Worst Day Ever..........

I'm so sad today...  Prince is my music idol.  Rest in Peace....  4/21/2016

This is my favorite Prince song ever.  Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin originally performed for the Prince Tribute show DMSR. directed by Reuben Edwards 

Coming Home to Christmas 2015 Videos

 

Mary, Did You Know Sunday Performance 2015

There is No Failure Friday Performance 2015

 

Patience Monologue & Funeral
Friday Performance 2015

The Eyes of All -Angel Scene

 

Mary, Did You Know with Coffee Table
Friday Performance 2015

 

Club Scene Friday Performance 2015

 

Hospital Scene Friday Performance 2015

Opening Scene Sunday Performance 2015

There is No Failure Sunday Performance Side View

 

Church Scene Sunday 2015

The Eyes of All Sunday Performance 2015

 

Hospital Scene Sunday Performance 2015

 

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Master Class and Audition Tour Winter 2016

 

Master Class and Joffrey Ballet School Adjudication schedule for Candice Michelle Franklin Winter 2016.

Date	Venue	City
Sunday, January 10, 2016	Center for Performing Arts, Metheun	Boston, MA
Sunday, January 17, 2016	Carolina Dance Center	Raleigh, NC
Thursday, January 21, 2016	IABD Denver	Denver, CO
Friday, January 22, 2016	Dance Prodigy Booking Closed Master Class	Ferndale, WA
Saturday, January 23, 2016	Dance Prodigy Booking @The Majestic	Bellingham, WA
Sunday, January 24, 2016	Kansas City Ballet School	Kansas City, KS
Saturday, January 30, 2016	Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	Chicago, IL
Saturday, January 30, 2016	Pro Arte Centre Master Class TBD	Vancouver, Canada
Sunday, January 31, 2016	Pro Arte Centre	Vancouver, Canada
Saturday, February 6, 2016	Arkansas Academy of Dance	Little Rock, AR
Saturday, February 13, 2016	Eisenhower Dance	Rochester, MI
Saturday, February 20, 2016	Elevation Dance Company	Billings, MT
Sunday, February 21, 2016	Kent State University	Kent, OH
Saturday, March 5, 2016	Classical Ballet Academy	Portland, OR
Saturday, March 12, 2016	Venue TBD	Baltimore, MD

Pro Arte Performs New Work by Candice Michelle Franklin

Teen dance company from Pro Arte Dance Center in Vancouver, Canada performs beautifully a new work by Candice Michelle Franklin.  Director is Astrid Sherman.  Check it out!

Nature Boy

Music by Kurt Elling

Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin
Courtesy of Jazz Ain't Dead

More Cowbell–Master Class with Candice Michelle Franklin

Give me an hour and one dance combination
and you get this…

”More Cowbell!”
Master Class with Candice Michelle Franklin
Advanced Intermediate Jazz at Pro Arte Dance,
Vancouver, Canada

Dancing in the Dark today

Hey, the tune is called Dark Horse,
so, of course, we’re dancing in the dark today!
”Dark Horse”
Music sung and re-interpreted by Alexa Ford

Class Combination Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin
Advanced Intermediate Master Class at Pro Arte Dance Center, Vancouver, Canada

Master Class Schedule Summer 2015

 

Candice Michelle Franklin Summer 2015 TEACHING TOUR
Master Class Schedule for Candice Michelle Franklin Summer 2015.

 

Date	Venue	City
July 27 – August 14, 2015	Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive 2015	New York, NY
August 17 – 21, 2015	Center for Performing Arts, Metheun, Summer Dance Intensive	Boston, MA
August 22 – 24, 2015	Dance Prodigy Booking Dance Workshop	Ferndale, WA
August 24 – 29, 2015	Pro Arte Dance Summer Dance Intensive & Commissioned Work	Vancouver, B.C. Canada
August 31 – September 5, 2015	Mauro Youth Ballet	San Juan, Puerto Rico
September 3 – 4, 2015	Andanza Contemporary Dance	San Juan, Puerto Rico

Last Class of the Spring Semester 2015

Today was my last class with my students at the Joffrey Ballet School ending Spring Semester 2015!  It was a fantastic year…  Miss you already guys! 
Muah, Muah, Muah!!!

Joffrey Ballet School Jazz Class with Candice Michelle Franklin
May 28, 2015

Amy Schumer Babies and Bustiers

Hey, Fam,

See if you can spot your gal in this funny clip!  I’m playing a pageant mom.   I was in three other scenes (One backstage with character daughter, one in the lobby rehearsing dance steps with daughter, and one sitting in a row with other pageant mom;s being judgmental to Amy’s character, but they were all cut from this clip…  Probably to long…….  Booooooo.  But a fun day anyway!!!!!

Enjoy!

Bio

Candice Michelle Franklin

Dance Artist/Choreographer/Producer

Master Instructor in Jazz Dance Studies: 
Traditional Jazz Technique, Contemporary Jazz Soul, Lyrical, Theater Jazz, Afro-Fusion Jazz,
Latin Jazz Styles, Commercial Jazz, Street Jazz for Young Dancers, Studies in Jazz Rhythms for Dancers,
Concert Jazz & Repertory from Jazz Ain't Dead®

Born and bred into Jazz music and dance, Candice Michelle Franklin is the creator and choreographer of the music and dance live stage production, "Jazz Ain't Dead®" and a national touring master instructor in Jazz dance studies to academy, collegiate, and conservatory-trained students across the country.  Originally from St. Louis, MO, she is now a New York based professional dancer, choreographer, and producer who has been seen in numerous film, TV shows, music videos, industrials, and, on the live stage performing in plays and dance companies.  While in St. Louis, she trained at her cousin's studio, Pelagie Green Wren Academy of Dance, Ray Parks Academy of Dance, Geri Stretz Academy, and Missouri Concert Ballet.  Later, she received her in B.A. in dance on a four-year dance scholarship. While in New York she received her formal training at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center as well as studied on scholarship at Steps on Broadway.  Since then, she performed in New York City with the Dunham-based dance company, Joan Peters Dance Company and modern-based company, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, and performed as principal dancer with Nommo Contemporary Dance Company, Phoenix Rising Dance Company, the Underground Dance Project, Vissi Dance Theater, and the Graham-based dance company, Avodah Dance Ensemble.                                         

Since 2001, she has owned 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 work has been performed in a host of New York venues including Jacob Javitz Convention Center, The Kumble Theater, Syracuse Oncenter, Odeum Expo Center, Broad Street Ballroom, Capitale, 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, 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 the Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun, the Borgata, Turning Stone, Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Tropicana, and Caesar’s.

Currently, Miss Franklin performs live with legendary Jazz Pianist, Onaje Allan Gumbs II's New Vintage, works as an Advance Jazz Instructor and adjudicator for the Joffrey Ballet School in the Jazz and Contemporary department and instructs on the Joffrey Ballet School's Master Teacher National Tour, serves as the Head Choreographer for CEG Productions, a high-end exclusive event production company choreographing singers and dancers, background singers, and actors for live stage shows, and produces and choreographs, Jazz Ain't Dead®, a live band and dance production group performing for Jazz festivals.  Miss Franklin is a founding member of iDANZ, Inc., a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, and is represented by DDO Artists New York City

Photo:  Members of the JAD team pictured with Candice (second from left).

Recent Choreography Credits:

·          WEBBY-nominated music video for the rock band Black Taxi called “Shoeshine,”

·          Music video for rapper, BRASCO called “So Fresh”

·          Holiday stage play, "Coming Home to Christmas," at Theater of the Riverside Church

·          Gospel stage play, Blest Be the Tide, performed at Aaron Davis Hall in New York City

·          MTV’s “Listen to the Beat” Live in Concert

Additional Chorography Credits:

·         The Live Concert Grammy Award winning recording artist, MACY GRAY

·         80′s Girl Group, BUFFALO STANCE

·         R&B Hip Hop recording artists including NATIAH

·         Internationally celebrated Bollywood Hip hop artist, SHAKTI  

Current Positions:

·         Performs with the legendary master Jazz pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs II's New Vintage

·         Advanced Jazz instructor and adjudicator for The Joffrey Ballet School in the Jazz and Contemporary department to their summer intensive and elite professional bound trainee programs, and instructs in Joffrey's Master Teacher National Tour.

·         Head Choreographer for CEG Productions, a high-end exclusive event production company, choreographing dancers and singers, background singers, and actors for live stage shows

·         Works as the producer and choreographer for Jazz Ain’t Dead®, a live band and dance production group performing at Jazz Festivals and Jazz concert series’ such as Jazzmobile, the Harlem Shrines, and the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival. 

Upcoming:

JAD (Jazz Ain’t Dead), Candice’s production company, will be featured as one of the resident performance groups for the upcoming NASHVILLE JAZZ FESTIVAL slated for the Summer 2015!


Click Here for C.V.           

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

Contact Info: 
Candice Franklin, New York, NY  ♦ (212) 426-1305  ♦ Email: candicegetsdown@gmail.com  

♦ Website: www.JazzAintDead.com

Recap: Albemarle Ballet Theatre Joffrey Audition

Hey Folks,

Just got back from my first weekend of the Joffrey audition tour.  I was teaching the lovely students in Crozet, Virginia at Albemarle Ballet Theatre, and a local NBC news crew swung by before I taught my Jazz audition for the Joffrey Ballet Jazz and Contemporary program.  These students were so well behaved and very attentive which I love!  I hope to see them again soon.

Anywho, watch me swing the curtain open and "sashay" past the camera in my casual NY model walk.  That part is hilarious!

Enjoy........

NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather

NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather

Joffrey Jazz and Contemporary Audition Tour 2015

Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Audition Tour 2015
Coming to a City Near You!

Michael Blake, Director
with Joi Lynn, Candice Michelle Franklin, and David Strobbe

 

Once again I’m honored to be joining the audition team of the Joffrey Jazz & Contemporary Department.  I will be a master instructor on the tour as well as adjudicating placement into the school’s summer intensive and trainee programs. 
Hope to see you on tour!

Audition Cities for Candice Michelle Franklin

Saturday, January 10, 2015	Ballet Nova	Falls Church	VA
Sunday, January 11, 2015	Albemarle Ballet Theatre	Crozet	VA
Sunday, January 18, 2015	Carolina Dance Center	Raleigh	NC
Friday, January 23, 2015	Infinity Dance Company- closed Master Class	Bellingham	WA
Saturday, January 24, 2015	Infinity Dance Company	Bellingham	WA
Saturday, January 31, 2015	Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	Chicago	IL.
Sunday, February 1, 2015	Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita Academy	North Vancouver	BC
Saturday, February 7, 2015	Music Hall Center for Performing Arts	Detroit	MI
Saturday, February 14, 2015	Kansas City Ballet School	Kansas City	MO
Sunday, February 15, 2015	Westside Dance Academy	Waukee	IA
Saturday, February 28, 2015	Hope College Dance Department (Dow Center)	Holland	MI
Sunday, March 1, 2015	Young Dance Academy	Oak Creek	WI

November Master Classes in Knoxville, Tennessee

 

I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be teaching Master Classes from 2pm –7pm at Angela Floyd Schools –North, Saturday, November 22 in Knoxville, TN.  Wow!  I haven’t been to Knoxville since my Dad drove our family there for the World’s Fair on a family vacation.  Hey, whatever happened to the World’s Fair anyway???

Anywho, be prepared to SWEAT Knoxville… 

I’m on my way!!!!!

Click here for more information.

 

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Winter Tour Schedule

 

Candice Michelle Franklin
Winter Master Class Teaching Tour Schedule
2014-2015

 

Date	Organization	State	What
October 11, 2014	N’Ferno Performing Arts Center	Randallstown, MD	Dance Monsters Intensive
November 22, 2014	Angela Floyd Schools	Knoxville, TN	Master Classes
January 3 –4, 2015	Center for Performing Arts Methuen	Boston, MA	Master Class & Composition Workshop
January 8, 2015	Mind-Builders	Bronx, NY	Master Class
January 10, 2015	Ballet Nova	Falls Church, VA	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
January 11, 2015	Albemarle Ballet Theatre	Crozet, VA	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
January 18, 2015	Carolina Dance Center	Raleigh, NC	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
January 22, 2015	IABD International Blacks in Dance Conference	Cleveland, Ohio	Master Class
January 23, 2015	Infinity Dance Company	Bellingham, WA	Closed Master Class
January 24, 2015	Infinity Dance Company	Bellingham, WA	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
January 31, 2015	Hubbard Street Dance Chicago	Chicago, IL	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
February 1	Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita Academy	North Vancouver, BC Canada	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
February 7	Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts	Detroit, MI	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
February 14	Kansas City Ballet School	Kansas City, MO	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
February 15	Westside Dance Academy	Waukee, IA	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
February 28	Hope College Dance Department (Dow Center)	Holland, MI	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator
March 1	Young Dance Academy	Milwaukee, WI	Joffrey Master Class Audition Instructor/Adjudicator

 

 

 

 

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Coming Home to Christmas Sneak Peak

Sneak peak

I’m back again choreographing “Coming Home to Christmas.”  Yay!!!!

If you missed the production last year, no worries!  The show will run again this holiday season
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 19 – 21, 2014.
Here’s one of my favorite numbers from the show…..

Enjoy!

“Mary, Did You Know” 
–Excerpt from “Coming home to Christmas” performed last year at the Theatre of Riverside Church, December 2013. 
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

Candice Choreographs Coming Home to Christmas at National Black Theatre

Hey, Folks,

 

I’m teaming with Tiny Star Productions again for the third time.  Yay!

Come to our holiday production, “Coming Home to Christmas,” choreographed by Yours Truly!

 

Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

 

Coming Home to Christmas

Friday, December 19, 2014, 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 20, 2014, 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 21, 2014, 4:00 pm

 

 

Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's
The National Black Theatre

  

LOCATED BETWEEN 124th and 125th STREETS

2031 5th Avenue
New York, NY, 10035

EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

 

General Admission Ticket Price $40.00 
GROUP TICKETS AVAILABLE

$35.00

TO PURCHASE TICKETS CLICK HERE
or 
Call  888.679.3104

THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE 
THE BOX OFFICE AND WILL CALL 
WILL BE OPEN ONE HOUR BEFORE THE CURTAIN CALL

For Information About Up-coming Shows:

Call Tiny Star Productions
888.679.3104  info@tinystarrproductions.com

 

 

Dora and Friends Promo

 

This was a fun gig!  Me, in the center, as Dora the Explorer for Nickelodeon’s new show promo, “Dora and Friends!”