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Mission Statement

The Sacred G’s is an artist collective dedicated to conceiving, creating and presenting dance and multimedia performance art works that inspire and empower civic change and intrinsic connection to Self, with a dual focus on expanding the discourse of street dance and spirituality, and bridging the gap between communities and the street arts.

Who We Are

The Sacred G’s formed in 2014 as a group of street dancers. We have since expanded into a collective of artists and creatives. We feel a spiritual component to our crafts as practitioners, knowing that art can empower the body, inspire the mind and enrich the link to Spirit. We’re a multicultural, versatile group of conscious art-makers. Our common cord is that we come from the underground Hip Hop, street, and club dance communities. Our love for and investment in Hip Hop and the greater street dance culture has led us to pursue life paths where we battle, perform, teach movement, choreograph dance work, produce music, produce events and more. Our spiritual disciplines vary, and have led some of us to become healers, yogis, and inspiring community leaders. Over the years we have evolved, and we continue to do so. Most of our work is contracted choreography, dance and multimedia performance, masterclass instruction and event production. We have received over a dozen municipal, state and private grants to produce free public events, allowing for the creation of platforms for intentional communities and transformational experiences.
List of Grants Received

Offerings

Performance

  • Hip Hop / street dance performance
  • LED suit dance performance
  • Sacred G’s Takeover: Our DJs, MCs, and dancers manage all sound and performance

Choreography

Freestyle / Improvisation

Masterclasses & Workshops

Roaming Character Work

Event Production

 

Artistic Director

Vo Vera lives inside a macrocosm of creative experimentation and intentionality. One of the five co-founders of The Sacred G’s, he is a multidisciplinary movement artist with over two decades of experience as self-trained street dancer and instructor. Inspired by indigenous traditions, practices, and knowledges, he seeks to identify colonization and implement indigeneity by creating the platforms that inspire social change and serve this intention in a good way. Independently and alongside his street arts collective, The Sacred G’s, he has spoken at conferences, taught workshops, and performed at events and festivals across the country. Between himself and The G’s, they have received over 20 grants since 2020, and produced many cross-community arts and culture events, including performances, competitions, and social gatherings. Vo Vera holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Dance from Arizona State University (ASU). As an educator, Vo Vera loves to teach about Hip Hop dance and history, Breaking and street dance concepts, creative movement practices, yoga, and grant writing. He has served as adjunct faculty, and guest taught at several universities and colleges. Vo Vera is passionate about intersecting artistic disciplines and mediums to produce fine art and performance works that tug on the heart and speak about aspects of the human experience. More about the artistic director of The Sacred G’s here: https://vospacevera.com/.

The Founding G’s (The GEOs)

And so it is said, they started out as a small group of 5 passionate dancers, each hailing from various professional backgrounds, who felt called to join forces and perform at a transformational festival. They wore several suits other than dancer, as there were five teachers, two healers, a hand balancer, four yogis, an actor, a singer/rapper, a spoken word artist, and a couple university dance instructors. Already established in their own careers, they knew it was for a special cause, yet they didn’t know quite what to expect. Guidance brought them to that deciding moment on their first night, backstage, together as a thus far unnamed group. A collection of alike intentions and world views. A local movement that supported THE movement. A collective of conscious movement artists. On that winter night, amidst the permission of their ancestors, guides and angels, The Sacred G’s were born.