Master Class and Audition Tour Winter 2019

DATE	VENUE	CITY
1/6/2019	Edge School of the Arts	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1/19/2019	Beck Center for the Arts	Lakewood, OH
1/20/2019	School of Classical Ballet and Dance	West Des Moines, IA
1/27/2019	Young Dance Academy	Oak Creek, WI
2/1 – 2/2/2019	Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita	North Vancouver, Canada
2/3/2019	Alberta Ballet School	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2/9/2019	Professional Dance Center St. Louis	St. Louis, MO
2/10/2019	Kansas City Ballet School	Kansas City, MO
2/16/2019	Center for Dance Education Carolina Ballet	Columbia, South Carolina
3/16/2019	Heart of America Dance Center	Lee Summit, MO

Catch Me With Your Eagle Eye!

The things I do on my day off........

With an eagle eye, you can catch me in the upper left corner!!!! 
I'm trying to give you serious concern face...




Law & Order SVU "Mea Culpa"
Season 20 Episode 9
November 15, 2018

Candice on Stephen Colbert again!!!

Check out who is on Stephen Colbert again....  A tiny role, but check me out stage left and maroon blazer doing arm "ography" at the very end!!!  An eagle eye would see me in the very beginning too!!!!

Master Class at KU

Here’s a combo from the Bucket Dance/People in the City that I originally created and choreographed on the students of Joffrey Ballet School.  In this video, I got the students from the University of Kansas getting a kick out of it… LOL

James Brown Medley Tech Rehearsal

Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary Summer Dance Intensive 2018
 
James Brown Medley
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

James Brown Medley Studio Rehearsal

Here we go!
James Brown Medley Studio Rehearsal

 


Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary
Summer Dance Intensive 2018
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

A Year after Hurricane Maria with Mauro Youth Ballet of Puerto Rico

All Right Puerto Rico…. #PRStrong!

Master Class with Mauro Youth Ballet a year after Hurricane Maria.



I LOVE you guys!!!  You’re the strongest dang dancers I know, inside and out!!!!

San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2018

Joffrey Summer Dance Intensive 2018 Does JAMES BROWN

That's Right!  James Brown Medley for Joffrey Summer Dance Intensive Students 2018.
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

Enjoy!

August 10, 2018
7pm

Master Class Schedule Summer 2018

Candice Michelle Franklin 
Summer 2018 TEACHING TOUR

Date	Venue	City
July 16 – August 10, 2018	Friends & Co.	Long Island, NY
July 1, 2018	Friends & Co.	Fairfield, CT
July 16 – August 10, 2018	Joffrey Ballet School Jazz & Contemporary Summer Dance Intensive 2018	New York, NY
August 3, 2018	Friends & Co.	New York, NY
August 13 - 19, 2018	Mauro Youth Ballet	San Juan, Puerto Rico
August 20 – 25, 2018	Center for Performing Arts, Methuen, Summer Dance Intensive	Boston, MA
September 10 – 16, 2018	The Putney School	Putney, VT

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A Great Day with CPAM

Hey, Everybody!

I got the  pleasure to be asked to guest choreograph “Be Our Guest” for Center of Performing Arts Methuen, Boston, production of Beauty of the Beast today.
The kids were amazing.  We were able to do all of this in one day’s rehearsal.  I LOVE THESE KIDS!  Enjoy…….

Thank you, Michelle Michitson, for having me today!

Master Class and Audition Tour Winter 2018

Candice Michelle Franklin 
Winter 2018 TEACHING TOUR

Date	Venue	City
January 7, 2018	Center for Performing Arts - Methuen	Methuen, MA
January 13, 2018	Elite Dance Studio	Portland, OR
January 19 - 20, 2018	The Majestic	Bellingham, WA
February 2 – 3, 2018	Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita Academy	North Vancouver, BC Canada
February 4, 2018	School of Alberta Ballet	Calgary, Aberta Canada
February 7, 2018	Webster University	St. Louis, MO
February 11, 2018	Kansas City Ballet	Kansas City, MO
February 24, 2018	Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School	Pittsburgh, PA
February 25, 2018	Pennsylvania School of the Performing Arts	Newtown, PA
March 3, 2018	Jody Phillips Dance Company	Overland Park, KS
March 4, 2018	School of Nashville Ballet	Nashville, TN

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Ain’t No Sunshine – Video

When you have beautiful talent in front of you…  Why not just create a new solo just because???

”Ain’t No Sunshine”
Music by Bill Withers

Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin
Danced by Alisha Ahmadi

Pro Arte Dance Centre
Vancouver, B.C.  Canada

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A Little Note of Surprise

To one of my favorite private solo dance students:
…A Wonderful little flower who's a talented FIGHTER, a PASSIONATE dancer,
with even a bigger HEART!
Thanks sooooo much for my gift! I finally had that yummy hot cocoa... Good luck, Amberlie!
MUAH!!!!

Pictured here with dance assistant, Kylie  (left) ,and young solo dancer, Amberlie (right), at Infinity Dance Company in Lynden, WA.

My Favorite Things with Pro Arte

Ready for the Holidays in August!
One of my favorite dance schools to choreograph on Pro Arte in Vancouver, Canada
and their teen ballet company, CatchingArt!

”My Favorite Things”
Sung by Michelle Coltrane
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin



Enjoy!

Joffrey Ballet School Summer Dance Intensive 2017

Joffrey Ballet School Summer Dance Intensive 2017
is in the books!!!!   

Go TEAM SILVER!

Let's Go Crazy 

 2017 Opening Number

Music by Prince Rogers Nelson

Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin

Music Track Arrangement by Chris Rob

Jerome Jordan, Lead Guitar & Vocals

Derek Ferguson, Vocals

Dancers: Team Silver

Tevin, Raul, Giovanni, Paige, Payton, Bianca, Maya D., Mya B.,
Olivia, Caitlin, Rebeca, Shelby, Alyssa

You Guys Rock!  Thanks soooooo much.............

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Center for Performing Arts - Methuen

Center for Performing Arts – Methuen of Boston, Massachusetts

You Guys Rock!

You Betta WERK That Shrek Musical!!!!

Thanks Michelle Michitson for having me once again at your beautiful school.

I hope to come back and see What’s up in Dulac…..
Good luck guys….  I Love you………

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Mingus in My Cup Performance Video

“Mingus in My Cup”
Choreography by Candice Michelle Franklin
Music by Charles Mingus
Finally, here’s the video of now one of my favorite pieces ever!!!
Performed by the company students of Pro Arte Dance Centre, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

CatchingART Contemporary Ballet Theatre
Miss Astrid Sherman, Director

Smurfs at the International Day of Happiness - Vignette

Guess who is Brainy Smurf!

Candice Michelle Franklin –Choreographer, Dance Artist, Master Teacher in Jazz Dance Studies

Candice Michelle FranklinCreator of JAZZ AIN'T DEAD® Live Music and Dance Production

Dance Artist/Choreographer/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®

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 work has been performed in a host of New York venues including Jacob Javitz Convention Center, The Syracuse OnCenter, Capitale, Odeum Expo Center, 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, 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. 

Most recently, her choreography work has been seen in the WEBBY-nominated music video for the rock band Black Taxi called “Shoeshine,” in the holiday stage play, "Coming Home to Christmas," and in the gospel stage play, Blest Be the Tide, performed at Aaron Davis Hall in New York City.  In addition, she is Head Choreographer for CEG Productions LLC, is choreographer for the 80′s Girl Group, Buffalo Stance, and serves as choreographer for a number of recording artists including Natiah, internationally celebrated Bollywood Hip hop artist, SHAKTI, the rapper BRASCO, and Grammy award winning recording artist, Macy Gray. 

Currently, she performs with the legendary master jazz pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs II's New Vintage, works as an Advanced Jazz instructor and adjudicator for The Joffrey Ballet School in the Jazz and Contemporary department for their summer intensive and elite professional bound trainee programs, instructs in Joffrey's Master Teacher National tour, and 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.  Miss Franklin is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and a founding member of the not-for-profit 501(c)3 dance advocacy foundation, iDANZ®, Inc.

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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 SchoolColorado 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 TheatreWycoff 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 DancePINX 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 School of Alberta Ballet Edge School for Athletes Hovi Strauss – Dance Etc.! California Dance Theater

State/LocationNew York, NY Chicago, IL Vancouver, WA Vancouver, Canada San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico Seattle, WA Dallas, TX Boston, MA Hartford, CTDenver, CO Jacksonville, FL Detroit, MI Salt Lake City, UT Washington, D.C. Warminster, PACoral 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 Calgary, Canada Calgary, Canada Fargo, ND Agoura, CA

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Click Here for C.V.

Click Here for Videos

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

Master Class and Audition Schedule Winter 2017 for Candice Michelle Franklin

 

Master Class and Audition Schedule Winter 2017
for Candice Michelle Franklin

Date	Studio	Location
1/8/2017	Edge School for Athletics	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1/14/2017	Elite Dance Studio	Portland, Oregon
1/15/2017	Pro Arte Centre/Pro Merita	North Vancouver, B.C. Canada
1/21/2017	Dance Prodigy Booking	Bellingham, Washington
1/22/2017	California Dance Theater	Agoura Hill, CA
1/25/2017- 1/27/2017	IABD 29th International Annual Conference  Hosted by Dallas Black Dance Theatre	Dallas, TX
1/28/2017	Hovi Strauss – Dance, Etc.!	Grand Forks, ND
2/12/2017	Kansas City Ballet	Kansas City, MO
2/25/2017	School of Alberta Ballet	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

 

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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 The Majestic School of Alberta Ballet Edge School for Athletes Hovi Strauss – Dance Etc.! California Dance Theater

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 Bellingham, WA Calgary, Canada Calgary, Canada Fargo, ND Agoura, CA

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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 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

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