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HISTORY & VISION
The Foot Klan Dance Troupe has been providing entertainment around the world for more than 15 years. This full-service group includes professional dancers, DJ’s, film extras, actors, models, up-and-coming rappers, and singing artists. Foot Klan is a multi-member dance troupe that includes Mr. and Miss Soul Train Darryl Khalid and Luciana Bell, who have studied the original styles of Hip Hop dance including “popping,” “locking,” “break dancing” and “House.”

Foot Klan’s mission is to unify communities through street dance and creative arts. By removing the negative stereotypes from the Hip Hop culture, Foot Klan can begin to heal the scars of racism, sexism and all discrimination and the social wounds of the world. Through a worldwide reconstruction of the present interpretations of Hip Hop, Foot Klan is generating a higher awareness of the impact that positive creativity has on an artistically aspiring community. The renaissance of Hip Hop is finally coming full circle, brought about by a much needed change.

FOOT KLAN JR. ALL-STARS
Foot Klan Jr. All-Stars is a group of 15 highly-talented and incredibly entertaining dancers ranging in age from 7 to 15. This group is the best of the youth dance talent from the metro Phoenix area.

The Foot Klan Jr. All-Stars are taught by the award-winning, internationally acclaimed Foot Klan dancers, including Mr. and Miss Soul Train Darryl Khalid and Luciana Bell, as well as the 1999 World B-boy Champion Kasiem Khalid. When the two groups perform side-by-side, you will think you’re seeing double.

Since their formation in late 2006, the FK Juniors have performed at the MAGIC International Fashion Show in Las Vegas, the Arizona State Fair, the Phoenix Art Museum, The Tempe Festival of the Arts, The Phoenix Comicon, Glendale Glitters, and the Glendale Glitter & Glow BCS Block Party, as well as a Phoenix Children’s Hospital Benefit in front of crowds ranging in size from a several hundred to nearly 100,000.

Foot Klan and Foot Klan Juniors can perform for corporate shows, city festivals, as well as private parties and events. For more information, visit www.footklan.com. For booking information contact Ken Reinstein at 480-634-4188 or ken@blue22pr.com.

AWARDS & APPEARANCES
Through visually stunning, award-winning dance stylings, the Foot Klan dance troupe has been included in television commercials promoting a number of major brands and products. Continual efforts are being developed in the entertainment industry for future bookings and appearances.

Foot Klan’s Services

Explosive, Award-winning Dance
Trade Shows and Corporate Events
Customized Choreography
Print and Runway Modeling
Television Appearances and Commercials
International Percussion Performances
“Foot Klan Juniors” Kids Shows
Stunt Choreography
“Opening Act” Shows for Tours
Marketing Consulting
College Tours
Acting
Martial Arts Training
Fitness Training
Fitness Competition
501(c)(3) Community Outreach
MCs, Rappers and Singers
Music Videos

MODELING/COMMERCIAL APPEARANCES

Soul Train Television: Every Saturday on WGN
Keenan Ivory Wayans show
Soul Train 30th Anniversary
Dub Magazine Car Festival
Million Family March, Washington D.C.
Soul Train Cafe 1st Anniversary: Tokyo, Japan
Martin Luther King Annual Celebration Events in Phoenix and abroad
Burger King Whopper Commercial
Donny and Marie Osmond Show
One on One
BET’s “Srite Night”
Puma Commercial
MTV Commercial
Everyday Heroes
Phoenix Suns Intro Commercial 2004
Jackson Family Celebrity Baseball Game
TV Land Awards
Soul Train Music Awards
“Inhale Life” Commercial
Sony PSP Commercial featuring Mos Def
Adidas
Puma
South Pole
Boff Sports
DMK

NOMINATIONS & AWARDS

Freestyle Ballistic Champions at the Los Angeles Urban Dance Festival
Winners of Mr. and Miss Soul Train
AT&T/Ford National Dance Contest
Nominated for Outstanding Hip Hop Crew, Crescendo Hip Hop Awards
Nominated for Best Dance Troupe, American Street Dance Championships
1999 B-Boy Championship at American Street Dance Championships

PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Foot Klan dancers lend their unique style of explosive, award-winning entertainment, choreography and modeling for tradeshows, concerts, sales presentations, dedications, rallies and major events across the country. Recent Foot Klan performances include:

2007

March 27 – American Idol Viewing Party at Westgate Live in Glendale
March 24 – Arizona Black Film Showcase performance
March 23 – Arizona Black Film Showcase performance
March 8 – McKemy Multi-Cultural Festival at McKemy Middle School in Tempe.
March 8 – Meeting Planners International Luncheon event
March 7 – Foot Klan school seminar/mini-performance at McKemy Middle School
March 4 – Kidz Fashion Kidz Event benefiting Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Feb. 13-16 MAGIC International Fashion Show, Las Vegas Convention Center
Feb. 13 – Opening Act for Lupe Fiasco & Little Brother, Empire Ballroom, Las Vegas
February 9 – St. Thomas School (Phoenix) Silent Auction/Dinner Preview Event
January 26 – Phoenix Comicon Preview Night Event at Mesa Convention Center
January 7 – University of Florida Gators Alumni Club Pep Rally in Scottsdale
January 6 – Glendale’s Glitter & Glow and BCS Block Party

2006

Alice Cooper’ Christmas Pudding (December)
Tempe Fall Festival of the Arts on the Qwest Main Stage (December)
Dillard's Superstition Springs Customer Appreciation Event (December)
Opening Act for the Public Enemy Comic Book Signing and Street Concert at Atomic Comics and the Blunt Club (December)
Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, collaboration with Movement Source Dance Company to benefit PDSDv(December)
DVD Taping Event for Atlantic Records Artist “Love Arcade” (December)
Young Champions Hip Hop Dance Event/Recital (December)
Honeybear’s Barbecue Christmas Event – Eastlake Park with Foot Klan Juniors (December)
Foot Klan Juniors Variety Show 2006 (December)
Scottsdale Chamber/Arizona Super Bowl Committee “FAM” Tour Event (November)
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Fall “FAM” Tour Event (October)
MAGIC International (Fashion Industry Trade Show) Appearances with DJ Kool Herc and the Pioneers of Hip Hop at the Sedgwick & Cedar Booth. (February and August)
Cedric Ceballos Basketball Camp (August)
Sparky’s Carnival at the Arizona State University Downtown Campus Welcome Week (August)
Panasonic Corporate Show Performance (August)
News Feature on Fox 10 (Phoenix), immediately following So You Think You Can Dance (July)
Arizona Diamondbacks Pre-Game Entertainment in the Rotunda (June)
Legends Cadillac & Radio Disney Memorial Weekend Event (May)
Phoenix New Times & Ignite Arts daKAH Orchestra Party, Scottsdale Ctr. for the Performing Arts (May)
Opening Act for Keyshia Cole, Marquee Theatre, Tempe, Arizona (April)
Arizona State University’s Gammage Auditorium performance for 3,000 youth (April)
Arizona Department of Health Services Annual Corporate Picnic (April)
VIP audition for a national television show in Los Angeles (April)
Corporate Electronics Industry Shows in Palm Springs (April)
Arizona Black Film Fest, opening act for Wayne Brady; Awards Showcase main performer (March)
Arizona State University’s Herberger College of Fine Arts Department of Dance – performed a
stunningly choreographed mix of international drumming, martial arts and Hip Hop in a new show called Jam on the Rhythm©. Performed to near sell-out crowds and nightly standing ovations (March)
City of Phoenix Martin Luther King Celebration (January)
Phoenix Suns/Miami Heat half-time show, dedicating US Airways Center (January)

2005 and prior

Phoenix-area Cadillac Dealers’ Christmas Party
Fiesta Bowl New Year’s Eve Block Parties
Soul Train Christmas Show
LG Electronics Sales Convention
Dwele Concert Opening Act; Tempe, Arizona
Black Eyed Peas Phoenix Concert Pre-Show Party for KISS-FM
Dub Magazine Car Festivals
Soul Train Café 1st Anniversary, Tokyo, Japan
Magic Johnson Foundation Fashion Show
AT&T Convention
Sister Sledge Musical, “Brother, Brother Stop!” (Choreography, Dance)
Million Family March, Washington, D.C. (Martial Arts, Dance)
Jackson Family’s Celebration Baseball Game