AJ Paug

AJ Paug is a Filipino born Georgia native raised in Acworth, GA. He started his training in dance and theatre at Woodland High School for the performing arts. AJ got his first formal training in dance at Great Gig Dance Co. under the direction of Tammy Everhart. He continued his formal dance and choreography training at Kennesaw State University under the direction of Ivan Pulinkala. 

AJ has been choreographing and teaching for 15 years nationally and is in high demand for his creativity and unique use of fusing both genres of contemporary and hip-hop dance. From 2011-2019 AJ choreographed citywide events and festivals for the city of Suwanee such as Suwanee Fest and The Festival of Lights. AJ is Creative Director of ADMIX Project, a professional contemporary company based in Atlanta, and has helped produce/choreograph their last 7 shows with the most recent being “VISCERAL.”

As a Hip-Hop dancer he is a part of Kollective dance crew and has competed and performed in many events such as Kollaboration Atlanta and Who’s Who In Asian America. He is also signed with XCEL Talent and is working as a professional dancer/ choreographer/ videographer in Atlanta. You can see his latest work as choreographer on the Netflix Original Series “The Haunting of Hill House.”  AJ has worked with multiple production companies in Georgia as director, producer, editor, writer, and camera op and is currently working as XCEL Studios videographer proving a platform for Atlanta dancers to expose their talents worldwide. Recently AJ is working as an adjunct professor at Kennesaw State University where he teaches Hip-Hop as a special course class and Modern I.