DANZEL THOMPSON-STOUT, a native of Allentown, PA, is a performer, choreographer, and educator of Afro-American dance forms. With an embodied cultural history in street and club dance forms, Thompson-Stout commits to being an agent who brings authentic representation of these forms into the academy and broader dance field through his work. As an educator, he is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at California State University, Long Beach, specializing in street, club, and African dance forms. As a performer, he has worked with several Street Dance artists such as Vince Johnson, Kyle Clark, and Rennie Harris. He has been a performer for Rennie Harris Puremovement since 2017 performing works such as Nuttin’ But A Word, LIFTED, and FUNKEDIFIED. Danzel is also a principal dancer for The Nance Dance Collective and a guest performer for the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble of Kingston, JA. He is one of the last generation of performers who has worked under Dr. Kariamu Welsh and holds a teaching certification in her contemporary African technique, Umfundalai. Thompson-Stout holds a BFA in Dance from Temple University and an MFA in Dance from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.