Beyond the Dance Floor

Abe definitely has an unique perspective on things with his wide variety of interests and marketing and business background.  We talk about his history, the origins of the Yoyogi house and some of the stories there, his curious mindset and how that helped him with business, his thoughts on growing the scene and not being too narrow-minded and more.  One of my favourite talks to date and I learned...

Today we talk with Momo from Diamonds in the Rough, The Hoods, Qween of Qweens, and Robson 800, originally from Tokyo, Japan but now living in Vancouver, Canada.  Really fun talk with Momo about her experiences living in Canada and what brought her here in the first place, the differences between the Japanese and Canadian scenes, connecting with the younger generation of Japanese dancers, being mo...

Today we talk with one of the first people I met in the scene and a guy that’s been very influential in the Vancouver Popping scene, Jamieson De Guzman.  Jamieson and his crew, the Groovy Gs are in part responsible for helping build the popping scene in Vancouver which was almost non-existent when they started.  Always great catching up with him and his smooth calming voice.  We talk about the ear...

Today we talk with Flex from the legendary Canadian crew Bag of Trix, from Toronto, Canada.  Really an honour to have him on and share his knowledge with you all.  We talk about Bag of Trix history, growing up dancing in the clubs, being on Much Music’s RAPCITY, flipping moves and creativity, the UBL, and more.

Wooty is one of the first dancers I met from the US and has always felt like a part of the Vancouver scene.  A really straight up dude, and my crew is the way it is in part because his crew is the way they are.  One of the best talks I’ve had to date.  We get into all kinds of things like Seattle/Tacoma history, Dance Broomz history, only teaching those who want to learn, his physical training he...

Today we talk with one of the young rising stars from Okinawa, Japan, Hiroshi Degawa aka 6kicks.  First I really want to thank Hiroshi for taking the time to do the talk even though he’s not super confident in English.  He did a really good job and it gave us a chance to get to know some of the lesser known people in the Japanese scene.

Frost has been a huge inspiration to me in large part because of his ability to connect what we do in breaking with the rest of our lives.  This is exactly what this whole podcast is all about and I’m really glad I got to talk with him and have him share his insight on all of this.  We get into his crew’s history, a bit of Toronto history, his approach to teaching, mentoring, building arts program...

Co-host of Tales of the Cypher podcast where he documents a lot of the history of the Quebec scene, Sugy has been an invaluable source of inspiration and help during this whole journey through content creation.  One of the more natural conversations I’ve had on here, we get into all kinds of things from content creation, his podcast and the importance of documenting history, the importance of a go...

Member of Mighty Zulu Kings and Floor Gangz, Justroc is a straight up student of hip hop culture.  We talk about his history growing up in Manchester, moving back to Hong Kong, living in Korea, his series of talks on Instagram, Conversations with Royalties and the Jung Connection, the importance of sharing knowledge and history and more.

One of my favourite bboys from Canada these days, Riley just has that essence of what a bboy is in my opinion.  We talk about his time learning in Whitehorse from some of the best in the world including Wicket, Kid David, and Roxrite of the Renegade Rockers, his time Arizona being mentored by Ynot of the Rocksteady crew, Cypher for Change and what it did for the Canadian breaking scene and more.

Rina was one of the first members of OURO in it’s early days and is still going strong to this day with the group.  We talk about her history, differences between waacking and voguing, the importance of learning the foundation and histories of the dances before you start mixing them, and more.

The return of Tafiya.  This conversation a far cry from our original talk.  Much more fluid and natural we just get into all kinds of things and blast off into space about dance, mentality, philosophy, psychology, and all kinds of stuff that makes us sound smarter than we actually are.

One of the people that really got me interested in movement in general as well as thinking outside of breaking, Maiko shares her journey from ballet, to hip hop, to contemporary, the beginnings of OURO Collective and more.

Le Cock, Fastbeard, Tommy Middle Finger, Chair Buddha, whatever you want to call him, Rory has left his mark on Vancouver, the Northwest, and the Canadian scene.  We talk about his history in Vancouver and Victoria, the importance of traveling, being SUCKcessful producing events, and more.

One of the first bgirls I met from Japan back when she lived in Vancouver, Ery talks about her history, the importance of mentors, her thoughts on why Japan has such a high level in breaking, difficulties she faced as a bgirl, and more.

The number one stranger in the scene, Bles talks about growing up in Portland and how that shaped him, his DIY spirit with everything, history of the Mashhall bat, making music for the breaking scene, and more.

One of the first people I really connected with in Japan, Junya shares his history, his time living in Australia and Germany, overcoming his fears and taking that "first step" and how it changed his life, his love of coffee, and more.

Definitely one of the people I wanted to have on here since the beginning, Ark shares his personal history, history on the Hawaiian scene, perspectives on teaching, adapting to teaching during the pandemic, teaching students perspectives beyond just moves, and more.

One of the most interesting bboys I've met so far, Vinnie definitely has an interesting take on things.  We get into his history, his love of horror movies, his perspective on creating, naming moves and more.

One of the young up and coming talents in Vancouver, Cian.  We talk about his origins in Ireland, the Irish scene and the larger European scene, how he got into footwork, what he's learned living abroad and more.

One of the guys I first started dancing with, Chris has influenced my style and perspective both directly and indirectly.  We talk about our love of fighting games, creativity, where ideas come from, making "space" for ideas, and more.

One of my close friends, Makoon from Fun Squad based out of the Kansai area of Japan.  We talk about his time in Vancouver, starting out as a hip hop dancer, work as a tour guide, Japanese history, Zen Buddhist history, and more.

The Chief Talker, Niksone.  We talk about his creative outlets, his old brand NINE and his new brand Local Stranger, and what it means to him and how it's relevant to today, and more.

Nori aka C-Wee repping Naked Gunz out of Nagoya, Japan.  We talk about his history, his crew's history, what got him started in breaking, living abroad, learning to DJ, parties in Japan and more.

Member of legendary Canadian crew Bag of Trix, Tango shares in perspective on his personal and crew history, creativity as problem solving, staying true to yourself and more.