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Entertainment Business:
Terri Lindholm - President of Go 2 Talent AgencyTerry Lindholm is currently the President of Go 2 Talent Agency, Inc., a boutique talent agency focused on representing dancers & choreographers. His career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher has spanned all areas of the entertainment industry, bringing a diverse range of experience to his clients. As a student in Chicago he performed with Hubbard Street Dance Company at Chicago’s 150th Birthday Celebration (Tribute to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson), Ruth Page’s Nutcracker and as a member of Chi-Town Jazz Dance under the direction of Meribeth Kisner. After moving to Los Angeles in 1987 he danced 3 years on the Reba McEntire Tour (Dance Captain, including the Reba Live DVD, Take It Back music video, appearances on Jay Leno & the Country Music Awards), the movies Newsies, Forrest Gump, Gregory Hines’ Tap, Shout with John Travolta and I’ll Do Anything for the incomparable Twyla Tharp. His Television credits include the role of Flagstaff in Bette Midler’s Gypsy, The American Music Awards, three years on the Academy Awards, In Living Color with Jim Carrey, Mother Goose Rock & Rhyme, In Search of Dr. Suess as the Onceler, Polly Come Home for director Debbie Allen and The Tracey Ullman Show. He also has worked on commercials for Carnival Cruise Lines, Nestle, Kodak, Asti Spumanti, Frito’s w/Reba McEntire and live events for brands such as Adidas, Dr. Pepper & Levi’s among others. Work shopped the Broadway show Parade with Hal Prince, toured with Lucie Arnaz (daughter of the legendary Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz Jr.), choreographed Rita Moreno for Jerry Herman’s Broadway at the Bowl – “Tap Your Trouble’s Away” and created the tap sequence for the score of the film The Thomas Crown Affair, under the direction of Bill Conti. Choreographed many premiere shows for Buena Vista Pictures including Toy Story 1 & 2, Tarzan, Mulan and the re-release of the Little Mermaid at Madison Square Garden under the direction of Barnette Ricci. In addition, he has worked with recording artists Harry Connick, Jr., the Beach Boys (Including the Beach Boys Cheerleaders for their cover of Elton John’s “Crocodile Rock” music video), Donny Osmond, Donna Summer, Chayanne and the Vietnamese variety show Paris By Night.
During this time he has had the opportunity to work for the very best choreographers in the business including, Scott Salmon, Joe Tremaine, Jerry Evans, Shanda Sawyer, Tam Warner, Marguerite Derricks, Joe Malone, Daniel Ezralow, Otis Sallid, Vincent Paterson, Leslie Cook, Bonnie Walker, Anita Mann, Debbie Allen, Peggy Holmes, Kenny Ortega, Jeffrey Hornaday, Michelle Johnston, Rosie Perez, Gene Castle, Michael Peters, Walter Painter, Twyla Tharp and Lou Conte. Terry comes from a dance studio background and has been teaching on the convention circuit since 1989 with Tremaine Dance Conventions, Al Gilbert Dance Seminars (Including the release of an educational dance DVD titled “Lindholm Lyrical” for Stepping Tones Records), Co. Dance, ENCORE Performing Arts Showcase, Dance Masters and his own competition and master class event Momentum, as well as guest teaching/speaking for Orange County High School for the Performing Arts, Cal Arts, Loyola Marymount University, University of California Irvine, Answers 4 Dancers and many of the top dance conventions across the country. In addition, he serves on the advisory boards for the American Choreography Awards (serving as segment producer for the Henry LeTang Educator award, choreographer for the Joe Tremaine Educator Award and Segment producer for the 1998 & 2000 Opening under the direction of Shanda Sawyer) and Dance Spirit Magazine. He also has contributed to Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance Magazine, Answers For Dancers website and serves as an advisor to his mothers dance studio in Chicago - Bonnie Lindholm School of the Dance. He was also on faculty at The Tremaine Dance Center (including scholarship program producer), Al Gilbert Dance Studio, The Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles as well as Lou Conte and River North Dance Studios in Chicago. From its inception in 2002 to 2010 he held the position as Executive Director of the dance/on-camera department at McDonald Selznick Associates (MSA). During that time, along with wife Lisa Coppola Lindholm, he has had the privilege of representing some of the top dance talent in the world and in turn developed a winning combination for successful talent representation. Now with the creation of Go 2 Talent (GTA) he takes the next step in his career to help better serve others to take theirs.
His goal is to offer an agency environment that promotes education, communication, creativity and community with a realistic business approach that helps dancers move their careers into the future
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Professional Dancer:
Jaymz Tuaileva: Professional Dancer – Cher Tour, Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance”James Tuaileva began dancing at age of 11 at Center Stage in Orem, Utah. He juggled playing sports and training in dance until he chose his true passion, dance. Some of Jaymz’s credits include a feature role in High School Musical 2, a finalist on the 2nd season of So You Think You can Dance, a principal dancer in Legally Blonde 2, and a guest professional on Dancing with the Stars. He has done commercials for Jello and Orbit Gum. Jaymz has worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Cher, Ne-Yo, Donny and Marie Osmond, and many others. Jaymz recently wrapped up the last season of Dancing with the Starts Live in Las Vegas.
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Professional Choreographer:
Sheryl Murakami: VMA award in 2011 for “Best Choreography” in a music video for Beyonce “Who Run The World”.Sheryl Murakami has been dancing and performing since the age of 5. She is a Los Angeles native who has trained extensively in classical ballet while also studying tap, jazz and later branching out into hip hop and salsa.
As one of the industry’s most respected choreographers, Miss Murakami received a VMA award in 2011 for “Best Choreography” in a music video for Beyonce “Who Run The World”.
Sheryl has choreographed 3 music videos for Beyonce including: "EGO", “Who Run The World (Girls)”, and “Dance For You”. She is also credited as co-directing with Beyonce for ”EGO” music video.
Other choreography credits include: ABC's Dancing With The Stars, Interscope’s Kat Graham “Put your Graffiti On Me” music video, KPOP Sensation 2NE1 “I love you”, Mercury Music’s UK pop star Pixie Lott’s video “What Are You Waiting For”, Chris Willis, Curb Records Kaci Battaglia “Crazy” music video, JIVE Records artist Livvy Franc “Now I’m that Bitch”, and her “Automatic “music video, EMI recording artist Jolin Tsai.
Additional credits include national commercials for Maybelline, industrials for AXE, Maxim, Puma, Heineken, X Box, Lollapalooza, and guest choreographer for the NJ Nets and NYC Knicks Dancers.
Her expertise in all forms of dance have enabled her to guest teach and choreograph nationally and internationally. Miss Murakami can currently be found teaching at world renowned Broadway Dance Center in New York City and Edge in LA.
Sheryl currently lives in NYC and LA.
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Broadway, Film, TV Actress & Dancer
Chryssie Whitehead – A CHORUS LINE as Kristine, Rockette, FOSSE and "The Producers"Chryssie Whitehead has gone on to work as a Rockette, on Broadway, in television and film as an actress, dancer and singer. She will be reprising the role of Cassie in A CHORUS LINE at Seattle 5th Avenue Theatre (Sept. 3 - 28th) after recently playing Bombalurina in CATS at La Mirada this past spring, 2014. Other stage roles include Lola in DAMN YANKEES at Papermill and Seattle 5th Avenue, Liane in GIGI and the role of Kathy in “COMPANY” at Lincoln Center with the NY Philharmonic and the star-studded Cast: Neal Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Patti Lupone, Jon Cryor and Christina Hendricks. She can be seen in the hit documentary, EVERY LITTLE STEP, where she was featured landing her BROADWAY Debut in A CHORUS LINE as Kristine, heard also on the cast album in "SING" with Tony Yazbeck. Chryssie's television credits, as an actor include GRIMM, WAREHOUSE 13 (Recurring, April & May 2014), PRIVATE PRACTICE (Recurring), MAN UP (Recurring), CASTLE, THE MENTALIST, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, MELISSA AND JOEY, IN PLAIN SIGHT, HAPPY ENDINGS, GREYS ANATOMY, ALL MY CHILDREN and the ABC Family TV Movie, REVENGE OF THE BRIDESMAIDS with Raven Simone. As a dancer: TWO AND A HALF MEN (Choreographer), THE TONY AWARDS, MTV MOVIE AWARDS, ELLEN, JAY LENO and GOOD MORNING AMERICA. Films include: COMPANY (Lincoln Center Filmed Production now on DVD), LUCKY STIFF starring Jason Alexander (2014 Release), SAVE THE LAST DANCE (Julia Stiles’ dance double), THE PRODUCERS movie with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. Chryssie has performed all over the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Japan, Prague and Italy touring with the RADIO CITY ROCKETTES, Paul McCartney's "Driving Rain" concert tour, FOSSE and "The Producers", as well as commercials and guest starring on several television shows that shoot throughout the country. She is a proud faculty member and alumni at AMDA College and Conservatory for the Arts and former teacher at UCLA, California Dance Institute and the edge in LA. She also teaches privately.
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Dance Educator and Actor
Christian Vincent: Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, “Dancing with the Stars”Christian Vincent is a man of many talents that is a success in many areas of the entertainment industry. He is a native of Windsor, Ontario,Canada and holds a B.F.A from Butler University where he graduated with highest honors, cum laude. As a multi-talented performer, Christian first experienced success in the entertainment industry as one of the most working professional dancers. Christian has worked with such artists as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Mandy Moore, Geri Halliwell, Macy Gray, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Ashanti, Prince, Gloria Estefan, Britney Spears, Stevie Wonder and Madonna (where he was dance captain for her Drowned World Tour). Christian has also danced in various films including She's All That, Starsky and Hutch, Rent, The Wedding Planner, Walk Hard "The Dewey Cox Story," Flintstones "Viva Rock Vegas" ,Ms. Congeniality 2 and GI Joe 2 Retaliation. Even more extensive are his television appearances on Buffy, Disney's Annie, Arrested Development, Baywatch, Mad TV, The George Lopez show, Cold Case and Dancing with The Stars. Additionally, he has appeared in multiple commercials and print ads for Chevrolet, Muscle and Fitness "Hers" and Verizon.
His talent's as a choreographer can be seen in various projects. He has worked with directors David Fincher and Marc Webb to name a few. Christian's commercial credits include Target, AT&T, Nationwide Insurance, Wal Mart,Nestle Skinny Cow , Covergirl with Queen Latifah, Addidas and Subway. Most recently his work can be seen on film in Noah's Arc Jumping The Broom and 500 Days of Summer where he acted as assistant choreographer.
This man is truly a triple threat. His acting career is definitely on the rise. Christian appeared off Broadway in Radiant Baby, directed by George C. Wolf. More recently Christian has made appearances on Smallville, Center Stage 2 as Harris Webb, J, J Abrams hit series Fringe, as The Archangel Michael on the ABC Family show entitled Fallen and most recently the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother. Christian also played Ricky Davis on the hit show Noah's Arc. This multi- faceted young man reprised his role of Ricky in the film Noah's Arc "Jumping the Broom."
Aside from his professional ventures Christian is known as a master dance teacher and motivator. He currently teaches on various dance conventions around the world.It is important for him to impart his knowledge to the next generation of performers, Christian is currently acting as a host/choreographer on Global television's new series entitled Canada Sings.
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Professional Dancer
Ebony Williams: Cedarlake Contemporary Ballet, Beyonce, Rihanna, FergieEbony Williams comes from Boston, Massachusetts, where she trained with the Boston Ballet from age eight through high school. She also attended the Roxbury Center for the Performing Arts. She is a May 2005 graduate of the Boston Conservatory with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Williams has been a dancer for Cedarlake Contemporary Ballet, a ten year old company that has risen to the top in the eyes of the dance world, for eight seasons. The Company along with Ebony were featured in the movie Adjustment Bureau starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in 2009. She has performed works by such choreographers as Jacopo Godani, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Schecter, Donald Byrd, Luis Fuente and many more.
Being a versatile dancer has given her the opportunity to also work in the commercial world with artists such as Rihanna, Fergie, Ciara (Love, Sex, Magic, featuring Justin Timberlake) and Beyonce. As one of the dancers in the 2009 MTV video of the year “Single Ladies,” Williams also performed with Beyonce on her promo tour, the American Music Awards, the Today Show and Saturday Night Live and last in Beyonce's ( Countdown video).
You can also see her on television shows such as 30 Rock, America's got talent and SNL! If you want to read more on Ebony Williams she is also featured on the covers of Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit and nominated as top 25 dancers to watch in Pointe Magazine.