Versa-Style Street Dance Company: Tribute: Guardians of Street Dance

Versa-Style Street Dance Company—an ensemble of skilled, diverse Los Angeles–based dancers and educators—brings the vibrant energy of West Coast Hip Hop to the concert stage. Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the company will perform their newest work highlighting LA-born street-dance styles.

Founded in 2005 by Jackie “Miss Funk” Lopez and Leigh “Breeze-Lee” Foaad, Versa-Style honors the roots and evolution of Hip Hop while promoting diversity, equity, and community empowerment. Through extensive outreach and education, they uplift emerging artists and marginalized communities. Known for their dynamic musicality and multidisciplinary artistry, Versa-Style has toured internationally and appeared at major U.S. venues including The Joyce Theater and Jacob’s Pillow.

Versa-Style’s newest uplifting and stirring full-length work, Tribute: Guardians of Street Dance, interlaces the company’s two decades of artistic and community evolution with a vibrant acclamation of Los Angeles and West Coast Hip Hop dance culture. Revering the influential individuals and movements who have helped shape a global street dance culture that includes Hip Hop, house, popping, locking, and more, Tribute integrates digital elements to honor impactful street dance artists like Rennie Harris, Damita Jo Freeman, and Toni Basil, as well as those who have passed on, such as Stephen “Twitch” Boss, Voodoo Ray, and Marjory Smarth. This intentional, heartfelt work esteems the vital stories and figures making up past, present, and future of Versa-Style and street dance around the world.

Versa-Style is presented in partnership with White Bird Dance.

Sponsored by Explore Tualatin Valley.