meet mari martin   

    Meet mariel martin

                                            A thirteen-year old Mariel Martin began dancing against her will at a

                                                                summer hip hop camp in Boulder, CO.  Since the first day of the camp,

                                                                she has been unable to stop dancing.  She danced with Counter-Culture

                                                                and Motion Underground studios in Boulder before moving to the Bay

                                                                Area where she got a little more serious after joining Funkanometry SF. 

                                                                During her four years with Funks she choreographed many pieces for

                                                                stage, classes, and workshops.  She also helped develop the youth team

                                                                Funksters (now known as The Oddacities) and acted as Co-Artistic Director

                                                                for three years.  Recently, she has been blessed to be a part of Choreo

                                                                Cookies in San Diego, which she believes to be one of the most talented,

                                                                humble, and wonderful teams on the planet.  She has also been lucky

                                                                enough to travel internationally to teach in Columbia, Norway, Germany,

                                                                Canada, Finland, Switzerland, and Singapore as well as various places in

                                                                the U.S. like Chicago, Boulder, Las Vegas, New Jersey, New York and all

                                                                over California.  Mariel has no idea how to classify her style, but just likes

                                                                to think of herself as a person who is in love with music, no matter what

                                                                genre, and tries to simply interpret her appreciation for it.