HYPE DANCE COMPANY
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - ANNA OLEJNICKI
ANNA BEGAN HER PROFESSIONAL DANCE CAREER OVER 15 YEARS AGO, WORKING AS A COMMERCIAL DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS GALAXY 105, MOET, GODSKITCHEN AND JAGUAR. ALONGSIDE THIS SHE WORKED AS A SPECIALIST HIPHOP DANCE ARTIST, TEACHING ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WORK DEVELOPED AND SHE FOUNDED HYPE DANCE COMPANY IN 2001. SHE HAS DEVISED AND DELIVERED EDUCATIONAL HIPHOP DANCE PROJECTS FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS DANCEWORKS UK, ROBERT HYLTON URBAN CLASSICISM (UK), DANCE TOURING PARTNERSHIP (UK), DECADANCE THEATER (USA) AND RENEGADE DANCE THEATRE (GERMANY). MORE RECENTLY, ANNA WAS AWARDED A LISA ULLMANN TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP TO UNDERTAKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DUSSELDORF, GERMANY. COMMITTED TO HIGH QUALITY DANCE PROVISION, ANNA IS A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE DANCE STRATEGY IN SHEFFIELD.
DANCER - BBOY FLO
BORN IN FRANCE, FLO HAS BEEN BREAKING FOR 9 YEARS. HE MOVED TO THE UK IN 2001, AND CONTINUED HIS BREAKING IN COVENTRY WHERE HE BEGAN TO TEACH. THE SAME YEAR HE JOINED LONDON BASED CREW "FUNK & DISORDERLY" WITH WHOM HE HAS TAKEN PART IN SEVERAL BATTLES ACROSS BOTH THE UK AND EUROPE. FLO IS CURRENTLY BASED IN LEEDS, AND PERFORMS ALL OVER THE UK WITH HIS CREW "BORN TO ROCK". HE NOW TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY ACROSS THE WORLD TO FEED HIS PASSION. IN 2007 HE WAS INVITED TO TEXAS RED BULL BEAT RIDERS TO LEARN FROM PIONEERS OF HIPHOP DANCE AND HE THEN TRAVELS ACROSS THE USA TO COMPETE IN BREAKING EVENTS.
DANCER - NATASHA PUSEY
NATASHA STUDIED DANCE AT BRETTON HALL AFTER STUDYING AT HUDDERSFIELD TECHNICAL COLLEGE, GAINING A BA HONS. DEGREE. NATASHA HAS TAUGHT ACROSS THE REGION AND HAS HER OWN ESTABLISHED YOUTH DANCE GROUPS IN HUDDERSFIELD. SINCE JOINING HYPE DANCE IN 2006 SHE HAS WORKED WITH INTERNATIONAL DANCE ARTISTS BOTH HERE AND IN EUROPE, AND HAS PERFORMED AT THE UK'S BIGGEST HIPHOP DANCE EVENT "BREAKIN' CONVENTION" ON THE UK TOUR.
DANCER - ALII WOOD
ALII GRADUATED FROM COVENTRY UNIVERSITY IN 2004 WITH A FIRST CLASS HONOURS DEGREE IN DANCE AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. SHE BEGAN TO STUDY HIPHOP DANCE IN 2005, AND IS ENJOYING HER SECOND SEASON AS AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF HYPE DANCE TOURING COMPANY. ALII TEACHES BOTH HIPHOP AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT SOUTH YORKSHIRE.
DANCER - PAUL TURNER
PAUL IS A GRADUATE OF NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY WITH A BA HONS. DEGREE IN DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY AND PERFORMANCE. HAVING A LOVE FOR HIPHOP, PAUL IS ENJOYING HIS SECOND SEASON WITH HYPE. PAUL TEACHES HIPHOP DANCE ACROSS SHEFFIELD AND HIS HOMETOWN OF MANCHESTER. HE ALSO WORKS AS A COMMERCIAL DANCER, WHICH HAS TAKEN HIM ACROSS THE UK PERFORMING AT EVENTS AND FESTIVALS.
