Karima

A pioneer in B’girling in France, she meets hip hop culture at Bataclan in 1983. She frequents the places and places where hip hop takes root, then convinced of the power of this expression, she engages in bboying (dance on the ground) in 1988. She makes her first scenes alongside the rapper B.Love then she joined the legendary group Aktuel Force in 1989. At the time, she said, there was no girl so we had to make a place, conquer the dance floor, impose his style and express his ideas.
Karima goes on tour all over France, Europe, North and West Africa. These stage performances are often accompanied by internships for young enthusiasts from these different continents.

For several years, she has contributed to the transmission of hip hop culture to dancers of cities like Châteauvallon, Dieppe, Metz, Clermont-Ferrand and countless punctual interventions throughout the territory.

Since 1996, Karima regularly participates in bboying battle juries in France and Europe.

A full-fledged hero of the hip hop adventure, she never stops exploring and questioning hip hop dance. Since 2011, she has given dance lectures on the history of hip hop dance, surrounded by emblematic actors of the movement, workshops in penitentiary center for minors and devotes some workshops to amateur creation.
It is natural that it becomes, over the years and requests made to him, speaker for hip hop events.

Karima has participated in the emergence of hip hop, its recognition and its transmission and since then tirelessly defends its values ​​and its aesthetics.