As India gears for Urban Dance Tour -2 coming up in a week’s time, we take a closer look at Jawn Ha, one of the star choreographer at #UDTI-2. Jawn Ha, one of the most reputed choreographers in the world of hip hop is going to train Indian Dance enthusiasts at Urban Dance Tour-2. He is popular as dancer/Choreographer of GRV, GRaVy Babies, Kub Skoutz and Mos Wanted Crew. In addition, he is co-founder of Contour Hooligans. Jonathan Jesse Ha, popularly known by his dance alias Jawn Ha, was born on September 11, 1989 in Alhambra, California. Jawn found his passion for dance in high school itself and competed in various high school dance competitions. After graduating in 2007, he was offered to join the collegiate competition team, GRV. He co-founded “Contour Hooligans” with his brother, father and best friend in the year of 2009. In 2012, Jawn and his crew, Mos Wanted Crew, auditioned for “Randy Jackson Presents: America s Best Dance Crew season 7” and landed in third place owing to his unique dance style. If you ever had a chance to attend class of Jawn Ha, you will agree that there are 24373 moves for every 8-count in his powerful choreography. It takes tremendous agility and control to master his style. In his own Words In his own words, he says that “my style is kind of hybrid style mainly breakdancing, locking, popping. It has no name just the fusion of fun movements.” Jawn not only listens to lyrics or beats, but feels them in his heart. He rightly says “I feel heartbeat of music is in my body. I am listening to drums, lyrical hiphop beat, the way lyrics sound and beat sound”. He is even capable of catching up beats in a simple “Hello”. He says, “Like u say hello my body can make the beat of hellllooooooooo…….” Other than dance, his hobbies include playing drums, playing sports, video games and travelling to islands. Jawn Ha is against racism and feels that everyone should be looked and treated equally. Dance Tips from Jawn Ha His choreography style strongly relies on popping. He says “Whatever you do , do well. Keep an open mind. If you are not good at something, move on and try something different. Don’t quit.”

 Here are a few tips from the dance maestro himself.
 (a) Know thy roots - Before creating choreography of any dance form, be it break dancing, hip-hop, popping or anything else on the planet, you must delve into the basics of the style. Understand how the dance style evolved and paved way for itself.
 (b) Clear your doubts – While you are attending a dance class or training under dance choreographer, don’t hesitate to clarify your doubts. Asking questions in the dance class shows that you are following your dance instructors and they will obviously like it.
(c) Be excited, not anxious - Don’t get anxious before the dance class. Whatever be the level of difficulty of the class, keep yourself calm. You are not expected to learn everything on day one. Everybody takes time to absorb the intricacies of dance.

 Can’t Wait to see Jawn Ha ? 
If you too are excited like us to participate in Jawn Ha’s workshops, He will be in india within a week’s time for urban dance tour india - 2. Register for the event @ Get the never before chance to train under world’s best hip hop choreographers. Check out what jawn has to say about his upcoming tour to India.