
KEN SWIFT- EDUCATION
KEN SWIFT TEACHING & PRESENTATIONS
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013 to present: Master classes, lectures and discussions at Street Dance Teacher
Training Camps in Poland, Czech Republic and China, including
intensives at studios in Switzerland, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, Chile, Czech
Republic, Columbia, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand,
France, Germany, Ukraine, Russia and the USA.
2012: Master classes and lectures at York University and McMaster
University, Canada
2012: Master classes, lectures and judging at various International dance
schools and Hip Hop World Championships.
2011: Program Director, Beat Breakers, a non-profit organization that teaches
Breaking Fundamentals in after school programs at multiple schools in
New York City.
2010-2013: Weekly Breaking Fundamentals Master Classes at PMT Dance
Studios, NYC, NY
2010: Master Class Intensive Series at Peridance Dance Studios, NYC, NY
2010: Pioneers Intensive, 2-week long teacher trainings for advanced dance
educators, Sadler’s Wells, London, UK
2010: Pioneers Intensive, 2-week long teacher trainings for advanced dance
educators, Edinburgh Festival Theater, Edinburgh, Scotland
2009: Pioneers Intensive, 2-week long teacher trainings for advanced dance
educators, Sadler’s Wells, London, UK009: Master Class Intensive Series at Peridance Dance Studios, NYC, NY
2005-09: Founder & Director of Ken Swift’s School of Hip Hop Fundamentals at
Breaklife Studios in Brooklyn, NY
2008-09 Ongoing weekly Master Classes at Peridance Dance Studios, NYC
2008-09: Ongoing weekly Guided Practices at Wadleigh High School, NYC
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
March 2013: "Style Wars 30th Anniversary Screening" talk back with Henry
Chaulfant as part NY Library of Performing Arts series, MUSIC OF
NEW YORK
August 2011: “Ken Swift: Breaking over Three Decades” Artist Talk Series, Lecture for
the Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture, Holualoa, HI
May 2010: “Ken Swift in Conversation with Joe Schloss,” Hip Hop Humanities
Series, Hip Hop Theater Fest, Tisch School of the Arts, New York
University, NYC
May 2009: “Super Dynamite Soul: Rock at Brooklyn Sole” Panel on The Rock Film
Screening, Sadler’s Wells, London, England
May 2009: “Super Dynamite Soul: Rock at Brooklyn Sole” Panel on The Rock Film
Screening, Ediburgh, Scotland
March 2009: “History of the Rock”, Hosted panel on Rock Dance with pioneer
dancers, Brooklyn, NY
Jan-Dec 2009: “Classic Styles: Legends of the Rock” Series, curated & mediated
Panels, Lectures, Demonstrations and Workshops featuring pioneer
dancers from neighborhoods in NYC, Breaklife Studios, Brooklyn, NY
April 2009: “Super Dynamite Soul: Rock at Brooklyn Sole” Panel on The Rock Film
Screening, Brooklyn, NY
July 2008: “Classic Styles: Breaking & the Rock” Red Bull's Beat Riders Camp, 30
of the top dancers from around the world participated in this one-week
program in all major aspects of urban dance including skills, history and
business, Upstate NY
