Gabriel “KWIKSTEP” Dionisio Artistic Director, FCP

Hip-Hop dancer/choreographer Gabriel “KWIKSTEP” Dionisio was born and raised in New York city. At the age of eight Kwikstep watched the duo “Sheilds and Yarnell” on Soul Train and was inspired to dance. He began pursue the techniques known as Poppin and Boogaloo. When he attended local block parties in ’82, he joined his friends who were breaking and was slowly becoming well rounded in all these street dance styles. His first tour was with the “New York Express” around China at the age of nineteen which took him on a 12 city trip. By 1991 he had won the Bessie award for choreography. Today he is best known for his versatility and for his signature headspins.

He has been in several dance companies such as Rhythm Technicians, GhettOriginal- with whom he toured the world in “Jam on the Groove”, Nike Culture Shock, and New Power Generation, He has done commercial work for Dr. Pepper, Levi’s, and a Spike Lee commercial for IAM.com. He recently appeared in “the Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. Will Smith called on him to represent the break dance aspect of the century in the millennium performance for Bill Clinton. Some video work includes Mariah Carey, Wil Smith, KRS-One, Lords of the Underground and Fabolous.
He traveled to Japan in a production with the National Museum of American History/ Smithsonian Institute and then returned as part of a duo with his wife to do local club and dance workshop engagements. He has been flown across the United States and Europe on several occasions to speak on panels and to judge dance competitions.

He taught an influential Hip-Hop technique class at the Broadway Dance Center in an effort to make students aware of the Hip-Hop lifestyle-and fundmental movement along with the history and the meaning behind the vibe. Kwikstep has offered well respected Breakin’ classes with his unique format of instruction atThe Point in the Bronx and the Door in Manhattan- community centers known for their original programming. He has mentored youths who desire to explore the possibilities of a career in performance art through Full Circle Prod.- a Hip-Hop collective he co founded with his wife. He hopes to one day have his own school of urban arts and to produce a traveling production. His dream is to provide options to the teens of today who, like him, are presented with the challenges of street life as the only way to live.

"It's not the moves that make you a dancer it’s your spirit - your soul."

GABRIEL “KWIKSTEP” DIONISIO
CHOREOGRAPHER, INSTRUCTOR, ACTOR
HT: 5”8
EYES: BROWN
WT: 160
HAIR: BROWN
AWARD RECIPIENT OF THE BESSIE DANCE AWARD
CHOREOGRAPHY APPEARANCES INDUSTRIALS
*LEVI’S WEBSTER HALL
*SUBARU NEW ORLEANS
*COORS ARIZONA
*CALVIN KLEIN KIDS MACY’S, NYC
*HENNESSYTen City Tour USA

STAGE HIP-HOP TO DA HEAD LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. KENNEDY CENTER. URBAN OPEN ACT-ROTTERDAM, NL REEL TO REAL LINCOLN CENTER *TRIBUTE TO NICHOLAS BROTHERS Prince Music theater, PA *MTV ASIA AWARDS-MISSY ELLIOT SINGAPORE *SOULAR POWER’D NEW VICTORY THEATER
*HIP-HOP THEATER FESTIVAL P.S. 122 *SUMMERSTAGE CENTRAL PARK, NYC *TRIBUTE TO NICHOLAS BROTHERS KENNEDY CENTER *JAM ON THE GROOVE OFF BROADWAY *HISTORY OF HIP-HOP w/ KRS ONE MADISON SQ GARDEN, NYC TELEVISION Vhi-Hip hop Honors 2006 National “VISIONES:LATINOS IN THE U.S.” PBS NATIONAL *LIVE WITH REGIS & KELLY “SOULAR POWER’D” ABC STUART LITTLE 2 SONY PLAYSTATION NATIONAL LEVI’S JEANS NATIONAL COMMERCIAL *THE DAILY SHOW w/ JON STEWART COMEDY CENTRAL *WNBA’S ALL-STAR HALFTIME ESPN *AMERICA’S MILLENIUM CBS DR. PEPPER COMMERCIAL NATIONAL PONTIAC COMMERCIAL NATIONAL IAM.COM-SPIKE LEE NATIONAL INSTRUCTION HIP-HOP HUIS, ACT ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS BROADWAY DANCE CENTER NYC HOWARD UNIVERSITY DANCE RESIDENCY TOKYO DANCE WORKSHOP JAPAN DANCE WEST STUDIO BOULDER, CO THE POINT, THE DOOR THE BRONX, NYC VIDEO & FILM *BROWN SUGAR FOXLIGHT PICTURES “HOLLABACK” FABOLOUS “SO FRESH” WIL SMITH “THE ROOF” MARIAH CAREY *“STEP INTO A WORLD” KRS ONE *“CHIEF ROCKER” LORDZ OF THE UNDERGROUND *“WORK IT OUT” MONIE LOVE PRINT
VIBE, SOURCE PURE PLAYAZ AD MIXMAG, UK PHOTO SPREAD GEAR PHOTO SPREAD TOUR
*NEW POWER GENERATION US TOUR GHETTORIGINAL WORLD TOUR GHETTORIGINAL WORLD TOUR JAM ON THE GROOVE