Ana Rokafella Garcia
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Ana Rokafella Garcia is a NYC native who has represented women in Hip-hop dance professionally over the past three decades. She directed a documentary highlighting the Bgirl lifestyle entitled All The Ladies Say with support from Third World Newsreel and Bronx Council of the Arts. She is hired internationally to judge Break dance competitions and to offer her unique workshops aimed at evolving and preserving its technique and cultural aspects. She has worked within the NYC public school system and various NYC-based community centers setting up programs that help expose young students to the possibility of a career in dance. She has been featured in pivotal Rap music videos, tours, films, fashion shows, and commercials including the Netflix Series The Get Down. She received the Joyce Award for collaborating with True Skool in Milwaukee and received the American Dance Festival’s National Dance Teacher Award.