MEET SUZETTE When she was six, Suzette began dancing the way most young dancers do: by parents’ will. Her first dance memories are filled with tu-tus and jazz hands. It wasn’t until she was in high school that she realized that she, in fact, truly loved the classes, rehearsals, and performances. In her hometown of Santa Maria, CA, Suzette continued with ballet, jazz, modern, and hip hop throughout high school. In college Suzette danced on and later became the artistic director of UCLA’s hip hop team, Samahang Modern. After receiving her BA in philosophy, Suzette moved to New York to train and prides herself on dancing in an instructional video for Broadway Dance Center: Contemporary Dance with Brice Mousset. After numerous live performances on the east coast, Suzette has gone on to dance on the Pride of Hawaii, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. Shortly thereafter she returned to Los Angeles and continued dancing, both solo (featured in commercials such as a Joe Pytka directed Acura commercial) and as a member of a hip hop dance crew (Dance and Spirit Club). In the fall of 2008, Suzette left for Massachusetts, where she joined Static Noyze Dance Company and is also presently finishing her masters degree in philosophy at Tufts University. Suzette was chosen to be an MTV Made hip hop coach for the Hip Hop Dance Battle, in which she led her student to winning the competition. Suzette has had the pleasure of working with artists such as Yo Yio and Fabolous as well as …