LaFemme travels to Dominican Republic for the first time!

one of the pools at the Hard Rock Resort

In April, the ladies of LaFemme and gentlemen of LaMen accompanied the Bill Hopkins Rockin Orchestra to the beautiful island of The Dominican Republic to entertain a large corporate firm for their sales retreat.  The accommodations where incredible, the all inclusive, beach front Hard Rock Casino and Resort is where LaFemme and LaMen had the privilege to stay for 3 days and 2 nights!    

The band and the dancers before the show

The white sand beach

The island was so beautiful and the people of The Dominican Republic were extremely gracious and pleasant.  Overall, the experience was a blast.  Traveling to different parts of the continent, working and doing what you love is all anyone could ever dream for!

LaFemme Panache welcomes new members & LaMen!

LaFemme Panache is growing and has recently added some fresh new blood to our family!  These young ladies of LaFemme are bringing a fresh creativity and style, amplifying the pool of talent and dance skills of our membership.  Their backgrounds range from professional dance teams to University instructors with MFA degrees!  We are excited to see what the next generation of LaFemme will produce to enhance our continued success!

And the newest branch of LaFemme ~~> LaMen... Vavavooom!!!!.  These gentlemen are the most talented dancers the Bay has yet to witness.  Their fresh style and swag is just the tip of the ice berg, they are phenomenal performers, with various techniques of dance ranging from commercial, hip hop, b boy house and jazz... LaMen can do it all.

 Ronnie Reddick states "I am very excited about all the new possibilities we have coming our way and extending our dance family!"  Ronnie Reddick, the creator/director for both groups has an exciting and intense year planned for his members.  Between traveling around the world creating/producing the most electrifying performances and working day and night with high profile corporations here in the Bay, LaFemme and LaMen are ready to have a stand out year!

LaFemme Panache incorporates Ballroom into Bill Hopkins Band Show!!! A SUCCESS!

from left to right: Robin, Lucy, Michelle & Cassandra

The Bill Hopkins Rockin Orchestra set the Ballroom floor on fire last weekend, April 2nd, in Palm Springs, CA. when they incorporated a smokin hot element to their vignettes which included the ladies of LaFemme Panache and world renowned ballroom dancers together performing a tribute to the new ballroom craze, that shows like "Dancing with the Stars" and "Burn the Floor" have made so popular.

The entire 5 set pre show was performed at the beautiful Indian Wells Resort in Palm Desert, in between each dinner course.  The show featured every style of traditional ballroom dance from the waltz, the tango to the quick step and the jive!  The show was completely choreographed by Ronnie Reddick.  Bill Hopkins, the director of Bill Hopkins Rockin Orchestra, plans to market this new pre show by showcasing it on their website, http://www.hoprock.com, which will give it the type of exposure necessary for future work!

The Ballroom dancers rehearsing before the show

    It was so fun working with these skilled and highly trained dancers.  They were such a pleasure to watch perform and it was an honor having the chance to dance side by side.  I have a feeling that the Palm Desert show won't be the last time LaFemme Panache shares the floor with them, based on the outstanding applause and wonderful comments Ronnie Reddick, Bill Hopkins and LaFemme received after the show ended.  Of course, after we were done with our 5 set pre show, the ladies of LaFemme worked it out with the band for another few hours... as we do so well!

LaFemme Panache 2011 auditions!!!

LaFemme Panache call back audition

LaFemme Panache held the 2011 auditions in Walnut Creek on March 27th. and there were some wonderfully talented ladies who came, were fierce and danced phenomenally.  Unfortunately, Ronnie was only able to ask just a few for a call back that following Wednesday.

During the call back, the potential LaFemme members had the opportunity to tell us about themselves, talk about their personal lives, where they're from, and what they do, but most importantly, why they want to be apart of LaFemme Panache!

After getting to know a little about each audition-er, we were able to watch them strut their stuff once again, while they learned a short combination from Ronnie!

South Bay auditions are approaching fast and will be located in San Jose on April 16.  At this audition, we'll be looking for gentlemen dancers as well as ladies, who are skilled in hip hop and jazz techniques.  For more info about the upcoming audition, make sure to follow Ronnie Reddick on facebook:   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=508838172 

Welcome to LaFemme Panache

Thank you for visiting our new blog! 

For decades Ronnie Reddick has worked with many celebrities, corporations and individuals providing them the with the most talented entertainers from the Bay Area, LA, Miami, New York and abroad.  Some of the corporations and individuals we've been blessed to work with are:
AEC- Assoc. Entertainment, Bill Hopkins Rockin Orchestra, Asia SF, Clint and Dina Eastwood, Stanford University, Google and Pixar.... just to name a few. 

The beautiful women of LaFemme will be updating you daily with blog postings, pictures and video footage of our "around the world journeys".

Enjoy!!!