Meet the Team is a short series of posts that will be introducing the public to the 2015 Manifesto team- the people who are running things from behind the scenes.
Judi ‘JuLo’ Lopez is Manifesto’s Managing Director for the 2015 Festival- her second year in this role, and third as part of the festival. A passionate artist herself, she has been a dancer for over 15 years and into breaking for 4.
She was introduced to the Festival while living in London, England. Her roommate- also a Canadian and friends of the founders- showed her a recap video of the 5th year.
Her amazement of the magnitude of the festival and love of dance brought her to volunteer at the 6th annual festival. Following her involvement, Judi created her own organization called ‘KeepRockinYou’, where she runs a program called the Toronto B-Girl Movement. Her team hosted its first ever B-girl battle at Manifesto’s Live at the Square in 2013, where she hosted the first ever B-girl 2X2 battle to happen in Toronto.
Judi is still working on the Toronto B-Girl Movement Program, which is currently launching a new mentorship program called Past, Present & Future, which involves creating mentorships with influential B-boys from Toronto.
For more on Judi and her projects, head over to www.keeprockinyou.com as well as twitter and instagram at @KeepRockinYou
