Western Elementz

YOGESH VIJAYAN
Dance Choreographer ( latin & Afro Dance form )

SUMMARY

Artistic Director of "WESTERN ELEMENTZ" since 2016.
Trained in various Latin and Afro Dance forms in India and Thailand for over 3 years.
I am specialized in Kizomba Dance form, which I was trained by Nelson Campos at Thailand.
I currently offer dance classes and workshops for various dance forms in and around Chennai



COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

IIDC INDIAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CONGRESS 2015– SALSA Solo Champion.

lATIN FESTIVAL MADRAS 2015– SALSA Solo Champion.

IIDC INDIAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CONGRESS 2016– KIZOMBA- Champion, SAME Gender -Champion, SALSA Team-Champion.

IND0-VIETNAM, PROJECT- Visited Vietnam Based on the invite by SALSATEKA and taken salsa, bachata, kizomba afro-house and bangra 2017.

HANOI- Performed Urban Kizomba in HANOI INTERNATIONAL LATIN DANCE CONGRESS 2016.

MALAYSIA-Performed Urban Kizomba in WORLD BACHATA CONGRESS 2017.

SINGAPORE-Performed Salsa Team in SINGAPORE LATIN FESTIVAL 2015.

THAILAND- Performed KIZOMBA in KIZOBASA FESTIVAL 2016.

INDIA-CHENNAI- Performed SALSA, BACHATA,KIZOMBA 2015,2016,2017
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INDIA-GOA- Performed and Artise in GOA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017.


CORE COMPETENCIES
kizomba
Salsa
Bachata
Urban-Hip hop
Pachanga
Afro-House
Boogaloo
Gymnastics
Choreography
Bollywood
Musicality
Body Isolation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 2010
Dance Instructor
Flash Dance Acadamy
Taken freestyle and hip-hop classes for kids from the age group sprats from 5 to 14 years.

2010 2012
Dance Teacher
V.O.C Vidyalaya hig, School
Worked as a dance teacher for the school students taken freestyle and hip-hop classes.

2012 2013
Dance Instructor
Species Dance co.
Worked as a part time dance instructor and taken my favorite dance form urban hip-hop.

2013 2013
Dance Teacher
Vellammal hig, School
Worked as a dance teacher for the school students taken freestyle and hip-hop classes.

2013 2017
Dance Teacher
Sri Lakshmi Narayanan hig, School
Working as a dance teacher for the school students taken freestyle and hip-hop classes.

2016 2017
Director of 'WESTERN ELEMENTZ'
Western Elementz co.
My own dance company started in 2016 taking various dance forms and specialized in private Latin and kizomba classes and trained various students in the same form.

EDUCATION

20052006
hig school
Railway hig, School
20082009
Diplomo
Arena Animation
Graphic designing course.