LIZETTE PAVLOVA PINEDA
LOS ANGELES, CALFORNIA & MEXICO
LIZETTE WAS BORN IN MEXICO CITY. SHE BEGAN HER BALLET TRAINING AT THE AGE OF THREE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS "ACADEMIA DE BALLET DE COYOACAN" UNDER DE DIRECTION OF ANA CASTILLO. AT THE AGE OF TWELVE HER FAMILY MOVED TO LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO PURSUE HER PASSION FOR BALLET AT A LOCAL DANCE SCHOOL IN PASADENA UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF ELLI CHARLOTTE VANDIJK. IT WAS IN THIS SCHOOL, "THE PASADENA CIVIC BALLET CENTER" THAT SHE ACHIEVED HER GOAL TO BE A SOLOIST AND WAS ONE OF THREE STUDENTS CHOSEN TO PERFORM HER SOLO ABROAD IN THE BEATIFUL CITIES OF VIENNA, BRUGE, ROTTERDAM AND FRANCE.
BALLET MAY BE HER PASSION BUT LIZETTE BELIEVES HER FIRST DANCE STEPS WHERE THOSE THAT ARE COMMONLY DANCED IN HER NATIVE COUNTRY SUCH AS: SALSA, CHA CHA CHA, MERENGUE AND CUMBIAS. SHE BELIEVES SHE BEGAN DANCING WHILE IN HER MOTHER´S WOMB- WHO WAS ALSO A BALLERINA- SHE´S A WELL ROUNDED DANCER AND HER TRAINING INCLUDES JAZZ, JAZZ FUNK, MUSICAL THEATER, HIP HOP, AFROLATINO, SWING, ROCK & ROLL, TAP, DANZÓN, BANDA, ZAMBA, TAP, PASO DURANGUENSE, SALSA, CUMBIA, CHA CHA CHA, BALLET FOLKLORICO DE MÉXICO, AZTEC DANCE AND FITNESS.
AS A MOTHER OF A 5 YEAR OLD BOY, SHE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN TRANSMITING HER PASSION TO THE TODDLERS AND YOUTH AND HAS JOINED FORCES TO FIGHT CHILD OBESITIY THROUGH A PROGRAM "SALUD A TRAVES DE LA DANZA" (HEALTH THROUGH DANCE).
SHE HAS CREATED A PROGAM TARGETING KIDS FROM THE AGE OF 3 AND UP WHICH FOCUSES ON INTRODUCING THE KIDS TO THE WORLD OF BALLET AND ALSO KIDS HIP HOP.
LIZETTE STRIVES TO GET THE KIDS MOVING AND TRANSMIT ALL HER PASSION AND KNOWLEDGE OF DANCE. FURTHERMORE, SHE CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE KIDS CAN FLOURISH AS ARTISTS; SHE LOVES TO WORK WITH KIDS AND HELP IN FINDING THEIR UNIQUE DANCE STYLE.
THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM NOT ONLY DO THE KIDS EXERCISE, LEARN, HAVE FUN BUT ALSO THEY BRING OUT THEIR INNER STAR / SUPER HERO.
CURRENTLY, SHE IS WORKING WITH UP INCOMING ARTIST IN TIJUANA MEXICO, WITH VIDEO & STAGE CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTATIONS TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE SKILLS.