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He did commercials, for instance, for Microsoft, Disney and Old Navy, but also for younger peer groups, such as for the toy companies ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Power Rangers''. Gabe achieved even a particular sort of immortality by being featured in two installments of the popular ''Just Dance'' series of video games. The first, ''Just Dance: Disney Party'', was released for the Wii and Xbox 360 in 2012; the second, ''Just Dance Kids 2014'', saw release on the Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360 the following year. Gabe's not in the games as a playable character; rather, like in real life, he's more of a coach. | He did commercials, for instance, for Microsoft, Disney and Old Navy, but also for younger peer groups, such as for the toy companies ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Power Rangers''. Gabe achieved even a particular sort of immortality by being featured in two installments of the popular ''Just Dance'' series of video games. The first, ''Just Dance: Disney Party'', was released for the Wii and Xbox 360 in 2012; the second, ''Just Dance Kids 2014'', saw release on the Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360 the following year. Gabe's not in the games as a playable character; rather, like in real life, he's more of a coach. | ||
In 2017, Gabe got first time attention as great hip-hop choreographer due his concept video "Turn Up The Music", song by his idol James Brown, which he conceived of and designed as the opening number of a fundraising gala. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb-9gPnpejI Turn Up the Music | Chris Brown | Choreography/Concept by Gabe De Guzman]</ref> He shows frequently his hommage to him by jump from different position, sometimes with backflip, | In 2017, Gabe got first time attention as great hip-hop choreographer due his concept video "Turn Up The Music", song by his idol James Brown, which he conceived of and designed as the opening number of a fundraising gala. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb-9gPnpejI Turn Up the Music | Chris Brown | Choreography/Concept by Gabe De Guzman]</ref> He shows frequently his hommage to him by jump from different position, sometimes with backflip, piroettes etc, into a James Brown split. A miracle he said he never got seriously injured. Sometimes he hurted himself a little, shoke it off<ref>[https://youtu.be/1Iz2iz7XLRA?t=35 Gabe De Guzman Q&A]</ref> and just rushed back into battle for a new charge, because his dance style is extremely fast with brutal accents. His former permanent dance partner [[Kaycee Rice]] said about him, his spirit animal must be a cheetah, because he's so fast.<ref>[https://www.dancespirit.com/teenage-mutants-2326732372.html Gabe De Guzman and Kaycee Rice Are a Stage Match Made in Hip-Hop Heaven]</ref> But because he can jump very high and far, get down and stand up very fast too, maybe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor Velociraptor] could be the best totem for him. He is also known for his head slides, when he slide yards over the dance floor with his feet strait vertical top on his head. | ||
He started dancing when he was five years old with hip-hop. Gabe’s parents have fully supported his dancing career right from the start. As a child, he suffered from asthma and other allergies which needed him to find an indoor activity. Since he was not getting many chances to employ his energy outide, his sister got him into dancing, where he let out all his pent up passion and energy. He has always had a passion for dancing, right from the time he used to dance up and down at his sister’s dance competitions. Gabe was just about ten years old when he won the Hall of Fame Junior Solo National Championship, about one year after he started competing. Due success, he had received a number of dance scholarships from prestigious training workshops, conventions and events such as Camp Pulse, Jump, Nuvo, Co Dance, Monsters of Hip Hop and The Dance Awards. | He started dancing when he was five years old with hip-hop. Gabe’s parents have fully supported his dancing career right from the start. As a child, he suffered from asthma and other allergies which needed him to find an indoor activity. Since he was not getting many chances to employ his energy outide, his sister got him into dancing, where he let out all his pent up passion and energy. He has always had a passion for dancing, right from the time he used to dance up and down at his sister’s dance competitions. Gabe was just about ten years old when he won the Hall of Fame Junior Solo National Championship, about one year after he started competing. Due success, he had received a number of dance scholarships from prestigious training workshops, conventions and events such as Camp Pulse, Jump, Nuvo, Co Dance, Monsters of Hip Hop and The Dance Awards. he is trained in jazz, tap, ballet, musical theather and contemporary. He said once “Ballet, ballet, ballet—especially for boys! It’s the foundation for everything.” But most videos he is featured he performed hip-hop. | ||
He was one of the very first members of ImmaBeast, because he was recruited directly by "WillDaBeast" Adams before he founded IMMA - it was literally an animal thing - and Gabe joined later LilBeast, the company subsection for very young talented dancer, who became all famous too. Another mentor was Tricia Miranda, who trained the prodigy [[Kaycee Rice]] and thought, he was a perfect match for Kaycee as duet, because they can handle both - performance and technical skills - and are of same size (yet). But there was an obstacle for their rehearsals; Kaycee and Gabe lived three hours apart from each other, because he was grown up in Temecula valley and she lives in the LA metroplotian area. They often met each other in LA in classes, conventions or sometimes at Studio 13 in Simi Valley, which Kaycee's mom owned. But they got later the opportunity to work intensively together, when they became both The Pulse Elite proteges in New York 2015, toured across the US with some celebrity choreographers, many very talented industry dancers, and graduated together as Elite Almnani in 2016. But after that they had separated paths. Tricia once was kidding on the Yuma Hip-Hop festival that Kaycee left Gabe for new partner [[Sean Lew]]. But it would be some truth in it, Gabe wasn't a child of sadness, because he toured with his and also Kaycee's best friend Tati McQuay through the Philipinnes, Thailand and Taiwan. | |||
He made actually more projects with the boys and his friends, such as, [[Sean Lew]], Josh Price and later Julian Deguzman. And formed with Sean, Josh, Kenneth San Jose, Grant Knoche, Big Will Simmons, Josh Cruzwith a little changing cast, and Amanda Taylor, Jennifer Stander, Matt Steffanina, Mark Koops, Eric Day, Jeff Jenkins as producers the boy dance group Boy Squad and made a complete, long-tern series of it. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRSXKM2xM90 Boy Squad - Vidcon - Verizon Performance]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNnTcx5w8FU Boy Squad Dance Video | Right Now - Soul Mechanix]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTOZ8GkjkZs Boy Squad Dance Video | Oh Yea - D. Cope]</ref> But it wasn't a males only. They were sometimes counterparted with a girl squad by [[Bailey Sok]], [[Tahani Anderson]], Tati McQuay, [[Sierra Neudeck]] and Leanne Tessa.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb2nZXLFdjk | |||
BOY SQUAD | Bailey Sok, Kenneth San Jose, Gabe De Guzman, Tati McQuay, Will Simmons]</ref> | |||
Gabe got homeschooled and graduated in 2019 high school. | |||
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Revision as of 01:32, 17 February 2020
| Gabriel de Guzman | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Age | 18 |
| Birthdate | February 20th, 2001 |
| Nationality | American |
| Hometown | Murrieta, California |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| School Grade | {{{school grade}}} |
| Professional Information | |
| Profession | Dancer Choreographer Actor |
| Affiliations | MSA Agency Dream Talent Management ImmaBEAST Co. Boys Squad |
| Dance Studios | Temecula Dance Company (2011-) |
| Titles | see below |
| Friends and Family | |
| Parents | Florence Guzman (Mother) Egay De Guzman (Father) Janelle Ginestra-Adams (Mama Beast) William Adams (Papa Beast) |
| Siblings | Danielle Kristina De Guzman |
| Friends | Tatiana McQuay Sean Lew Charlize Glass Will Simmons Julian DeGuzman Josh Price Kenneth San Jose Tricia Miranda Matt Steffanina Erik Saradpon |
| Pets | 1 dog (Buster) |
| Nicknames | |
Gabriel de Guzman (established as Gabe De Guzman, born on February 20th, 2001 in Murrieta, California, US) is a multi-talented professional dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, actor and a singer and musician with Filipino roots living in California.
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