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Carlos Garland, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, started training as a martial artist in Taekwondo, and is a 2nd degree black belt. Shortly after and throughout his educational journey, he trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, acrobatics, breakdance, dance teaching & choreography methods, and world ethnic dances at Lavilla School of the Arts, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, and Jacksonville University College of Fine Arts.
...Read moreCarlos Garland, born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, started training as a martial artist in Taekwondo, and is a 2nd degree black belt. Shortly after and throughout his educational journey, he trained in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, acrobatics, breakdance, dance teaching & choreography methods, and world ethnic dances at Lavilla School of the Arts, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, and Jacksonville University College of Fine Arts.
Carlos considers his first professional experience to be at the age of 15 as the 'Lead Russian' character for Jacksonville Symphony’s: First Coast Nutcracker. In Jacksonville, his early professional experiences continued as a performer & choreographer for dance companies: Ka'mia, A Rhythm Nation, and Systematic Dance Crew. Carlos achieved his first national television debut, with Systematic as they won BET’s “106th & Park’s” dance competition twice! Later on, Carlos toured over 10 countries as a performer with Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys Of Dance performing "Rock The Ballet". After this tour finished, Carlos became a top 20 finalist on the Fox TV show So You Think You Can Dance Season 10! Next, while living in NYC, Carlos performed with the Broadway cast of Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark in their final Gypsy Of The Year performance. He also performed as the principal character in iLuminate's off-Broadway show, Artists of Light, and became an instructor at Broadway Dance Center. Moving back to Florida, Carlos has performed at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Orlando.
During his entire career as a performer, Carlos also flourished his career as a resident guest artist instructor & choreographer for over 100 different dance studios, schools, colleges, conventions, and companies. Carlos considers the art & skill of performing, teaching, and choreographing to be equal passions of his. To date, he is humbled to have had the opportunity to perform live in front of millions of audience members, teach thousands of students, and to consistently create choreographic works.
Most recently, Carlos created the production company Dancelook LLC in order to benefit and service the commercial arts industry and dance community. With the company’s creations, he has produced award-winning choreography and musical dance films acclaimed through national and international film festivals. Also through Dancelook, Carlos is the Artistic Director of the pre-professional dance company, the Dancelook Apprentice Program, a program designed to help young students gain knowledge and exposure towards a professional and artistic career.
Learn more about Carlos: dancelookllc.com/carlos-garland | Instagram @spidermancarlos
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Class Descriptions
In class, dancers will work on endurance, stamina, balance, muscle strengthening, and flexibility with a cardio/mini floor barre/conditioning and stretch warm up. Following will be a Contemporary/Jazz combination that tests and builds the dancers abilities in movement aesthetics, quality of movement, personal artistry, musicality beyond basic counting, and comprehension of detailed choreography.
The goal of the class is to challenge and prepare students for current and developing trends in dance. Students will leaving inspiration that will last for dancers to work harder, develop more personal style/creativity, to have fun, and to overall increase their love of dance.