PROGRAM A

Krazy 8 (Hip Hop, San Mateo, Ca)
“Heaven is Here”
A journey of healing from our mental health challenges. Learning to embrace and love who we are.
Choreography– JC Caoile
Music– Jung Jeail, Florence + The Machine, ZABO
Dancers– Alina Perez, Carsyn Ubamos, Dakota Peebler, Daniela Savage, Firoozeh
Nourizadeh, Gio Romero, Jeremy Lim, Kailan Brooks, Kiera Chiu, Maighdlin “Maggie”
Gilmartin, Maribela Arriaga, Mateus Kim, Mia Nelson, Milan Krishnappa, Miles Lim,
Myles Wallace, Yurika Kan, Shea Peni, Stella Yu, Zoe Miller, Francesca Savage, Lauren
Gamboa, Jacinda King, Arina Maksin

Prince Ali (Popping, San Jose, Ca)

“Her Work”
Honoring her work and the personal evolution that stems from compromise and companionship.
Choreography– Alex “Prince Ali” Flores
Music– Maxwell
Dancer– Alex “Prince Ali” Flores

Friidom & The Epiic Movement (Krump Fusion , Los Angeles,Ca)

“Stimulus Et Reparations”
As a BIPOC movement artist, Friidoms’ mission has been to transcend the thought of what a “Street Dancer” is and could be through music and movement. This piece was crafted during the year of the Pandemic 2020. Friidom had two elders pass while in isolation, plus with the grim reality of America at the forefront, Stimulus Et Reparations was born. A part of a 20-track soundscape work he made in his home with his laptop and reflections of the past, Friidom and the Epiic Movement will move to express the position, pain, & the deep revelation of that year.
Choreography– Darrel ‘Friidom’ Dunn
Music– Friidom
Dancers– Darrel ‘Friidom’ Dun, James ‘Animated J’ Jimenez, Chad Henry Geiger, Malik
‘Gumby’ Bannister, Tai Ryan White

TURForce (Hip Hop and Turfing, Bay Area,Ca)
“TURForce C0-Lab”

A collaboration piece with SoulForce Dance Company and TURFinc. A blending of styles and practices found comfortable and uncomfortable moments in this creative endeavor. Learning from each other was challenging yet rewarding and in moving together, connection was made. The outcome is a three part series of video and dance documenting the process of getting to know each other, going deeper and finally celebration of the collaboration! (Special thanks to the Creative Work Fund and Trent Diamantine for making this collaboration possible.)
Choreography– Micaya
Additional Choreography– All the Dancers and Johnny 5
Music– Glitch Mob, Mount Westmore, E-40, Zion I, Traxamillion, Genra
Dancers– TURFinc: Hector “Intricate” Ascencio, Dopey Fresh, Tae-Ninja, Alex “LinkK” Benavidez, SoulForce: Danny D, Patrica Lam, Fae Salfiti, Rosie Dominia
Video– Javier Ochoa

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INQ (Hip Hop Fusion, Oakland,Ca)

“Bloom”
An experience about the passing of time. During quarantine, Rocko stared at a tree outside his apartment all year. It’s the thing that helped him keep track of time moving. “Bloom” will express chapters of life and love, phases of a relationship, even music passing through 70 years of styles and eras. Each season will read as a mini vignette and the tree as an interstitial transition to show the passing of time.
Choreography – Alli Fritz & Rocko Luciano (with Ariana Espinal, Chloe Gerungan,
Deasee Phillips, Emily Shick, Enver Ramadani, Jack Rushford, Jayzel Reyes, Jessica
Lim, Kelsi Krandel, Leslie Tu, and Ridhi Vuriti)
Music– Bill Snyder, The Chords, Mattrixx, Bernard Hermann, Anita Ward, Lauryn Hill,
Daniel Caesar, Emmy Meli
Dancers– Alyson Goulden, Alli Fritz, Amy Kang, Angel Junio, Ariana Espinal, Bryce Yale,
Christa Page, Chung Xiong, Deasee Phillips, Edgar Aguilar-Guzman, Emily Shick, Enver
Ramadani, Faith Alexis, Gabby Bruno, Jack Rushford, Jayzel Reyes, Jess Bozzo,
Jessica Lim, Jowain So, Kelsi Krandel, Leslie Tu, Lindsay Eklund, Rachel Garcia, Rocko
Luciano, Roman Zavala, Savannah Nota, Sunny Lee, Shivali Tandon

Compagnie THT (Breaking Fusion, Paris,France and Oslo Norway)

“Church en Corps (Part 1)
A play mainly on the representation of two ways, materialized by their two bodies and their ways of evolving. The two ways will, by moments, move away and differ. At other times, they will come closer and unite. Attraction-Repulsion; Similarity- Differentiality; Known-Unknown; Contradiction-Concordance. It is with these tensions that they play and that they create their ways of apprehending situations physically. And it is these games, these processes and sometimes these results, that they want to share as research process with the public.
Choreography– Ouili Nana and Raphaël Saint-Laurent
Music– Kaytranada, Icytwat, Alberto Segador
Dancers– Ouili Nana and Raphaël Saint-Laurent

Versa-Style Dance Company (All styles, Los Angeles,Ca)

“Rebirth/Spirit of The Bones”
This is an excerpt from Versa-Style’s latest full-length work, “Freemind Freestyle,” consists of high–energy, unadulterated Hip Hop movement that explores the depths of improvisational dance. Using Streetdance vernacular such as Locking, Popping, Hip Hop and Krump as vehicles of expression, no show will be the same, as each night will offer a brand new experience of FREESTYLE Streetdance live on stage. Audiences will walk away with a visceral immersion into Hip Hop dance culture. The work dives into the concept of freedom from all angles: the personal, the political, the physical, and the spiritual. How do we experience freedom? What contains us, oppresses us, and what ultimately allows us to break free? “Freemind Freestyle” explores these questions from both the evolutionary and ancestral lens, blending cutting-edge Hip Hop, Popping, and Krump movement with traditional House dance that pays homage to the Afro-Latin roots of Hip Hop.

Danced to sonic remixes of Hip Hop, classical, and electronic music, the work calls upon each dancer in the diverse company to draw upon his and her own personal experience of freedom, and express this inner battle through the rich vocabulary of Streetdance.
Choreography– Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez-Foaad and Leigh “Breeze Lee” Foaad
Music– Geode/Black Motion
Dancers– Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez, Leigh “Breeze Lee” Foaad, Harry “Full Out”
Weston, Alli “Mama Alli” Gray, Brandon “BeastBoi” Juezan, Ernesto “Precise” Galarza,
Anthony “Berry Groove” Berry, Cynthia “Divina” Hernandez, Brianna “Passion” Grey, Ceanne “CyKlone” Augustin