World Of Dance Los Angeles!

We're competing at World of Dance this weekend! We're excited to be on that stage with all the other talent coming out!

Monday, November 12, 2012

A Little Something For Lost Time!

Hello dance world! It's been forever since we've last posted.
Here's a little something to make up for lost time! It's something our own Marc Miranda put together with a couple other of our dances!


Saturday, August 18, 2012

Introducing Our 2012-2013 Family!

Thank you everyone who came out to auditions! It was awesome meeting everyone and seeing all the talent come out. Below is the list of dancers we believe will strongly represent us as Family Bizness for next season. If you do not see your name on the list, we encourage you to train through the classes we teach a Jayvee Dance Center and come out for our next audition. 

Orientation begins Monday, August 20 at 9:30 PM. Congratulations! And we look forward to seeing everyone Monday!

FamCore:
Anthony Macaraeg
Arielle Barba
Emeroy Bernardo
Marc Miranda
Roxine Ami
Stephanie Hagberg



2012-2013 Family:
Alyssa De Jesus
Audriano Gotye
Brien Palisoc
Calvin Lee
Charlie Betancourt
Chris Babaian
David Lee
Dominique Gutierrez
Dominique Pompa
Edward Bocalacan
Evan Zhou
Francis Avancena
Ian Carlo Delos Santos
Jay Jay Egida*
Jennifer Garcia*
Joan Ybanez
John Reyes
Joyleen Laurence
Julian Roca
Kelly Khuu
Keiko Buensuceso
Kenneth Ng
Kenny Tran
Kevin Sy
Kimberly Saavedra
Kimmay Evans
Lanae Alarcon
Martin Malonzo
Matthew Tagayun*
Marion Cruz*
Marylou Ferreras
Omar Perez
Ralph Ami
Raymond Fernandez*
Sean Miura
Serena Su
Stephen Chou

*-indicates trainee

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Friends and Family Night!

Hip Hop International 2011

After a few hard working months Family Bizness along with our many other friends from the studio will be debuting our set for Hip Hop International!

The HHI crew is really proud I what we've put together and we would love for all of you to be there!

The event starts at 8:30 at Jayvee Dance Center!

See you all there!

Monday, July 23, 2012

Pacific Rim Video Crew Coverage

Pacific Rim Video recently covered us and our journey to Hip Hop International!

Check out the article below or head to the article on their website here: It’s a Fam Biz at Hip Hop International with [Fam]ily [Biz]ness MegaCrew

It’s a Fam Biz at Hip Hop International with [Fam]ily [Biz]ness MegaCrew


By Emeroy Bernardo of Fam Biz
Established during the summer of 2004, [FAM]ily [BIZ]ness started as a collection of friends performing for debuts and church events, and eventually grew more than just a small group as the years passed. While many other high school kids were out at the mall hanging out with friends, these dancers were out at parks and parking lots choreographing planning their next performance routine. To this very moment,FamBiz stands out as a story of not only determined passion and inspired talent, but that of a group of friends who could not help but follow a shared dream.
Fam Biz has been busy with a wide variety of  preparation for Hip Hop International. We’ve been doing high intensity endurance training, meditation, and yoga along with our short but intense rehearsal schedule.
To help defray costs of traveling to Las Vegas, we’ve been doing a lot of fundraisers via workshops, bake sales, etc.
Fam Biz will be competing as a Mega Crew this year whereas last year we only did the Adult Division with 7 dancers. This year we’re going with our strongest 15 out of our 36 members. With HHi only a few weeks away, practices are only getting more intense!
For more information on our crew check us out at http://e3klives.wix.com/fambiz#!home/mainPage
For More HHI Coverage check out  http://hhi.pacificrimvideo.com!

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Fresh Friday: Trey Songz - Panty Droppa

Arielle and Julian subbing Marc's Fresh Friday class a few weeks ago. Check check it!

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

A HUGE THANK YOU!

Thank you all for coming out to support our workshop this past Sunday! It was a huge success! It was great seeing you all come out. We hope you had fun and we hope to see you next time!

Here's the recap video of the workshop!

John Reyes

Ralph Ami and Harrison Kee!

Friday, June 29, 2012

FamBiz Summer Workshop This Weekend!

Looking to do some dancing this weekend? Our summer workshop is this Sunday!

FamBiz is going to compete at Hip Hop International this year and need your support! We're hosting a summer workshop to help fund our way to get there. We'll be featuring some of our very own choreographers: John Reyes, Ralph Ami and Harrison Kee. 
We would love to see you all there! 

Location: 
Jayvee Dance Center
216 E. Main St 
ALhambra, CA

Time:
Registration: 2:30pm
1st Class: John Reyes - 3:00pm
2nd Class: Ralph Ami and Harrison Kee - 4:30pm

How Much?
$7 for one class
$10 for both


Superior Habit

Our friends from Superior Habit will be
selling shirts at our event!

Come in and learn some dope choreo and walk out with some fresh gear!


Friday, June 22, 2012

FamBiz Summer Workshop!

Summer? Yes.

Dancing? Heck yes!

It's summer, and what better way to enjoy it than to do some dancing! FamBiz is going to compete at Hip Hop International this year and need your support! We're hosting a summer workshop to help fund our way to get there. We'll be featuring some of our very own choreographers: John Reyes, Ralph Ami and Harrison Kee.
We would love to see you all there!

Location:
Jayvee Dance Center
216 E. Main St
ALhambra, CA

Time:
Registration: 2:30pm
1st Class: John Reyes - 3:00pm
2nd Class: Ralph Ami and Harrison Kee - 4:30pm

How Much?
$7 for one class
$10 for both


Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Random Famdom: Julian Roca!

Get to know a FamBiz member! Each week we'll be posting up 20 random facts about each of our family members! 


1. Full time student

2. My favorite kinds of foods are burgers, burritos, and sushi.

3. I can drink brisk iced tea for days

4. I'm an undrafted NBA player.

5. I watch a lot of anime.

6. I use kawaii-desu asian faces when I text.

7. Kpop is a reason I started dancing.

8. I'm a guild leader.

9. Premium disneyland pass holder.

10. Lovatic.

11. The biggest thing that prevents me from getting a mac is Maplestory.

12. Xbox live.

13. Pokemon master.

14. I've played volleyball for 6 years.

15. A geek full of obsessions with things.

16. Duke Blue Devils. LAL. NYK.

17. New York Jets

18. Nutella is lovely

19. I hate my braces.

20. I wait for new Naruto manga every week online.

Monday, June 18, 2012

End of The Season

Every season has to come to an end. After 10 months of dancing, we had our celebration our journey together this past weekend. With the company of good food and energy, this season is certainly one to remember. One of growth and reaching new heights. Awards were handed out both hilarious and deserving. And one award we particularly give out for those who have put in the time.

To close out the formal events we watched a recap of the time that past, a recap of all the.hard work, the joy and the laughter, and all the places we went to. knowing its all memory now. A journey we took together, and memories that will be a part of us forever.


All photos are credited to Stephen Chou








Friday, June 15, 2012

Bake Sale Tomorrow!

Want that craving for sweets to be satisfied! Come out to our bake sale tomorrow over at Jayvee Dance Center!


Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Bake Sale!

Are you looking to satisfy that sweet tooth? Or are you just aiming to get your morning dose of coffee?
We're having a bake sale this Saturday over at Jayvee Dance Center! We'll be selling all sorts of goodies!
All proceeds will be going towards our finances for Hip Hop International. We we would love your support and even more to see you there!


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Random Famdom: Marcel Balladares

Get to know a FamBiz member! Each week we'll be posting up 20 random facts about each of our family members! 


1. Started dancing after my grandma passed away it was the one thing I could do all the time to get pain off my mind.
2. I love DJing although its been a while since I last did it.
3. I love watching movies since I get to do it with my dad the most.
4. Favorite color is black, also now red because an ex told me I wore it more than black.
5. Never thought of dancing choreography ever until the end of 2011.
6. Fan of sports, but never been a die-hard fan truly until I found out about the UFC.
7. Only one in my family with colored eyes, aside from my brother.
8. I have empty bullet casings from a person that used to be in my life.
9. I learned more from movies than school.
10. I love old school cars, from the 40s and 50s.
11. Coca-Cola is my favorite soda.
12. Love how the Koy Fish tattoos are done, planning to get an amazing tattoo one day.
13. I collect caps, snapbacks and fitteds.
14. I never really listened to Tupac until High School.
15. The only sport I was ever really good at was baseball.
16. I learned how to cook better from my dad than my mom.
17. I sometimes practice getting better at dancing while I'm waiting for the bus to go to school.
18. I can't whistle or blow bubbles with gum.
19. I grew up with my cousins so they were more like brothers and sisters to me than cousins.
20. I don't like smiling, so sometimes people think I'm mean because I dpn't always look happy.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Congratulations to our Hip Hop International Team!

Our summer season for Hip Hop International has begun! Out of the 36 talented dancers in our family, 15 have been chosen to represent us at HHI this summer for the Mega Crew Division. Congratulations everyone!

Anthony Macaraeg
Arielle Barba
Emeroy Bernardo
Marc Miranda
Roxine Ami
Dominique Pompa
Francis Avancena
Ian Delos Santos
Jay Jay Egida
Julian Roca
Matt Tagayun
Kevin Sy
Kimmay Evans
Omar Perez
Ralph Ami

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Random Famdom: Jessica Chang!

Get to know a FamBiz member! Each week we'll be posting up 20 random facts about each of our family members! 


1. I don't eat red meat.

2. My besterestest friend is my stuffed doggy, Paramus.

3. My right thumb is significantly smaller than my left thumb.

4. Afraid of butterflies.

5. Diagnosed with Road Rage.

6. My favorite color is purple.

7. Super obsessed with Pikachu, pandas, and Hello Kitty.

8. I love anything Electric Dance Music.

9. Majoring in English to become a teacher.

10. Sushi, Mexican food, KBBQ, & FYEAHPOTATOES♥

11. Sensitive to the weather, I can't stand the cold.

12. It's really easy to make me laugh.

13. Tumblr addict. FOLLOW ME @jennnuggets!

14. If I don't know the words to a song, I'll make up my own lyrics.

15. My eye sight and hearing is hella poor.

16. I'm not really allergic to mushrooms, tomatoes, and tofu.

17. I absolutely hate it when people don't laugh at my jokes.

18. My fav games to play are RPG's and MMO's.

19. I consider myself an "otaku".

20. Most of my fam consists of mostly boys, that's why I'm so bro-ish.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Random Famdom: Brien Palisoc!

Get to know a FamBiz member! Each week we'll be posting up 20 random facts about each of our family members! 


1) I have the most severe case of Jungle Fever

2) When I'm home alone I wear only sunglasses and socks

3) I like to get my eyebrows threaded

4) Girls don't like guys, girls like cars and money.

5) In middle school when i was the short kid, i would wear the most baggy jeans with the belt buckle that
had the letter B for brien. And size tall XL shirts. and timberlands.

6) When i was younger, i thought the only way of achieving maximum cool was acquiring super saiyan hair.

7) One of my pet peeves is when someone exits my room without closing the door.

8) I thought ATL was the coolest movie ever.

9) "live by the gun die by the gun" -tupac was the quote i lived by...... when i was 13 and had no idea what that even meant it just sounded cool.

10) I eat whatever is in the fridge when im super hungry.

11) my favorite snack is forever chips and a soda

12) Although i love driving to loud music, there are times when i drive to absolute silence to reflect.

13) I subconsciously flirt with everyone.

14) I enjoy awkward moments.

15) Anything will make me laugh.

16) I'd rather fold laundry than do the dishes.

17) I'm very scared of heights.

19) I love taking showers

20) I dance on a team called Family Bizness.

Friday, May 11, 2012

3 Categories in Self-Evaluation


Everyone has their own way of grading themself as a dancer. Some just go by their overall feeling of how they did while some others tend to break it down such as they felt their facials drop or they lost energy at one point of the routine.

I enjoy being able to measure how I did with the overall dance. I love hearing feedback from other people to see what I can work on. But sometimes, there are those times when the feedback from others doesn't seem to click or it's honestly just useless for what you want. 

And if you're coming from the realm of "there's always room for improvement," you'll definitely always want some sort of feedback, and to be honest, not everyone's feedback is always gonna be useful to you. 

Giving honest feedback to yourself is just as good if not better. You can instantly grade yourself and immediately get yourself prepared on the improvements you want.

In giving yourself feedback, be brutally honest with yourself, but take it for what it is, don't sugar coat it or take it worse than what it is. It won't serve you in either case.

Here are 3 categories I use as measuring sticks in getting the overall feedback for myself as a dancer. These are categories I keep in mind during rehearsal. I give myself a grade (rating from 1-10 or a letter grade) so I can improve on each run through and each rehearsal. It allows me to be aware of what needs to be worked on instead of guessing. 

1. Energy.
We all are receptive to the energy we give one another. If we show up with the energy of anger or frustration, the people around us will definitely pick up on that. It's the same thing when it comes to performing on stage, are you performing a high energy routine, a smooth energy, or a swag energy? Being mindful of what energy you're giving off will contribute to the experience for the audience.

2. Performance
Each person may define performance differently, but I define performance to the facials in the routine. Again, depending on the energy being given off, is my face saying it as well? Or is it just a zombie-blank-face doing moves. I've seen many talented dancers with a dead face. It's like watching a zombie.

3. Execution.
Technique, knowledge of the dance. How well do you know each detail of the routine? How well do you know the music? This is practicing to the point that the dance is second nature to you.

"Master the music, master the instrument. Then forget all that shit and play."

With these 3 categories, I'm able to evaluate myself quickly and honestly. I take it for what it is and never blow it up out of proportion. With the information that I gather, I fix what needs work and move on.
We all are striving to progress and hone our craft. Getting feedback from others may not always be there. This is simply my own way of improving. It may or may not work for you, but I hope you've gotten some sort of insight.

If you've got  your own way of evaluating yourself, I'd love to hear it!


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Random Famdom: Mike Villaster!

Get to know a FamBiz member! Each week we'll be posting up 20 random facts about each of our family members! 



1. I still collect Comic Books. Such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Deadpool, The New Avengers, The Dark Avengers, Mouse Guard, Marvel Zombie series, and a bunch of other crap I can't remember

2 I like to keep a lot of things to myself... because I'm oh so MYSTERIOUS!! OHHOHOHOHOH.

3. If I had to choose a super power, it would be between Controlling Time, Teleporting, Fire powers(Like the human torch because he can go super nova and destroy the world), Ice powers(Like Ice man because he can freeze the world and freeze his organs so he can live foreever!), or controlling uhh... metal like uhh Magneto because he can destroy the world by removing all the metals in the world, create a sky island and then destroy the world!

4. I’m a socially awkward penguin.

5. I like to joke around a lot. I usually say a lot of mean stuff, but they are all fun and games. All the bad things I say, I never mean it at all, but all the compliments that I say to people come right from my heart

6. If random was a word it would be a picture of myself right next to it.

7. Some of my ideals/philosophy in life is “Know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others.”

8.. I'm super shy when I first meet someone. I'm even more shy if its a pretty girl :) .... or an intimidating person. T_T

9. Am I the only one that thinks eating tomatoes is gross? Pickles too. Actually theres a lot of stuff I don't like to eat. I'm very picky about food~!

10. In 4th grade I lived in the Philippines for one year and during Tagalog classes I would always cry because I didnt know how to speak tagalog.

11. I LOVE to eat sweet stuff, waffles, shaved ice and crepes. Nom nom nom

12. I feel like I can pretty much laugh at anything because I'd always come up with some stupid thought about it.

13. I actually don't like watching scary movies, but I still watch it anyways just because they're cool.

14. I guess you can say I’m a hopless romantic

15. I like to say a lot of movie quotes or quotes in general. Like.. "I'm gonna take you out senator trent.. TO THE BLOOD BANK." or "Forget about the girl!" or "and I'll whisper.. no" or "BILLY'S...MOTHER!!!"

16. People told me I have nice skin. If you feel my skin they are smooth as eggs. I also have been told I have the nicest legs ever. Better than a girls because its soo silky smooth. That is why you will never EVER see me wear shorts... unless I have to.

17. If there were some sort of apocalyptic event that was inevitable, I hope it is a zombie invasion
18. I hate it when people take something without asking even though they know I am going to say "Yes". Thats just plain rude.

19. I hate crossing streets. Unless it is along with someone else or in a pedestrian walk way. If I ever jay walk, I usually look several times before I cross even if the streets are empty.

20. I like listening to all sorts of music. Even country music!

Friday, May 4, 2012

Inspiring Story of Steelo Vasquez

This is a story that deserves to be heard by everyone! Bboy Richard "Steelo" Vasquez, one of the most prominent B-boys out there, suffered a brain aneurysm last year leaving him unable to move for months. Check out these inspiring videos of where he's been, and how far he's come in his journey.


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