🍾😜Who’s down to party with me ON my birthday this year in the Bay to a DJ I thoroughly enjoy at an island venue?!
It’s been about 13 years since I’ve tried to organize an official birthday celebration for myself. From 2013-2018 I spent every birthday alone reflecting on my life’s experiences up to that point. Solidarity was my closest friend & I don’t regret it because I internally grew tenfold faster than I would’ve without doing that. I’m not saying you have to spend your birthdays alone to grow—just that deeper, prolonged moments with yourself where others usually surround themselves with others will literally force you to become your own best friend. I absolutely LOVE myself these days & I LOVE what I’ve done so far for the world & our hometown Bay Area community.
In 2021 I was invited onto a dance team to perform for America’s Got Talent. Once we got past the stage audition, I was requested to move to LA from the Bay & uproot my life for the opportunity. I declined.
The reason I declined was I had so much love for the Bay. I was born & raised here, my family that I support lives here, the community I started ( @sfbadm ) since COVID took away events/venues was here—& I felt like I had so much more to do & give to the place that raised me to be the man that I am.
And looking back, I’m pretty damn proud of myself for doing that. If I hadn’t done that, I never would’ve freelanced dance instruction in the Bay, I might still be involved in some corporate job (to support a life in LA), & I never would’ve met all the beautiful people I had the honor of meeting after I came back from the AGT experience.
I regret nothing.
I still think one day I might want to live abroad or live from country to country if I’m able to—just to experience my life to the maximum. But I want to do so when I can look at my accomplishments in the Bay & genuinely feel inside, “you’ve done enough/a lot, Jasper🙂. It’s time to move on.” Idk what that entails, but I just know I’m not done yet.
While I’m still here though, I want to go back to celebrating life as much as possible with the family I have where I was born & raised.
I freakin’ love you guys. DM me if you can make it!🫶
☯️🧘🏼♂️☯️
I feel… genuine, complete serenity…
Definitely the most proud I’ve ever felt posting anything in my entire life so far, & I’m curious to see how long this one holds the crown with how open, honest, & inspired I feel these days.
This is another controversial post—but I think only in the eyes of those who haven’t fully accepted each & every one of these philosophies.
I’m proud of who I am. How I now think & feel. What I do with & for this world. Nothing will ever change that. I know I’ve made mistakes. There’s still a tom of things I’d love to & am going to own up to publicly. And these are part of that journey. Everything & everyone at its/their own pace. I just feel like my pace is finally exponentially skyrocketing.
I believe in a thing called love.
I chose that song to layer over because I’ve had an incredible journey with it. Ups & downs since the beginning of high school (2009 for me) when I also officially started dancing (with Breakdancing), over the years letting it build up & tear down my soul. For it to feel like something never attainable or that is something I’d ever even want again—to realizing again that I do both deserve & want love thanks to a special someone recently. If not love specifically from a significant other, at least to love myself in my entirety. And I do once again feel that.
I came to a conclusion once & truly, truly told myself & came to terms with the idea of “dying alone” (not falling into a relationship ever again & simply serving the world as the beacon of positivity I want to be otherwise). If posting this reverts me back to that fate, so be it. I think “the one” I’d be meant to be with would resonate with each of these slides anyway.
I am destind to do what I am destined to do. I am Jasper, and nothing will ever strip me of my *desired* fate to give my energy & soul to the entire world.
I love you all. Thank you for reading, thank you for resonating, thank you for existing.
🤜🫷
Umbrellas should have been part of the dress code ☔️ lol
When you finally get the chance to create with your fellow Gemini bro. The choreo is perfect, the suits are fresh, videographer is on point,
and the weather is like, “hold my beer 😏”
Life has been a journey since we met back in 2021. And although we haven’t had the privledge of dancing with each other super often since then, reuniting for this collab was just like visiting a brother after a long time apart. Here’s to the next one bro 🍻
🎥 @justin.corbo
🙂Posting our run for this choreo from the studio
See y’all today at 10am for Beginner Shuffle & 11am for Intermediate!
As a heads up, I’ll be teaching on Memorial Day! Two B2B classes, one Beginner Shuffle & one Int/Adv Shuffle! If you’ve been itching to really really push yourself & you feel pretty comfortable with the intermediate classes, I highly recommend attending the Int/Adv.
Sign up as always at RaeStudios-SF.com
👟Combo by: Me🤜🫷
🗓️Class Date & Style: 5/10/2026 (Intermediate Shuffle)
🎶Artist/Song: @alesso - Destiny
📍Rae Studios SF
#shuffle #shuffling #shuffledance #dance #dancing
🫶😇Happy Belated Mother’s Day, love you so much, mom
After she said no to collab-posting🙄😂wanted to take some time to put together my words which will still never properly express the extent of my gratitude for my mom & all that she is/has done for everyone she’s ever interacted with.
My mom said “hey don’t post me, okay? I look too old.”
Well mom, I’m not waiting until later to never post you🙏😂Sorry, haha—besides you’ve always been beautiful to me. Your smile alone makes me want to be nicer & hearing you laugh is one of the most positive feelings I get to feel in life. Thank you for showing me what it means try to be an unconditionally good person.
She never went to business school, she never studied psychology/went to therapy. But she somehow developed sufficient business & social skills to learn how to start & sustain a business as well as console her kid that was growing up in a culture that was completely new to her as a parent. I’m honestly really proud of her mind & how she’s used it.
Although I felt like I connected fully with my parents, I chalk that up to the differences in the cultures we grew up in. Regardless, I feel like my mom adapted really well & even learned to thrive as a foreign, small-business owner, which was impressive imo. Later on in life though, with more hardships showing themselves, I started finding moments where I feel like we were having more mature & serious conversations. So over the years I do feel as though I’ve successfully connected with my mother at least to a mutual understanding of most things.
I remember sometimes asking my mom what fueled her the most, and every time I would ask her, her answer revolved around her religious faith & love for her family.
Thank you for making me the man I am & helping me find my faith several times over whenever it wavered in my life, mom.
Love you with all my heart & more.
I’ll never be able to—but I vow to do my best to pay you back for everything you’ve done for us over the years🙇♂️
P.S. she thanks you guys very very much for placing orders for Mother’s Day! She had a lot of fun putting together those arrangements🙂
#mom #mothersday
In honor of Memorial Day, Rae Studios will be running on a special MODIFIED SCHEDULE on May 25th, 2026.
Check out our awesome Memorial Day lineup, and sign up via Momence.
#memorialdaysf #sfdance #dancesf #bayareadance
🗣️“B home by deezart”
I realized the studio to me now as an adult was the playground to myself as a younger kid.
It really feels like where I just get to completely be my playful self because if I was always as silly as I can be in the studio sometimes, I’m pretty sure people on the streets would think I was crazy✌️😂
We’ll be running it back with another Beginner Shuffle class today at 4:30pm! Sign up at RaeStudios-SF.com
👟Combo by: Me🙇♂️
🗓️Class Date & Style: 5/10/2026 (Beginner Shuffle)
🎶Artist/Song: Another Bad Creation - Playground
📍Rae Studios SF
#shuffle #shuffling #shuffeldance #dance #dancing
Ready for more SHUFFLE!?
@jasperdances is back TODAY at @unionsquaresf with a FREE Beginning Shuffle class at 5:30PM
Get ready to glide and slide to some awesome tunes at the square.
Sign up via Momence, Eventbrite, or simply drop in!
Hope to see you there!
🐕WOOF🗣️
Who else is STOKED to see @chrislorenzo66 on Treasure Island on June 6th?! As a reminder, it’ll be my choice of birthday celebration as well. Would love to see you there if you van make it!🫶Lmk if you’re interested in joining our fun shuffle group & I’ll add you into a chat for coordination.
👟Combo by: Me🙋♂️
🗓️Class Date & Style: 5/11/2026 (Intermediate Shuffle)
🎶Artist/Song: Chris Lorenzo - In This Bih’🫢
📍Rae Studios SF
#shuffle #shuffling #shuffledance #dance #dancing
This is my Destiny.
Dance is my destiny. To positively impact the world through music & movement. To inspire others where I have tried, failed, & tried again.
We each have our own paths. Sometimes they intertwine. Those are beautiful moments as fleeting as they may be. But beautiful nonetheless. We have limited time in our lives & each moment at the end of it all counts towards the collective experience. So live every moment as though it were your last. So that when you take one last breath, the natural expression that will come to you will be a smile. That is my intention.
I don’t know what my future has in store exactly, but I know I’ll do my best, & I know I will be grateful for all the good & bad coming my way. For that is what makes me who I am.
If you’re reading this I can never express my gratitude properly in words for you sticking by me through all my immense emotions, my mental breakdowns—just because you know the true me. A loving, caring, genuine individual that only wants to see good in the world & tries his best to lead by example.
Seriously. Thank you.
🤜🫷🙇♂️
Choreo by me
Artist/Song: @alesso@sacha_sings - Destiny
#shuffling #shuffle #shuffledance #dance #dancing
I like it like that💁♂️
Had an amazing time in last Monday night’s Intermediate Shuffle Class! Thank you, everyone, for coming!
👟Combo by: Yours truly🤜🫷
🗓️Class Date & Style: 5/4/2026 (Intermediate Shuffle)
🎶Artist/Song: @jodieharsh - Like It Like That
📍Rae Studios SF
#shuffle #shuffling #shuffledance #dance #dancing
