BBOY MACHINE (Angel Dust Breakers, Japan)

Dance Delight is created by Mitsuhiro Harada a.k.a Machine.

Machine is the leader of the legendary break dance team ‘Angel Dust Breakers’ in Japan. In 1992, he founded the street dance promotion company ‘Adhip’ and started ‘Osaka Dance Delight’ which created a new wave of street dance culture from Osaka and the origin of all dance delight competitions. In 1994, the first nation wide street dance competition in Japan took place, this was the 1st ‘Japan Dance Delight’.

After 16 years, Japan Dance Delight has become one of the biggest international street dance competition, participating cities/countries include Paris (France), New York (United States), Taipei (Taiwan), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Singapore. The finals in Japan would attract audiences of up to 10,000 and the entire series of regional and cities level dance delight would attract thousands of contestants.

“From watching the competitions these past 16 years, I am so impressed with the skills and ambitions of the dancers every year. It is a dance contest, so there will be rankings, but dance is very artistic and so it can’t be rated as they do with time records in sports. In this sense, there’s no set definition for what is right and wrong. And so every year, it evolves from the young people’s new ideas and emotions. I think it will continue to evolve further. This is the most dynamic and fun part about the competition.” Machine

Yaman (Pro Phenomen & Wanted Posse, France)

The choreographer Yaman Okur discovered hip-hop dance as a teenager and confronted to live performance for the first time by dancing with companies such as “Trafic de Styles” and “Wanted”. Then he improved himself by training at A.I.D (International Dance Academy) in Paris.
Afterwards, he enriched his practices as a dancer during the inauguration of the soccer World Cup in 1998.

He has confronted to new professional scenic experiences during numbers of music halls such as “French Cancan” at Folies Bergères, “Le Roi Lion” and “Dix Commandements”. He has also collaborated with Redha for the show “La vie Parisienne d’Offenbach” and Kamel Ouali on the “Star Academy”, and he has danced for different artists such as Lionel Richie, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, etc.

Recognized in the dance industry and winner of the battle “Juste debout” in the experimental category in 2007, Yaman Okur has already got a long list of prices. In 2009, he was a dancer on Madonna “Sticky and Sweet” tour in which he choreographed “Heartbeat” title.

Physs (Pro Phenomen, France)

Philippe Almeida also known as “PHYSS” flow and technique : Hip-Hop dancer from the crews SECTION C and PRO PHENOMEN.
Winner of the 2005 Juste Debout and many others battles on solo or with his teammate PAULERECK, PHYSS is involved in the underground and working as a professional for more than 10 years now (freestyles, TV shows, tour,masterclass, performances).

Originally from the french Hip Hop group BOOGI SAÏ, he has got his knowledge of the stage and developped his skillz with the two choreographer MAX-LAURE and ALEX. A
third person will have an real impact on his dance FRANCIS M’BIDA aka KEOPAZ who introduce PHYSS into the real Hip Hop dance also called Hip Hop Freestyle or New Style.

Many Hip Hop artists will definitly change his life but the most popular is the “forever living” JAMES YANCEY aka JDILLA (rip). PHYSS also works on various Hip Hop projects such as SectionShowTime, FrenchSkool in Italy, FrenchVibeTeam, SerialStepperz, JusteDebout EliteTeam, he also collaborates with the dj/producer/emcee PHONKSYCKE on differents projects.

Gator (Pro Phenomen, France)

Nicolas Pain aka Gator is a self-taught dancer, who improved by training with Poppin Taco. He became a teacher at AID (International Dance Academy). He was the winner of the Juste Debout battle in 2002 (poppin category). He has collaborated with choreographers such as Kamel Ouali and Gysleïn Lefever. He has danced for various music halls such as “Dix Commandements” and French television programs like the “Star Academy”.

Babson (Serial Stepperz & Wanted Posse, France)

Babson began dancing in 1997, directly with the group Wanted Posse. At the time it was called New Jack Swing HYPE in France. He quickly opened up to other dances such as Break, African dance and salsa to be more versatile and to find an original style. In 1997, the SPICE Group (Japanese group) came to do a show in Paris, and it was a revelation to him. He then found his way to become a House dancer.

Dashaun Evisu (USA)

Well if you don’t know me, just ask. I have a world of wonders.

Raised in Brooklyn NY. At the age of 7, I discovered the love for performing arts during his elementary school talent show performing the “time warp” from the Rocky horror picture show. I began fulfill My needs to act, dance and sing at local community talent shows in my home town of Brooklyn New York. While attended Williams E Grady H.S in Brooklyn, I entered talent shows and performed in the school plays such as “Grease”, “West Side Story” and “Little Shop of Horror”

I am also an advocate of awareness in the field of HIV/AIDS. I worked full time as a HIV Tester/Counselor and a Youth support facilitator. HIV/AIDS hit close to home after loosing my mom, the best supporter Trizell Williams in 2004 to the fight of HIV/AIDS when i was 19. She was a single mom and raised me and my Brother Darshan alone. I continues to spread the word of awareness and supports my peers in the community. With My continuation of support from My Mentors Darryl Brown and Jennifer Browne, best friends Dajuan, David and Roxy, I will continue to strive for excellence in My Craft.

During my beginning high school years, I have been introduced to the Underground Ballroom scene where I was able to continue my talents as a vogue dancer and explored the world of hosting underground ball events due to my amazing voice. My Vogue dancing skills has landed Me in a couple of commercials, 2 such as Coca-Cola and Buffalo Wild Wings. My dance skills also marked the creation of a popular dance called the 5,000 from my remarkable win of $5,000 for a Vogue competition in Atlanta Georgia in 2005. I turned it out. I am a active member of the dance group vogue evolution. we have sailed the seas and were still trooping for more. I have been apart of the Underground Ball scene for 10 years the past October and I continue to support the members in the scene. Youtube has opened up so much for me as a vogue dancer. so many people stop me in the streets to tell me of my skills.

Sara Hirn (Assassins Crew, Finland)

Sara has worked as a professional dancer since 1995 in Finland and abroad.

1997-1998 Sara performed as a dancer in the European tour of the production of Fame the musical (USA). 1998-2002 She continued her career as dancer with Bounce Streetdance company’s (SWE) Swedish and European tours. During the latter tour alongside her status as a dancer, Sara held the title of Assistant Co-Director, working with West End-veteran, director Anthony Van Laast. Through these years Sara performed e.g. Les Folles Theater in Paris, London’s Round House and Saddle Wells theater, Queen Elisabeth II’s Golden Jubilee celebration in Buckingham Palace and Fringe festival in Scotland.

Sara’s television resume includes MTV Select, Live at Five (Disney) and Blue Peter (Channel 4 UK) to name a few. She can be seen on instructional films Learn How To Breakdance With Wilpower and Wildstyle and Wildstyle with Wilpower (Telstar).

Following her return to Finland, Sara operated as the co founder and the president of the SADE festival (Street Art Dance Essentials) 2004-2007. She also worked as a dancer and choreographer for URB and Liikeellä Marraskuussa festivals as a part of Flexadea group.

In Finland Sara has worked e.g. Finland’s National Theater, Helsinki Svenska Teatern (Swedish Theater). She was hired as dancer and streetdance consultant for Spin the musical. Sara appeared as the lead dancer for musical Cats in Lahden Kaupungin teatteri (City of Lahti Theater) 2007-2008. Her solo piece Blindspot was an integral part of Jyväskylän kesä and URB festivals in 2010.
2011 Sara/Assasinns Crew qualified for the final sixteen of the world’s largest streetdance event Juste Debout’n.

Presently Sara performs with the Of(f) course ensemble and International Assassins Crew collective. In addition, Sara functions as Project Co-ordinator for 09 Helsinki Human Rights Foundation’s anti-racism streetdance program for prevention and alleviation of children’s and youth’s social exclusion in the most challenging areas of Finnish capitol city.

Schooling for dance Sara began in 1984 in the Finnisha National Ballet school. After seven years, she continued her studies as a scholarship student at Tanssivintti Dance School. Sara is a graduate of Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, John Moores University (BA Hons) 2001. To further her formal education Sara has taken part in numerous courses in various dance disciplines and cultures in Finland, Europe and United States.