Stephy Styles aka Madame Steff
Stephy Styles, aka Madame Steff, premiering back to Seattle. Born and raised in Jersey City /Chinatown NYC, Dancer, Activist, Traveler, and Fashion lover. Started in 2011 as a break dancer and later found her love with Waacking in 2014. Fusing breaking and waacking came naturally to her, as so many other styles like house, hustle partner dancing, and of course Burlesque. Began in 2017 performing in NYC venues such as The Slipper Room and House of Yes. She is the Co founder of Ladies Adiós an all womxn collective and founder of a non profit event, A Jam Called Tribe. Together, We believe that we can create a space for dancers to motivate one another, develop together, and contribute to human rights, thus spreading this dance culture even further with peace, contribution, awareness and understanding.
Jesaida “J*La-Roc” Fuentes
“It is clear that to be the Queen of this domain, I must play with these beats unafraid.
I must connect to something beyond these limiting legs, and see the power that is up ahead. I see this opponent staring back at me. An opposing force carefully set. An idea overtaking, mistaken by my own faults. But I overcome these thoughts for I am taking pride in my stride, shaking shoulders for days vs. flailing legs. I am the expression of her, The Empress with the best dressed. All I can be in this presence supreme. Believe in what you can change in the moment. The evidence is real. A BreakGIRL is the new expression of Divine Feminine, one in touch with her masculine essence. We choose to get beat by the floor Because this is the type of love I choose to endure. Beautiful BGIRL... you are invincible because the muscles within you break and renew. I repeat. There is not much a Break woman will endure for we have chosen to get beat by the floor. We can't take those fake promises for the promise we made to get this move. I will not settle for less, when I expect my freezes to hit perfect finesse. We live and breathe this Hip Hop life and expect our reality to fit nicely in this cyph. BGIRL's are toned the f*ck up made to be beautiful pieces of art. Freeze and pose make this image shown. We are the warriors of Hip Hop, a culture made for the strong…”
- Poetry by Jesaida “J*La-RoK” Fuentes
J*La-Roc is a Jersey city born Puerto Rican who was destined to connect to her culture through Hip Hop. She fell in love with freestyle in all its forms, having fallen for Hip Hop at an early age, she was fortunate to meet the legendary crew from New Jersey, NBk Jersey City (Bboy Bgirl Lifestyle) . She was always an avid lover of the arts participating in choir, theater and dance productions in her schooling. At the age of 16 she began training extensively in Latin styles including Salsa, Bomba, and Mambo. Dealing with depression and other unfortunate circumstances, she overcame limiting thoughts through the power of dance.
*J*La-RoK co-founded the all Female, open styles crew Ladies Adios! A multi-talented international Bgirl Crew based in NYC.*
J*La-RoC is most known for her battle presence as a BGirl! (Breakdancer), she has entered countless competitions within the tristate area, she was honored to win international events like, Ladies of Hip Hop Breakin’ division, Evolution NYC and Who Came to Serve 2 - Mexico. From there it spiraled into other ways to express her feminine essence. House, Waacking, Latin and Hip Hop etc. She continues to develop a new way of viewing the dance, closely connected to spirituality. She has appeared in dance productions such as “Breakside Story” NJPAC and Ladies of Hip Hop “Adios Love”. J*La-Roc continues to grow in other art forms such as poetry, song writing, acting and modeling. Her recent appearance as a lead in Taino Theater: Bully the Bully Artists against hate brought on awareness of social injustice within the community.
“2020 the best of times and the worst times”
Haven almost lost her life in a car accident towards the end of 2020; she has now shifted her focus on writing as a result of the incident. Poetry was always in her life, but now more than ever it's been her rock through these difficult times. She has recently been published in the Every Kinda of Lady and her Sisters Anthology, representing Jersey City. J*La-Roc wishes to continue creating and developing her craft while making sure she takes responsibility for changing this world for the better. You can find her writing and co-creating events alongside WUWU Collective, a spiritual community bringing dance and science together. As well as producing A Jam Called Tribe Fundraiser every year as the Event Coordinator.
Acting featured in Taino Theater Productions, Bully the Bully
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ilvaAi1vg&t=2s
Poetry featured in the Every Kinda of Lady and her Sisters Pages Anthology
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PM89BCS/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_R0NW3Q58PFKN5KHPEQ11
Erin “Goody Roc” Goodwin
Erin “Goody Roc” Goodwin hails from Ohio and moved to New York City to pursue theatre and comedy.
Trained in ballet, tap, and jazz as a child, Erin didn’t revisit dance as an adult until 2009, when she fell in love with hip hop and breaking under the guidance of Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie. Since then, she has
gone on to train with numerous others including Breakeasy and Ken Swift. Through breaking, Erin met rock dancer Ringo, and trained under him in the style known as “Uprock” or “Rocking”, and went on to become the first female of the new generation of Mastermind Rockers. She is also part of the all female all-styles group Ladies Adios.
Erin travels all over the world performing, battling, and teaching. As a performer, she was a background dancer for the legendary MC Kurtis Blow (The Breaks, Basketball) in the Bronx. She was also an actor/dancer in the College Humor commercial for Vitamin Water as a “Bumble Bee-Girl”. As a producer, she is founder and organizer of the bgirl competition Queen B-Girl in New York City.
Erin was awarded “Cyper Queen” at the first Urban Dance & Educational Foundation (UDEF) breakdance event in Philadelphia. She was also a winner of the “Cypher Medallion Hunter” at the Rockafellaz Anniversary in Warsaw, Poland. In 2015, she was nominated for “Up & Coming Dancer” at the Rep Your Style Dance Awards NYC.
Erin’s main goal as a dancer is to represent the female community of breakers and rock dancers. She seeks to encourage other women in the dance, and hopes to inspire and motivate them to reach their full potential.
Nubian Néné
Montreal native Nubian Néné’s muse is music. She is a well-versed dancer/choreographer who finds inspiration weaving the hip hop, house, waacking, and breaking styles of dance together to create her unique approach. Her ability to expand her creativity into a choreographer, performer, producer, director, and host makes her an asset to any project. Living in New York for the past twelve years has enabled Néné to work with some of the pioneers of Hip Hop culture. Her lifetime involvement with cultural awareness began in 2007 when she joined the Canadian company BluePrintForLife, which teaches the principles and values of the Hip Hop Culture and aims to facilitate some of the social issues facing the Inuit communities of Northern Canada. She has done as many as fifteen weekly trips as a teacher and facilitator for the group. Néné pursues her teaching career participating in multiple dance festivals including the “Ladies of Hip Hop Festival (LOHHF)” held in Vienna, Austria; New York; LosAngeles, and Toronto, Canada. She has also participated in the “Illadelph” and “Funky Fundamentals” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the “Block Party” in Boulder, Colorado, among others. For the last five years, Néné has served as Master of Ceremony in the “Ladies Battle,” an annual street dance competition presented by the Ladies of Hip Hop (LOHH), as well as presenting her choreography and teaching expertise at the festival for the last 10 years. In 2013, she created a dance company, A Lady in the House Co., for which she has developed and presented numerous shows. More recently, Néné has worked with multidisciplinary artists and utilizing her creative outlets such as drawing, to develop a new work approach and material, broadening her artistic arsenal. She has been invited on different discussion panels with subjects such as social issues/activism, and dance community topics. Nene’s experience as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher has led her to showcase her talents on television, in music videos, and in live performances in some of the most prestigious festivals and stage productions in the world.
Beata “Bet” Swiniarska
Beata Swiniarska aka bgirl Bet was born and raised in Krakow, Poland. She's a dancer, model and a chemist. Her journey with breaking started in 2009 in her hometown. Bet has joined multiple workshops all over the world and has experience in performing in school events, theater shows, community performances, taped performances, professional shows and music videos. In 2014 she decided to move to NYC, where she met a group of females, with who she started all styles dance crew: Ladies Adios.
Brie A.H. Moore aka ill Brieski
Brie aka ill Brieski has an everlasting love for music, dance, social and community events, fitness, and fashion. Having recently moved to Miami from Brooklyn she’s establishing new roots locally in the music, dance, and fitness world. Brie’s career in dance started off in Colorado when she was 13. She was studio trained in Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop and Ballet. A couple years later, she began competing in Jazz and Hip Hop. She did this while being a part of her high school dance team and cheerleading squad. It was soon after she realized her passion was in Hip Hop dance and focused only on this style. In 2005 she became a member of True II Form, directed by one of Colorado’s most prolific dancers, Kevin O’Keefe. This is where she learned the classic fundamentals of West and East Coast Hip Hop street dance; Boogaloo, Popping, Breaking, and Locking.
She moved to Bellingham, Washington for college where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Human Services and Communication. She participated in community service work at this time, focusing on Hunger and Homelessness outreach. There she started performing Burlesque with The Silhouettes Trio. Additionally, she began taking Cuban Salsa and Rumba classes with Rumba Northwest. Her Rumba classes inspired her to travel to Cuba and start her own business called Brie Boogie Movement, teaching Hip Hop fundamentals and group fitness. During this time she also dabbled in Rapping and recorded an EP, Blink of and Eye, as “Brix” with Dinofour.
It wasn’t long after that she decided to move to NYC to expand her dance knowledge and experience. She soon after became a member of Mastermind Rockers in 2014 and earned the name, “ill Love Brieski.” She choreographed and performed at several annual reunions and joined dance battles repping the crew and hosted weekly Rock Dance practices. In 2015 she also became a NASM certified Personal Trainer and Medical Exercise Specialist. In 2016 she met Stephy Styles and J*la Roc and became a member of Ladies Adios and co-coordinator for A Jam Called Tribe, where she now dedicates her artistic and creative energy organizing community fundraiser events, traveling to dance events, and participating in classes.
In 2018, she created an intimacy card game, E.P.I.C. Consent Cards, to deliver consent and playfulness in relationships and met her Husband, Marshall aka SohoDutch. He taught her about the craft of mixing Vinyl. She co-hosts alongside him, Our Universal Force, a relationship podcast. She’s currently finding her space as a Freestyle Waacking Dancer and focusing her career on Pre and Postnatal Fitness and Medical Exercise to Miami locals.