Hip-hop dance workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to teach people with some experience in dance the foundations of hip-hop dance, giving them the basics of this genre which evolved in New York. The participants will become familiar with recognising the relationship between the dance and the music of hip-hop. They will also learn the differences between funk, new jack swing, hip-hop music and how to adapt the music genres to their dance movement. All interested in taking part, please wear trainers and comfortable clothing.

Nefeli was born in Sydney, Australia. She grew up in Cyprus where she attended her first dance classes at the age of 9 at Motion Art Studio in Nicosia. She attended ballet, jazz, contemporary dance classes until the age of 18. At the age of 15 she also started hip-hop dance at Rebel Dancers school in Nicosia.

In 2004 she moved to Greece to study a BA in French language and literature at the University of Athens. Simultaneously she attended ballet, contemporary and jazz dance lessons at Quasistellar studio, Chorokinisi, State school of dance and Metsis dance school. She also intensively studied Latin/Ballroom professionally for a year. At the same time, she started teaching hip-hop dance in various dance schools between 2006-2009. She also joined No Second Chance bboying crew in 2006.

In September 2009 she moved to London to study an MA in Dance Choreography at Middlesex University. She immediately started performing with March Performance Group in London, Bristol, and in Berlin at Schwelle 7 (Felix Ruckert production). MPG is now resident Company of Middlesex University. She was Artistic Director for a hip-hop crew in London for 5months, but then in June 2010 she decided to form her own Hip-hop dance theatre company named SCOPE. In January 2011 she joined Element Dance Company, with performance credits at MOVE IT 2011 and UK Brazilian Grammy Awards 2011.

Nefeli has succesfully obtained her Masters in Choreography and is now teaching various dance styles in Primary Schools, Youth Centres and she is a Dance Lecturer in Colleges and soon will be an Associate Choreographer in University in London. She is also choreographing for SCOPE and performing at the above dance companies. She has started battling recently, having qualified at B.Supreme 2011 in London, UK Hip-hop Championships Midlands 2011 in Birmingham and Top 8 B-girls at Kill the Beat International 2010 in Athens.