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Jade grew up in the quiet small town of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_City_(Utah) Park City, UT], where she began training at the age of two in her aunt’s small basement studio. Later, she studied at Dance Tech Studios also rooted in Park City, where she took classes in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop and pointe.<ref>[https://dancespirit.com/golden-girl/ Dance Spirit Why Everyone's Obsessed with Jade Chynoweth]</ref> She described her family as middle class. Her mom took some efforts to earn money for Jade's classes by teaching jazz classes herself. Jade got a lot from her [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxTvD78AbPm/ handsome mom (*1968)]. Her bother Dylan was playing high school football and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1w7IRxBvb8 hell of a Running Back]. He was playing college football for the U.S. Naval Academy later<ref>[https://navysports.com/sports/football/roster/dylan-chynoweth/2442 Navy 2010 Football Roster]</ref>. All family members had attended university/college except Jade. Jager was playing football for the Park City high school team as well and her dad was with them. Jade was dancing and her mom was with her. ''“I would do dance competitions every weekend and take class every day after school until 9 pm,”'' she was remembering about baby Jade. | Jade grew up in the quiet small town of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_City_(Utah) Park City, UT], where she began training at the age of two in her aunt’s small basement studio. Later, she studied at Dance Tech Studios also rooted in Park City, where she took classes in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop and pointe.<ref>[https://dancespirit.com/golden-girl/ Dance Spirit Why Everyone's Obsessed with Jade Chynoweth]</ref> She described her family as middle class. Her mom took some efforts to earn money for Jade's classes by teaching jazz classes herself. Jade got a lot from her [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxTvD78AbPm/ handsome mom (*1968)]. Her bother Dylan was playing high school football and a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1w7IRxBvb8 hell of a Running Back]. He was playing college football for the U.S. Naval Academy later<ref>[https://navysports.com/sports/football/roster/dylan-chynoweth/2442 Navy 2010 Football Roster]</ref>. All family members had attended university/college except Jade. Jager was playing football for the Park City high school team as well and her dad was with them. Jade was dancing and her mom was with her. ''“I would do dance competitions every weekend and take class every day after school until 9 pm,”'' she was remembering about baby Jade. | ||
She has got more than a few tricks up her sleeve, with a repertoire that includes b-boy standards | She has got more than a few tricks up her sleeve, with a repertoire that includes b-boy standards, such as, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkxqAmAL4ZQ suicides] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTBiBYkTMws head hollowbacks] by being inspired by her two super-athletic brothers. She credits also [https://www.instagram.com/gevmanoukian/ Gev Manoukian] with helping her perfect her power moves, who was mentoring her since she was 9 years old. The two first met in 2008, when he visited Chynoweth’s studio to teach a master class right after finishing his run on “So You Think You Can Dance.” Impressed, Manoukian asked Chynoweth’s mom if he could coach the young dancer, and an awesome match was born: Not only did he start choreographing Chynoweth’s competition solos, but he also invited her to shadow him and his b-boy crew. Thanks to Chynoweth’s tumbling skills, the two were able to hit the ground running. She got the talent, with a chameleon-like ability to go from hard and athletic to heartfelt and lyrical. She’s put in the work, training for countless hours with the world’s best teachers and choreographers later. And in addition to won major competition titles. | ||
By 2011, she was traveling with her mom to L.A. regularly to audition for dance gigs, a city where the cost of living are killing you compared to Park City. Regarding an interview with the parents of [[Kaycee Rice]], [[Taylor Hatala]] and Aiden Prince by ESPN in 2016, since committing full-time to their children's careers, the parents unanimously said that between travel, hotels, classes and studio time as well, a family could expect to spend anywhere between $30,000 and $36,000 USD per year on dance-related expenses.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/story/_/id/18124709/balancing-homework-hollywood-real-life-dance-parents Balancing homework and Hollywood -- the real life of dance parents]</ref>, which Jade's family couldn't affort in full amount and there had to be some cost-cutting and reduced time spending, personal hardship and sacrifices to path Jade's career for herself and her family. Jade thinks, by that she has appreciated her accomplished career milestones much better, because without the struggle, she doesn't feel actually happy, when she reached her career goals and is celebrating her success. She also thinks, she had to become much faster mature than "normal" kids at her age by being professional at such young, travelling around under that cost, time and success pressure - a typical self-perception among industry dancers, who started very young being professional. <ref>[https://podtail.com/podcast/behind-the-influence/jade-chynoweth-on-her-journey-as-a-dancer-performi/ Apple Jade Chynoweth - On Her Journey as a Dancer, Performing with Halsey, Loving Yourself, and What's Next For Her Career]</ref> | By 2011, she was traveling with her mom to L.A. regularly to audition for dance gigs, a city where the cost of living are killing you compared to Park City. Regarding an interview with the parents of [[Kaycee Rice]], [[Taylor Hatala]] and Aiden Prince by ESPN in 2016, since committing full-time to their children's careers, the parents unanimously said that between travel, hotels, classes and studio time as well, a family could expect to spend anywhere between $30,000 and $36,000 USD per year on dance-related expenses.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/feature/story/_/id/18124709/balancing-homework-hollywood-real-life-dance-parents Balancing homework and Hollywood -- the real life of dance parents]</ref>, which Jade's family couldn't affort in full amount and there had to be some cost-cutting and reduced time spending, personal hardship and sacrifices to path Jade's career for herself and her family. Jade thinks, by that she has appreciated her accomplished career milestones much better, because without the struggle, she doesn't feel actually happy, when she reached her career goals and is celebrating her success. She also thinks, she had to become much faster mature than "normal" kids at her age by being professional at such young, travelling around under that cost, time and success pressure - a typical self-perception among industry dancers, who started very young being professional. <ref>[https://podtail.com/podcast/behind-the-influence/jade-chynoweth-on-her-journey-as-a-dancer-performi/ Apple Jade Chynoweth - On Her Journey as a Dancer, Performing with Halsey, Loving Yourself, and What's Next For Her Career]</ref> | ||