The Pin-Down Girls www.thepindowngirls.com

Devin Fulton - Artistic Director Devin Fulton has been dancing since the tender age of 3. At 17 she became a company member of the State Street Ballet and Plexus Dance Theatre. In 2002 she was featured on the WB's hit show Angel. In 2003 she recieved a scholarship to the Edge Performing Arts Center where she trained 40 hours a week with top teachers and choreographers in the business. Devin has been a principal dancer with the L.A. Contemporary Dance Company since 2005 and has appeared with several other L.A. based dance companies such as Commonality Dance Co. and Joseph Allen Decker Dance Company. She was recently featured in 4 awesome commercials for American Apparel and in A Soldiers Tale with the world renowned Montreal Symphony at the Broad Theatre in Los Angeles. Devin enjoys teaching master classes and setting choreography for high schools and colleges, and of course teaching her very popular Sexy Sculpting classes for women in Ventura. *************************************************************************************** Annie Marostica - Executive Director Annie has been a dancing fiend since the age of 5 when she began dancing tap, jazz, and ballet in Ventura. At 18 she joined the Hip Brazil Dance Company in Santa Barbara and has been featured in Vanessa Isaac's workout video series and continues to perform with Hip Brazil as a principal dancer. In 2005 Annie traveled to Brazil with Vanessa to study dance under Rosangela Silvestre and just recently trained with the LA Contemporary Dance Company in their summer intensive under the direction of Kate Hutter. In 2004, she graduated from UCSB with a B.S. in Biopsychology and minors in Chemistry and Exercise Science. She has danced in New York, Paris (FR) and continues to perform and teach locally with various organizations. Annie received her Teaching Credential in 2006 and her Masters in Teaching in 2008 and spends her days teaching Chemistry in Oxnard, CA. ********************************************************* Charlene Bittinger Charlene is a Southern California native and began her dance career with the West Coast School of the Arts and then the Orange County High School of the Arts. After graduating from UCLA with BA in World Arts and Cultures - Dance Specialization, she continued her dancing by joining the Los Angeles Laker Girls for two seasons. Charlene has worked with Beyonce, The Backstreet Boys, and Korn along with working for Nike, AVP and Liz Claiborne. In 2000, Charlene was the recipient of the Friends of the Cerritos Center of the Performing Arts Scholarship and was also chosen to perform in a production with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Dance has taken her around the globe to such countries as Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, and most recently to Afghanistan. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she continues to pursue her passion for dance. *********************************************************************************** Jenn Esses Jenn Esses, a native of San Jose, California, began dancing at the young age of 4. She has trained with the San Jose Cleveland Ballet School and with various other studios throughout the Bay Area. Her passion for dance led her to Los Angeles where she attended UCLA to further her interest in choreographing and exploring different cultures of dance. In 2003 Jenn received a scholarship at the EDGE performing arts center where she got the opportunity to train with top choreographers in Los Angeles. After graduating Jenn moved to San Diego and for the past two years has been teaching dance in after school programs for various elementary and preschools. Jenn has performed with the Pin-Down Girls starting with the Quite Scenic show in Santa Barbara. She looks forward to more performances to come. ******************************************************************* Chereese Mackey Chereese grew up in her mother's dance studio in northern California and has trained in tap, jazz, and hip hop. Her performance experience includes being an understudy for Sesame Street Live, traveling the world dancing on Holland America Cruise ships, and a DancePlug.com commercial. She has worked with choreographers such as Adam Parson, Kobi Rosenfeld, Brooklyn, Swoop, and Darrien Henning and recently choreographed a piece with one of Bob Fosse's original dancers, Jennifer Nairn-Smith. She is currently also performing with Cirque Berzerk. ********************************************************** Amanda Meyer Amanda Meyer born and raised in Houston, Texas began her dance training at the early age of three. She is formally trained in ballet, jazz, tap and flamenco. After graduating high school, Amanda moved to Albuquerque to attend the University of New Mexico where she was a dance major with a focus on flamenco. A few years later, she moved to Las Vegas where she danced at the Palms Hotel and Casino and with Oxygen Dance Theatre, a jazz dance company. Amanda relocated to Los Angeles in 2003 to train at the Edge Performing Arts Center and to continue her career in dance. She is also a certified Pilates instructor through Body Arts and Science International and teaches independently through her own company, The Mobile Method and also at ORS Pilates and Yoga in downtown Los Angeles. She has been a member of several dance companies such as, The Joseph Allen Decker Dance Company, Alma Flamenca, The Rodriguez Flamenco Dance Company, The Bill Evans Tap Dance Co., and Oxygen Dance Theatre. She has performed extensively throughout Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, California, and Washington D.C. She is blessed to have worked with choreographers such as Bill Evans, Omayra Amaya, Pablo Rodarte, Robin Antin, Terri Best and Denise Leitner, to name a few. ******************************************************************************** Jaime Randall Jaime started dancing at the early age of two in Kansas City, Kansas. At eighteen she moved to Los Angeles to continue her training at a professional level. She was awarded a year long scholarship to EDGE Performing Arts Center in 2003. After her year on scholarship she was represented by BLOC Agency. Jaime has worked with numerous musical artists in her career such as Gwen Stefani, The Blood Arm, and My Chemical Romance. She performed with the Commonality Dance Company in their 2004 showcase. Some other live performances include "TEN" and "MUSICALS"- EDGE Annual Showcase, "Quite Scenic"- The Pin-down Girls, and "The Chaos Tour"- My Chemical Romance. She has worked with many choreographer's such as Scott HIslop, Andre Fuentes, Adam Parson, Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo and JT Hornstein for various events. Jaime moved to Maui in 2007 to pursue her other dreams and just recently sailed back to the Mainland. She is currently working for Los Angeles Danceforce convention and is continuing her love of choreographing by teaching dance in Costa Mesa and Huntington Beach, California.