation letters:

Randy Thomas, Universal Music Group (Jazz & Contemporary Music Label Executive)

Beverly Fish, CEG Productions, LLC (Live Music and Dance Event Corporation)

Adam Hootnick, Resonance Interactive (Music Video Film Director/Film Production Company)

Lafayette Harris, Jr., Pianist (Major Jazz Recording Artist and Music Director of Bring in Da’ Noise/Funk)

SHAKTI, Internationally Celebrated Bollywood Hip Hop Recording Artist

Michael Blake, Director of Jazz and Contemporary at Joffrey Ballet School (Testimonial of Choreography/Instruction)

PS 87, Testimonial of Student Lecture Demonstration

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