Dance Specific TALKS

"I want others to see the beauty in these dance styles" Shahin Damka is a waacker and voguer from the Netherlands. He has danced for the past ten years but has grown a lot as a person since he started. He fell in love with Waacking and started traveling to the USA to learn more and be able to help to build the community in the Netherlands. Sit back and enjoy the story of how a student wi...

"With human movements, I found the ultimate game, because it is an infinite game" Nomad Slim is truly a world citizen that has found his passion - Movements! He has not only gone into dancing but also competed in several martial arts forms. When he discovered his passion for movements and mobility he quickly started to explore a community with like-minded people. Today he is one of the t...

"I have to have my own relationship with my dance, the goal is to express myself" Anna Malmer aka Annosh is a Swedish dancer, originally from a small city outside Gothenburg. She grew up listening to Hip-hop from a very young age but did not find dancing until much later. Annosh has not only gone on an internal journey through dance but also achieved many goals within the knowledge eleme...

"The problem is that we are living in a time where everyone wants things now, and they can not wait" Stew, or DJ Stew as many people call him, was raised in Bobigny outside Paris, France. Stew's family comes from Martinique and therefore he grew up with a lot of different Caribbean music. He got interested in Popping in his teenager years and started to battle, not knowing that year...

"I used to go up at 6 am to train dancers before going to work at 10 am" Paul Muiruri is the artistic director of Artzone Events & Entertainment in Nairobi, Kenya. His dance career took off after he taught himself dance moves from music videos and nailed an audition for Safari Cuts. With this dance company, he performed almost daily for eight years. Today he is running his own compan...

"As long as you are having fun, it does not matter what circumstances you come from"  Natasha Markwick aka Ivory was born in the USA, moved to several countries, and grew up in the Danish countryside. She took on dance as a lifestyle in her teenage years and has never stopped since. She has battled, choreographed, and performed with many different styles. After living in Argentina for se...

"When I moved to New York City, everyone hated southern music" Growing up with a dancing mother and a military father, Ausben Jordan aka King Aus started to be interested in different physical activities early. Martial arts and cheerleading set King Aus on a path, not knowing that those skills combined with dance would make him end up on the world's largest live music event. Being B...

“What interests me is to make people’s eyes dance”   Alexis “ Bust ” Stephens aka “Bust The Drip” is a French Hip-hop dancer and painting artist. His crew Fushwong has been seen in many battles represented their unique style. Next to battling and judging, Bust has also created his own signature painting style based out of movements. In this interview, we get into the philosophy of Bust The Drip an...

"Dancers play such an important role... If we want to play these songs and enjoy this culture, then people have to understand that the dancers are an important aspect" Gloria Muñoz and Awa Ngom are the founders and creators of the Dancehall group Junction Crew from the Netherlands. They play a vital role to bring the right knowledge about the style of Dancehall and Jamaican culture to th...

”I have become a chameleon, I got used to change my colors and the way I am to the environment” World-famous Bboy Neguin comes from Paraná, Brazil, and has taken the planet by storm with his unique mix of capoeira, martial arts, and breakin’. Neguin is not only dancing but amongst other things also DJs - a mix of artistic expressions he calls Neguinism. He is one of the most unique dance artists a...

”I was so shy, I couldn’t watch people in their eyes”.  Dance has been the majority part of Sara Panero’s entire life. She has not only been able to learn multiple styles but also completed three years at the Conservatory of Dance in Madrid within classical ballet.  In this interview, we get the chance to ask Sara about her journey, her work ethic, and how she has been dealing with the scenes chal...

“I want the people I grew up with to also get these experiences”  King Charles is one of the most global ambassadors for the style we today call Chicago Footwork which usually plays on around 160 beats per minute. Born and raised in southside Chicago, King Charles started to dedicate his life to this style from an early age which led him to book several huge commercial gigs, such as Madonna’s Stic...

“Be humble, but when you’re working don’t be too humble”  Judith Cordero is, together with her partner Korke, known worldwide as the creators of Bachata Sensual. With this title, Judith has been able to teach and perform internationally every weekend for years, a lifestyle that comes with both pros and cons. In this interview, we will talk about the challenge of balancing the stress and pressure o...

“I came out stronger because I knew I had this force of determination”  Kapela Marna aka Kapela is a member of the world-famous French crews Serial Stepperz and Wanted Posse. He specializes in Toprock and House Dance. Kapela innovates by mixing his parents' Senegalese roots of footwork from Sabar together with the power of Breakin’ into his renowned style of House. Kapela has competed, taught...

“It was the people who believed in me”  Márcio Ratinho Salvador is a devoted dancer who found his love for the Hip Hop culture in Portugal. He has since then learned several styles and lived in multiple countries, taught all over the world, and won some of the biggest battles including several finalist spots at the world competition Juste Debout.  In this interview you get to hear about Márcio’s j...

"They said I wouldn't be able to hold a regular pen in my hand. Well… I did, and now I’m writing my own story". Redouan Ait Chitt aka REDO, was born and raised in Gorinchem, a picturesque little city in the Netherlands. He is a professional b-boy (breakdance) and public speaker from the crew ILL-Abilities who has battled, judged, performed, and held speeches all over the world. &quo...

“Whatever you do, do it big.. Find out what makes you vibrate” Sabrine Ewies aka Sabou is a French-born dancer who followed her heart, quick her job, and is now one of Amsterdam’s top afro teachers. She has since two years back been running her own company and was fast to adapt to online teaching when the world stop due to COVID-19. On top of her love for various afro dance styles, Sabou continuou...

"I saw who I wanted to be" Kwesi Sakyi is the Kizomba dancer from Toronto, Canada who is running T.L.C. Kiz . He started his musicality journey with being a percussionist and later joined the dance scene through Stepping. Today the couple dance Kizomba is Kwesi's calling he is expressing a lot of his musicality through his style. In this interview, we talk about what it means to cho...

“You got to know your strengths”  Tanja "La Alemana" Kensinger is one of the Bachata scene’s biggest stars and Chief Financial Officer in a 3-way partnership of Island Touch Dance Academy - a global dance company. She has been traveling on a weekly basis, with her fiancé and dance partner, to various events around the world to perform and teach for over 12 years!  In this interview, we w...

"The space is very important when I move, I'm drawing in this space"- Phax was born 1965 in Madagaskar and moved as a child with his family to France. From a very young age, Phax started to dance and do street shows, a way for him to start earning money on his passion. The love for dance has taken Phax around the world even before the internet was a thing and in this interview, we g...

”Kizomba found me” - Teresa Jimenez switched over from being a violin musician to a dedicated dancer about nine years ago. Her journey took off with salsa and bachata but when Kizomba came into the picture it opened a new road. Teresa Jimenez started to compete and has since then been traveling all over the world teaching with different partners and held her own lady styling classes/boot camps. In...

"Dance is life at its most sensational moment" - Ahmed Salsa organized his first salsa and bachata festival 13 years ago in Dubai. He has since then created many successful events and also toured around the world as a host. In this interview, you get to look inside the mind of an organizer, how to deal with guests and hear real stories of incidents we all can learn from. Explore how the...

"I paid my dues to be here" - Anders Deeno is a Danish dancer who moved to London and is working in the commercial dance scene. He is currently dancing behind Little Mix on their tour and has been booked for Kylie Minogue among others.  In this interview, we are diving behind the scenes and learning what it means to be a male background dancer in the industry. Anders Deeno is sharing eve...

"I could express myself and be a part of something bigger than me" - Camilla Vanilla is a known profile in the Scandinavian Hip-hop community. She has been one of the main creators of Oslo's battle scene and is still an active battler dancer herself in the style of Popping. Since years back Camilla Vanilla is running Norway's biggest Hip-hop dance school, Subsdans and Oslo&apos...

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