Gabriel Trupin Memorial Dance Scholarship
Full-Tuition Scholarship Opportunity for Young Dancers to Attend Jazz Camp West 2025
🎉 Celebrating 41 Years of Creativity, Community, and Jazz
📍 Location: La Honda, Northern California
📅 Camp Dates: June 7–13, 2025
Are you a passionate dancer between the ages of 15 and 25? Apply now for the Gabriel Trupin Memorial Dance Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship to attend Jazz Camp West 2025—a transformative, week-long dance, music, and vocal program held in the heart of the redwoods in Northern California.
This scholarship honors the legacy of Gabriel Trupin (1969–1995), an exceptionally talented dancer and beloved Jazz Camp West alum who went on to perform professionally with world-renowned artists including Madonna, Janet Jackson, Gloria Estefan, and more.
Jazz Camp West is a week-long music, dance and vocal program for teens through seniors in the majestic redwoods of La Honda, No. Ca.
This is a unique opportunity for an aspiring dancer that is interested in being in a highly creative immersive environment and wants to benefit from exposure to several forms of dance (jazz, west coast swing and hip-hop), and a chance to be featured in the final dance showcase.
2025 Dance Faculty:
Lynn Brilhante - Jazz
Samara Atkins - Hip-Hop
Joanna Meinl - West Coast Swing
🕺 What You’ll Experience at Jazz Camp West:
A fully immersive, interdisciplinary dance experience
Exposure to multiple dance styles: Jazz, Hip-Hop, and West Coast Swing
Creative growth in a vibrant, inclusive camp community
A chance to perform in the final dance showcase alongside peers and faculty
📝 Scholarship Details:
Open to dancers aged 15–25
Merit-based selection
Includes full tuition for Jazz Camp West 2025
Application deadline: May 1, 2025
More information on Gabriel Trupin
Gabriel Trupin grew up in a musical family, surrounded by jazz, blues, and R&B royalty, including his step-father, drummer Eddie Marshall, who was a longtime Jazz Camp West faculty member. Gabriel graduated from the San Francisco School of the Arts, dancing with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, in concert with Debbie Allen, Gloria Estefan, Vanessa Williams, Queen Latifah, The Jackson Family, and with the Adidas Dance Team. He appeared in numerous music videos for stars, including Janet Jackson and Madonna. Gabriel was a dancer in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) and What's Love Got To Do With It (1993), an actor in Doctor Strain the Body Snatcher (1991), and a dancer on Madonna's Blonde Ambition World Tour, about which a documentary, Madonna: Truth or Dare was filmed and released.