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Paolo "Slice" Peñala (he/him) is a New York City based professional dancer and choreographer originally hailing from Washington, DC. He began his dance career in college dancing under the mentorship of industry legend Lyle Beniga and performing competitively for Major Definition out of Baltimore, Maryland, with whom he served as choreographer and Executive Director.
...Read morePaolo "Slice" Peñala (he/him) is a New York City based professional dancer and choreographer originally hailing from Washington, DC. He began his dance career in college dancing under the mentorship of industry legend Lyle Beniga and performing competitively for Major Definition out of Baltimore, Maryland, with whom he served as choreographer and Executive Director.
He continued his dance career choreographing and dancing for professional company Culture Shock, DC after graduating with a degree in economics and music at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has had the opportunity throughout his career to train with some of the top choreographers in the industry in commercial and foundational hip-hop dance. He has served as choreographer and movement coach for up and coming R&B singers Teraj, Jessalyn Gore, and David Correy of America's Got Talent and pop singer Alus.
Other credits include performing at BeautyCon with Mac Daddyy, Carnival Choreographer's Ball, the Nickelodeon Halo Awards, the world famous SOB's, opening for Big Sean, touring with Sarah Geronimo's In Motion U.S. Tour and multiple appearances on Good Morning America. He can also be seen in commercials for Adidas, BIRA 91, ABC7, UBS Arena, and Spectrum.
His teaching experience has led him to work alongside the DEA and Amazon to teach dance to at risk youth around the country. His style is a mix of his experience in commercial dance with his training in various street and club foundation styles which include Hip-Hop, New Jack Swing, Breakin, and House.
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Class Descriptions
Class begins with a long hip-hop foundational warm up. No matter the level, foundations along with variations will be used to wake up the body, prepare for choreography, and establish building blocks for freestyle. Class will continue by applying the foundations from warm up along with it’s variations to choreography and connection to music. Class is a safe space to grow in movement, vocabulary, and performance quality.