Archie Burnett
A1XB Dancer, Choreographer, Dance pedagogue, Coach65 Years
from New York, Brooklyn (United States)
Archie Burnett, Club Dancer, a self-taught freestyler started dancing when he was 3 years old, “on the sly,” in his mother’s living room in front of the TV. Raised in a strict Seventh Day Adventist family in Brooklyn, N.Y., he more than often found that the call of the dance would cause major conflict in his up bringing, yet the call was destiny.
Now 54, Burnett is a well-known master of varied styles of club dancing for well over 40yrs, which he teaches and performs worldwide. When he first went to The Loft in 1981 (a famous underground House dance club hosted by DJ David Mancuso), he gained instant admiration for his unique Waacking (A Strictly West Coast Dance created and popularized in the Gay Clubs in L.A. in the early 70′s) and step styles(A New York thing), made up from “my weird interpretation of Soul Train.” On a chance encounter in Washington Square Park coming from the Loft he saw “Vogue” for the very first time in 1981 and was hooked!
Burnett works for the New York Transit Authority to support his art habit; he is a graphic artist and avid weightlifter, splits his time between work, family, clubs, teaching Vogue, Waacking and Hustle at NYC PERIDANCE Capezio Dance Center and around the world. International teaching: Germany, Austria, Poland, Belgium, France, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Brazil and many more to come. He is the first Father (Grandfather now)of the HOUSE OF NINJA, the house created by beloved ICON and friend Willi NINJA. He has done lecture/demonstrations and panels at Yale, Duke, Harvard, Princeton, New York University and Florida State University. He has appeared in several music videos, independent films, and concert dance performances New York City at Dance Theater Workshop, PS122, DanceSpace, and Dixon Place.
He has appeared in several music videos and independent films, and besides dancing at the clubs, he also performs for concert-dance choreographers Doug Elkins, David Neumann, Cori Colinghouse, or, he has shown his own work at Dance Theater Workshop, PS122, DanceSpace, DixonPlace, 92nd Street Y and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Théâtre Suresnes JeanVilar in Paris.
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8월6일, 토요일 2022, Austria
FLAVOURAMA Vienna - Flavourama Preselection at Impulstanz Festival in Vienna (Austria)For the first time in the history of Flavourama, there will be an open preselection with international Line-Up in Vienna in cooperation with the biggest...
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7월29일, 일요일 - 8월4일, 일요일 2019, Germany
Summer Week'47 - Urban Dance Festival in Krefeld (Germany)Area 47 will be hosting the 6th Annual Summer Week from 29th July to 4th August. We are offering choreography and freestyle workshops, our very own batt...
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10월17일, 일요일 - 10월23일, 일요일 2016, Estonia
JJ-Street Baltic Session 2016 - International Urban Dance Festival & Battles in Kesklinn (Estonia)JJ-Street Baltic Session is a street culture festival that brings people a week full of entertaining events and competitions like wall cleaning sessions...
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10월18일, 일요일 2015, United States
Street Style Lab - Battle & Closing Jam Attention: this is a past event.
10월10일, 일요일 - 10월18일, 일요일 2015, United States
Street Style Lab 2015 - International Urban Dance Festival in New York City (USA)It is a MoveMEANT Festival – Established in 2012, Street Style Lab (SSL) is a week-long festival that takes place in NYC, the birthplace of Hip Hop. S...
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11월20일, 토요일 - 11월22일, 토요일 2014, Germany
Snipes Funkin Stylez 2014 - International Urban Dance Battle in Berlin (Germany)Snipes Funkin Stylez is back and ready to rumble. From 20th to 22nd November 2014 the dancefloor in Berlin will be burn again. To participate at the Sni...
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7월23일, 일요일 - 7월29일, 일요일 2012, Estonia
C.O.H.H. Camp of Hip-Hop 2012& LET THE FUN BEGIN! Camp of Hip-Hop is back! From the 23rd 'til 29th of July! Nonstop jamming and dancing with all the dancers around Europe, workshops...