Azusa Pacific University Dance Company
The vision for Azusa Pacific University
Dance Company was formed as soon as
Moses Martinez transferred to APU and
realized that the school had no
established dance program. Working hard
by himself, Moses took the necessary
steps to form APDC and have it
officially recognized. An initial round
of meetings attracted about 18
interested dancers, but by the time
Moses was able to secure a place only
two remained. Thus Moses and his two
dancers danced their way through the
fall semester on the fifth floor balcony
of trinity dorms and planned like crazy
for expansion. Through all adversity,
frustrations and wanting to give up
Moses looked to God and asked Him for
strength to keep on going. Now his
company is well known in local
communities as well as the APU campus.
God has always been there with him and
continues to bless him. Moses is very
humbled by His grace and love which he
sees everyday.
Ananias Moses Martinez, Jr
Ananias Moses Martinez, Jr. has trained
with the East Los Angeles Community
College Dance Program in the art forms
of hip-hop, ballet, jazz, modern, and
Pilates. His extensive participation in
dance production and dance performance
courses has increased his experience
within concert events. Moses was a
three-year member of the ELAC Let’s
Dance Company, where he participated in
numerous community outreach performances
and traveled to Austria for the 2006
Young Tanzsommer European Dance Tour.
In 2007,
he was a featured dancer at the Citrus
College Spring Dance Concert and
achieved the title of Solo Champion in a
salsa category at APU. Moses has
choreographed for local church groups
and has been a substitute teacher at the
school for arts studio, Creative
Planet. Currently, Moses is the
president and director/coach for Azusa
Pacific Dance Company, which he founded
in the Fall of 2006. |
