Jade Chynoweth

Jade Jacqueline Chynoweth (pronounced shi-NOF, born on August 21, 1998 in Park City, Utah) is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, and model living by job needs either in Los Angeles, California or Park City.

Jade Jacqueline Chynoweth
Gender	Female
Age	25
Birthdate	August 21, 1998
Nationality	American
Hometown	Park City, Utah
Height	5'4"
Eye Color	Green
Hair Color	Brown
School Grade	Class of 2017
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer Actress Model Choreographer
Affiliations	ImmaBEAST (former)
Dance Studios	Dance Tech Studio (former)
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	Shurene Chynoweth (mother; jazz teacher) John Chynoweth (father)
Siblings	Dylan Chynoweth (brother) Jager Chynoweth (brother)
Friends	Kaycee Rice GiaNina Paolantonio Gabe De Guzman Charlize Glass JT Church
Pets	2 dogs
Nicknames	Jade Bug

Jade got world fame by name as a constant cast of the famous YouTuber Scott David Winn and by get featured in many hours of class, concept und convention videos of Los Angeles' most influentional and established choreographers with hundreds of millions of views total.

She had her deput as actress in 2014 in the epic action film 300: Rise of an Empire at the age of 14. Since that Jade got hooked and is focusing on an acting career. Dancing is her second passion, where she is a prodigy star since her age of 10 and a prominent, often requested industry dancer and instructor around the world. Further she is a successful model and was doing health & fitness courses by Fit2Beit, creating personalized workouts and nutrition plans available to anyone. But all activities were ceased about 4 years ago since COVIT-19 pandamic.

She got finally recognized as great actress by her role Sophia Peach on the science-fiction thriller Max Winslow and the House of Secrets. She is also known for being regular Odalie Allen on the Starz/YouTube Premium series Step Up: High Water on three seasons of 30 episodes. She appeared on the big budget features Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Step UP: China ($17M USD, big in China). She had a recurring role as Kathleen Nolan on the TNT television series The Last Ship on 13 episodes. She appeared on the TV series Going OFF, Dr. Fubalous and Alone Together. She was featured on the movies One By One, MIAO and Just Us. Her latest role was on horror feature Scared to Death which is on post-production as of December 2023.

Biography

Jade grew up in quiet Park City, UT, where she began training at the age of 2 in her aunt’s small basement studio. Later, she studied at Dance Tech Studios, where she took classes in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop and pointe.

By 2011, she was traveling to L.A. regularly to audition for dance gigs. She also scored a coveted spot as one of The PULSE on Tour’s 2010/2011 Elite Protégés, touring with top choreographers like Dave Scott, Mia Michaels, Cris Judd, Laurieann Gibson and Brian Friedman. It was Friedman who had the biggest effect on Chynoweth, influencing her stylistic choices, helping her master choreography more quickly.

Her work with The PULSE spilled over into her professional life when she teamed up with a bunch of other talented young PULSE alums to form a crew called The Protégés to make it onto MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew.”, but they didn’t earn a spot on the main show. That moment was a turning point for Jade Bug. Moving forward, she was committed to a commercial career.

Gev Manoukian was mentoring her since she was 9 years old. She was on top choreographer—WilldaBeast, Tricia Miranda, Janelle Ginestra, Brian Friedman, Yanis Marshall—and odds front and center in one of their most popular class videos. In Scott David Winn’s comedic videos, she gets to show off both her dance and her acting skills, playing or choreographing everything from a Disney princess to Twilight’s Renesmee to Hillary Clinton between 2014 to 2018 with 272M+ views total as of December 2023. She got also featured of the music videos "Yummi" by Justin Bieber, Player WON - Welcome to Oz by Nick Galarza ft. Fik Shun, Konkrete, Vibez, and Jack Griffo as well, choreographed by "Wildabeast" Adams, Enrique Iglesias, Descemer Bueno - Nos Fuimos Lejos ft. El Micha and "Machika" by J. Balvin, Jeon and Anitta.

She got the talent, with a chameleonlike 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. And in addition to major competition titles, she’s earned jobs that are the dance equivalent of gold medals, performing at MTV’s Video Music Awards and in commercials for brands Nike, Puma, Samsung, Microsoft; Fanta, Toyota, Spotify, Red Bull, Fenty, Maybelline and Charlotte Russe. She’s the dance world’s very own all-around champion.

She has got more than a few tricks up her sleeve, with a repertoire that includes b-boy standards like suicides and head hollowbacks by being inspired by her two super-athletic brothers, she credits her mentor, Gev Manoukian, with helping her perfect her power moves. 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.

Jade completed her high school courses online, graduating a year earlier in 2016.

She first appeared as the Street Dancer in 2012 comedy musical series Dr. Fubalous in the episode Episode: "Training Day Off" produced Canadian and at that time Utah living YouTube Director and Producer Scott David Winn, who brought Jade to world fame by his hilarious short films later and pushed her acting career by those. Her debut film role was playing as introduction of the storyline the 13-years-old Artemisia in the 2014 epic historical fantasy war film 300: Rise of an Empire at the age of 14, before Eva Green took over the main part as adult Artemisia, where she had already a sword fighting scene. So directors and producer recognized the action potential of the acrobatic, athetic, bodybuild and handsome Jade. Two years she got another small role in the big budget feature Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice where she played a young girl named Carmen, who got rescued by Superman, the fulfilled teenager dream. Following after that she got a recurring role as the daughter of the destroyer commander and marine Kathleen Nolan on 13 episodes of the postapocalyptic television series The Last Ship, and had already some action scenes like gun fighting and car chasing - E3, S4xE4, S4xE5, S4xE6, S4x7 with Jade.

Jade was on the MTV series “Going Off” in 2016, helmed by choreographer Tricia Miranda. Tricia, the woman who taught Beyoncé as her background dancer hip-hop, got finally public eye by her class videos with millions of views. One day broadcaster ABC was ringing Tricia's bell, like we noticed your class video has already 44M+ views. What is going on here? And Tricia pointed on the kids Jade, Kaycee Rice and Aiden Prince and told them they were drawing that much attention and had already a fanbase by their own on social media of millions of followers. So MTV thought there is a market for a reality show. In total, Jade appeared already on class videos with hundreds of millions of views; gave her world fame by name as well.

In 2016, an action short film Girls Just Wanna Have Fight ft. Lilly Singh & Jade Chynoweth by Derek Poeblo went viral, where Jade is beating the crap out of seven guys going after her and her friend played by Canadian social-media superstar, television host, comedian, actress and writer Lilly Singh. Derek is specialized in commercial and brand short film making, and knows Scott David Winn well. By Scott's videos and her 300-Artemisia scene, Derek knew Jade could do some fighting, although she is not trained in martial arts. Derek shot two behind-the-scene about the production and the fight choreography.- Doing more action.

In 2017, she was playing one of the USA Phantom Dancer in the final battle with some her real life ImmaBeast fellows in "Step UP 6: China - The Year of then Dance" (Trailer, Behind-the-scenes). But the featured film needed three years being released, maybe for political reasons. From 2017 to 2022 she was a long term regular cast by playing Odalie Allen on the Starz/YouTube Premium series Step Up: High Water on 30 episodes; the spin off of the famous Step UP features. Her casting for the role ended with a showdown between her and her roommate. On the set she learned later her long term boyfriend Carlito Olivero as well. Sadly the show got cancelled after third season. She was nominated with Josh Killacky on the World of Dance Industry Awards for the category Dance Video of the Year by her concept video "Greed | A Story". She was also named the Up & Coming Female of Year at the World of Dance Awards 2017. On Janunary 2017, due her success she made it on the cover of the DanceSpirit Magazine The Jade Factor - Why is everyone obsessed with Jade Chynoweth.

In December 2018, she appeared on The Voice dancing while singer Halsey performed her song "Without Me". The performance received backlash for how Halsey "sensually" danced with Chynoweth; the backlash in turn was criticized as homophobic and Halsey defended her performance.

In 2019, she got first time critics eye with the science-fiction thriller Max Winslow and the House of Secrets (Trailer), where she played Sophia Peach, one of the five candidates who is trying to escape Winslow's house. She was nominated as best actress on the Burbank International Film Festival for her role. In the same year she was featured as Capri in the TV action movie MIAO. But then the Coronavirus quarantine hit her. She filled the closure of the studios by teaching classes, fitness online courses and modeling. - Some shots of the beauty. She was also nominated for a Shorty Award in the category "Best in Dance" together with Auti Kamal, Brittany Cavaco, Chelsie Hill, Cynthia Irobunda, Dytto, Fik-Shun, Justin Peck, Omar Z. Robles, Shiggy, The Kinjaz and the winner Kaycee Rice in her category.

As of December 2023, Jade Bug has about 2M+ Instagram and 750K+ TikTok followers, and 417K+ YouTube subscribers.

In 2023, she did her last film to date, which was the horror feature Scared to Death where she played Champ, which is currently in post-production.

For 2024, Jade renewed her The Experience - Europe Tour from April to May 2023 to The Experience 2, together with Kaycee Rice this time. Fixed bookings are through France and Switzerland from January 12 to January 21, and on January 24. On January 13, 2024 in the 6ème sens school in Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France. On January 20, 2024 Gym Hall School Saint Michel in Annecy at the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. On January 21, 2024 at the Urban Team in Geneva, Switzerland - Urban Team.

Dance Titles

• The Pulse Elite Protégé 2010/2011
• The Pulse Elite Alumna 2010/2011 (lifetime title)

Awards and Nominations

Year	Title	Category	Nominated	Result	Refs
2017	World of Dance Industry Awards	Dance Video of the Year	Jade Chynoweth & Josh Killacky - Greed A Story	Norminated
2019	Burbank International Film Festival	Best Actress	Jade Chynoweth - Max Winslow and the House of Secrets	Norminated
	Shorty Awards	Best in Dance	Jade Chynoweth	Norminated

Print Media

Dance, Fashon, Lifestyle and Fitness Magazine Articles

Date	Newspaper	Title	Subject	Notes	Refs
2016.12.12	DanceSpirit Magazine	Why Everyone's Obsessed with Jade Chynoweth by Jen Jones Donatelli	About Jades professional life as dancer and a brief bio.	Every professional choice Chynoweth makes further develops her unmistakable style, which she calls “a balance between hard-hitting, energized movement and slow, sensual movement.” Having such a big dance toolbox helps her keep her audience guessing. “When you’re having a conversation with someone, there might be points where you raise your voice or whisper—you don’t yell the whole time,” she says. “I believe you need all of those elements to keep people interested and wanting to watch. To me, dance is a conversation."
2018.06.25	Entity Magazine	Entertainment: Meet Jade Chynoweth: Dancer, Actor and Fitness Influencer by Cristina Pimentel	About Jades professional life as dancer and a brief bio.	Chynoweth has also become quite the entrepreneur. She just gave fans something to feast their eyes on. For $19.99 a month, people can join her Fit2BeIT Lifestyle and see dance and workout videos, watch vlogs, read her blogs and get a peek into her meal prep.
2019.05.01	Composure Magazine # 21	The Ones To Watch - Jade Chynoweth by Min A. Lee	Interview with Jade About Acting, Dancing, Fans, Family and Friends	JC: "I’ve learned that authenticity is key to having longevity in this industry. If you aren’t yourself, people will eventually see through that, or you’ll just be unhappy trying to be something you’re not. In any position of influence, you voluntarily put your life under the microscope. I realized that it’s important that I present myself in a real way and have enough self-love to shake off any negativity. I want people to be a fan because I actually do something cool and stand for something genuine."

Contact

Bookings : jade@jaderade.com

General:
jadechynoweth@yahoo.com
tkuzon@mosaicla.com
monicabarkett@gaa-la.com (Global Artist Agency)

Fan Mail Address

Jade Chynoweth
Global Artists Agency
6253 Hollywood Blvd.
Suite 508
Los Angeles, CA 90028
USA

Quotes

About Jade

• “She is the Olympian of dance.” (Will “WilldaBeast” Ginestra-Adams)
• “When she would perform her solo at competition, people would run into the theater to watch her. It’s pretty rare to find someone who can do contemporary so well and then get on her head and whip out crazy break-dancing tricks.” (Gev Manoukian)

By Jade

• “I would do dance competitions every weekend and take class every day after school until 9 pm,” (Jade was remembering about Baby Jade Bug at the age between 2-9 years old)
• “Brain Friedman was always pushing me to be better than I was in the last class." (her memories from the The Pulse of Tour)
• "Since I’d studied acro and could do back handsprings and tucks, it was easier to work on tricks at a higher level, like windmills and headspins.”
• "For me, acting and dancing are both about telling a story. I feel like whenever I’m doing one, it also improves my abilities at the other. I just put as much time as I can into being the best version of myself and hope that it shines through in my work and performance."

Fun Facts

• Jade is a member of the 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' (short LDS or Mormon Church) who are the majority of Utah citizens. This forced her to some compromises between her dress code between her needs as dancer, model or for some roles and the conservative perspective of her religion. But meanwhile Bikini seems to be no problem.
• As of December 2023, Jade is dating actor, singer, songwriter, music producer and dancer Carlito Olivero. They learned each other in Step Up: High Water by script when Carlito played Davis and later in real life in 2017. Carlito is about nine years older than Jade.
• She enjoys riding horses. Especially with her entire family in Utah.

Additional Pages

Jade Chynoweth/Gallery
Jade Chynoweth/Filmography

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