News
Launching of ANYATV coming soon!
Jan 18-24 Deleware, 29, 10' Michigan BWAT TOUR Anya will be touring with the dancers and singers of "Ballroom
with a Twist"
Jan 16,17, 10' Anya performs with the singers of "Paris By Night"
Dec. 1-10, 09' Anya will be performing in Cairo, Egypt
November, Louis Van Amstel's "Ballroom with a Twist" Anya will be performing in "Ballroom with a twist -
Nov. 6, Long Island, NY, Nov. 14 tucson, Arizona, Nov. 19, Williamsport, PA, Nov. 20, 21, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 28, Dallas, Texas
Oct. 8-10, 15-18 Louis Van Amstel's "Ballroom with a Twist" Anya will be performing in "Ballroom with a twist -
Oct. 9th. Montgomery, Texas, Oct. 16th. Madison WI, Oct. 17th. Torrington CT.
Oct. 3 09' Toronto Anya and Christian are excited to be performing in Toronto for "Bolero" Mayor Susan Fennell's Symphony soiree, Myemmy Productions.
If you are in Toronto we hope to see you there! For more info. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=84152491606&ref=ts#/event.php?eid=75905111068
Sept. 9-26 09' Europe Anya will be in Rome, Naples, Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.
Aug. 28, 09' Hosts Interview with Grand Master Martial Artist and Stunt person James Kim James and Simon Kim (Tiger Twins), sons of Grand Master Tiger Kim have worked with everyone from Arnold Schwarzenegger
to Chuck Norris. They presently own the studio "Tiger Martial Arts Academy" in Fort Lee, New Jersey
Aug. 23, Music video for Brandi Disterheft Christian Baerens and Anya perform in the song "combien de chance" from the album "second sides"
to be released Sept. 15th. Brandi Disterheft is a Juno award winning jazz composer and bassist. www.brandidisterheft.com
Aug. 20, Hosts Interview at WNYE 91.5 radio station with Juno award winning composer and bassist Brandi Disterheft Interview about Brandi's life, motivation, and newest album "second sides" www.brandidisterheft.com
Aug. 13- 18 09' Bermuda's Mambo Nights Anya and Christian Baerens are happy to be performing and teaching in Bermuda for "Mambo Nights" www.bermudasalsa.com
July 20, 21 09' Modeling for Bloomingdales Anya will be modeling in NY for Bloomingdales Fall Show
July 9-19 09' Japan
May 16, 09' Dancing with the Stars at the Game Show Awards DWTS is nominated for "Best Reality Show Competition 2009" Corky
Ballas and Cloris Leachman along with three other couples including Anya perform at the show...to be aired June 5th. and after on the Game
Show Network.
May 5, 09' Pussycat Dolls video "Hush Hush" Anya films the newest music video "Hush Hush" by the "Pussycat Dolls" ...Special thanks to the MSA Family, the Dolls
themselves, Robin Antin, chor. Mikey M. and all Crew and Talent...!!
April 22, 09' Paris By Night 97 "Celebrity Dancing" Anya is competing with Talented Singer "The Son" and Dancing the Opening
Number with last year's People's Choice winner "Mai Tien Dung." The Filmed show will be at Knotts Barry Farm. Look for the video PBN 97 available
early Fall 2009!
March - April 09' Ballroom with a Twist New dates for Louis Van Amstel's "Ballroom with a Twist" are as follows:
March 13 - Wabash,IN, March 27 & 28 - Palm Springs, CA April 23 - Newberry, SC April 25 - Aurora, IL April 29 - Norfolk, VA Hope to see you there!
Feb. 2-8 09' Dancing with the Stars Tour Anya dances with the cast of the DWTS tour.
Jan. 26, 27 09' Bloomingdales Runway Show Anya will be modeling for Bloomingdale's NY Spring Fashion Show.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Dec. 27, 08 Anya and Angel Garcia Clemente on Sabado Gigante Anya and Angel can be seen dancing a Tango on
Sabado Gigante's Christmas Special Finale!
Dec. 20-22 08 Louis Van Amstel's Ballroom with a Twist Anya and
several other talented performers will be dancing everything from Hip Hop to Latin and Ballroom in this exciting Show. Please
see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeAtbjhrjM for a preview... Shows will soon be coming to a city near you...
Nov. 08 Paris By Night Christian and Anya will be on tour with "Paris By Night."
Tentative Show dates.
Oct 26 - Dallas (2 shows)
Nov 1 - Washington
Nov 2 - San Jose
Nov 9 - Houston (2 shows)
Nov 16 - St Petersburg FL (2 shows)
Nov 23 - Chicago
Nov 29 - Maryland/Virginia
October 6 - October 17 08" Christian and Anya as well as many other talented dancers will hit the road for a
US tour. Louis Van Amstel is director and choreographer. SUENOS will be providing costumes.
Paris By Night ep. 94 Christian and Anya will be appearing as guest artists in a Waltz song by Ngoc Ha.
September, Paris by Night 08 "Paris by Night 93" is out and available. This episode feature's singer Mai Tien Dung and Anya wining
the people's choice awards for their swing performance. Christian and Anya will be featured dancing a Waltz in the PBN reunion episode!
September 14 08, "SUNSET STRIPS," an Actor's Fund and Aids Benefit, Los Angeles Christian Baerens and Anya (Christian as Rudolph Valentino and
Anya as Allah Nazimova, the silent movie Film star of the 1930's) perform a Tango at this Actors Fund/Aids Benefit. Travis Payne is codirector
and co chairs are Tony Selznick and Julie Mcdonald of MSA Agency. www.apla.org or www.actorsfund.org.
Thanks to so many Generous Actors and Dancers, the Actors Fund raised $70,000! The Actor's Fund, among other things, helps actor's
in need during times of unemployment. LA weekly states, "Sunset Strips should give you plenty of va-va for your voom. The benefit for AIDS Project Los Angeles and the
Actors Fund features 100 dancers in styles ranging from modern jazz to whatever Bruce Vilanch calls his shtick. Hoofers include
Leslie Jordon, Jai Rodriquez, Wilson Cruz and most likely plenty of star drop-ins." Hope to see you next year!
August 23, 08 Anya and Angel Garcia Clemente win first place on the hit Latin show Sabado Gigante! Angel and Anya spend three days with two
very talented couples choreographing their own routines as well as learning a can can routine and a circus routine with different props to battle
it out on the dance floor...there are funny interviews and behind the scenes footage - if you want a good laugh turn your
evening channel to Telemundo Saturday, August 23rd...
August 14-16, 08 Bermuda Show! Christian Baerens and Anya perform at "August Mambo Nights" in Bermuda. This
is an extraodinarly fun event! A must see if you have the chance to be in Bermuda! - please see www.Bermudasalsa.com for more info.
July 21,22, 08 Bloomingdales Runway Show Anya will be modeling for Bloomingdale's
NY fashion show.
May 31, June 7th., Anya performs with Joby Brava, Anya performs as her "Soul" in Joby's
very special Farewell Performance featured at the 2008 Los Angeles Salsa Congress and her Goodbye
Party. She will be moving to Atlanta, Georgia and her presence will be missed greatly in Los Angeles!
We love you Joby!
May 14, 08 Mai Tien Dung and Anya win People's Choice Awards, "Paris by Night," Singer Mai Tien
Dung and Anya as well as several other talented singers and dancers compete on the following season of "Paris by Night,"
Vietnams popular hit variety show. DVD's are available soon.
May 1st. 08 the Americana Anya performs with several other Talented Performers including Legends
"The Four Tops," for the opening of the "Americana," Glendale's newest Shopping Mall.
April 16, 08 Haagen Dazs commercial Anya is a Principle Dancer in the newest Haagen Dazs commercial to "Save the Honey
Bees>" Yes she is a Disco Diva Bumble Bee in this must see commercial coming this summer.
March 27, 08 Bandage the Rock Opera Talented Ace Gamma from Tower
Power, Gisa Vatcky of the Dancing with the Stars tour, Sheila E, as well as many other
musical talents will be performing in this one of a kind rock musical at the House of Blues,
Los Angeles. Anya is honored and excited to be choreographer and dancer! www.Bandagetherockopera.com
March 4, 08 Christian Baerens and Anya perform at the annual "Winter Heat,"
Benefit for Career Transitions for Dancers. Thank you so much to everyone who supported
the event and continually endorse the arts!!!
March 3, 08 Christian Baerens and Anya perform an impromptu tango at Taj nightclub.
A huge thank you to all of our New York friends for inspiring us and making it so joyful
to share....<
March 4, 08 Dallas Texas. Christian Baerens and Anya with Fresh Events Entertainment perform at the
annual Tupperware Corporate party!
Dec. 17 2007-Feb. 10 2008 Anya will be dancing with the
National Dancing with the Stars Winter Tour.
Please check ABC.com to find the city nearest you. Hope to see you there!
Nov. 6 2007 Anya will be dancing with
LeAnn Rimes on ABC's Dancing with the Stars Tues. night Results show.
Please see "video reel" section for video footage.
Oct. 21st, 2007 and onwards Anya as well as American Rhythm and World Mambo Champion Jose de Camps can be seen on
"The Incredibe Human Machine," a National Geographic special that explores the human body phenomena and its amazing capabilities.
Directed with ease and splendor by director Chad Cohen. Showing 8 pm Eastern time on the National Geographic channel.
For more info. please visit
www.ngchumanmachine.com
Oct. 21st. 2007, TvAzteca's "Quien Tiene Estrella," Anya and Angel Garcia with his company Tango y Mas
(Jason Colacino and Mariana Parma) receive 2nd. place in this exciting live variety show. Tango y Mas battled with fire throwers,
singers, hip hop artis, acrobatics, and many other fine talent for a chanxe to win $10,000. They will be moving on for the chance
to win $100,000. Stay tuned for the semifinals in December. To see video reel, interview details, and other footage on the show please visit
www.tvasteca.com/entrenamiento/quientieneestrella/
Holidays 2007 Shoe Carnival's winter commercial. Anya as well as many other hot and talented dancers
(hip hop, jazz, and Latin) can be seen on this hot new commercial, choreographed by sho-time, displaying the new line of
fashionable, comfortable shoes for the holidays.
Dance Obsession 2008 Calender"Anya and Jose decamps are the May couple for this sizzling hot calender
which displays some of New Yorks Best Ballroom dancers. photography by Jovan Charlton of www.dancespecific.com. and
Produced by Eddie Simon
"Sex Box" music videoComing soon is Jovan Charlton's intense, sexy music video displaying
some of the fine couples of New Yorks Ballroom dance world. Stay tuned for details at www.dancespecific.com
June 5th-July 24rth. Dancing with the Stars Summer Tour Anya will be traveling with the cast to 25 different
cities within the United States and Canada. DWTS tour is Choreography by Louis Van Amstel and produced by BBC. Please view Dancing with the Stars Tour website to find a city
near you!
August 16-17 Christian Baerens and Anya will perform their Five Dance Show in Bermuda at the "August Mambo Nights" with many other talented artists.
For more information please view BermudaSalsa.com. Christian and Anya will also be giving workshops during the day.
August 11 Christian Baerens and Anya will perform at Cultural Explosions Theatre Dinner and Dance Kean University, 1000 Morris Ave., Union NJ 07083, Showtime 8pm, For more info. please view CulturalExplosion.com
Christian Baerens and Anya perform their Tango Nuevo at Stepping Outs Spring Fling Performance Click here for article
ESPN World Salsa Championships 2006 will be aired Spring of 2007. Jose de Camps and Anya win 4rth. place. The World Salsa Championships, in Vegas on Deceember 17th, 2006
and run by Albert Torres was an inspiration. Talent from all over the world came together
to showcase their creativity, athleticism, and love for Salsa. Especially inspirational were the Columbians whose Joy
and Musicality were infectious. I still don't know how they are able to move so fast.
It was an honor to be a part of this event and I look forward to next year.
"Tango Interludes" Success in New York, Mexico, and Bermuda!
A Huge thanks from the cast to everyone who supported Angel Garcia Clemente in his directorial debut "Tango Interludes," in October 2006.
Without all of you it would not be possible for us artists to have an outlet to express ourselves.
The shows were all sold out and we have new dates in 2007. Also a special thanks to Beatrice who supported the cast members in San Miguel, Mexico.
She allowed all of us to travel, perform, and experience San Miguel Allende with such Ease and Fun. Also a special thanks to Angela and Travis of Mambo Nights Productions and Sabor Dance
School as well as all of our terrific friends in Bermuda for being so fabulous!
Tango Interludes includes the talented artists Angel Garcia, Jason Colacino, Marianna Parma, Christian Baerens, Michael Nadtoci, Angeles, as well as myself and other cast members.
It is a story of two brthers played by Angel Garcia and Jason Colacino who fall in love with the same woman played by Anya. It is a conflict between romantic love and brotherly love.
The story is told by various dance forms including Tango, Salsa, Rumba, and Modern pieces. For future show dates please see www.tangoymas.com
Some of the following future dates for Tango Interludes:
- Feb 6 2007 The Friars Club, NYC
- Feb. 17th, 2007 Rhode Island
- March 23rd, 2007 Kutshers
- March 29th.-31st. 2007 Bermuda
Jose de Camps and Anya are the "june" dance couple for the 2007 Dance Obsession Calender.
The calender features talented competitive couples from NYC and promotes the new television program "Dance Obsession."
All photographs are taken by Dance Specific, www.dancespecific.com. All hair and makeup are done by NYC Hair and Makeup, www.nychairandmakeup.com.
Michael Pickett, Mirela Prohaska, and Edward Simon are the producers.
Jose and Anya can be seen in 2007 in the National Geographic episode, "The Incredible Human Machine," directed by Chad Cohen.
They are a Tango couple whose dance is a metaphor for the dance ritual that takes place when a man and woman meet.
The crew was so much fun and a pleasure to work with. I look forward to seeing the result of all their hard work and dedication.
Luis Grijalva and Anya can be seen in the newest Luis Miguel music video, "Santa Claus llego a la ciudad."
They are the featured Swing Couple. They are also the 2x winner of Don Francisco's popular latin television program, Sabado Gigante.
FEB 23 2006
Commercial for Genspec vitamins is aired during the Latin Grammys. Commercial features Anya along with many other Talent.
June 6,7,8 2006
Anya models for BCBGirls and BCBG Maxazria
June 21 2006
Anya is the spokesperson for Canon, NYC
"FALLING IN RHYTHM" a unique and touching film that proves that dance truly brings people together and heals relationships.
"Falling in Rhythm" directed by Malcolm Lam of Wabisabi Films. Stars Jules Helm, Talia Pozo, Angel Garcia, and Anya. Anya plays Giselle.
Currently "Falling in Rhythm," is circulating the Film Festivals. For more information please view the
trailer.
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