John is a distinguished figure in the dance community. He is a Street Dance Educator, Choreographer, Performer, Consultant and Company Director.  His work is based around street dance culture.  As a performer, he works as a solo artist and in collaboration with members of the hip hop community. John has been a featured dancer in music videos "HSKT" by Tenin and "Get Away" by Alissia. Other works include a presentation for TedX , Chaos, Halftime shows for the NY Knicks, NYC Breakers', Battle of the Boroughs reunion and much more. As a choreographer, John's work has been presented internationally. His unique approach to movement has been placed on dancers in countless schools in and out of the US. 

At the age of 14, John was accepted into the "School of the Arts" in east Brunswick where he spent four years learning modern dance and Ballet from a variety of instructors and master teachers.  Aside from traditional dance classes, he attended annual courses in human anatomy, improvisation techniques, childhood education, choreography techniques,  musical theatre and theatre.  In college, John studied small business management to round out the important aspects of his dance career. 

John is the director of "The Redef Movement: Artists of Street Dance." a dance company he founded in 2007.  He and his company present work both in a range of hip hop and professional dance atmospheres, most frequently presented throughout NJ, NY and Philadelphia.  Their comedy-based work "Stupid Humans" is a satire on the performing arts, often utilizing live shows or dance films to create humorous takes on common elements of the dance and performance world.  In addition to his duties as a company director, John is an adjunct professor for hip hop at Rider University and in recent years, John has pioneered "The Comix Method". It's a program training teachers globally in hip-hop terminology, technique and educational practices.

John is a favorite at Pure Performance and we're so happy to have him back again!!