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Hollywood Arts is a program which is dedicated to motivating, educating, and assisting young adults (aged 15-26) in careers involving the performing arts (Dance, Music, Art, Acting, Theater, etc). The program was started in 2005 and has since then committed itself to shaping it's participants into the future of the performance world. The program offers various chances for participants to learn first hand experience and to further themselves with knowledge of their particular field of choice. The program is ran by 5 former members of the program now, two of which who started the program. They are oftentimes offering the members chances at showing off their talents and creating opportunities for them to broaden their horizons rather than just waiting for the moment to strike. They each run the 5 primary sections of the program and have various accolades themselves. Founders Name: Kelly Anka Vega Age: 26 DOB: April 22nd, 1987 Place of Birth: Sofia, Bulgaria Section Teaching: Dance Twitter: @KellyAVega
Kelly Anka Vega is one of the founders of Hollywood Arts. She and Leonard Jones started the program back in 2005 and would eventually recruit 3 more specialists to assist them with their program. She is the head of the Dance department where she is a professional ballet dancer. Vega teaches as well as recruits fellow dancers for various projects. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Kelly moved with her parents to America where she would study dance at an early age. Once she was a teenager, Kelly began to take classes and would go on to attend Julliard. Her profession is Ballet but she is also able to teach different areas in dance due to her being versatile. Vega wanted to start a program in which kids could come and learn the basics as well as prepare a future involving the arts so she and Leonard Jones created the Hollywood Arts Program. It's located in Hollywood, California and serves as just a stepping stone for youth looking to pursue a career in performing. In her spare time, you can catch her in the Hollywood Dance Center where she'll most likely be practicing ballet or either making up new choreography numbers.Name: Leonard Chase Jones Age: 27 DOB: June 19th, 1986 Place of Birth: Palo Alto, California Section Teaching: Art Twitter: @ArtByLeon Leonard Chase Jones is one of the founders of Hollywood Arts. He and Kelly Vega started the program back in 2005 and would eventually recruit 3 more specialists to assist them with their program. He is the head of the Art department having a degree in art. He has taught students before at schools but decided to open the program where he could motivate future artists with their talents. Leonard was born in Palo Alto, California with 2 other brothers. Jones is the second eldest and the oldest member of the program. He oftentimes does acting on the side but his passion is art and teaching it. Some of his works have been published in local magazines as well as in art galleries and museums. He credits his love of the Victorian Era as his main inspiration for his paintings and drawings. In his spare time, you can catch him in the Hollywood Art Center where he'll most likely be thinking up his latest project or assisting others in their arts. Meet The Hollywood Family. . . Name: Roselyn Mitzi Torres Age: 26 DOB: December 30th, 1987 Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California Section Teaching: Music Twitter: @RoselynT Roselyn Torres is the head of the Music department. Although not a singer, Torres took an interesting in the world of music at an early age. She is known to have a very good ear for talent and loves working with youths in the learning of making and producing music. Torres is no stranger to the Hollywood world at all, being close friends with some of the music industries and other art industries top people. She prides herself on being able to help people find their voice and being able to coach them on all it takes to make it in the music world. She sometimes works with infamous songwriter Sunny Monroe when teaching about songwriting to her members. Torres was born in Los Angeles, California. She also does acting on the side as well as has a love of dance. Roselyn is one of the newest members of the Hollywood Arts program and has been there for 2 years now. In her spare time, you can catch her at the Hollywood Music Center or their custom made studio where she shows the youths about making music and teaching them to read it as well. Name: William Christian Hanson Age: 24 DOB: August 6th, 1989 Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand Section Teaching: Acting Twitter: @WillCHanson William Hanson is the head of the Acting department. Hanson is probably most famous for his upcoming role in the new TV drama/thriller Alistair but is no stranger to the silver screen. Hanson's acting debut started when he was a teenager in the soap opera, Young & The Restless. He would then go on to act in several more movie projects as well as television series. Hanson was born in New Zealand and then moved to America where he resided in Santa Barbara, California. He graduated from UCLA as an Arts and Humanities student. His passion from acting comes from being from an acting history with his family. He is one of the most popular mentors due to his charm and good lucks as well as his techniques when it comes to teaching. He is famous for randomly enabling his students in acting exercises and encouraging them to keep acting for long periods in order to make it a habit as well as getting comfortable with themselves. In his spare time, you catch him at the Hollywood Acting Center where he loves to lead his students in different activities including 'improv' and 'role-playing'. Name: Carson Jarod Pierce Age: 25 DOB: January 4th, 1988 Place of Birth: Manhattan, New York Section Teaching: Theater Twitter: @PierceTheTheater Carson Pierce is the head of the Theater department. His love of Broadway and film drives him into producing shows and putting on several plays throughout the year. Pierce has been involved in multiple shows such as 'The Sound of Music', 'A Tale of Two Cities', Little Mermaid' and etc. He also studied at UCLA but then transferred to NYU where he would pursue as a Theater major. Once he graduated, he took to Los Angeles, accepting the job as a member of the Hollywood Arts program being the head of the Theater Department. He describes his methods of teaching as 'life altering' and more of a 'hands on' type rather than lecturing people on the joys of theater and plays. Pierce has also received numerous accolades for his shows as well as the ones he has directed and written for the program. In his spare time, you can catch him at the Hollywood Theater where he will either be experimenting with the equipment or teaching students about the life and art of theater.
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Admissions Form Name: Age: Selected Program (Art, Music, etc):
CONTACT Facebook:facebook.com/HollywoodArtsProgram Twitter: @HollywoodArtsOfficial Email: HollywoodArtsProgram @gmail.com Phone:(213) 487-2221
OOC: Basically, it's like 'Music4Youth' but it's not a school, just a program and people can come and go as they please. It's meant to be an interactive thing as well. You can simply post your application on here :)
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