Lindsey Blaufarb
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Lindsey "LindseyB OutThere" Blaufarb, (born June 27, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas
) is a dance teacher, professional dancer and choreographer. She worked with artists like Pink
, Avril Lavigne
, Cee Lo Green and she is an original member of the "Beat Freaks
", "The Groovaloos" and more recently "Team iLuminate
". She lives in Los Angeles, California.
. At the age of 16 she discovered Hip Hop when she saw some Bboys in a room practicing. It was like a "love at first sight" and after this she joined the group and started taking classes. At 17, she left San Antonio for Los Angeles to become a professional dancer and was admitted into the EDGE's Scholarship Programme. Her career as a professional dancer started in 2000/2001, just at the end of her studies.
group Limp Bizkit
during their world tour just before dancing for Christina Milian
on tour and live performances on TV (Soul Train Award or TMF awards
). In 2004, Lindsey was one of the principal dancers on Pink
's "Try This Tour" across the US, Europe and more. Lindsey is friends with Avril Lavigne
since working with her on music videos and on her "Best Damn Tour", where Lindsey was a dancer, a co-choreographer and a background singer.
As a professional dancer, Lindsey appeared in music videos like "Get the Party Started
" of Pink, "I'm Really Hot" of Missy Elliott
, "Girlfriend" of Avril Lavigne
, "Wax On Wax Off" of Kovas, "Love Come Down
" of Diddy - Dirty Money, "Somebody to Love
" of Justin Bieber
, "Party All Night" of Sean Kingston
and others.
In addition to tours and music videos, Lindsey performed live on TV with Christina Milian
, Avril Lavigne, The Veronicas
and The Groovaloos on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2009, with Lindsay Lohan
, Omarion
and Marques Houston
during The MTV Music Awards in 2004 and appeared in Hannah Montana
, episode 5 season 3.
In 2003, she was one of the cheerleaders in the movie "Love Don't Cost a Thing" with Christina Milian and Nick Canon. With her crew the "Beat Freaks" she made some appearances in "You Got Served" in 2004 with Omarion and Marques Houston, and more recently in "Go For It" and "Honey 2
".
as a dancer but also as a choreographer. Indeed she choreographed Avril's music video "Hot" and she was also the artistic director and the choreographer of Avril's promo tour. In 2008, Lindsey Blaufarb and Craig Hollamon were the co-choreographers of "The Best Damn Tour".
Since their meeting, Lindsey and Craig worked with artists like The Saturdays
, Far East Movement
and Lenka and they choreographed music videos like "One Night Stand" of Keri Hilson
and Chris Brown, "Fuck You" of Cee Lo Green, "Ready to Go" of Panic At The Disco. They also choreographed commercials for Hyundai
, Cedar Point
and Syfy.
is an all-female dance crew from Los Angeles, California. The crew was created in 2003 by Lindsey B OutThere (Lindsey Blaufarb), Al*Star (Alison Faulk), Maryss from Paris (Marie Courchinoux), BGirl Lady Jules (Julie Urich), LockN'Key (Keeley Kaukimoce), Rino Nakazone-Razalan and Teresa Espinosa. Individually they worked with numerous artists on tours or music videos but the consecration for the crew was in 2009 when they did the TV show America's Best Dance Crew
. Alison was on tour with Pink during the show so BGirl Shorty (Alex Welch) joined the group and they lost the final against "Quest Crew". In 2011, BGirl Bonita (Bonita Lovett) was introduced as the newest member of the crew.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
) is a dance teacher, professional dancer and choreographer. She worked with artists like Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
, Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
, Cee Lo Green and she is an original member of the "Beat Freaks
Beat Freaks
Beat Freaks is an all-female breaking dance crew from Los Angeles, California. Each of its nine members had achieved individual success dancing before the creation of the group in 2003. The Beat Freaks were featured on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew and finished the show as runners-up.- Overview...
", "The Groovaloos" and more recently "Team iLuminate
Team iLuminate
Team iLuminate is a group of glow-suit dancers from Los Angeles. They are best known for performing in the sixth season of America's Got Talent...
". She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Life
Before dancing, Lindsey was an athlete and taught musical theatreMusical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. At the age of 16 she discovered Hip Hop when she saw some Bboys in a room practicing. It was like a "love at first sight" and after this she joined the group and started taking classes. At 17, she left San Antonio for Los Angeles to become a professional dancer and was admitted into the EDGE's Scholarship Programme. Her career as a professional dancer started in 2000/2001, just at the end of her studies.
Dancing career
Lindsey's career started in 2000/2001 when she was a dancer for the hard rockHard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
group Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 1995, the group's lineup consists of Fred Durst , Wes Borland , Sam Rivers , John Otto and DJ Lethal . The band achieved mainstream success with their second studio album Significant Other, released in 1999...
during their world tour just before dancing for Christina Milian
Christina Milian
Christine Flores , better known by her stage name Christina Milian , is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model....
on tour and live performances on TV (Soul Train Award or TMF awards
TMF Awards
The TMF Awards are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF .The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria...
). In 2004, Lindsey was one of the principal dancers on Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
's "Try This Tour" across the US, Europe and more. Lindsey is friends with Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
since working with her on music videos and on her "Best Damn Tour", where Lindsey was a dancer, a co-choreographer and a background singer.
As a professional dancer, Lindsey appeared in music videos like "Get the Party Started
Get the Party Started
"Get the Party Started" is a song performed by Pink, and was the first single from her second album, Missundaztood . It became an international hit and reached the top ten in many countries. The song was Pink's highest selling at that time...
" of Pink, "I'm Really Hot" of Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
, "Girlfriend" of Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
, "Wax On Wax Off" of Kovas, "Love Come Down
Love Come Down
"Love Come Down" is a hit single by Evelyn "Champagne" King. It was produced by Morrie Brown and written by Kashif. "Love Come Down" was the first single culled from her multi-platinum, number-one R&B album, Get Loose . In the U.S., it reached number one on the R&B and dance charts and number...
" of Diddy - Dirty Money, "Somebody to Love
Somebody to Love (Justin Bieber song)
"Somebody to Love" is a song performed by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber. The song served as the second single from his album, My World 2.0. It was written by Bieber along with Heather Bright and The Stereotypes, and produced by the latter. The song was originally recorded as a demo by...
" of Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
, "Party All Night" of Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston is a Jamaican-American singer. He pursued a music career and debuted in 2007 with the album Sean Kingston.-Early life:...
and others.
In addition to tours and music videos, Lindsey performed live on TV with Christina Milian
Christina Milian
Christine Flores , better known by her stage name Christina Milian , is an American singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model....
, Avril Lavigne, The Veronicas
The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an Australian electrorock, pop-punk and rock band. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the band in 1999 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing which was released in 2007....
and The Groovaloos on "So You Think You Can Dance" in 2009, with Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan is an American actress, pop singer and model. She began her career as a child fashion model before making her motion picture debut in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap at the age of 11...
, Omarion
Omarion
Omari Ishmael Grandberry better known as Omarion, is an American R&B singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of the R&B group, B2K. Omarion was spotted at a young age by a manager, Christopher B. Stokes, who took a liking to his vocal abilities...
and Marques Houston
Marques Houston
Marques Barrett Houston is an American R&B singer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. A member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx until 2002, he went solo in 2003. He is also the cousin of J-Boog, former member of the R&B/Hip-Hop group B2K....
during The MTV Music Awards in 2004 and appeared in Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
, episode 5 season 3.
In 2003, she was one of the cheerleaders in the movie "Love Don't Cost a Thing" with Christina Milian and Nick Canon. With her crew the "Beat Freaks" she made some appearances in "You Got Served" in 2004 with Omarion and Marques Houston, and more recently in "Go For It" and "Honey 2
Honey 2
Honey 2 is a dance film which follows the 2003 film Honey. It stars Katerina Graham, Randy Wayne, Melissa Molinaro, Lonette McKee and Audrina Patridge...
".
Choreographer career
Lindsey worked with Avril LavigneAvril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
as a dancer but also as a choreographer. Indeed she choreographed Avril's music video "Hot" and she was also the artistic director and the choreographer of Avril's promo tour. In 2008, Lindsey Blaufarb and Craig Hollamon were the co-choreographers of "The Best Damn Tour".
Since their meeting, Lindsey and Craig worked with artists like The Saturdays
The Saturdays
The Saturdays are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of five members Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. In 2007 the band were formed through Fascination Records which gave them an instant record deal with...
, Far East Movement
Far east movement
Far East Movement is an Asian American electro hop quartet based in Los Angeles. The group formed in 2003 and consists of Kev Nish , Prohgress , J-Splif , and DJ Virman...
and Lenka and they choreographed music videos like "One Night Stand" of Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...
and Chris Brown, "Fuck You" of Cee Lo Green, "Ready to Go" of Panic At The Disco. They also choreographed commercials for Hyundai
Hyundai
Hyundai ) is a global conglomerate company, part of the Korean chaebol, that was founded in South Korea by one of the most famous businessmen in Korean history: Chung Ju-yung...
, Cedar Point
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
and Syfy.
The Beat Freaks
The Beat FreaksBeat Freaks
Beat Freaks is an all-female breaking dance crew from Los Angeles, California. Each of its nine members had achieved individual success dancing before the creation of the group in 2003. The Beat Freaks were featured on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew and finished the show as runners-up.- Overview...
is an all-female dance crew from Los Angeles, California. The crew was created in 2003 by Lindsey B OutThere (Lindsey Blaufarb), Al*Star (Alison Faulk), Maryss from Paris (Marie Courchinoux), BGirl Lady Jules (Julie Urich), LockN'Key (Keeley Kaukimoce), Rino Nakazone-Razalan and Teresa Espinosa. Individually they worked with numerous artists on tours or music videos but the consecration for the crew was in 2009 when they did the TV show America's Best Dance Crew
America's Best Dance Crew (Season 3)
The third season of America's Best Dance Crew premiered on January 15, 2009. It was hosted by Mario Lopez and featured Layla Kayleigh as the backstage correspondent. The judges included rapper Lil Mama, former *NSYNC singer JC Chasez, and hip-hop choreographer Shane Sparks...
. Alison was on tour with Pink during the show so BGirl Shorty (Alex Welch) joined the group and they lost the final against "Quest Crew". In 2011, BGirl Bonita (Bonita Lovett) was introduced as the newest member of the crew.