KWAVE Academy recently set up a dance studio in a spacious 3,000-square-foot basement of the JoongAng Ilbo and recruited the best instructors to open it. What sets KWAVE Dance Studio apart from others is that it has professional instructors with excellent choreography techniques and teaching skills.
The main instructor is Gyuri Lee. She is a former member of the Gravy Babys/GRV dance crew, the most active in Southern California, and also worked as a trainee for YG Company, a large Korean agency. The Gravy Babies Dance Group is a famous dance club that is flooded with performances from Las Vegas, San Diego, and San Francisco, and is selected through a rigorous audition process.
During her five years with the club, Lee participated in famous dance competitions in the United States and swept awards. After placing second in the World of Dance Competition, she was recognized for her natural dancer skills by winning the Body Rock and Breakthrough dance competitions. Based on this history, she was also selected as a trainee for a large Korean agency.
“During the rigorous trainee training process, I found out that my aptitude was more suited to the ‘teaching’ side. So, I worked hard to establish myself as a professional instructor capable of teaching both hip-hop and K-pop dance.” After working as a popular instructor at several K-pop dance studios in LA and OC, she recently joined KWAVE Academy.
Lee said, “As K-pop dance groups such as BTS and Black Pink become more active, interest in learning K-pop dance is increasing not only among Koreans but also among Americans. We will not spare any systematic and professional guidance for you.” She also said, “Korean parents put too much emphasis on study on their children, so sometimes young childrens' health is not good. If they learn K-pop dance, they can relieve stress and take care of their body.”
KWAVE Academy is a subsidiary of KWAVE.ai, a social platform aimed at the global Hallyu community. The K-Pop Dance Class will officially open on August 2nd. During the first week of the classes, on 2nd (Mon), 3rd (Tue), 5th (Thu), 7th (Sat), and 8th (Sun), free public lessons will be held centered on Chorus A of BTS’s latest new song 'Permission to Dance'.
Address: 690 Wilshire Place, LA (B1, JoongAng Ilbo)
Contact: (213)293-7854
