MARK CUPIDO
Founder & Coach
My name is Mark Veron Cupido, I'm 39 years old
based in Northpine Brackenfell Western Cape.
I'm married with two children and have a contract work at the airport at Cape town international to sustain my family.
Breakdancing is a passion in my life. I live it every day in my free time. I'm very much active involvement in the B-Boy & Hip- Hop dancing scene by performing conducting workshops in the week and weekends and by giving classes in different communities locally on the Cape flats as well internationally such as Seychelles to develop the youth and the art form of dancing.
Breakdancing keeps me fit and active and also takes my mind off the negative influences and circumstances of life that challenge me on a daily basis and that is why I always give back to the communities.
Dancing career:
Crew: Universal icons
2001-semis at African battle cry 2002-Winners at African battle cry
2003-3rd place at Battle of the year
2004-02 place at Battle of the year
2005-3rd place at Alex grill cup.
2006- Winners of the Battle mode cup
2007- 02 Place at Battle of the year
2008- winners of the Black noise Anniversary.
Immortal style
2009-Semi finals at Battle of the year
2010-Winners of Bring your pack
2011-wone Battle of the year went to Zimbabwe for qualifying for B.O.T.Y overseas
Unity Crew
2012-wone Battle of the year and went to France to compete on the international stage. 2013-2014-Worked at Body future gym giving workshops and hip-hop workouts and fitness. 2015-2016-Coach Benny for bc one locally and internationally brought the Red Bull bc one cup back home from Africa.
I also worked with Alex Hurley from Puma.
2015-2017-Worked in Seychelles judging & giving workshops to the youth from there.
2016-Started my own Organisation Original b.boy foundation uplift the youth in dancing and fitness. 2016-2017-S.A heroes clip was voted the best on e.t.v
2016-2017- Doing work with Transnet helping out the youths at school from Saladana baai and other areas on the Cape Flats.
2018-Doing work with Watershed in Waterfront for the whole year and the organization is a book.
EZIO MILLER
Coach
Ezio Miller, Hailing from Northpine, started his performing career at 9 years old, with modern and contemporary dance, and later adapting into the Funk Styles of Hip-Hop concentrating on BBoying (Breakin) as one of the styles he specializes in.
He attended Alexander Sinton High School, where he continued his contemporary dance training & concentrated on the Hip-Hop Funk Styles.
Became apart of iLL Rock BBoy Crew in 2009, Ezio has been apart of the culture from a young age, dancing alongside Dancers with Big Visions and Aspiring Futures.
He is a member of Version One Dance Crew who has won the African Hip Hop Indaba Title for the 5th Time Last Year. "Being in this crew, surrounded by dancers with the same goal, makes it that much more intense, diamonds are made with pressure I guess."
He dances for CASIO Dance Crew- an upcoming Duo established in 2019.
He reached the top 16 in SA's Got Talent, being eliminated in the Semi-Finals of the Competition. He has represented South Africa in more than 3 International Dance Competitions this includes (Hip-Hop international, Hip-Hop Unite, and IDO Dance Championships) The biggest achievement was when coming 2nd in the Duo Category with dance partner, Everton Spartan in the Hip Hop Unite World Championships. - He "owned" the stage in 2017, winning SASAFF's Regional and National Competition, Making waves Internationally and Locally.
Ezio has become a Freelance Dance Teacher in 2018, assisting Studio's in the Northern Suburbs, and helping the Culture grow more.
Ezio joining OBBF in 2018, and pays homage to the style that contributed to his Performing Career.
In this gentleman's free time; he creates Digital Media for Small Businesses and makes Music as an Undiscovered Artist.
SHAMEELAH KINNEAR
Coach
Shameelah Kinnear aka Shami Shamrock is a Freestyle, Popping and Hip Hop
dancer hailing from Cape Town. She started with musical theatre at the age of
ten but was later drawn to street dance because of the music and deeply rooted
culture around it.
She fondly remembers her first trip overseas in 2012. This experience came
about because she won the first Sprite: Uncontainable competition. Shameelah
went to New York, which she describes as being the birthplace of Hip Hop. 2012
was also a big year because it is the year that Shameelah appeared in her first
international movie called House Party 5.Shameelah can also be seen in Honey
3, released in 2016 as one of the core dancers.
When it comes to finding inspiration for dance, Shameelah finds it in many
things. Her approach is that inspiration is a matter of perspective. Sometimes
other dancers inspire her, sometimes it's her surroundings, but she also draws
a lot of her inspiration from kung fu movies, artists who paint, cartoons, her
mother and especially her nephew. It just depends on where she finds herself
and what she is looking to draw from that experience, but she believes there is
inspiration to be found in all moving things.
Shameelah is a vibrant and energetic dancer who has trained with various
Internationally known dancers such as Kumari Suraj (USA) alongside Melrock
lizzo in 2015 with Popin Pete (USA) Kevie Kev (UK) in various styles. She has
competed both locally and internationally since the inception of her career and
has shared her knowledge with many dancers and still competes and teaches
today.
Shameelah is determined to be successful at everything she tackles and to
learn as much as she can as she goes on her journey as a dancer. Being a source
of inspiration to other dancers and a role model younger people is something
that pushes her to be the best version of herself. Her motto in life is to never
give up and to keep pushing herself for positive change.
MIKE ELROY KOOSAL
Coach
Real name: Michael Elroy Khoosal
Date of Birth: 1 Feb 1993
Actor, poet/creative writer, Entrepreneur, Dancer.
Dance Achievements:
●Ware Ster toekenning -
Therese Hulme presents the musical
DIE GROOT GEVAAR
●Ghoema Award at Woordfees- Die Groot Gevaar.
●Volunteer community Star award 2018
● Aloe Academy award for Capetown Carnival
●1st place At Grand Champs Hip-hop Battles
● 1st place at Morningstar youth dance battles
● 1st place at SASAFF 2015
● 4th place at World hip-hop unite world final 2015
●finalist at World hip-hop unite world final solo battles 2015
●2nd place at Hip-hop International SA 2017
●2nd place at SASAFF 2018
●Performed at the HBSC Rugby World Cup sevens series 2018
●Runner-Up at ABC 2on2 Bboy battles 2018
● 1st place at SASAFF 2019
●1st place at African Hip-hop Indaba Newschool battles 2019
●2nd place at Rocking the hood Kraaifontein edition 1on1 Bboy battles 2019
●2nd place at Hip-hop International SA 2019
CASSIDY BENNETT
Coach
I am dancing for 12 years.
I began with ballet but 5 years later my interest in dance switched to Hip Hop and contemporary dance.
I consider myself someone who likes to try any and all styles of dance in order to fuse them to create something new.
I try to incorporate contemporary with my hip hop especially in break dancing.
I love working with little kids and I would say my dancing is for them because in a lot of ways it inspires them and it unites our community.