One of the things he emphasizes during his classes is the importance of foundation as taught by one of his inspirations, Bboy Goguma. Born has been dancing for 12 years after first seeing and joining members of his now infamous Rivers Crew dancing on the streets. While jamming with them he exhibited his amazing dance abilities and was recognized as a natural born dancer. Thus, dubbed with the name Born. I love his style and his swag, not to mention his extraordinary flava.
Born is Hip Hop right down to the core. He sometimes hold free Hip Hop classes simply for his utmost desire for people to understand just a little more about the true Hip Hop culture. He teaches his students not only how to dance but what kind of attitude, character and virtue a dancer must possess. Besides bboying he enjoys grafitti writing too. He once also expressed his interest in DJ-ing and MC-ing.
Born and his crew had won so many awards that if Hollywood had A-List stars, then Born would be of the same calibre in the breaking world. So what does that mean for us? It means we'll need a bit of luck or extra research to be able to catch Born teaching classes in the River's Studio. Trying to catch a superstar is no easy feat as he is most likely high in demand overseas either to teach workshops, judge jams or battling it out. And that's not even half of it.
If by luck we catch a class he's teaching then we'll still have to fight for some space - unless of course, you don't mind breaking in a minuscule space, crashing into other people or getting kicked all over. Although, even if that were the situation I wouldn't pass it - it's Born. He'll not only teach dance but also teach the history of each move, most likely in Korean but hey, I'm sure there'll be a bilingual Korean there you can ask to explain the lesson to you afterwards. If you want to prepare, maybe attend a crash course for the Korean Language before hunting him down.
Born's Classes
One Day Classes - 20, 000 won
8 Classes (1 Month) - 80, 000 won
Every Saturday and Sunday 5-7pm
#010-8636-6518
beeboyborn@gmail.com
River's Studio
364-3 Seogyo-dong
Mapo-dong, Seoul
Exact Co-ordinates for google maps: 37.551886,126.922619
Check out his Hip Hop school promo:
Loan's so pretty he can't look at her in the eyes. After watching dramas and stuff I learned that apparently in Korea it's hard to make eye contact with someone you like. I mean Loan's with Bboy Smurf, but she's so pretty it's still kind of intimidating to look at her. Born's so adorable. Or maybe she's just plain scary; Loan destroyed Smurf's PS3 with a hammer afterall.
