Chloe Arnold - Festival Co- Director
Inspired and mentored by Debbie Allen, Chloe Arnold hopes to also inspire and unite people globally through the Arts. An internationally recognized Performer and Choreographer, Ms. Arnold graduated with a degree in Film from Columbia University. Throughout her career, she has had extensive experience in multiple aspects of the industry, as Co-director of the Los Angeles Tap Festival, the producer of over 20 shows, and as an independent filmmaker. Chloe recently starred in Debbie Allen’s new hit play Alex in Wonderland at the Kennedy Center and UCLA Freud Playhouse – filmed for TV release. You can also catch her in Outkast’s Idlewild and as Beyonce’s dance double in Upgrade You. Chloe is guest faculty at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy and has taught and choreographed at the premiere dance studios worldwide including Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Performance Credits: Debbie Allen's Alex in Wonderland, Brothers of the Knight,Soul Possessed, and Sammy The Musical (dance captain) during which time she helped teach Tommy Davidson Tap; Savion Glover's All Star Tap Revue; India Jazz Progressions; Imagine Tap; and Emmy Award Winning Choreographer Jason Samuels Smith's A.C.G.I. and Charlie's Angels: A Tribute to Charlie Parker. Film/TV Credits: Outkast's Idlewild (Universal Pictures/HBO); Brothers Garcia (Nickelodeon), Alex in Wonderland, The Parkers and One on One (UPN), The Opening of the Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon's Emmy Award Winning Number, Dean Hargrove's Award Winning Short Tap Heat www.tapheat.com, AMC's Cool Women, Beyonce's Dance Double in Upgrade You, and tap dancer in Sean Paul's Give It Up To Me for the movie Step Up. Choreographer/AC Credits: ABC's American Celebration, Debbie Allen's Alex in Wonderland and Pearl; and for her own company Syncopated Ladies. Directing Credits: CUERPASO, a TV pilot and DVD, Music Videos, and commercials; Assistant Director to Melina on Music Videos for Beyonce, Eve, Jennifer Lopez, Neyo, Snoop Dogg, Kylie Minogue and more. Chloe recently launched her "I love Tap" clothing line on sale now - www.chloearnold.com PRESS/REVIEWS... "Chloe Arnold a tap artist whose name should be noted for future reference; seek her out if you can. With In The Spirit a sequence of improvography, she served notice that a woman tapper can do anything a guy can...she's a terrific musician who can propose a distinctive rhythmic pattern and then fashion variations on that pattern in arresting ways, drawing out some phrases, altering the accents in others." -Voice of Dance, Allan Ulrich "Arnold, a tapper with sizzle to burn." -L.A. Times, Victoria Loosleaf "Chloe Arnold [will] blow you away in her solo" -Chicago Tribune, Sid Smith All hail, then […] to Chloe Arnold for her indomitably feisty tap adaptation of a Maya Angelou poem. -L.A. Times, Lewis Segal "[an] exquisite stylist" -NY Times, Jennifer Dunning "Tu Eres Loco, set in a salsa nightclub...heats things up to a sizzle with help from the luminous Chloe Arnold" -Chicago Sun Times, Heidi Weiss "You can't do [Idlewild] a 1930's period piece without having tap in it," says Hinton Battle who enlisted tap stars like Jason Samuels Smith and Chloe Arnold for the project." -Dance Spirit, Jen Jones "This number segued into a hard hitting, yet innately feminine Afro Blue, performed to perfection by miss Chloe Arnold. Adorned in a bewitching shawl-top that enhanced every movement. Chloe left the audience breathless to say the least." - International Tap Association, Sam Katz Each number was pure virtuosity...Arnold’s intimate, euphoric duo with Choy on sax doing “In A Sentimental Mood. -Maui News - Lollie Groth "Our mission," says Arnold, another tapper with sizzle to burn, "is to connect dancers from all over the world, to unify tap dancers of different styles, genres and generations." -LA Times, Victoria Looseleaf