Alumni Profile: Performing Arts Dancer Janaye Upshaw

Janaye Upshaw graduating from Performing Dance Arts’ dance studio in Woodbridge, Upshaw has gone on to a number of achievements, such as Miss Teen Can-Dance, Miss Teen MLDMA Dancer of the Year, Senior Dancer of the Year from the New York City Dance Alliance, and an International Model and Talent Association scholarship. 

In addition to these achievements, Upshaw ‘s talents as a dancer have led to her working with some of the top entertainers, choreographers, and dancers in the business. She worked with Shawn Desmond, Keshia Chanté, and Blake McGrath for a So You Think You Can Dance commercial, as well as with Amy Reid on the Bella Dancerella DVDs, Get Up ‘n Move, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, The LA Complex, and Made: The Movie. She also worked with Trey Armstrong on Turn the Beat Around.

"One of this season's hottest toys stars a dancer who competed at IMTA in Los Angeles, 2005. Janaye Upshaw landed the role of Roxy in the Bella Dancerella dvd! She even has her own featured dance in the interactive dance video for girls!" 

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