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Adrian Wiltshire

Adrian Wiltshire, a native of New York, showed his natural skill and love for dancing since he was 4 years old. His dancing started at Janet's Dance Studio where he completed the majority of his training in tap, jazz and ballet. While at Janet's Dance Studio he achieved distinction in 2 Royal Academy of Dance examinations and was 1st place winner in Mr. Young Senior at Dance Educators of America in 1999. During those years Adrian auditioned for Meyer Levin (I.S. 285) one of the Junior High Schools of Performing Arts, and was gladly accepted into their arts program performed 3 major roles in their school play (Anything Goes, My Fair Lady, and Me and My Girl) and by the end of his junior year a junior assistant to the teachers of the dance program there. By his senior year he had become a teacher's assistant at Janet's Dance Studio.

He attended LaGuardia High School of Music and Performing Arts, furthering his studies in tap, jazz, ballet and modern and was on scholarship at School of American Ballet. During his high school years, Adrian was asked by Anthony Rue II to join a dance group called Amount. This group was a group about entertaining people and expanding to bigger and better things in the dance field. Adrian was also a part of technicians, which was affiliated with the group Amount Boyz. This group rehearsed during their spare time with other dancers who also had the love for dance. They performed together in most of the school activities and special performances. This is where Adrian made his decision that he had a love for hip-hop dancing. He went home and practiced moves, choreographed dances, watched video choreography, and also thought of ideas that would help motivate the group's next move.
Between his junior year and senior year, people began to recognize Adrian's talent. Along side Anthony, Adrian began teaching independent hip hop classes, made guest appearances at high schools and colleges, and performed at special benefits with the group. Together, Adrian and Anthony began working with unsigned as well as independent record label artists.

The first artist Adrian danced for was Jerome, the young protégé for BadBoy Records. He then successfully started working for the RCA artist, Keesha; choreographed the Candy Girl video for Baby DC under Jive records; opened up and performed as a special guest with the group Amount Boyz for the Jive record showcase for there group called Imajin; appeared in 3LW's video No More, Playa gon Play and I do and successfully toured with the girls on the "MTV TRL TOUR" with other featured performers such as City High, Dream, Jessica Simpson, Eve, Nelly and the St.Lunatics, and Destiny's Child. He came back home to continue working with several new unsigned artists and major choreographers, such as Mario J Records Recording artist and Choreographer Laurie Ann Gibson. Adrian and his group, the AmountBoyz, were then asked to take part in his first video, Just A Friend, and tour on the “SCREAM 3 TOUR,” to be his back-up dancers and to have there own segment on the tour along with the other artists. He was most recently featured as a dancer in the Columbia Motion Picture's film, “HONEY." He then performed in the "Teen Choice Awards" and Toured with Teen Pop Sensation, JOJO. Later he worked with Fatima Robinson on the "Hip Hop Honors" for VH1.

The group AmountBoyz (Amount Entertainment Inc.) have recorded and shot there first music video for there hit single “Walks Away." They have studied the business to achieve success and to stand out in the music industry. As Vice President of Amount Entertainment Inc., Adrian has set high expectations for himself. By using the talent that God gave him, he will achieve them and much more. I BELIEVE IT. I HEAR IT. I AM SEEING IT COME TO PAST...

Class Description

Open FREESTYLE: These classes are based on a skill of improvisation. We will help prepare you for auditions, build your confidence and skill, and help you structure the way you see choreography and movement. These elements will help you as a dancer & as a student in a class, as well as a performer, giving you the opportunity to place yourself under weird predicaments to motivate certain movements and enhance your ability to freestlye.