FLEXN

Regg Roc’s residency at National Sawdust looks to re-connect FlexN Dance to the music that inspired it via a collaborative project between dancer and musician. During this week long residency, Reggie Roc Gray will be composing, creating, and producing a live professional recording with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, pianist Andy Akiho, percussionist Glenn Kotche, and other special guests to combine FlexN Dance with original music for the first time. The results will be presented in a live performance on Sunday, April 9th at 4 pm.

Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray was born in East New York. His journey with dance began when he was 3. Introduced to reggae music by his family, Reggie took a liking to it. He wanted to learn this dance style, called Dancehall/Brukup. He and his friends went on to form an elite dance group based on this type of dance. The group HYPERACTIVE eventually led to Reggie being a pioneer in developing a new genre of dance – FLEXIN. Reggie has explored his passion further by co-directing FLEXN with Peter Sellers at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. He believes that dancers must realize their role as innovators.

Reggie Roc Gray is the creator of FlexN Dance and founder of the Dream Ring Dance Company. Also known as Body Dance Music, FlexN Dance is a Brooklyn-bred street style of dance that can be described in no other way than “rhythmic contortionism.”