Welcome to the second episode of The Deep, featuring Brandon "Beastboi" Juezan! In this episode, we go deep into Brandon's journey as a professional touring movement artist, the challenges that come with being a professional dancer, including his own personal experience of touring and pursuing dance as a career. There are some great takeaways in this episode around self-acceptance, healing and dealing with your shadow self, and of course hearing real-life experiences from a professional on street dance culture and practices for a healthy body in the midst of high pressure and demand on the body. Resources mentioned in this episode will be listed below!

Brandon Allen Juezan-Williams aka "BeastBoi"

@Beastboithehypegod

@themoneydancefinance

Brandon Allen Juezan-Williams aka "BeastBoi" is a street dance artist, Hip Hop practitioner, dance educator, and organizational administrator. By 2010, he began training with Versa-Style Dance Company and went on to become a touring professional dancer by 2014. In 2014, he also began training with The Beast Camp, a world-renowned Krump group and organization, becoming an official member by 2017. He graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 2017 with a B.A. in Entertainment Business, which led to his current role as Artistic Director of Touring & Events for Versa-Style Dance Company, managing bookings for the company, planning special events, budgeting and assisting with various administrative tasks. In his time as a professional, he has been a guest instructor at various public and private schools, art academies, and universities nationwide including notable institutions such as UCLA and Loyola Marymount University. He has also performed and taught internationally in countries like Mexico, El Salvador, Chile, & the Philippines, touring with both Versa-Style and as a guest artist for Rennie Harris Pure Movement.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

@Versastylela

VersaStyle Dance Company

Content on Instagram and Youtube

Mel Robbins

@melrobbins

@themelrobinspodcast

The Jim Fortin Podcast by Jim Fortin

It Didn’t Start With You by Mark Wolynn

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Mark Manson Books:

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope 

We have our first episode of The Deep on The Community Cloud Show today! Featuring Rebekah "Beks" Denegal, who shared some advice on Thoughts to Thrive episode 2, however today we are going deeper into her life experience, talking about overcoming challenges and self-discovery in the midst of it. Lots of gems to listen to in this episode!

Rebekah "Beks" Denegal @nucreat4removement:

Professional dancer and movement artist

Entrepreneur 

Owner of @fotsjuice 

Creator of @artistictherapymovement 

Signed to @mtaagency 

Rebekah Denegal was raised in Pasadena & Los Angeles, CA discovering dance at a very young age. Rebekah started dancing at school functions, house parties, and school talent shows, and from there she discovered her profession at the age of 17. Rebekah has trained in many forms of dance, while also working professionally in the industry with artists like Kehlani, Will.I.Am, Missy Elliott, & Iggy Azalea to name a few. She is currently focused on choreography, individuality, and freedom through movement. She owns and operates a juice business called Fruit of the Spirit Juice. She also created a dance session and class called Artistic Therapy Movement to be a safe space for dancers to deposit the old, and withdraw the new. This session creates an atmosphere for the individual to be refreshed and reconnected with self and community.

It's the first episode of our Thoughts to Thrive segment! Thoughts to Thrive will always be a shorter episode, where featured guests will share a piece of advice, a resource, or a word of encouragement to brighten your day. These episodes will be great for those who are short on time, who want to take a few minutes to learn something new or hear some words to uplift your spirit and shift perspective for the day.

We have our first guest on The Community Cloud Show for today's short episode! Introducing Rebekah "Beks" Denegal @nucreat4removement :

Professional dancer and movement artist

Entrepreneur

Owner of @fotsjuice

Creator of @artistictherapymovement

Signed to @mtaagency

Rebekah Denegal was raised in Pasadena & Los Angeles, CA discovering dance at a very young age. Rebekah started dancing at school functions, house parties, and school talent shows, and from there she discovered her profession at the age of 17. Rebekah has trained in many forms of dance, while also working professionally in the industry with artists like Kehlani, Will.I.Am, Missy Elliott, & Iggy Azalea to name a few. She is currently focused on choreography, individuality, and freedom through movement. She owns and operates a juice business called Fruit of the Spirit Juice. She also created a dance session and class called Artistic Therapy Movement to be a safe space for dancers to deposit the old, and withdraw the new. This session creates an atmosphere for the individual to be refreshed and reconnected with self and community.

She will also be featured on an episode of The Deep, one of our longer episode segments, where we will get deep into hearing each other's stories, challenges, how we overcame them, and all that good life experience you want to hear! For The Deep, we may also go into specific subjects which I will share details on in the episode summary, so keep a lookout for that. Now go enjoy this good reminder, and listen to this episode of Thoughts to Thrive!

Love,

Your friend

Victoria