North Coast Hip Hop Dance Convention
🎟️ Choose Your Pass
Ready to join us? Choose the ticket option that works best for you:
🌊 Tier 1 All Access Pass
Get the complete convention experience with access to all five classes, Snap Boogie’s live performance and demonstration, vendors and community booths, and the Closing Community Cypher.
🎵 Tier 1 Drop-In Class Pass
Choose one convention class and experience North Coast your way. Your pass also includes access to the vendors, community booths, Snap Boogie’s performance and demonstration, and the Closing Community Cypher.
🤝 Donation-Based Support Pass
Not dancing but still want to be part of the day? Supporters receive access to two designated viewing zones, filming privileges, vendors and community booths, Snap Boogie’s performance and demonstration, and the Closing Community Cypher.
Choose the contribution level that feels accessible to you. Every payment level includes the same Support Pass benefits.
Join us for a full day dedicated to hip hop dance, culture, and community in Southern Maine.
Whether you’re stepping into your first hip hop class or looking to train with experienced instructors, the North Coast Hip Hop Dance Convention is designed to inspire, challenge, and connect dancers of all backgrounds. Through high-energy classes, foundational training, and an environment built on respect for the culture, you’ll leave with new skills, new friends, and a deeper appreciation for hip hop.
Featuring guest instructors from Maine and beyond, this one-day experience includes classes for a variety of skill levels, opportunities to learn from industry professionals, and a welcoming community that celebrates growth over perfection.
🎉 Official class schedule BELOW. GET YOUR TICKETS NOW BEFORE PRICES GO UP!!
🔥 Featured Instructors 🔥
Snap Boogie
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Featured Headliner
Intro to Popping
From the streets of Boston to stages around the world, Snap Boogie has earned a reputation as one of the most dynamic freestyle performers of his generation. Best known as a semifinalist on America’s Got Talent, he has captivated audiences with his musicality, precision, and unforgettable stage presence. (AGT Profile)
A full-time Boston street performer, Snap Boogie is internationally recognized for his mastery of Popping, while also training and performing in Breaking, Animation, Boogaloo, Tap Dance, and Freestyle. He has performed at NBA and collegiate halftime shows, competed internationally, and continues to represent hip hop culture around the world. (Beauty in the Streets • Faneuil Hall Performers)
We’re honored to welcome Snap Boogie as the featured headliner of the 2026 North Coast Hip Hop Dance Convention, where he’ll share the foundations of popping, his passion for hip hop culture, and the artistry that has inspired dancers across the globe.
Shawn Exilus
Hip Hop Choreography
Hailing from Randolph, Massachusetts, Shawn Exilus has trained and taught across the country, bringing a diverse background in hip hop, krump, popping, breaking, contemporary, modern, and African dance. He began his journey in krumping before expanding into multiple street and concert dance styles, later training with Roxbury’s Nia Dance Troupe and performing with The Avenue in Santa Clarita, California.
Now the director of Boston-based dance team The Peacekeepers, Shawn is known for his high-energy classes, musicality, and ability to challenge dancers while creating an uplifting, supportive environment. His mission is simple: to inspire others to recognize the light within themselves and strive not just to be good, but to be great.
An Introduction to Breaking, History & Culture
A leader of Pine State Breakerz and a breaking mentor at Casco Bay Movers, Joshua “STARSTRIKER” Wright has been breaking since 2008. He is a member of Orphanage Movement, works with Portland Youth Dance, and helps organize community events including The Exchange and All Maine Points.
Joshua’s current focus is youth breaking mentorship and building community through jams, guided by the belief that nobody should have to pay to be part of the breaking community. In his workshop, he will introduce dancers to the history and cultural context of breaking while exploring foundational movement, musicality, personal style, battles, and cyphers.
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SADIE JANE
Creative Director
Beginner Hip Hop Foundations
Sadie Jane Reppucci is the founder and director of the North Coast Hip Hop Dance Convention and the owner of Sadie Jane Dance Complex. A dancer since the age of three and an instructor for nearly a decade, Sadie Jane has built her career around creating spaces where dancers of all ages and backgrounds can show up, take risks, and feel like they belong.
Her movement background spans Hip-Hop, Heels, Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Musical Theatre, and Ballet, but her work extends far beyond choreography. Sadie Jane is a community builder, creative director, and relentless advocate for accessible adult dance education in Maine.
She created the North Coast Hip Hop Dance Convention to bring world-class artists, local dancers, and the wider community together for something Maine needed: a full-day experience rooted in movement, education, connection, and respect for Hip-Hop culture. The convention celebrates the culture’s foundations while giving dancers the opportunity to learn directly from artists who live, breathe, and contribute to it.
Sadie Jane leads with equal parts heart, grit, and unapologetic ambition. She is not waiting for space to be made. She is building it.
ADRIAN PIERCE
Adrian Pierce is a dancer, educator, and recent graduate of the University of Maine, where he earned a degree in psychology with minors in kinesiology and dance. While at UMaine, he served as president of the university’s Hip Hop Club, helping build a welcoming community centered around movement, creativity, and Hip Hop culture.
Originally from Camden, Maine, Adrian brings an energetic and uplifting approach to dance. He believes movement is a powerful tool for self-love, confidence, and authentic self-expression, and is passionate about creating spaces where dancers of all experience levels can learn, connect, and grow together.