Festival Guests
Mr. Wiggles
A multi-talented legend, Mr. Wiggles is a member of the Rock Steady Crew and The Electric Boogaloos, among many other well-known crews. Mr. Wiggles has battled around the world, as well as built a career in theatre, film and music, appearing in music videos with artists such as Missy Elliot, Usher and Madonna.
Chrybaby Cozie
From Harlem, NY, Chrybaby Cozie is one of the founding fathers of the Hip-Hop freestyle genre called Lite Feet. Being raised in Harlem in the late 80’s was a source of great influence for Chrybaby, as it was his foundation for dance, music and the source of inspiration to uplift the youth and communities around him today.
Chrybaby has been teaching Litefeet and Hip-Hop and has been cultivating and keeping the Litefeet culture alive for ten years with the NYC youth. Through the culture, he created a Hip-Hop dance organization called The Bwreakfast Club E.A.T (Earning All Together) in 2005.
princess lockeroo
Born and raised in New York City, Princess Lockerooo (she/her) is a multi-faceted performance artist, with talents encompassing choreography and artistic direction & music production for stage and film, costume and makeup design. This dynamic diva has been an advocate of bringing the popular and expressive 1970s disco era dance style Waacking back into the spotlight.
Heat Rock
Heat Rock One has more than 30 years of dance experience. He is a man of many skills and is not limited to B-boying. He is well-versed in writing, what we all know as graffiti, and has received praise in the fine art world as well as the Hip-hop community. He moved to Boston, MA, to continue his education and make a name for himself as a popper. Heat would return to the art of b-boying, with a different outlook, in 2009. In 2012, he became one of the founding members of a unique style and character group, Del Fuego Wolfpack.
Kosi Eze
Born in Nigeria, Kosi is a multi-hyphenate dance artist. She began her apprenticeship in various street dance styles in 2012. Concerned with promoting emotional intelligence through dance, and the preservation of dance practices for future generations, she has shared her vision around the world (The Alvin Ailey School, O2 Forum, etc)
Scramblelock
Scramble has learned from many originators and highly respected dancers in the locking scene. He has won several international locking contests, including Juste Debout USA, B-Boy Summit, Freestyle Session, and Battle of the Year and has proven himself a worthy adversary on the international scene and continues to train and compete. Currently in Montreal, Scramble has opened for Arcade Fire and Talib Kweli as well as performed in numerous shows. Scramble has organized various events in Montreal including Unlock The Funk, Canada’s largest locking event. He is also focused on building LockUnity, the Montreal locking community. He travels worldwide to help spread locking and continues to develop new outlets and teaching formats for developing lockers.
C-Child
Camille "C-Child" Darke-Shields, is an All-Styles dancer born and raised in Calgary. She was exposed to dance at a very young age, with her mother being a dance teacher; and was introduced to street dance at the age of 8. She was lucky enough to train and learn from many pioneers and innovators of Hip Hop, Popping, Locking, House, and Breakin. Learning from Don Campbell, Popin' Pete, Suga Pop, Mr. Wiggles, and more; this exposure made her fall in love with the culture, dance, and community. She has performed with such artists as K-OS, Redman & Methodman, and has a career of over 14 years teaching at studios, schools, and other community programs. Camille taught at Pulse Studios for over ten years, but recently moved to Vancouver Island, with her family. She was put down as a member of Juice Box Crew, in 2020, and is also a member of Team Mayhem. She stays active in her community as she continues to teach, battle and train, while raising her two children.
dj rita Spirit
DJ Rita Spirit (Marharyta Barieieva) is from Ukraine. Before moving to Whitehorse she spent time working in Sweden and China. Rita has taught a DJ course for kids in "V Studio" (Nanning, China), and at Asa Folkhogskola (Sweden). She loves different kinds of music, including hip-hop, g-funk, house, afro-fusion, soul, and R&B, and delving deeper into a variety of styles.
DJ B-Bad
DJ B Bad began his journey as a DJ when he changed his path from being a b-boy on July 1st, 2010 when he moved into a new place called ‘The Chocolate Factory’. The turntables were the first things to be set up and there was no turning back from there. With his experience as a bboy from 1999, B Bad always had a love for music and it showed through his dance at competitions and various performances. Also, while attending many events/parties in the Toronto area hosted by world renowned DJs, B Bad was able to piece together a formula that would move crowds whether it’s a breaking cypher, a house party with close friends, a nightclub on a Saturday night, or even a company’s holiday party.
dj ruby jane
Ruby Jane is Montreal's First Lady of Funk. Her taste in music travels the spectrum of soul, both old and new, with an eclectic blend of original breaks, grooving 80s funk, classic hip hop and sunny soul. Ruby Jane often DJs at street dance battles and makes frequent appearances on world-renowned WEFUNK Radio
dj Catfish the Wizard
Catfishthewizard is the DJ expression/character of Kevin Choo. His main quests are sharing his diverse collection of feel good, bouncy, audio spells and to connect people to new music they never knew they loved.