RILEY BOURNE

hip hop styles & foundations, crew work

Riley Bourne is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Dance Educator from New Zealand and has been a consistent force in the NZ Street Dance scene since 2007. Having had many mentors from the age of just 6 years old, he has gained knowledge of a variety of styles within the genre of Hip Hop dance and likes to use this understanding of Hip Hop culture to ensure his choreography will withstand the test of time.

Throughout the 16 years of Riley’s dance journey, he has had several years training in Hip Hop Syllabus work earning himself credentials and techniques for teaching dance. He has gained a lot of experience as a teacher having taught workshops in multiple countries such as the USA, India, France, Taiwan, Australia, and all over New Zealand. 

Riley has also had an extensive amount of experience in the commercial dance industry being an assistant choreographer on the “Young” Music Video for Chinese rap artist KUN, as well as choreographing and performing in Music Video’s for New Zealand Hip Hop artists by the likes of Kings, and SWIDT. Riley has performed as a back up dancer for the X-Factor NZ, and has also danced in multiple live performances and music video’s overseas with Taiwanese superstar, Jolin Tsai. Riley was also recently featured in the cast of “GODDESS”, a show created by the Dream Dance Company in Sydney, Australia, and choreographed by Caetlyn Watson.

Riley has competed and judged at various competitions around the world. He is one of the core members and choreographers for the ‘Bradas’ who made history by winning two Gold Medals back to back at the Hip Hop International “World Hip Hop Championships” in the Adult division. The Bradas also featured on Season 2 of the NBC television series “World Of Dance” which was judged by the likes of Jennifer Lopez, NeYo, and Derek Hough. 

Hard work, valued knowledge, and positive energy has earned Riley the respect of many among the NZ Dance scene, and he will not stop until his passion for his craft is shared with all the world.