Jades Hip Hop Academy About Us

MISSION

To provide the opportunity for dancers to pursue high quality training in Authentic Hip Hop dance. To educate others in the history of hip hop and hip hop techniques so that Hip Hop Dance will be rightfully respected in the studio dance world. To bring out the full potential in all of our students.

HISTORY

Jade's Hip Hop Academy is still the fastest growing studio in the GTA and the only all Urban Dance Studio in Brampton.The Owner and Artistic Director of Jade's Hip Hop Academy is Jade Jager Clark. A self taught dancer who started dancing, teaching and choreographing all at the same time at the mere age of 14.

Jade's Hip Hop Academy opened it's doors in 2006. Operating only 2 nights a week with 18 students it soon found out it needed to expand.

In September 2007 Jade's Hip Hop Academy opened it's new facility at 12 Bram Court Unit 2 in Brampton with a Grand Opening. Offering classes in Recreational Hip Hop for students ages 3 and up, Pre-Competitive Hip Hop for ages 8-18 and Competitive Hip Hop for ages 8-20.

By December 2007 student count rose to 64.

In the 2008 competition season our competitve dancers competed in 5 different

competitions.Despite the fact that most dancers were only in their first second

year they came home with a first place with almost all first placedfinishes. Some

of them even qualified at The Canadian National Dance Championships to represent

Canada at the World Hip Hop Championships in Germany.

The season 2007/2008 ended with a very successful year end recital called "Launch 2008". We

needed two nights at the Cyril Clark Theatre to accomodate all visitors. All dancers, recreational,

pre-comp and competitive performed together in this one and a half hour show.

By September 2008 the student count rose to 90 and the amount of classes also grew. The 2008/2009 competition season was finally a break through year for Hip Hop and Jade's Hip Hop Academy. Students were finally recognized for their achievements in technique and skill and Jade was recognized several times for her choreography. Our end of the year Performance ShowCase moved to the larger Lester B. Pearson Theatre and was a huge success. That year also saw the creation of the Jade's Hip Hop Academy Performance Company to meet the increasing requests for performances by our students. This Performance Company is linked to our SolPro Training program which gained support from the Ontario Arts Council.

By September 2009 the student count rose to 140. Jade's Hip Hop Academy dominated the 2009/2010 competition season, leaving every competition with first place finishes, overalls, special awards and scholarships. The demand for performances increased and had students performing venues such as the Ricoh Coliseum, Hershey Centre, Yonge-Dundas Square, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, International Centre and the PowerAde Centre at Events such as 10th World Wushu Championships Opening Ceremonies. International Auto Show, Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life, Forest of Reading Celebrations and so much more! (details of all those performances can be found in our NEWS section). Our mini competitive team "Lil ShowStoppers" also received a Citizen's Arts Acclaim Award from Mayor Susan Fennel and the City of Brampton. Two end of the year Showcases had to be held at the Lester B Pearson Theatre to accomodate everyone who wanted to see our show.

At the conclusion of the season in June 2010 the announcement was made that Jade's Hip Hop Academy will be expanding into its New Larger facility at 12 Bram Crt. Units 4 & 5. Not only will this summer be consumed with summer camps and moving to our new space but Jade was also named the Director of Dance for Youth Day, Canada's largest and longest one day festival celebrating youth talent in the Arts. Youth Day is taking place on Sunday July 25th and will feature performances by JHHA's competitive routines as well as Flash dances choreographed by Jade and performed by our students. Jade is responsible for all dance functions of the day including overseeing over 200 performers in addition to her own and helping set a Guinness World Record for the TWIST which also celebrates its 50th Anniversary on Youth Day.

Oru Grand Opening will be held on Saturday July 17th 2010 from 1:00-4:00pm. We hope you join us for a fun filled day of workshops, demonstrations, performances, food and celebration.

We can't wait to see what the 2010/2011 Season will bring!

Jerome a.k.a Bboy FreshFX has been bboying for over 10 years and is one of the founders of the well known Ground Illusionz Crew. He has won countless bboy competitions including "Breakin New Ground"@ McMaster University Champs, University of Waterloo Bboy Competition Champs, "Fit for Fame 2" Bboy Champs and countless more. He is also a 9 time "Back to the Underground" Bboy Competition Champs. He has appeared on TV in various commercials for companies such as Virgin Mobile. He has performed for artists such as Kardinal Offishal, Chocliar and Solitaire and at events Canada’s Walk of Fame, Toronto Raptors and shows on MTV Canada. A phenomenal bboy, Jerome is dedicated to passing on his knowledge of breakin foundations, history of hip hop and advanced technique to all of his students.

Jade's passion is bringing the real street Hip Hop to the studio. For eight years she has been teaching and choreographing Hip Hop routines. Jade is known for her inticrate exceptional choreography and is been recognized and awarded for teaching authentic Hip Hop. Jade herself is a three time Provincial Champion and represented Canada in the World Hip Hop Championships in Germany in 2006.You can read more about Jade in Jade's Bio.

Jerome Villa a.k.a Bboy FreshFX

A former student that began her training with the Academy when it first opened in 2006 Ms. Brittany has now taken over most of the Recreational Programs at Jade’s Hip Hop Academy as well as our Senior Pre-Competitive Program. A past recipient of the Jade’s Hip Hop Academy Comedian Award which is annually presented to a student for their humour and comic relief, Ms. Brittany’s infectious energy and spontaneity easily fills the entire room. In addition to her continued training as a dancer, Ms Brittany spent over a year training with Jade to become a teacher capable of carrying on the Jade’s successful formula for teaching, giving dancers a solid foundation in Hip Hop to prepare them for the competitive programs and create great choreography. Her students have achieved tremendous success winning first in their categories and first overall at competitions and giving highly entertaining performance at our end of the year ShowCase. This year she also received the Jade’s Hip Hop Academy SPIRIT Award which was voted on by all competitive students.