Pavan Thimmaiah

Hip Hop Dance, Funk Dance, Break Dance

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         In a few years time, native New Yorker Pavan Thimmaiah has choreographed for the commercial and the fashion industry, including Miss USA pageant models, Ebony magazine models, and more.  He has guest spoken at conferences and professional dance seminars across the East Coast.  He has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers, which have applauded his various performances.  Pavan choreographed and performed with PMT Dance Company as the opening act for the Bollywood International Movie Awards, an internationally televised awards show featuring some of the world’s biggest stars of music and film.  After a 3 year hiatus, the newly reformed dance company have performed at various venues including the International Dance Festival, where Pavan was chosen as a one of the featured choreographers in a night honoring young male choreographers called "Men at Work."  In addition, Pavan performed in the Canadian National Exhibition with PMT Dance Company, while also conducting a special Hip Hop Dance Workshop.  His recent PMT Dance Company production of "Struck..." was featured on the Sundance Channel in 2009.

      Currently, Pavan is working with various record labels in training new artists and choreographing stage performance and tours, including Matt Palmer and the Alex Feder.  Past credits including choreographing and performing for the likes of 11X platinum recording artist Apache Indian and Sean Paul while developing artists like Stefani Vara, RAIN and the XYZ Affair.  He recently has appeared in skits for the Conan O' Brian show, webcasts on imeem.com,  and TV shows for MTV.    In addition, he is featured in the film documentary "Between Two Worlds", released in 2008. 

As a teacher of Hip Hop Dance at New York University, Pavan has expanded the program to include more Hip Hop classes, including Intermediate and Beginner Hip Hop classes. 

Pavan was also a member of the Wadleigh Performing Arts School's dance faculty (in New York), teaching the first Hip Hop Dance class ever offered to the students as part of the school's academic/dance curriculum. 

Pavan currently teaches at Alvin Ailey & teaches at Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus).  Pavan is the first to bring this dance style to the university.  He has also conducted break dance workshops at Yeshiva University in Manhattan.

Pavan’s proudest achievement came on May 2001, when PMT Dance Studio was founded.  As the founder/director of PMT Dance Studio, he has expanded the young studio’s curriculum from a part time to a full time studio while creating/directing the successful PMT Seasonal Stage Shows.  Pavan has also taught at Peridance as a member of their faculty.  In addition, Pavan has also taught at Ballet Arts, joining the Ballet Arts faculty as their first Hip Hop Dance teacher.  He has done numerous guest workshops, including annual workshops at the School of American Ballet and NETip.

Class Description

Hip Hop/Funk: Pavan brings a unique style of Hip Hop dance that fuses together elements of Funk, Popping, Locking and Break Dance.  The style tests your versatility, flexibility, strength, and fluidity with an emphasis on performance. 

Break Dance: Pavan's Break Dance classes focuses on the fundamentals and technique necessary for breakers of all levels, ages and body types to be successful breakers.  Classes will incorporate both top rocking and floor rocking, eventually progressing to more difficult combinations and power movements.