Jade Chynoweth

Jade Jacqueline Chynoweth (pronounced shi-NOF (see the video for pronunciation); born on August 21, 1998 in Park City, Utah) is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, model, stylist and social media personality 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 (Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts, Homeschooling)
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer Actress Model Choreographer Stylist
Affiliations	Sunkissed Styling (fashion, styling and modeling) Jade X Fuego (design sneakers) ImmaBEAST (former) E-Kidz (former) Global Artist Agency
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	Carlito Olivero (boyfriend) Alex Aiono (ex romance) Kaycee Rice GiaNina Paolantonio Gabe De Guzman Charlize Glass JT Church Josh Killacky Gev Manoukian Larsen Thompsen Tessa Brooks Sean Lew Janelle Ginestra-Adams William Ginestra-Adams
Pets	2 dogs
Nicknames	Jade Bug or JaDeBug

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 and convention videos of Los Angeles' most influential and established choreographers with hundreds of millions of views total.

She had her debut 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 online courses, creating personalized workouts and nutrition plans until 2019.

She got finally recognized as great actress by her role Sophia Peach on the science-fiction thriller feature Max Winslow and the House of Secrets. She is also very known for being regular main 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, Just Us and Alone Together. She was featured on the movies One By One, and MIAO. Her latest role was on horror movie Scared to Death which is on post-production as of December 2023.

Biography

Jade grew up in the quiet town of 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, where she took classes in tap, ballet, jazz, hip hop and pointe. She described her family as middle class. Her mom took some efforts to earn money for Jade's teaching classes. Her bothers were playing football and her dad was with them, and she was dancing and her mom was with her.

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. She performed on the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2011, which was her first job and 2012 with Will Smith as dancer.She danced at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in the Britney Spears tribute piece and stood next to Beyoncé while waiting backstage. She was also a as a member of E-Kidz, a youth hip-hop group ran by Dave Scott and was doing a Microsoft commercial with some of her crew fellows.

Her work with The PULSE spilled over into her professional life when she teamed up with a bunch of other talented young PULSE alumnis 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.

She was on top choreographer—WilldaBeast, Tricia Miranda, Janelle Ginestra, Brian Friedman, Yanis Marshall, Nika Kljun, Alexander Chung, JoJo Gomez — and odds front and center in one of their most popular class videos. In Scott David Winn’s comedic videos, she got to show off both her dance and her acting skills, was 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" dance video, song by J. Balvin, Jeon and Anitta, where she did also style and choreography and Alex Aiono – Work The Middle - choreographed by WillDabeast Adams. Alex really tried to hit on Jade (after this leap dance understandable), was kissing her on tour later and got his cooler by going different paths, but they stayed friends., Elvis Presley (Rubberneckin') Extended Remix. She is also featured on the Mindless Behavior music videos "Girls Talkin' Bout" and My Girl (Remix) ft. Ciara, Tyga, Lil Twist.

She was performing in commercials for brands Nike, Puma, Samsung, Microsoft; Fanta, Toyota, Spotify, Red Bull, Fenty, Maybelline and Charlotte Russe.

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. Gev Manoukian 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. And in addition to won major competition titles.

Jade Chynoweth describes herself as an adrenaline junkie, having attempted everything from high-level ropes courses to an Olympic ski ramp. Dance is a form of communication for her. It is a method of communicating and conveying to others your true feelings and emotions. Jade values her family and is inspired by her two athletic brothers. She is close to her fellow dancers and competitors, and she believes that competing brings them closer together and helps them develop their individual styles.

Jade completed her high school courses online, graduating a year earlier in 2016 at the Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts. In 2014, she applied for an acting scholarship at the Margie Haber studio by performance video. It does't gone public if she got it, or about anything of acting training and education. She took training at JA Crooms to increase her action potential - show case.

About 2014, when she was 16, she shared a room in LA with her mom and another dancer with her mom, who they met on a convention. When both teens were grown up the chaperons were no longer needed, the young ladies became best friends and shared the flat for seven years, even after Jade got the role Odalie in a casting showdown against her roommate in 2017. No hard feelings officially. Later she got her own flat, worked a lot in Atlanta for shooting Step Up: High Water and left LA about 2020 later during COVIT-19 pandemic. Since then official residence is Park City.

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, athletic, bodybuilding and handsome Jade (audition video). Two years later 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. In 2015, she was starring on web series Just Us with Logan Hassel (trailer). Following after that she got a recurring role as the daughter of the destroyer commander and marine Kathleen Nolan on 13 episodes of the post-apocalyptic 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. But Tricia properly supported Jade's career most by SHARAYA J "BANJI" LIVE AT Choreographer's Carneval in LA 2013, where she met Missy Elliott backstage and a lot of other choreographers later influenced her career. Jade had the advantage along with dancers, such as Tessa Brooks and Larsen Thompsen, that she was a couple years older than the rest of Tricia's munchkin prodigies and got all the job offers, they couldn't do.

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. She is really a villain.

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. Jade joined IMMA 2011 - @Beyonce - Countdown , "Ladies Choice" | by WilldaBeast Adams, Jovanie - What's The Move Dance and stayed a member until about 2021 - Make it Rain REMIX ft @TPAIN - over 10 years, because she felt quite comfortable between her Immabeast fellows and developed close friendship to Will and Janelle Ginestra-Adams. They choreographed exactly into a dance style she likes.

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. Starz has canceled the drama series after its one-season run on the network and the satellite TV station got sold in 2016 to Canadian broadcaster Lionsgate. The first two seasons of the Lionsgate TV TV-produced Step Up ran on YouTube. After the Google-owned company in 2019 pulled out of the original scripted business, leaving the series in limbo, Lionsgate-owned Starz stepped in and picked it up for a third season, serving as a series finale. Lionsgate has been scrutinizing its balance sheets as the company is preparing to spin off its studio from Starz next year though sources indicated that the cancellations are largely product of fiscal austerity in a very tough economic environment as media companies are stepping up cost-cutting measures. Inspired by the Lionsgate film franchise, Step Up follows the drama, scandalous romance, betrayals and rivalries told through the intersection of the worlds of music and dance within a highly sought-after performance empire. It centers on Sage Odom (Ne-Yo) as the legendary founder of Atlanta’s famed High Water Performing Arts School and Collette (Christina Milian), his partner in High Water and in life. Milian took over the role of Collette, which was originated by the late Naya Rivera, in Season 3. Just YouTube Premium alone, former YouTube Red, had in September 2022 80M+ paying subscribers and was available in 110 countries.

In 2017, Jade was also 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". Further she was named the Up & Coming Female of Year at the World of Dance Awards 2017. On January 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. She performed also on the Teen Choice Awards with her Step UP: High Water fellows.

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, Sunkissed Styling. Jade stands 5 feet, 4 inches and she rocks a 33-24-35 figure plus occasional celebration dinners short term (Hotness Rater November 2022). 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 152K+ YouTube subscribers.

In 2023, she did her last film to date, which was the horror movie Scared to Death where she played Champ, which is currently in post-production. Then for five months, the WGA Strike hit her. Many film projects got on hold or were postponed, got new prioritized or even new concept or cast. So it is currently hard in general for an actress to find consecutively a new role. She worked with startup Fuego on a collab sneaker design Jade x Fuego available since September worldwide.

In 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, Switzerland and Portugal from January 12 to January 22. On January 13, 2024 in the 6ème sens school in Tourcoing, Hauts-de-France, France - Jade's Intro, Jade & Kaycee's intro, workshop, Pro Femke Vanbecelaere (BEL),Noemi Simón, Julie. On January 14, 2024 at the Movement Dance School, Kaycee's class in à Neuchâtel, Switzerland about 50 km western of Bern at the Lake Neuchâtel. On January 19, in collaboration by the Hype and Jazzy Dance Studios in Lisbon, Portugal. On January 20, 2024 at the Bcenter Dance SchooL in Annecy at the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France also together with Lauriane Davier. post-class speech, duet with Kaycee, Q & A, dancing to Fix You by Coldplay. The reactor behind the JC tummy needs clearly some extra cooling. On January 21, 2024 at the Urban Team in Geneva, Switzerland - Urban Team. Combo class with Kaycee. Rockstar's Tour Dairy. For March 7 - 10, 2024, she announced to attend the NMDF convention in Athens, Greece again at the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA) G. Kassimatis” Hall, Gate A.

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, Fashion, 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.
2019.02.19	Next Big Thing Mag #31	Jade Chynoweth America's Terpsi Chore	About Jade as goddess of dance and Chorus; Muse of Music and Ballet.	Terpsichore
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."

Online Platforms

Podcasts

Date	Platform	Title	Subject	Notes	Refs
2019.01.17	Apple	Jade Chynoweth Is More Than A Dancer by Ron "Boss" Everline	No Matter The Game Podcast.	. Jade is an actress and dancer best known for her roles in Artemisia, 300: Rise of an Empire and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. She also had a reoccurring role on The Last Ship and Step Up: High Water. Jade and I talked shop about her path to becoming a dancer and how she is working hard on her acting. We also discussed how health and wellness play a huge role in her success. Turn in to hear me and this youngster chop it up and as always, let us know your thoughts by leaving a review.
2019.11.08	Apple	Jade Chynoweth - On Her Journey as a Dancer, Performing with Halsey, Loving Yourself, and What's Next For Her Career by Tatiana Carrier	About Jades professional life as dancer and a brief bio, about current and future protects.	With 2.4 Million followers on Instagram, a stacked resume of TV/Film credits, and live dance performances with the world's top artists, Jade Chynoweth has taken the entertainment world by storm. On this episode, Jade shares her story of leaving everything to move to LA., the sacrifices she and her mom have made for her career, the importance of being true to yourself, and how Instagram changed the game for her dance career. We also talk about what it's like to work with artists like Halsey (goals) and what inspires her weekly Self Love Sunday talks.
2020.02.12	i Heart	Dance Mashup: featuring Kaycee Rice, Sean Lew, Jade Chenowyth, and Jojo Gomez by Tatiana Carrier	About the intros of professional lifes as dancer and their brief bios.	During this episode we feature dance phenomenons Kaycee Rice and Sean Lew - bff child prodigys turned industry legends. We talk to the always inspiring Jade Chenowyth, who's unique style and positive attitude have allowed her to take the world of dance by storm. You'll also hear from the one and only Jojo Gomez, who's incredibly innovatie choregoraphy and exceptional skill have made her popular with top music artists and insta-fans alike. The combined forces of these four dance powerhouses...unstoppable.
2021.02.09	Poddtoppen.se	Alex Aiono: Let's Get Into It	Falling in love with a friend. Crossing the Line with Jade Chynoweth & Blake Wexler	Is it worth it to cross the line and risk turning a friendship into a relationship? Alex explores that question with dancer (and ex) Jade Chynoweth and comedian Blake Wexler. From successfully crossing the line to potentially destroying an important friendship, they cover it all - including a tour-stop rendezvous, the wizarding world of dating reveals, and why you should only discuss the future of your relationship over (bad) Mexican food.

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)
• “Jade is one of the most outstanding dancers I’ve seen in a long time. Her maturity and versatility are rare, as is her respect for others at such a young age—it’s beautiful. She is definitely one to watch out for.” (Tyce Diorio)

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 and 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. Sometimes they have some strange mating rituals, like Klingons. And they can do a lot of positions.
• She enjoys riding horses. Especially with her entire family in Utah.
• She is good in borrow shooting and could bring food on the table in post-apocalypic days. But she has to wear her glasses. It's unknown if she can do it riding from a horse like the Indians. She could take courses from a Navajo clan next corner, if they would break with their tradition: Squaws don't hunt. To avoid those problems she could attend next Yabusame or Kyūdō tournament like Tōshiya in Kyoto next time she is visiting Japan. Dancing in front of Fuji Mountain. But she is definitely better with the Katana.
• Jade's appearances on High School Dance Battle: Geeks vs Cool Kids in 2015 and HIGH SCHOOL DANCE BATTLE - GEEKS vs JOCKS! in 2016 could have a unexpected sequel. After Scott David Winn recovered from his long term struggle with Chronic Lyme Desease, he moved with his family to LA and has met producer legends Lorenzo di Bonaventura and David Womark. They got inspired by Scott's high school battle series and are working with Scott as director currently on pre-production of a musical, drama and comedy in feature length with the working title "Port Hope: High School Dance Battle". Port Hope is the name of the high school in Ontario, Canada where he and his wife graduated. And considering the type of features the producer made, people got really keen to find out what is going on here and Scott's old cast of his short films, including Jade, hopes to get in later in a bigger budget feature. Sean Lew seems to be already a part of the prep crew.

Additional Pages

Jade Chynoweth/Gallery
Jade Chynoweth/Filmography

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