Biography

Lena Jey

Choreographer, director, teacher and dancer.

Hip Hop dance, Locking, Popping, Contemporary

Lena studied in the following dance styles:
jazz dance, afro jazz, contemporary dance, hip-hop dance (old school и new style), funk styles (popping, locking, boogaloo, tutting, robot, animation), house dance, footwork, waving, rocking, latina club (salsa, merengue, bachata, cha cha cha, mambo)

Lena started dancing at the age of 6, she trained in classical and folk dances. In her youth, she switched to contemporary and modern dance, began to study jazz, modern, contemporary, afro jazz, hip hop dance and funk styles. And also for some time she danced and taught latina club (salsa, merengue, bachata, mambo, etc.)
Lena began teaching at the age of 19, first in a student dance group, and then in dance schools and studios in Moscow. She was engaged in training, staging for contemporary dance festivals, worked at castings and created her own choreography with dance teams for performances. Lena worked primarily with adults and teenagers, sometimes with kids.
She attended many master classes of other choreographers in hip-hop, locking, popping, contemporary and jazz dance, as well as footwork, house and other modern and street dances. Lena went to study in Barcelona, ​​where she took lessons and attended classes at several dance schools.
Gradually, over time, she formed her own style, which became recognizable and distinguished her from the other choreographers. It is based on hip hop dance with the infusion of contemporary and funk styles. Her choreography is always very musical, it's not just movements to the beat. It highlights not only the drum rhythm or melody, but also captures individual instruments, it can be a violin or recitative, as if telling a new story each time. This allows students, as well as audience, to feel the dance more fully and dive deeper into it.
Lena defended her diploma in dance (she graduated from the Faculty of Social Psychology), she was the director of her own dance school, Lena founded 3 dance teams and gave master classes in Moscow and Odessa. She was participated in filming for a TV channel as a teacher of hip hop styles, Lena was a choreographer in a dance group and taught modern and street dances in the theatre. She also organized several dance events with friends.

"Dance makes music visible connecting body, energy and spirit together." ~ Lena Jey.
Lena started teaching dance in 1999 (artistic director), since 2004 she has been teaching at dance schools in Moscow: MCSD, WSdance, Kazus Youth Theater, Vortex dance studio, Strogino Central Children's Theater, A-dance studio, dance school Vesta, Dia'venta dance studio, Fenix dance, VivaLaDance, Studio 17, Ilse Liepa ballet school, Theater ZHIV, Atmosfera dance center, Premiere dance studio, etc. And also as a freelancer.

International education:
Geraldine Armstrong (England, France, 2004г.), Devin Pullins (USA, 2004-2007), Jay T. Jenkins (USA, 2006), Evan Tey (Netherlands, 2006), Alex (Italy, 2006), Meech`& Joseph (France, 2006), Jennifer Archibald (USA, 2007), Derrell Bullock (USA, 2007, 2008), Jermaine Browne (USA, 2007), CeeJay (Germany, 2008), Bettina Kraft (Germany, 2008), Zeljko Bozic (Slovenia, 2008), Neo (United Kingdom, 2008), HAW & ILL, "Prepix" (Korea, 2008), J-Rock (LA, 2009), EJoe (France, 2010), Gucchon (Korea, 2010), Eric Jenkins (New York, 2010), Alex A-Train (Sweden, 2010), Brahim Bouchelaghem (France, 2011), "KULBIK" - Isaac Suarez, Manel Cabeza, Sergio Orduna, Kiko Lopez, Susanna Ayllon (Spain, 2011-2013), Richie Rich (USA, 2011-2012), Gemini (France, 2010-2012), Razzle Dazzle (Sweden, 2011), Scramblelock (Canada, 2011), Mr.Wiggles (LA, 2012), P Lock (France, 2012), Hilty&Bosh (Japan, 2012), Kanga Valls (Spain, 2005–2013), Poppin' John (USA, 2013), Kiko Lopez (Spain, 2013), Max Budyansky (Russia, 2014), Ursula Rilo (Spain, 2022).

"Dance gives not only physical health, but also emotional and mental balance. Dance allows you to ground and integrate energy very quickly. Dance gives a natural feeling of joy and pleasure, whether you dance alone, with a partner or in a group. Dance brings you back to yourself, you remember who you really are. Dance is a universal language. And it's the best tool for life that I know!"

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