Alyssa Chloe is an internationally recognized dancer, choreographer, educator, and cultural bearer and is acknowledged as “The Matriarch of Punking” by Oiriginal Punker and Choreographer Viktor Manoel. She is one of the premier leading forces of its Renaissance in the early aughts for her mastery of the style of Punking/Whacking and deep roots in underground club culture. With over 25 years of experience, Alyssa has worked alongside many legendary street-dance pioneers and icons from NYC to LA, such as Brian Green, Ana Sanchez, Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quinones, and Archie Burnett, to name a few, as well as contemporary choreographers in Europe.
She is the founder and artistic director of Expose Dance Festival, which includes the groundbreaking event Punking: An American Classic, a festival dedicated to honoring and advancing the legacy of Punking/Whacking and preserving the narrative and history of the movement as an expression of BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ culture and liberation. Her work focus. Alyssa’s work bridges BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ street-dance lineage throughout many practices and spaces, including her latest work and acclaimed production, Pop Trash’D.
She has been published in the Nordic Journal of Dance and featured as a dance historian for the NYPL Jerome Robbins Library of the Performing Arts. She is currently pursuing a Master’s in dance education at the Stockholm University of the Arts,