Collection: Popping with Torrence "Tea-Buggz" Griffen

On Demand 

Open to all levels, this class will include foundation, form, and fundamentals of popping through the use of drills and choreography to help you find your own creativity. Styles covered will be botting, animation, King Tut, pop, and more!

Torrence Griffin, also known as Tea-Buggz, has been dancing and teaching hip hop for 35 years. He is proficient in popping, waving, ticking, king tutting, robot , animation, mannequin, and locking. He began dancing in 1981 on the South Side of Chicago with the original Electric Funkateers, which quickly became one of the premier pop-locking dance groups in the city. In his 35 years of dancing, he has worked with the likes of Genuine, Queen Latifah, Sinbad, Kurtis Blow, The magic of the Spellbinder. and many others which led to his travelling extensively throughout the U.S. and a few other parts of the world. In 1996, Torrence recieved the Chicago Hip Hop Pioneer award which acknowledged all of his years of hard work and dedication in the Chicago hip hop scene.

As a teacher, for the past 30 years, Torrence has taught a variety of popping styles at Columbia College, the Chicago Public Schools, Dovetail Dance Studio, and Christ University Temple in addition to teaching master classes at various dance studios throughout the city.