Miss Nikki

Nikki, aka Nik, is a competitive street styles dancer from the Bay Area, California. She has a classical dance background, training in ballet as a youth, and has been training street dance styles since 2008 (locking, waacking. voguing, hip hop).

She currently teaches Kids Hip Hop all over the Bay Area to children grades K-8 and Locking and Waacking for adults (see class list below).

In 2009 she became a mentor for the hip hop dance education non-profit All the Way Live and travelled abroad to teach dance workshops to youth in the Philippines (2009), Taiwan (2009), and Nicaragua (2010).

She has performed in numerous dance showcases all around the Bay Area with her award-winning street styles dance companies the DS Players, Fresh Dynamix, and Mix'D Ingrdnts (check out what MixD is up to at @ www.mixdingrdnts.com!!!).

She loves working with youth and aims to become a world class dance coach, as well as continue training to become a world class street styles dancer.

Awards:

1st Place, 2 vs 2 (paired with Mark Rock) Bring Back the Funk all styles dance battle, Liwanag Kultural Center, Daly City, CA, June 2013

1st Place, 1 vs 1 Waacks on, Waacks Off Ball waacking battle, MVMNT Studio, Berkeley, CA, February 2013

First runner-up, Beatz N Pieces 12 Year Anniversary Jam 1 vs 1 Locking Battle, September 2015, MightySF, SF, CA

First runner-up (teamed with Mark Rock & IDuMMy), 3 vs 3 Three the Hard Way all styles dance battle, June 2011, Westlake Gym, Daly City, CA

First runner-up, 1 vs 1 Soulyztik waacking battle, January 2011, City Dance Studios, SF, CA

Clips:

July 2013, Step Ya Game Up NYC 1 vs 1 Waacking Battle - Top 16 Nikki Love vs Shota http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupNnf6_tU0

March 2013, practicing a vogue routine choreographed by Cesar Valentino http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-TkoxTcWr0

REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE (as of 9/6/17):

Nikki is on a teaching hiatus as she continues her own dance training<3. Keep checking back for future workshops/regular classes<3