Beat Freaks

Alison Faulk, commonly known as Al*Star, hails from southern Florida. She was unable to participate in America's Best Dance Crew, because she was on tour with Pink at the time. She does not specialize in one particular dance style, and claims that she is an "all styles" dancer. She is one of the original members of Groovaloos and a part of the stage show is based on her life.

Teresa Espinosa was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) she toured the world with Janet Jackson on The Velvet Rope World Tour, and got nominated for an Emmy in additional choreography that year. She specializes in freestyle and is inspired by Michael Jackson among countless others. She has worked as a choreographer on the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and has toured with Britney Spears, on her 2004's world tour Onyx Hotel Tour. Teresa is a faculty member at the hip-hop dance convention Monsters of Hip-Hop. She is one of the original members of Groovaloos and a part of the stage show is based on her life.[2]

Lindsey Blaufarb was raised in San Antonio, Texas. Lindsey started off in musical theater and athletics, then later started hip hop dancing at the age of 17. She was an Air force brat and was constantly moving around.

She is inspired by her own members, having admired them before joining the group. She has been on tour with Pink and Avril Lavigne. She is one of the original members of Groovaloos and a part of the stage show is based on her life.

She has many years experience doing commercials, music videos, and much more. Some commercials she has been featured in include Wal-Mart, GAP, Nike and Jolly Rancher. B-Girl Jules starred as the main character whose dreams of being a break dancer are put on hold when she is stabbed. Jules is also an animal rights activist. She works closely with a charity called The Cat House on the Kings and is a strong supporter of PETA. She is one of the original members of Groovaloos and a part of the stage show is based on her life. [3] Jules is the one who made the first headspin ever from a lady in the fourth episode of America's Best Dance Crew which is considered the Wack Track challenge.

Keeley was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Keeley specializes in locking and is known as the first female student of Greg Campbellock Jr. She has traveled internationally teaching locking and party dances as well as choreographed for several artists including Miley Cyrus,and Disney’s Youngstown. Some of her accomplishments are appearing in My Wife and Kids, Legally Blonde, Run DMC “It’s Like That” video, and You Got Served' as well as Nickelodeon’s “All That”, Bob Heart Abishola and many more. She is one of the original members of Groovaloos, and a part of the stage show is based on her life. Keeley is married with two children. She is a television and film producer, keynote speaker, leadership training facilitator, and has a passion for health and wellness.

Born in 1980, Courchinoux was born and raised in Paris, France. She said she grew a love for dance after seeing Michael Jackson dance on television when she was younger. It drove her to travel the world and want to dance with the most greatest dancers. Her moniker "Maryss" was formed from Mary (English version of Marie) and "super star". She has an extensive resume in commercials, having done advertisements with Sprite, Pepsi, Old Navy, J. C. Penney, and iPod. She has performed with numerous artists including Missy Elliott, Common, Kovas, and The Black Eyed Peas. She has toured with Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake. Maryss and Rino teach at Debbie Reynolds' dance studio in Los Angeles under the stage duo name The Geminiz. Both were also back-up dancers in Chris Brown's music video, "Forever".

Alex Welch, commonly referred to as BGirl Shorty or Shorty, born October 21, 1989, in Orlando, Florida, but raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the youngest of the crew members, but said to be the most hyper and energetic of them all. Both her parents are professional ballet dancers, but she claims that when she was younger she hated dancing and strongly disliked going to the studio with her parents and seeing tutus. However, when she was 11 years old she saw a headspin during a Christina Aguilera music video and was fascinated by it. She quickly began to learn breaking and grew to love dance, learning as many different styles as she could.[4] She said prior to joining Beat Freaks, she looked up to them and dreamed of being in the crew; however, she knew they were not recruiting. That quickly changed when she found out the crew was in fact looking for an additional member that could step in for Alison during the third season of America's Best Dance Crew. When she joined, she said it was like a dream come true.[4][5] Welch appeared in the films, such as Stick It, Date Movie, Step Up 2: The Streets, Bring It On: All or Nothing, Prom Night and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She has worked with Pink and Miley Cyrus. Welch make appearances in the TeenNick show, The Nightlife and Disney's, Shake It Up. As an individual dancer, Welch has appeared in four music videos: Toni Braxton's "Make My Heart", Jennifer Lopez's "Live It Up", Ariana Grande's "Baby I" and "It's On" by the cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. Welch was a backup dancer of Britney Spears' Femme Fatale World Tour and she was part of the Jonas Brothers: Live in Concert tour with the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and the cast of Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam for promoting the film, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. In late December 2010, Welch considered taking legal action lawsuit against Demi Lovato, after a confrontation with her led to Lovato punching Welch in the face on tour.[6] Later, they settled the claim and Welch received less than $100,000.[7][8] On November 22, 2012, after two years since the incident, Welch reunited Lovato on the set of The X Factor (US) and they apologized.[9]

Coming from a classically trained background in Phoenix, Arizona, Lovett began her professional dance career performing with and choreographing for the Phoenix Mercury Hip-Hop Squad and the Phoenix Suns Dance Team. She has danced for artists P. Diddy, The Black Eyed Peas, Sean Kingston, Fergie, Jamiroquai, Wyclef Jean, Redman, The Beach Boys, Q-Tip, Eric Sermon, Rob Base, KRS-One and Doug E. Fresh. Not only has she had the opportunity to perform with such artists, she has also been featured in Disney's Shake It Up, Nickolodeon's Fresh Beat Band and has worked on RIO. She's been featured in commercials and also worked with Nike, Adidas, Skechers and many more. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career, Lovett co-founded and directed Automatic Response, a non-profit dance company. After moving to LA, she became a member of the Groovaloo’s, an LA based Hip-Hop Company, where she continues to perform in their theater production of Groovaloo. Bonita has been teaching, judging and choreographing professionally for 10 years nationally and internationally. She has bridged her classic studio training with the culture of hip-hop to produce her unique and dynamic style. She is a member of The Legendary Rock Steady Crew and was seen performing with them on “Dancing with the Stars” as well as battling with them all over the world. Crazy Legs president of RSC, is one of her biggest mentors.

Randi Fleckenstine was born and raised in Northern California, but her dance career began in Boulder Colorado. While studying at the University of Colorado, Randi joined a break dancing crew called Streetstylez. She then explored further in dancing with funk styles and choreo hip hop. She was also a part of the performance crew, True II Form. She taught a variety of classes from popping, locking and breaking to teen choreo at Streetside Dance Studios in Boulder, Co. She is the newest member of the Beat Freaks, integrating into the crew in May 2015.[10]

Beat Freaks have appeared in three music videos: Diddy's "Love Come Down" in 2009, Justin Bieber's "Somebody to Love" in 2010, and Australian dance crew/rappers and singers Justice Crew's Dance With Me fFt Flo Rida in 2011. Maryss, Bonita & Shorty appeared in the video for Minus the Bear's "My Time" in 2010. Shorty appeared in Toni Braxton's Make My Heart music video in 2010.

As a crew, Beat Freaks will be making appearances in the movie Honey 2 and Go For It.

In early 2010, Beat Freaks collaborated with Nike Women and have been heavily featured in the Nike Women website.

On June 17, 2010, they performed at the NBA finals halftime show in Game 7 of Lakers vs. Celtics.

Lindsey Blaufarb appeared as a co-choreographer on the finale of Syfy's Face Off, which aired March 14, 2012.