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 - BOBAK WALKER
BOBAK, BORN IN BRISTOL, HAS 7 YEARS TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH A CLIENT LIST THAT INCLUDES YORKSHIRE DANCE AND DANCE BASE. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY DANCE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SUMMER AND WINTER BENCH FASHION SHOW AT THE TRAFFORD CENTRE IN 2008 AND THE ALL NEW FORD FIESTA AND KA EVENT AT THE ROYAL ARMOURIES IN LEEDS. BOBAK HAS WIDE-RANGING PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE SUCH AS ASHORT FILM "DIGITS", WHICH HE CHOREOGRAPHED AND STARRED IN, PERFORMANCES AT THEATRE ROYAL YORK AND PERFORMING AT GLASTONBURY ALONGSIDE HEADLINE ACTS.
DANCER - NADIA LUMLEY
NADIA, A BRAND NEW MEMBER OF HYPE DANCE COMPANY, HAS AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDING, BALLET, TAP, ACTING CLASSES AND CLASSICAL MODERN. HER EXPERIENCE INCLUDES EDUCATION WORK, SHORT FILM PIECES AND SHOWCASES FOR UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER BA HONS IN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE. NADIA, WHO SPECIALISES IN BREAK DANCE, IS A PROLIFIC PERFORMER AND HAS TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY TO COMPETE IN BATTLES IN CITIES INCLUDING BARCELONA, LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOSTON.
