Joel De Andrade

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JOEL DE ANDRADE

Joel has been dancing since 1989 and is the co-founder of Hotstepper. He is one of DK’s hip hop pioneers and has always been working for the hip hop and dance scene both local and overseas. He has from a young age been travelling and connecting with people from the local hip hop scene. Since the 90’s he has helped organize events in Denmark, later also in other countries and gives back to the local dance and hip hop communities wherever he goes.

Joel was the co-founder of Freestyle Phanatix Crew in 1993 which came second at the first UK Bboy Championships in 1996 and 3rd place in 1997. Together they competed at International Battle of The Year in 1996, 1997 and 2002 and won the first Scandinavian Battle of The Year in 1999. He also co-founded Kinetic Soul Kru which won many local battles in several styles in Denmark.  

In the late 90’s Joel started DK’s first school with break, locking and popping from 1997/1998-2000. In 2002 he co-founded Hotstepper, an organization and platform for dance. Many of Denmark’s top dancers have Hotstepper as home and Joel together with his partner Karen Galsgaard Hansen have been mentors and teachers for many that have had successful careers within dance. Their dance son who they have taught and mentored from a young age, is Rico Coker a.k.a. Bboy Zoopreme who is currently one of the top ranking bboys.

Joel has been judging for 20+ years - both local, national and international battles. He has judged for Asian regional qualifiers of major battle leagues including Battle of the Year, UK B-boy Champs, R16, Hip Hop International and Bboy World Asia.

Joel other credits like the hip hop legends Sugarhill Gang, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Fugees and De La Soul – artists like Justin Timberlake, Punjabi MC and the Prodigy. Joel has danced in over 20 countries with a whole range of experiences from street corner sessions with local crews to commercial shows in state theater.

Last updated: 3 August 2021.