Gamble's Green Room

Brian thought he was a late dance bloomer, not getting his feet wet until he was 11. But, when he started, it’s like the world was waiting for him all along. Leaving Arizona to train with his friend for a summer in LA, he was scouted in class and within months booked his first gig, Disney’s movie NEWSIES at age 13, followed by a three year run with the hit show KIDS INCORPORATED, working with top-tier artists like Paula Abdul, Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion and Michael Jackson and opening up a studio back home in Scottsdale, AZ with his mother all by the time he was 16. Later he would go on to work with and choreograph artists including Beyonce, Rhianna, N’Sync, Christina Milian and Britney Spears’ iconic videos I’m A Slave and Toxic, and also leading the next generation into their passion for performance as a judge on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, X-FACTOR and teaching around the dance convention circuits.

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Gamble's Green Room Team

Mike Gamble - Host

 

Judi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital Media

 

Anastasia Miller-Burns - Talent Acquisition

 

Tony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual Production

 

Simon Larsson - Sound Engineer

 

Beats by DJ Neno

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Karen Osborn grew up playing sports in Portland, OR and is the Director for the LA office of Sports & Lifestyle Unlimited - the top sports and lifestyle modeling agency in the US.  After sustaining a basketball-ending injury in her first year of college, her life choices and experiences would lead her from Portland to LA in various positions in the entertainment industry as: a Licensed Make-up Artist, On-Camera Talent, Casting Assistant, Director’s Assistant, a stint in Public Relations and a temp position in Business Affairs/Contract Negotiation with Aaron Spelling’s production company on his daytime tv endeavour, “Sunset Beach”.  It was these experiences and learning how to not say “No”/being open to what came along/what she thought didn’t fit her that would culminate into her “formal” education in the entertainment industry and ultimately to her position today.   Then, In 2008, her journeys through life experiences continued over to MALAWI, where she would develop a relationship with one of the local communities and later founded the non-profit NGO organization, KUSEWERA, building a locally-run community center driven by active and creative play activities, afterschool programs and educational offerings for local children, while also actively filtering out and educating against any presence of White Savior complexes amongst international volunteer applications.

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Gamble's Green Room Team

Mike Gamble - Host

 

Judi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital Media

 

Anastasia Miller-Burns - Talent Acquisition

 

Tony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual Production

 

Simon Larsson - Sound Engineer

 

Beats by DJ Neno

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Evan grew up in Huntington Beach, CA playing sports. He, along with his brother, was introduced to dance at a young age at the suggestion of their grandmother. After a year when asked if they wanted to continue, his brother responded with a resounding “Hell no!” while Evan, a “say yes, figure it out later”-type person, decided to take on the challenge. He was then introduced to ballet which would lead him to his path as a performing artist seen in commercials for NISSAN, Jack in the Box and OLD NAVY; TV shows HOUSE, GREY’S ANATOMY and HAIRSPRAY LIVE; movies JERSEY BOYS and TED2; dancing with the late Marie de la Palme’s company MOTION TRIBE, a stint with Tokyo Disney, and most recently on stage with the US National tour and the Singapore leg of the International tour of FROZEN The Musical, all while cracking his skull TEN (10) times along the way.

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Gamble's Green Room Team

Mike Gamble - Host

 

Judi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital Media

Anastasia Miller-Burns - Talent Acquisition

 

Tony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual Production

 

Simon Larsson - Sound Engineer

 

Beats by DJ Neno

Episode 5: Top 10 Pop Songs of 2022

In this episode, we count down the top 10 pop songs of 2022.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

0:45 - Number 10 on our list: "Good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo

4:12 - Number 9 on our list: "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X

7:58 - Number 8 on our list: "Leave Before You Love Me" by Marshmello and Jonas Brothers

11:02 - Number 7 on our list: "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby

15:13 - Number 6 on our list: "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow

19:08 - Number 5 on our list: "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat. SZA

23:17 - Number 4 on our list: "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon

26:49 - Number 3 on our list: "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran

30:22 - Number 2 on our list: "Stay" by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber

33:56 - Number 1 on our list: "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo

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Evan grew up in Huntington Beach, CA playing sports. He, along with his brother, was introduced to dance at a young age at the suggestion of their grandmother. After a year when asked if they wanted to continue, his brother responded with a resounding “Hell no!” while Evan, a “say yes, figure it out later”-type person, decided to take on the challenge. He was then introduced to ballet which would lead him to his path as a performing artist seen in commercials for NISSAN, Jack in the Box and OLD NAVY; TV shows HOUSE, GREY’S ANATOMY and HAIRSPRAY LIVE; movies JERSEY BOYS and TED2; dancing with the late Marie de la Palme’s company MOTION TRIBE, a stint with Tokyo Disney, and most recently on stage with the US National tour and the Singapore leg of the International tour of FROZEN The Musical, all while cracking his skull TEN (10) times along the way.

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Email: [email protected]

Gamble's Green Room Team

Mike Gamble - Host Judi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital Media Anastasia Miller-Burns - Talent Acquisition Tony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual Production Simon Larsson - Sound Engineer Beats by DJ Neno

Adopted from Ethiopia at the age of 6months,  Anna G Jansson grew up outside of Gothenburg, Sweden in a small town on a golf course – no literally, her hometown stood on a golf course.   Her childhood was reminiscent of the dance movie classics FOOTLOOSE - growing up in a religiously conservative community and finding her voice and expression through dance against the wishes of her father who wanted her to play golf and be an academic.   Her formative years were spent in Sweden during the 90s where she would encounter and navigate numerous challenges as the ethnic minority girl, blatantly told “I would love hire you but you would stick out” and “I wanted 3blondes and 3brunettes but she couldn’t do it so I guess I’m asking you”.  Thru the tough-love tutelage from the likes of Bill T. Goodson, she would find her power and persevere, going on to performing in the world renowned musical THE LION KING on West End (London), the musicals A CHORUS LINE and LEGALLY BLONDE, choreographing productions for SVT (Swedish Television) and currently a judge with Swedish Dance Sport Federation (the Swedish branch of the European dance competition circuit).

 

Follow: @gamblesgreenroom Contact: [email protected]  Gamble's Green Room Team  Mike Gamble - Host  Judi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital Media  Anastasia Miller-Burns - Talent Acquisition  Tony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual Production  Simon Larsson - Sound Engineer  Beats by DJ Neno

Brooklyn born Orlando ZEPS Molina found HipHop in his early teen years and it changed his life.  He developed his freestyle rap game in high school. honing his skills in wordplay, alliteration and real-time inspiration from his surroundings, realizing this was a creative path he wanted to follow.  After a couple bad decisions caught him with minor misdemeanor charges, he straightened-up upon graduating and started working fulltime to raise the capital to pursue his dream while staying in the open mic scene and small bar stages around the city.  Later on a whim chance, he was flown to Norway as a performer (his friend’s passport was expired so he was sent as a replacement) and rocked a crowd of 3000 people – it was in this moment he realized the international potential of underground HipHop and committed to investing in himself to thrive as a Norwegian underground artist, living the nomadic life (wherever he laid his head was his home including couches, -the subway, and even overnight on a bench in a mall) to make it all work.  He boom-bapped across the map, rocking shows across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and The UK and he’s now using all of his experiences thanks to the elements of HipHop to pay it all forward to the next generation, helping them to learn through rhythms, rhymes and writing with his new children’s book series RHYMOSAURS.

 

Follow: @gamblesgreenroomContact: [email protected]'s Green Room TeamMike Gamble - HostJudi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital MediaAnastasia Miller-Burns - Talent AcquisitionTony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual ProductionSimon Larsson - Sound EngineerBeats by DJ Neno

Growing up as a nerd in search of a better education (his words!) and becoming 1 of 10 scholarship recipients among 2000 students at the Singapore location of the international United World College, Kevin Stea never imagined he would be a legendary-level dancer.  But, after booking 7 of 7 jobs in one day (with less than 2yrs of formal dance training), he never looked back.  With over 30yrs in the industry – which includes numerous commercials and awards shows; working with artists like: MADONNA, MICHAEL JACKSON, JANET JACKSON, LADY GAGA & DAVID BOWIE; movies including: THE BIRDCAGE, SHOWGIRLS, DISNEY’S NEWSIES and the documentary STRIKE A POSE about the dancers from Madonna’s BLONDE AMBITION tour; as well as being an artist himself under the name That Rogue Romeo - his body of work earned him a LIFETIME CAREER ACHIEVEMENT recognition at the Choreographer’s Carnival Ball in Los Angeles in 2022. And yes, he’s still going strong. rehabilitation process on social media and inspiring other dancers to reclaim their voice for their bodies as well.

Follow: @gamblesgreenroomContact: [email protected]'s Green Room TeamMike Gamble - HostJudi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital MediaAnastasia Miller-Burns - Talent AcquisitionTony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual ProductionSimon Larsson - Sound EngineerBeats by DJ Neno

Growing up as a nerd in search of a better education (his words!) and becoming 1 of 10 scholarship recipients among 2000 students at the Singapore location of the international United World College, Kevin Stea never imagined he would be a legendary-level dancer.  But, after booking 7 of 7 jobs in one day (with less than 2yrs of formal dance training), he never looked back.  With over 30yrs in the industry – which includes numerous commercials and awards shows; working with artists like: MADONNA, MICHAEL JACKSON, JANET JACKSON, LADY GAGA & DAVID BOWIE; movies including: THE BIRDCAGE, SHOWGIRLS, DISNEY’S NEWSIES and the documentary STRIKE A POSE about the dancers from Madonna’s BLONDE AMBITION tour; as well as being an artist himself under the name That Rogue Romeo - his body of work earned him a LIFETIME CAREER ACHIEVEMENT recognition at the Choreographer’s Carnival Ball in Los Angeles in 2022. And yes, he’s still going strong. rehabilitation process on social media and inspiring other dancers to reclaim their voice for their bodies as well.

Follow: @gamblesgreenroomContact: [email protected]'s Green Room TeamMike Gamble - HostJudi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital MediaAnastasia Miller-Burns - Talent AcquisitionTony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual ProductionSimon Larsson - Sound EngineerBeats by DJ Neno

From Stockholm to London and Vienna to San Francisco, Nikisha Fogo is an international power en pointe. She began her professional legacy with the Vienna State Ballet – a serendipitous full circle moment as it was a New Year’s television performance of this company she saw at the age of 9 that inspired her to pursue her dream as a ballet dance - where within FIVE (5) years she climbed the ballet ranks from Corps de ballet, Demi Soloist, to Soloist and having a full new work created around her, after which she achieved the (highest) rank of Principal within the company, leading to her current position as Principal with San Francisco Ballet. But the journey has not been without a number of battles, including a lifestyle battle with an international pandemic, an immigration battle with a visa application, and a battle with a medical misdiagnosis and treatment that left her badly injured and out of commission for the past year until the recent fall.winter season of 2022. But of course, she did not let any of this stop her, changing the battles into self-uplifting moments to reclaim and redefine her identity for herself, as well as reclaiming and re-prioritizing her body and physical health needs over the business needs of the company, being transparent throughout her rehabilitation process on social media and inspiring other dancers to reclaim their voice for their bodies as well.

Follow: @gamblesgreenroomContact: [email protected]'s Green Room TeamMike Gamble - HostJudi "JudiLew" Lewinson - Web & Digital MediaAnastasia Miller-Burns - Talent AcquisitionTony "FreshTea" Hulten - Visual ProductionSimon Larsson - Sound EngineerBeats by DJ Neno