COMPANY EXPECTATIONS / GUIDELINES

All members of Funk4Soul are expected to abide by these guidelines.

Tasha Jacobs, principal DanceR

Tasha has been dancing most of her life. She started getting more serious about dance as a cheerleader at El Cerrito High School. She continued her training in dance in Hip Hop, Modern and Jazz during four years at Cal State Hayward, where she earned a BA in Psychology. Tasha joined Mystic Flava, a Buddhist Hip Hop Dance Collective, in 2000, and performed with Six Times Crazy, a Hip Hop group out of San Francisco, in 2004. She joined Sarah Bush Dance Project in 2006. Tasha has performed at the Sound Factory, Club Vertigo, Oakland's Paramount Theater, Rubye Skye, The Palace of Fine Arts, Masonic Auditorium, Glen Park Festivals, The Alice Arts Theater, PRIDE Parade 2003, 2004 & 2006, Hip Hop Festival III and IV, Dance Mission Theater, Shotwell studio, and many others. She loves dance and could not imagine her life with out it.

angelina labate, DanceR

Dance, when you're broken open.
Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you're perfectly free.
                                   — Rumi

Angelina fell in love with movement at a summer art institute when she was fifteen. Since then she has studied, performed, and enjoyed styles ranging from hip hop to ballet, and salsa through modern. She has worked with Seattle based companies, taught a dance program in Vermont, and performed with various choreographers in the Bay Area. She is currently pursuing her Bachelors in Dance while studying at local studios.

JERRY SAGALA, DanceR

Jerry's bio coming soon ...

ALBERTO NODAL, DanceR

Alberto's bio coming soon ...

Marlena Zahm, DanceR

Marlena's bio coming soon ...