BIOGRAPHY
Ms. Earle, a native New Yorker, was inspired in music and theatre early on in life. At the age of 13, she attended the world-famous High School Of Performing Arts, where she studied dance, music & drama. She was a scholarship student at the N.Y.C. Ballet, Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and Joffrey Ballet. At the age of 14, she appeared in the film The Wiz, and after touring and performing in the stage show on Broadway for one of her mentors, George Faison, she traveled to London at age 16 with the Broadway musical “Bubblin Brown Sugar. She went on to do several Broadway shows including Chicago, Ragtime, Black Broadway, 42nd Street, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Ms. Earle is an alumnus of Bernice Johnson and Henry LeTang, worked with Debbie Allen, and was the first African-American to appear on the cover of a Las Vegas Program for the show Jubilee. Ms. Earle has performed in various shows with Bill Cosby, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli, Sammy Davis Jr., Cab Calloway, and has toured and performed with Lionel Hampton, Prince, Michael Jackson, Stephanie Mills, and Teddy Pendergrass. She has appeared in numerous films such as Cotton Club, Coming To America, Rent and Tap with the late great Gregory Hines.
She has choreographed and directed numerous commercials in New York & Vancouver for Mattel Companies and animation for Disney’s Darkwing Duck series. She was the original choreographer and created “The Fly Girls”, for Fox television’s In Living Color, Burkes’s Law and several episodic television shows. As a casting associate, she cast talent for commercials, Broadway shows & feature films. Ms. Earle was then invited to work as a talent agent and head the choreography dept. at the Bobby Ball Agency. It was there that she negotiated deals for choreographers who worked with such artists as, Michael Jackson, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, & Brittney Spears. Known as an international teacher from NYC, France, Monaco, to Los Angeles, Ms. Earle teaches and provides master classes and seminars for several universities. Ms. Earle is also one of the few African -American stuntwomen and has worked on such films as Johnson Family Vacation, Collateral Damage, Simone (with Al Pacino), and television shows: 18 Wheels Of Justice, The X Files, and Alias.
Ms. Earle’s Mangement /Artist Development Company, TWIRL ENTERTAINMENT services many artists with various record labels. She has directed the live tours and music videos for such artists as Envogue, Patra, Pretty in Pink, The Calloways and Donna Summer, to name a few. The company was one of the first to represent stylists, casting directors and directors for film and television. TWIRL ENTERTAINMENT creates and manages their upcoming teen recording act, Lady’s Inc. & Fine Chynah. They have two other artists that are next to break.
Freda Payne’s Birthday Party/ Gala for Breast Cancer Research” Beverly Hills, California (2013)
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Carla in Las Vegas on the creative team helping rebuild the show that ran for over 30 years. I was 18 when I appeared in the original cast 34 years ago and what a joy to be able to give the “new” dancers the history that once was…. Twirl!!”
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