About two decades ago, when she was a 20-year-old dance teacher accompanying her students to a Break the Floor event, she said she refused Gil Stromings $500 offer to join him in his hotel room. In 2019, according to multiple sources, Lazzarini accidentally posted to Instagram a video that appears to show himself masturbating. With stronger policies, he and his executive team would secure the sprawling organization that hosts as many as 300,000 aspiring dancers each year. As a student I was in inappropriate relationships with teachers, and vice versa, and just looking back I was like, oh wow, I think a lot of us dont even realize at first the power that we have in the dance world., In a written statement he told AP/Star I have been very upfront that when I first started the company at 19, over 20 years ago, there were issues of inappropriateness., The reach of California-based Break The Floor Productions extends across the entertainment industry to some of the biggest names in music, television and social media. Travis will not be traveling with BTF until weve had the opportunity for a third-party to look into these allegations, Break the Floor said in a statement shared in the dance companys Instagram Stories Friday. Break the Floor Productions is one of the world's preeminent dance entertainment companies, encompassing touring theatrical productions, dance workshops, photo and video production, corporate events and apparel. Per the Star, Eight former staff and students allege BTF employees, famous in the dance world, initiated sexual conversations, propositioned them for sex, sent them nude photos, sexually harassed them at work or engaged in sexual relationships with them.. Lavallee said Wall flew him around the United States to help him teach choreography to youth in a dance studio and other conventions. Emmy winning choreographer Travis Wall has been suspended from Break the Floor dance companys traveling tours amid an investigation into an accusation of sexually inappropriate behavior made against him in a story published by the Toronto Star. One night, Schaufeld said, Wallace pushed him up against the wall and forced oral sex on him. I didnt know how inappropriate that was.. Male Dancer Accuses Travis Wall of Sexual Misconduct and Grooming. New students poured into dance studios, along with a growing number of health and fitness aficionados. Due to the investigation, the dance company said it will be looking into the accusations. Wall is just one of several Break the Floor employees facing allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior from former staff and students. Stroming did not respond to questions about this incident. rights reserved. A former student, Myles Lavallee, told the paper that Wall started grooming him when he was 16 and Wall was 20. One dance instructor, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of professional consequences, said she warns the children and teens she brings to conventions to be watchful and aware of the potential for abuse of power. One of those students, Myles Lavallee, accused Wall of beginning to groom him when Lavallee was 16 and Wall was around 20. After he turned 18, he engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with Lazzarini. Schaufeld stopped dancing years ago and has no plans to return to the studio. In light of this, over the last 18 months, we have made substantial strides to ensure BTR is a better and safer environment for everyone.". Explore the latest videos from hashtags: #breakthefloor, #dontbreakthefloor, #breakthelimitations . Seven sources say they saw Stroming interact with students in ways that appeared intimate and inappropriate. Gabriel, when asked about Maples' accusation, said in a written statement that he had been drinking heavily that night to control fears about serious health problems in his . Hicks said he sought therapy and a sexual treatment course in an effort to hold myself accountable and also deal with the feelings of feeling like I had wronged him in that way when that was never my intention. He referred reporters to his lawyer, who did not respond. Gil Stromings company capitalized on all of that studio growth, a dance industry that reached some $4 billion in value by 2021, employing more than 120,000 people, according to market research from analysts at IBISWorld. In summer 2018, about two years after Ellis approached Stroming about Lazzarinis conduct, 17-year-old Zeke Lindsey met Lazzarini and began taking his classes. He said he felt punished for dodging the alleged sexual advances. He accepted a sought-after opportunity to assist Meismer as they toured various studios and conventions together. I took the word of this choreographer, and thought he was helping me build a dance career. Susan Kao illustration with photos from Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images, John Lamparski/Getty Images, Broderick Baumann and ngel Vasquez, VIDEO OF BTF EVENT, OCT. 14, 2018: NICO LONETREE/@NICOGOOFS. Wall's publicist maintains that the accusations are entirely false. At the New York event in 2012, Clarke said she turned down Lazzarinis request to join him in his hotel room. Then, in early February, amid a flurry of new allegations against Break the Floor instructors on social media, Stroming disappeared from the companys website. A year or so later, shortly after her 18th birthday, Stroming flew the dancer out to New York, where he told her he had lined up dance auditions, she says. Former Break The Floor instructors have been accused of abusing young dancers in other settings. The next summer, Ellis said he approached Stroming at the Dance Awards, the biggest BTF event of the season, to tell him how Lazzarini had harassed him. Dancer Nico Lonetree, of Saint Paul, Minn., alleges he was propositioned for oral sex by BTF employee Vincent Hicks via texts while they both worked at the RADIX BTF dance convention on Feb. 11, 2017, in Houston, Texas. The CEO of Break the Floor where famous dance coaches were accused of sexual misconduct says he is selling the company A Star investigation found allegations of widespread sexual harassment. On Oct. 1, BTF kicked off its fall season with an event in Toronto at an airport hotel. Who's who in the break the floor investigation. Two dancers said they complained about sexual harassment on the job to Stroming directly. Hicks, meanwhile, continued to work at RADIX every season, through 2021. Wall, an Emmy-award winner, was also removed from a BTF tour following the Stars earlier reporting. To surprise him, Hudson said Meismer would buy them matching outfits. This comes after the Toronto Star published a recent news story accusing him of s*xually questionable behavior. Lavallee said he did not tell Stroming or BTF staff about what he alleges happened with either Wall or the other choreographer, saying he thought his concerns would not be taken seriously. Lavallee told the Star that Wall gave him ecstasy that night, and we were doing hand massages, which just creeps me out now. Lavallee told the Star he invited a friend to come over to diffuse the situation, and a few months later, Wall cut off communication with Lavallee, which Lavallee believes was a direct result of him avoiding a sexual relationship with Wall. One of those dancers was Patrick Ellis, who alleges that he told Break the Floors CEO, Gil Stroming, that Lazzarini had stuffed his hand up through a hole in Elliss pants and tried to fondle him. Wallace did not respond to questions about those texts. "The dance community has long dealt with issues of inappropriate power dynamics as well as overt unacceptable behavior," Break the Floor said in a statement posted to Instagram Thursday. The Star has spoken to a friend of Lindseys who said they saw the texts and photos Lindsey and Lazzarini exchanged. Wallace was already a star in the dance world and would later go on to be hired by Gil Stroming to direct Break The Floors 24 Seven. Break the Floor is investigating an allegation of sexually inappropriate behaviour raised in a Toronto Star investigation. Former DancerPalooza instructor, Eric Saradpon, has been charged by the Riverside County District Attorney with perpetrating lewd acts on minors in a private dance studio, and is awaiting trial. His mental health deteriorated. 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