THE EP COLLECTION
OxChord
OxChord was created in April 2022 by Zauriel and Jovanna. The team was created to start afresh in the 805 dance community, expanding their passion by recruiting those who stood out to them and shared that same devotion to embodying true emotion in dance. OxChord seeks individuals they can give freedom to in terms of sharing choreography and ideas along with respectful, supportive, and attentive energy for everyone.
Co-Founder and Co-Director
Jovanna Escamilla
Jovanna, also known as “Jova”, was introduced to dance when she was little. She started as a freestyler then took classes and joined dance teams in the 805 during her high school years. In 2022, she created the adult dance team "OxChord" with Zauriel. She also created and is currently directing an all-female team called "Project Nova".
Co-Founder and Co-Director
Zauriel Luna
Zauriel Luna started dancing as a freestyler when he was young before discovering more about the dance community. Throughout the years, he has been a part of many teams and created and directed his own team during high school. In 2022, Jovanna Escamilla and Zauriel Luna created and are currently directing the adult team “OxChord”. He is also an instructor for the CFF Studios. Lastly, Zauriel currently trains in Krump under KORPSx as “Xela” aka “Jr KORPSx”.
Performed all over Oxnard, Ventura County, and competed in Los Angeles
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Tempo
Tempo was created in July 2022 and is directed by Marlene Erwing. Tempo is a contemporary-focused, female-led team that strives to create, inspire, and share this expressive and fluid movement with others in the Oxnard community and beyond.
Founder and Director
Marlene Erwing
Marlene started dancing when she was just 5 years old learning ballet and jazz with Dancing with Pam productions. Throughout her years growing up she trained and competed in ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and jazz. After highschool Marlene continued to train in contemporary, hiphop, jazz and heels at Millenium dance complex, Mihranks, and Tmilly studios. She trained with Strut don't Stress for a year where she first learned how to dance with heels. Getting more into the hip hop culture Marlene joined Alias dance family's adult team, Faction. Marlene currently trains in ballet, contemporary and jazz at Premier dance studio and hip hop with The EP collection's adult team Oxchord. Marlene now directs EP's contemporary team Tempo and hopes to create a positive and safe learning environment for dancers to grow and train consistently.
Performed all over Oxnard, Ventura County, and showcased in Los Angeles
Walkmen
Directed by Ismael Monter, WalkMen is an all-male adult team under the Extended Play Collection. Their members share a unique love and passion for dance and are given the creative freedom to showcase their own talents with the team’s endeavors. As a new edition to EP, WalkMen strives to grow as individuals and as a team.
Co-Director of Walkmen
Ismael Monter
Ismael Monter has always had a passion for dance since a young age. From joining his middle school team “All Stars”, he continued his love for dance in high school with the Oxnard Dance Drill team and became the team captain for the all-male dance team. After graduating, he stepped away from dance as the pandemic ensued. It wasn’t until he joined Faction in 2021 and met Zauriel that the spark was reignited. In 2022, he joined EP’s adult team, OxChord, and was then given the opportunity to direct Walkmen this past year.