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New York House Dance Pioneer Ejoe Wilson, and Friends on Dance Exercise Show

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LIVE MUVE Show (abridged). Linda Kou and Lyanne Brooks, who showed us Hip Hop and House moves last week, are two of the key organizers of the National Dance Week here in Hawaii. They brought three guest performers and teachers from New York to promote the free classes that are offered throughout the week in various locations around the island. Detailed class and event schedules are available at www.ndw-hawaii.org Neil "Dradle" Schwartz teaches Hip Hop and Jazz and Melanie Aguirre teaches "Whacking", "Voguing" and house dancing. Then we meet legendary house dance pioneer Ejoe Wilson. The three star teachers get down with Maggie for an improvised MUVE-style dance along. They are keeping it simple so the audience at home can join in the fun.
Ejoe invites the viewers to a dance party at 39 Hotel Street on Friday 5/20/11 starting around 10pm in Chinatown Honolulu. He promises performances and lots of dancing for everyone.

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Here is Ejoe's faculty bio from the Peridance Capezio Center in New York:
Ejoe Wilson started dancing in the late 70s on the streets of the South Bronx, amidst the birth of the Hip-Hop explosion. Early in his career, as a teenager, Ejoe appeared in numerous music videos and won the Apollo Theater's Amateur Night competition four consecutive times, which lead him to be accepted into the prestigious High School of Music and The Performing Arts. Later, in the midst of New York's developing House music scene, he would find his calling, making a transition from hip hop to the House style of dance. When on tour in Japan, Ejoe became the first to introduce House to a predominantly hip hop-based Japanese community, creating a nationwide following, choreographing and dancing with Japanese pop super-groups ZOO, T.R.F, and Namie Amuro.
In 1993, Ejoe started a 10-year working relationship as a "principal" dancer for international superstar Mariah Carey. Also joining the Elite Force dance crew, he would later work with Will Smith in major videos "Men in Black" and "Getting Jiggy Wit It," as well as opening the Soul Train 25th Annivesary Special, American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, and Divas Live. In 2002, he joined the Off-Broadway musical sensation Stomp, and has been maintaining an active teaching schedule, reaching thousands of students worldwide.
Currently, Ejoe is the host and co-founder of the "Soulgasm" Housedance Party held weekly in Mahattan's Lower East Side, where he is also a DJ. He is the host of the annual House Dance International dance competition, and founder and artistic director of dance company "BeyondPhenomenon".