School of Hip Hop

Join us at the end of each month for a little bit of dancing, music & clothing drive in partnership with Talize Donations Talize 🙏

519 SHH FALL $ZN Fundraiser | Monthly Jam will be an opportunity to support us as artists, community builders and students/teachers of Hip Hop working daily with the next generation of Hip Hop heads!

We're all about that personalized, tailored coaching to meet your learning style and goals. 💯
iaw is ☝️ when it comes to working with kids - helping them build CONFIDENCE, CHARACTER & COMMUNITY through Hip Hop.

Interested in 1 on 1 training in Breaking?
DM us. Hit him up. Email us 🫡

Saturdays between 12-7 PM

JFX sharing some insight on the art of
"Respectful teaching of Hip Hop in dance studios" 🙏💎

Looking forward to seeing who's down with the Culture! 💯

✨ WEBINAR INCOMING!!✨
RESPECTFULLY TEACHING THE CULTURE OF HIP HOP IN DANCE CLASSES WITH
JIM HAN FROM
519 SCHOOL OF HIP HOP

🗓️ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
10:00 am British Columbia
11:00 am Alberta & Saskatchewan
12:00 pm Manitoba
1:00 pm Ontario & Quebec
2:00 pm Maritimes
2:30 pm Newfoundland

$40 MEMBERS, $50 NON-MEMBERS
Register at cdtanational.ca 🛜



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Yooo happy Saturday to you all & a massive thank you to everyone that showed up to our Open House All Week!! 🫡🫶🙌

As we look back at the last few days.. we're overwhelmed by the amount of love & passion we witnessed through the eyes of new students as well as returning families of the 519 community.
Our goal was (and still is) simple:
Make Hip Hop (art/dance/culture) Accessible for All in the Forest City 🌱🏡

What an incredible way to get us inspired to officially kick off Fall '24 SZN as we enter 5th year of 519SHH Operation 😤

Big congratulations to our winners of the giveaway contest:
1. Paul & Janet - next season's tuition for Thane is on us!
2. Linda - let's start planning a visit to showcase the talents of 519 students at Evan's school!
3. Ella - welcome to London & we hope to keep seeing you join us for weekly training while you attend
4. Olivia - more 1v1 sessions scheduled for you!

We are so grateful to have everyone's support and can't wait to see what this new season brings us 🙏🚀

Representation is key 👀💯

Meet the team behind the 519 operation that is in charge of running our Kids, Juniors, Seniors, Teens & Adult program 🫡

We represent and embody the lifestyle of a b-boy, Hip Hop head, a lifelong fan, and most importantly, STUDENT of the Culture. 💎

Oftentimes, we're referred to as teachers, coaches, mentors, choreographers, etc..but I (JFX) personally resonate the most with the title 'Student' 🎓
Mostly because this mindset encourages and welcomes others to practice some humility as they come to participate. The act of dropping the ego, in order to allow ourselves to learn without much prejudice or bias. Of course, we teach steps and moves, and we coach on the technical training as well. But you can't earn yourself the title of a teacher without being a student first. 👊

Stay Hungry & Stay Humble
Each One Teach One
Teach the Culture, not just the dance
Always a Student. Never a Master

Welcome to 519. We can't wait to level up with you 🌱🚀📈

Good morning London! 🙌

Did you miss our Open House last 2 days? Don't you worry 🫡

Fall '24 SZN OPEN HOUSE 🔥✌🏽 another one today and one more tomorrow!
Giveaway prize details in the comments below 👇

Wishing all the students, educators and parents good luck with back to school season! 🫡🎒👩‍🏫

You're looking to learn about Hip-Hop dance?
Then let's start there and acknowledge that Hip-Hop is a Culture, not a dance. 💯📢

Dance education does offer a lot of value in developing physical literacy, creating connections between our emotions and music, and serving as a physical outlet.
But once you open up yourself to the idea of becoming a student of the Culture, it'll teach so much more. 💎

I strongly believe that this method of teaching Hip Hop from a cultural perspective should be FUNDAMENTAL when you take on the responsibility of "hip hop dance teacher" - learning and sharing the history, traditions of the lifestyle that evolved out of the oppressive state of Bronx, NY in the early 70s.

If you've never cared to understand the struggles and the origin stories of the street culture, "teaching" your version of trendy, hypersexulized & watered down moves only does more harm than you realize.
Cultural erasure and whitewashing of historical significance are often times subtle..and will rarely get called out because it's usually protected by the systems upholding the colonized mindsets, rooted in anti-blackness.

At 519, we are big-time believers of "practice what you preach" and we're still learning, after all these years.
We hope you're ready to learn with us and make some moves for a better future 🌱🌳🫡

Happy Monday & we have exciting news for you! 📢

As we enter Fall '24 SZN in 2 weeks, we've opened up 4 × 30 min classes for Kids starting at the age 4! 🙌

These Intro to Breaking & Hip Hop Grooves classes will be great for anyone that has little to no experience in dance but LOVE to have fun and show their dance moves. 🕺💃👟
Each class will have games, dance circle, and an easy & fun combo for everyone joining. It's basically a weekly 30-minute dance party! 🎉

Drop-in pricing is always available, but save yourself some $ by paying 8 weeks in advance! 🫡

Questions? DM us today and we'll send you the link to sign up!
We hope you can join us for OPEN HOUSE next week as well!
Tuesday Sep 3rd - Friday Sep 6th @ 6 PM

Shout-out to martha cooper - documenting the street culture since the 70s 🔥📸

Fall '24 SZN OPEN HOUSE 🔥✌🏽

This September, we enter 5th Fall SZN 🫡👋🍂 as we welcome new faces into the community and welcome back those who were taking the summer off! 🔥

It's surreal, when we look back at the humble beginnings of 519SHH..it's always felt like pure survival mode. Pandemic opening.. lockdowns (too many to remember) and all the fun things we'd normally be doing out in the community, that we just didn't get to do in our first couple years of operation. ⏪️

But this season, we're focusing on GROWTH to show the world that our way of fostering Hip Hop community (Culture first, youth at the front) is thriving, and we're here to elevate the game! 🌱📈

Please join us on Tuesday-Friday (Sep 3rd-6th) before our Fall SZN officially kicks off on Monday, September 9th, as we open doors to everyone wanting to check us out! Come for a mini tour & a free sample class 😎🫶
6 PM / Kids!
7 PM / Teens!
8 PM / Adults!

Meet the teachers, try some graffiti, learn about DJing and why not throw down some moves with other students & parents of 519 🖤🙌
Lots of giveaways to be announced as well - Free 1v1 training packages, Free tuituon for the whole season, Free school visits..and more! 👀✌🏽💎

Do you see any familiar faces? 👀

1 week from today - we'll be in Sarnia, ON!
🔗 Building & grooving with dancers from Bluewater Dance Academy 🫡🛠

We're incredibly grateful for the support of communities in & outside of London. The educators and parents that understand the value of Cultural education that should be added on top of the dance when it comes to learning Hip Hop!
It's a CULTURE. Not a dance ✌🏽

Uninformed? Let's be informed.
Misinformed? Let's be informed.

Facts are facts but opinions are... 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

980 CFPL News Global News came by about a week ago to chat us up about Breaking @ the Olympics! 🎙🙏

What an inspiring weekend, celebrating with the 519 Community as B-Boy Phil Wizard brings home the first ever Gold Medal for Breaking! 🫰🇨🇦🥇

Happy to pose up alongside 2 of our students for the article too! 📸

Global News 980 CFPL News dropped in last week to chat us up about Breaking @ the Olympics! 🇨🇦🥇

We had a blast hosting the 519 community and celebrating the Gold medal winning performance by B-Boy Phil Wizard 🏆🫡
Our local heroes though? Our students 🙏🫶

London, Ont. b-boys and b-girls watch as breaking takes the world stage - London | Globalnews.ca As breakdancing takes the Olympic stage, local b-boys and b-girls are watching their art form rise in popularity. So, what is breaking?

DJ Rob Swift 🙏🖤💪

If you're about it.. you see through the BS and do what you can to protect the Culture, while trying to preserve the Essence.

And the Essence can only be accessed by tapping into the source.
That source is not the mainstream media.

Seek the truth 💎
Spread the knowledge 🎙

You Can’t Kill Breaking Because Breaking WON’T DIE!! Online DJ School and Community by DJ Rob Swift

Community has a voice 💭
Corporate media has 💸

We're trying to educate ourselves and uplift the Culture.
They're trying to erase the cultural significance and heritage.

You choose what speaks to your soul 🖤💎

Uninformed can be bad..but being misinformed is worse. 💭

Some things to consider as we continue to be hit with waves of meme-ified content misrepresenting Hip Hop culture and Breaking as an artform (or sport).

Happy 51st birthday to Hip Hop (if you count Aug 11, 1973 as the official inception of this Culture) 🎂✨️🖤
We're here to do what's needed in this world.

Inspire the next generation, and help equip them to build a better future. 🚀🌎

There are plenty of culturally-rooted dance crews & organizations all across the globe doing good work to continue building up our platform as Hip Hop continues to face challenges. But traditional media will not feed you that content. It's always going to require a critical eye to go the distance and gain that cultural currency.

We hope you're ready to learn.
We're still learning 🫶🌱💯

Uninformed can be bad.
Being misinformed is worse.

This is why education matters..including unlearning & dismantling personal biases and years of conditioned ways of thinking/speaking/doing.

Aside from the obvious physical training as kids want to learn more about breaking, we'll be stepping up our efforts to drill down on these topics/issues:

1. Digital/Media Literacy 🔎
Don't buy into everything you see/read online. First doesn't always mean facts. Do your own research and form an opinion based on what you LEARN to discover, instead of what the masses are saying 🐑

2. Cultural Foundation ✊🏾
You wanna be part of/make comments about Black & Brown culture (Hip Hop, breaking, etc)? Learn the history, know the negative impact of things like cultural appropriation, erasure and misrepresentation. 💎

3. Find & Feed your Passion 🔥
We saw it happen - a b-boy from immigrant parents with a dream of making it as the TOP Olympian, just by being dedicated to his craft and maintaining his artistic integrity, while being authentically himself every step of the way.🥇

4. Accountability for Educators 🎙
If you have any power or influence on your peers (kids & adults, too), please help ensure that the CULTURE of Hip Hop and its origin stories as well as the great lessons are also being taught and passed down, instead of just picking up some quick "breakdance moves" online to teach your students to save yourself $$. Gatekeeping is what stunts prosperity and we want our youth to be well-informed on the past so that they can create a better future for the next generation. 🌱

5. Accessibility for Arts Education 💸
Whether it's at a dance studio or a rec centre or in a school...we need to do better to ensure that something like dance is more universal and accessible to more families. Especially when we talk about street dance, it is NOT a luxury and should not be exclusive to those with privilege. We'll be offering regular free workshops for the community with those willing to work collectively, and I'm confident that we'll see a difference, starting in the local scene in 519. ✌🏽

Thanks for reading & supporting 🫶🙏
JFX justfreelyxpressing
School of Hip Hop

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Don't give up...

💪🔥💯👇🎤

From DJ Culture To DJ Meme Online DJ School and Community by DJ Rob Swift

Join us to get moving & grooving into the summer months! ☀️🔥🙌

May-June season spots are filling up - we got something for everyone!
KIDS | JUNIORS | SENIORS | ADULTS

Link to sign up in the comments below 👇

Summer '24... ☀️ are yall ready for some street shows, block parties and Vic Park sessions? 📢🔥😤

We're getting pumped just thinking about what an incredible summer we have ahead of us 🫡😎

Our summer camps are always a fun time where the kids get to spend all day learning about Hip Hop - through dance, graffiti, DJing and most likely sneakers as well 👟🥁🎧🎨🎤💿
We'll be looking for some volunteers to help out with our summer programming as well, so DM us with any questions and we'll set you up!

There's still room for you to join us this summer:
1️⃣ Camp Uptown | July 8 - 12 | 6-9 (JR 1)

2️⃣ Camp All Star | July 15 - 19 | 10+ (SR 1)

3️⃣ Camp Air Max | July 22 - 26 | 6-9 (JR 2)

4️⃣ Camp Superstar | August 12 - 16 | 6-9 (JR 3)

5️⃣ Camp Classic | August 19 - 23 | 10+ (SR 2)

Details to register in the comments below 👇🤳 ✔️

Can I Kick It? 🙌👟🫡

(let us know the correct answer in the comments below for a chance to win a free 1v1 class with us!)

We're looking forward to our final season before the summer break 🔥😤
May-June '24 SZN runs 05.06 - 06.24 🗓

1️⃣ ADULT HIP HOP! 👊
Tues, Weds & Friday @ 730 - 9 PM
Whether you're a beginner or experienced, we've got some grooves for you 💯

2️⃣ OPEN SESSION / FOUNDATION! ⚒️
Mon, Tues & Thursday @ 730 - 9 PM
Can't ever skip foundation when building something.
Join us for freestyle training, cypher vibes and open practice 🥁

3️⃣ SENIOR! 📈
Tues & Thursday @ 6 - 7 PM
Strength & mobility training to level up your dance and get battle ready! 💪

4️⃣ JUNIOR! 🌱
Mon & Wednesday @ 6 - 7 PM
Get your kids grooving & body moving to the breakbeats, Spiderverse soundtrack and have a little weekly graffiti practice 🎨

5️⃣ KIDS! 🫶
Wednesday @ 6 - 7 PM
Start 'em early by exposing them to the beautiful Hip Hop Culture & all that it has to offer 💎

Link to register & more details in the comment below 🤳💻