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Carlena Britch

Carlena Britch born 6 october 1990 Vancouver Canada.

Her parents have Italian and Russian roots.

Early life

Carlena was born Ocotber 6 1990 in Vancouver Canada. Carlena spent most of her childhood moving around. her fight or flight mindset helped her survive foster care.

Ate the age of 9 Carlena her eyes wer opened to a culture of music and movement. an instructor named Susanna Cejalvo held a two week hip hop program at Carlena's now 4th elementary school.

she connected and fell in love with it instantly. allowing it focus and channel her anger and frustration toward a positive artistic outlet. She expressed her frustration through the words of Eminem, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E while learning to groove along with the sound of Salt-N-Pepa, QTLC and Aaliyah. She finaly felt alive and understood.

Career

Carlena recalls her breakthrough moment at a local mall dance competition performing a solo at the age of 14. At that performance she got discovered by Kim Sato. Kim Sato took Carlena under her wing and exposed her to the professional world of dance through her hip hop company SOULdiers. She continued her training in SOULdiers for 3 years; eventually moving forward to help form one of Vancouver's most prestigious, all-female crew, Diamonds In The Rough. Carlens contunued to train and perform with Diamonds In The Rough, along with Stonefoxx Dance Crew, RAW Dance Crew and The Vancity Lockers.

Grasping at every opportunity to expand and knowledge herself, Carlena begun attending Monster Of Hip Hop dance conventions where in 2009 she was discovered bu Clear Talent Group in Los Angeles. A few months after signing with Clear Tanent Group, Carlena booked her first music video, starring in Michael Buble's "Just haven't met you yet ". Her professional career had officially begun. She took a leap of faith and quit her full time job in Vancouver and moved to Toronto. then she took an audition for the Disney feature film "Camp Rock 2". she booked herself a lead dance role in the "Camp Star" crew. With her film career just beginning she auditioned for a dance role in the Nickelodeon feature film "Rags" and was turned completely around when the producers asked her to come in and read for one of the lead roles instead. Carlens booked the role of Keke Palmer's best friend "Tammy" and dove head first into the acting world. Carlena auditioned for season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Making it all the way to top 40, she walked away from the experience with a clearer vision of who she was as a performer, knowing she had to work much harder to make it. She auditioned again for season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada and made it to the top 22. Making it all the way to the top 7 female spot, she left behind her fears and stepped forward into a new light, gaining exposure and support from her incredible fan base. She was ready to officially take on the world and use her journey as inspiration along the way.

6 months later in March 2012 Carlena made the biggest move of her life this far. Packing up her suitcases for the last time, she moved to Los Angeles with zero intentions of turning back.

She was giving the opportunity to audition for the biggest world tour of the year, Justin Bieber's "Believe" tour. only a month after moving to LA she was recognized by choreographer Nick Demoura and director Jon Chu and landed one of the six female spots of the tour. She spent the next 2 years of her life on tour, filming misuc videos such as "As Long As You Love Me ", "All Around The World ", dancing in award shows like the "Teen CHoice Awards", much music video awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards and television shows such as The Voice, America's Got Talent and Dancing With The Wtars. Working hard for the opportunity to dance for artist such as Justin Bieber, Usher, Chris Brown, Prince, Pharrell, Gwen Stefani, Lil Wayne, Tyga, Jason Derulo, Michael Buble and Zendaya, Carlena continues to shine her expressive light through performances in music videos, award shows and live stage. She was futured to dance with some big stars as she was a part of the "Lip Synce Battle" dance team, hosted by LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen.

In 2015 she decide to step down of her dancing a little bit and concentrate more on her acting career and now follows acting school. she has been filming a few short films as, Hit Tv, THe Lonely Island, and more to come. She has been modeling for some few brands as, Bemore Media, Nozo toronto, Adidas by Stella Mccartney, Adidas Women, Planet Salon.

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