Carmit Bachar is a talented American dancer, who is best known for her success with the pop group, The Pussycat Dolls.
Born in L.A., Carmit is of Israeli, Dutch, Indonesian, and Chinese descent, and comes from a family full of entertainers. She has been around the world, competing as a rhythmic gymnast for a decade, and placed 5th in the Olympic trials in 1992. Carmit attended Hamilton Academy of Music in L.A. while she was competing on the National Team. At the academy, she studied music, dance, piano, and viola.
As a freelance dancer, Carmit has shared the
… More stage with numorous pop/rock acts. In 1999, she was Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” woman. In 2000, she danced with No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani during “Bathwater” in No Doubt’s DVD Rock Steady Live. In 2004 she was a back-up dancer for Janet Jackson during the infamous Super Bowl Half-Time Show. She has also appeared in Beyonce’s music videos “Crazy in Love” and “Baby Boy”.
Through out this time, Carmit was working with Lee Cherry, Scarlett, and others to start the underground nightclub, Freedom, which became the occasional “Multi-Genre Cabaret”. As of 2006, Carmit is still co-producing the events at the nightclub.
Currently, Carmit is working to start a non-profit organization called, “Smile With Me”: “I want to have my own charity for children and adults who are born with a cleft palate. I was born with one and I want to educate and inspire people by saying that inner beauty is more important than looks.”