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San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest presents Respect! Podcast hosted by Micaya, founder-producer/ artistic director of DanceFest and Brandy Beazly. Every episode features different artists who are a part of this year's program. You can look forward to witnessing dance related discussions with these artists and getting to know more about them and the pieces they created for the world premiere for this year's SFIHHDF show.

  1. 01/11/2025

    Episode 8

    Hendrickx Ntela is a Liège-based dancer and choreographer of Congolese origin, specializing in urban styles like Hip Hop, Krump, Dancehall, Kuduro, and AfroHouse. A founding member of the all-female collective One Nation and the international Krump group Gully Fusion, she is a pioneer of Belgian Krump performance and event organization, including Ch’eza Street Battle and Krump Date. Hendrickx has collaborated with artists like Camille Lellouche and Jean Dujardin, choreographed for Netflix’s La Nouvelle École, and toured internationally with her original work Blind. She is an associate artist at Théâtre National de Bruxelles and continues to shape hip hop dance culture worldwide.

  2. 25/10/2025

    Episode 7

    Paula Dewart is the Director of the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company and a Teaching Artist at Destiny Arts Center. She is an award-winning dancer and choreographer with over 25 years of professional performance experience and 15 years of mentoring, developing, and teaching the arts to youth throughout Oakland and the Bay Area. Born and raised in the Bay, Paula uses her background in ballet, modern, and hip hop to create dynamic works that reflect both artistry and community. She has performed with Allan Frias’ Mind Over Matter, LL Cool J, Goapele, and numerous Bay Area artists, and her credits include TV appearances on Blindspotting (Starz). Paula is a proud alumna of Ruth Asawa’s San Francisco School of the Arts.

  3. 18/10/2025

    Episode 6

    SFIHHDF Founder Micaya and Board member Brandy Beazley talk to esteemed dance artists from around the world. Topics include performances in the SFIHHDF, choreography, artistry, challenges of being a dance professional, and other dance related themes. LeDarius “Gipsi” Parker is a choreographer and street dancer from Greensboro, North Carolina. His personal dance style focuses primarily on Hip Hop Freestyle, Waacking, House, and Krump. His choreography can be versatile with elements of movement from styles such as House, Waacking, Popping, Krump, Jazz Funk, Afro Beats, and Dance hall. He is inspired by hip hop culture, visual art, and takes an influence of movement from other countries, Street dancers, and street foundational styles. He has worked in the entrainment industry for 10 years. He loves to create stories with his choreography and movement. LeDarius wants stories that speak to multiple generations. He believes art is for everyone to enjoy and take inspiration from.

  4. 11/10/2025

    Episode 5

    SFIHHDF Founder Micaya and Board member Brandy Beazley talk to esteemed dance artists from around the world. Topics include performances in the SFIHHDF, choreography, artistry, challenges of being a dance professional, and other dance related themes. Justin de Jager and Sem Deliveyne started out as breakers and found each other in a shared love for the movement concept of Threading. Since 2019, they have been exchanging, training, researching, creating and performing together. The collaboration resulted in the creation ‘Brothers’ and that premiered in The Hague, NL in ‘23. Since then, the piece has already performed over 50 times at many prestigious festivals in The Netherlands and Europe, recently winning two awards at the respected choreography competitions RIDCC and Hannover 39.

  5. 04/10/2025

    Episode 4

    SFIHHDF Founder Micaya and Board member Brandy Beazley talk to esteemed dance artists from around the world. Topics include performances in the SFIHHDF, choreography, artistry, challenges of being a dance professional, and other dance related themes. Guest Ibrah Silas Jackson is a dancer, director, and choreographer from Rotterdam with roots in Uganda. His creations are grounded in hip-hop culture, but he has also gained knowledge of modern, funky, and African cultural styles. Ibrah is a dancer with bands such as Ghetto Funk Collective and has danced in pieces by renowned choreographers such as Ruben Chi and Donna Chittick. He has also created several short films and music videos as a director and writer, and began choreographing theater pieces in 2021. He often bases his work on childhood experiences, and masculinity plays a significant role in his work.

  6. 27/09/2025

    Episode 3

    SFIHHDF Founder Micaya and Board member Brandy Beazley talk to esteemed dance artists from around the world. Topics include performances in the SFIHHDF, choreography, artistry, challenges of being a dance professional, and other dance related themes. Boogaloo Dana, co-founding member of the legendary crew Medea Sirkas, is a pioneer, historian, and activist for the Boogaloo style of dance—an art form that predates hip hop. Born in West Oakland, he began dancing in 1972, shaping a style influenced by icons such as Little Dion, James Brown, Derick Lovings, Alfred Jones, John Murphy, Tony Newsome, and the animated energy of cartoons. As co-director of Medea Sirkas, Dana has spent decades pushing the boundaries of street dance while preserving its roots, inspiring generations with his precision, creativity, and electrifying stage presence. His passion and discipline have earned him some of the culture’s highest honors, including the Minister of Culture Award (2019), a Lifetime Achievement Award for Demon of the Mind (2022), induction into the Hip-Hop Archives Hall of Fame with Medea Sirkas (2023), and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Medea Sirkas (2024). A true innovator and cultural guardian, Boogaloo Dana continues to embody the spirit of street dance—always “keeping it street.”

  7. 20/09/2025

    Episode 2

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  8. 13/09/2025

    Episode 1

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San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest presents Respect! Podcast hosted by Micaya, founder-producer/ artistic director of DanceFest and Brandy Beazly. Every episode features different artists who are a part of this year's program. You can look forward to witnessing dance related discussions with these artists and getting to know more about them and the pieces they created for the world premiere for this year's SFIHHDF show.

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  • Creator
    San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    Copyright © 2025 San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest
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