Kevs Kitchen

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Welcome to the Kitchen... We train, we learn and we grow together ⚡️💯⚡️ Shout out to the one and only @djrenegade_uk for sharing his knowledge and allowing us to thrive 🙌🏾 Track by @melo_renn The future is bright 💡

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“We need to make it ugly before beautiful” 🗓️ May 03. 2026 📍 @_kevs_kitchen Stop 🛑 stopping yourself from making mistakes. While it’s true that I want to minimize “bad habits” from forming — to reduce chances of introducing more “dysfunction” — I have (once again) overcorrected, taken it a bit far 😅 Lately, during both my own individual practice as well as private/group sessions, the subconscious pursuit for perfection (reminder: where’s there’s perfection, shame lurks around the corner, according to Bréne Brown) has prevented me from an instrumental part of one’s practice: exploring 🧪 As a result, I’ve stifled myself, closing the door on play, not allowing myself to “make it ugly” before “making it beautiful” To put simply: make more mistakes. AND trust that, if you veer 🚘 too far off course, your instructor or mentor or peer (whoever) will provide you timely feedback to get you back on track. But … you need to take some risks. Allow yourself to feel awkward … only then, shape the movement to the aesthetic. But don’t aim for perfection, aim for exploration. During this particular session, we (once again) revisited the inclusion of arms. In attempt to promote more organic movement (less mechanical aesthetics 🤖🦾) much of the focus was on generating inertia from the shoulders, allowing the energy to flow 🌊 down the arm and into the fingers tips. And so, we would alternate between: 1️⃣ Arms taking the primary role - allow all the footwork drills and repetitions to go on autopilot, concentrating and RELAXING the arms … and then switch to 2️⃣ Lower body steering the ship - while the feet add complexity, allow the arms to relegate to a secondary role. But once again, reminder to Make more mistakes Make it ugly … then beautiful. Rinse and repeat 🔁 #housedance #freestyledance #mentorship #sportspsychology #londondance

💥Meet our Breaking Judges👇🏻 🔥 @simonmidairlee 🇬🇧 Midair is an internationally experienced B-Boy and member of Soul Mavericks. He started with street dance but soon specialized in breaking, where he has competed and performed on some of the biggest stages worldwide. Today he focuses on teaching and developing the next generation as a coach and mentor. 🔥 @djrenegade_uk 🇬🇧 Renegade is a true pioneer of street dance culture who has shaped the scene for over 40 years. He started as a dancer in 1982 and began DJing in 1986, and is now one of the most respected names in the world. His experience as a judge, coach, and mentor, along with his music selection, has heavily influenced battle culture globally. Today he is dedicated to the strong training of dancers. 🔥 @bgirljilou 🇩🇪 Jilou is one of Germany’s most well-known B-Girls, with podium finishes at World Championships and victories at Red Bull BC One Germany, Hustle N Freeze, and All Star Lady Korea. She has also been a finalist at IBE, Outbreak, Silverback, and Undisputed. See you in Tartu, May 16th! 🙌 #streetdanceestonia #dancesport #breaking #judges #hiphopculture

Facial expression 😝 and RIDING 🌊 the pocket ⁣ ⁣ 🗓️ April 26, 2026⁣ 📍 @_kevs_kitchen 🫡 @djrenegade_uk ⁣ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 ⁣ ⁣ “𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 [𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 @_____jth ] 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠? 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐼’𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.”, I asked Kev.⁣ ⁣ “𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 [𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟]. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 [𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓] 𝑦𝑜𝑢”, Kev responds. Continuing, “𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑡... 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑣𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑑𝑑 [𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑦]⁣ ⁣ Walking away from that group training, I thought to myself: I want to explore (and play) with facial expressions.⁣ ⁣ 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬⁣ ⁣ So I watched the corresponding on Beyond the Moves (BTM) clips, took some notes, then practiced the prescribed exercises, putting it into practice immediately (i.e. “active learning”).⁣ ⁣ Then, a few days later, during this 1:1 session, I tried to inject some of these facial expressions I had explored on my own time. While monitoring my rounds, a puzzled looked washed over (ironically) Kev’s face. Confused, he shouted (no

Hip Hop + House Dance Workshop with Kev / Renegade 🚨UPDATE 🚨 As of May 11th, we are SOLD OUT and registration is now closed. If you want to be added to guest list, please DM @memattchung ……… A taste of the kitchen ! 4 hours of training 😮‍💨 
🗓️ Sunday, May 24th
🕖 3:00pm - 8:00pm
📍Unit 3 Studios (London, SW9 6DE) 🧠 Kev / DJ Renegade (@djrenegade_uk 👑@_kevs_kitchen ) 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲? 3:00pm-5:00pm - 🔥 Hip Hop 5:00pm-7:00pm - 🏡 House 7:00pm-8:00pm - 🎧 Jam / Session (Snacks + Drinks Provided) 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱? We’ll be covering “core primitives”, the layer of movement(s) that sit below foundations (i.e. steps, variations, isolations, etc), within the styles of Hip Hop and House Dance. We’re building strong, underlying infrastructure that will support your foundations and layers that sit above. 𝗪𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿? All levels (i.e. beginners, intermediate, advanced) and those willing to work hard.

Join us for 4 hours of movement + a 60-min session 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 

🎟️  £30 Early Bird - Limited spots available (available until May 11) 🎟️  £45 Standard

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From moves, to movement 😤 🗓️ April 16, 2026 📍 @_kevs_kitchen 🧠 @djrenegade_uk Incorporating more “grooves” into my dance has begun. I had mentioned to Kev on several occasions that lately, though I continue relegating control to the process, I’m feeling more disconnected with myself during dance journey. Don’t get me wrong: I appreciate the technical progression, the increased levels of confidence, the improved quality of movement. However, I (lack for a better word) yearn for more … dare I say … fun … more expressiveness … less mechanical. At the same time, I’m aware that (in terms of my own dance related goals) we share a common vision, with rote, mechanistic movement NOT being the final state. Trust. The. Process. We shall loop back (I hope) to my unhinged self, the other parts of me id like to burst out and make an appearance, and not hide behind technique. Separately, I’m learning different ways to practice when I’m on my own. I was growing frustrated during some of sessions, struggling with constant moving targets. A new movement or technique would be presented to me, we’d drill it, and just as I was gaining proficiency, we’d context switch, mix it with other other skill, or increase difficulty or changing something completely unrelated. This approach confers several benefits, also known as “layering” and “interleaving”, two approaches to help solidify the movements in one’s long term movement repertoire. And it’s also “progressive overloading”, working, at the edge of your limits, steady increases. So, some takeaways from this session: 1️⃣ the lower body (for now) maintains precision, while upper body can be “free” (as a choice) 2️⃣ some level of discomfort is learning a new movement is normal, but maintain mindfulness as to not injure oneself 3️⃣ hold. Hold. Hold. Even at 115-120 bpm, we have plenty of time to stretch out a particular note #housedance #freestyledance #londondance #sportspsychology

YO! @djrenegade_uk is calling you out🔥 #campofhiphopestonia2026 #breakingcamp

Bunch of weirdos in a kitchen 🧑‍🍳 🗓️ April 14, 2026 📍 @_kevs_kitchen 🫡 @djrenegade_uk Just another Tuesday night, a gathering of some people who are want to spend the evening jumping up and down in a kitchen 😅 While I am navigating my own journey with dance, I’m grateful for training along side folks in the community. Sure — we all have same and similar and different aspirations. Regardless, it’s helpful to bleed together … when you are tired and fatigued and then you peer over your shoulder, and see everyone struggling … you feel compelled to press on. Each one. Teach one. #housedance #freestyledance #londondance #dancetraining

Increasing and adapting to levels of stress 🗓️ April 02, 2026 📍 @_kevs_kitchen 🧠 @djrenegade_uk Unlike almost every other session, we did NOT start with the traditional warm up of jumping up and down, instead, I was directed to immediately (from cold start) to freestyle. Confused, I asked “how come [we started this way]” “To get you used to jumping in right away and freestyling.” This session followed the previous two lessons which i had felt relatively pessimistic about, rather unmotivated and frustrated and confused. And at the end of the session, my emotions swung up the other way: I sometimes wonder about those who have longevity in this dance arena, if those individuals have acclimated (and trained their minds) to the cyclic nature inherent with developing mastery of their chosen craft 🤔 In between loosening up the upper body (with learning the biomechanics of “waving”, triggering the movement from the shoulder), a couple key takeaways 1️⃣ Making progress - while plateaus and regressions are par for the course, if no progress is being made, then motivational levels can dip 📉 2️⃣ Drills NOT showing up in your freestyle - normal. Again, this happens. Allow certain movements or concepts to “emerge”. 🌱 3️⃣ Incrementally increase your levels of stress - Hormesis: “discover” your tolerance. Not enough stress, no growth. Excessive stress, you crack. Your coach or mentor or teacher can serve as a tool to help identify the optimal levels Finally, for me, I’m preparing to embark on this next part of the journey: incorporating upper body grooves into my footwork / foundation etc. so it seems, we’ll be taking a bi directional approach: 1. Practicing upper body and then introducing steps 2. Practicing lower body and then introducing groove There’s no ONE way … #housedance #housemusic #freestyledance #sportspsychology #londondance

Back in the kitchen! 🍳👩‍🍳 #Kitchen #cooking #dancer #artist #monsterzcrewuk