MORE THAN MOVEMENT
Working towards building a dance community that is safe, supported, and respected.
Our mission is to provide opportunities for Rae Studios’ instructors and staff to grow their teaching skills and social advocacy as well as educating the Rae Studios community about dance history and culture through community building, education, and anti-racism work.
Our Story
More Than Movement is produced by Lexi Nutkiewicz, Kristie Lui and Rae Studios Management and was originally created by Trisha Fuerte in April 2021. Since then, the committee has developed the More Than Movement program and dedicated time to researching topics, creating resources, coordinating speakers and workshops, and facilitating conversations with Rae Studios instructors and staff surrounding artistry, leadership, social advocacy, teaching skills, and knowledge of dance history and culture.
Meet The Team
Lexi Nutkiewicz
Lexi (she/her/היא) started dancing Hip-Hop at age 7 and began teaching dance at age 15. While attending the University of Colorado Boulder, she led the initiative to incorporate Hip-Hop education into VeRVE Collisionz’s annual dance competition, the largest street dance competition in Colorado. After graduation, Lexi moved to the Bay Area and joined Str8jacket, whose mission is to preserve the Bay Area Hip-Hop dance community. Under Str8jacket, she trains in various dance forms such as House, Waacking, Locking, and Hip-Hop. She currently serves as their Outreach Coordinator and helps further the team’s Hip-Hop education. She strongly believes in the power of dance as activism and is excited to be part of the More Than Movement Committee!
JJ 'The Killah'
JJ 'The Killah' (They/Them) is a professional dancer, choreogrpaher, teacher, and drag performer who has been worked the dance industry for over 20 years in SF, LA, NYC. JJ graduated from California State University, Northridge with a degree in Kinesiology and Dance. They worked with Artist like Little Mix and Rebecca Ferguson, Aaron Carter, and more; and has worked for companies like Adboe, DataBricks, Facebook, Ebay, and mroe. They are currently a Talent Director for Rae Agency and Studio Manager of Rae Studios, and well as a dance teacher who teach around the globe. Thier passion is around educating dancers of all levels on the dance industrry, dance history, culture, technique and
Kristie Lui
Kristie (she/her/她) has been training in various streetstyles and clubstyles since she was 19. While her first love is Waacking because of its tenets of acceptance, expression, and empowerment, she also enjoys training in other dance forms including Hip-Hop, Popping, Waving, and Housing. Kristie is Co-Director of Str8jacket and believes in modeling empathy, transparency, and integrity as her leadership style. Kristie began her antiracism journey in 2020 and utilizes dance as a tool to create social and philosophical change. In her free time, Kristie hangs out with her dog, Morty,
Our Story
More Than Movement is produced by Lexi Nutkiewicz, Kristie Lui and Rae Studios Management and was originally created by Trisha Fuerte in April 2021. Since then, the committee has developed the More Than Movement program and dedicated time to researching topics, creating resources, coordinating speakers and workshops, and facilitating conversations with Rae Studios instructors and staff surrounding artistry, leadership, social advocacy, teaching skills, and knowledge of dance history and culture.
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