FYNESS MASON, raised in New York City, is a Temple University, BA and Harcum College Graduate. Her Hip-hop dance career began with Rennie Harris Puremovement in 2005. Mason has performed nationally and internationally in theaters such as the Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Saddlers Wells in London, Alvin Ailey Theater, Carpenters Center in Long Beach, Joyce Theater, Lied Center, Bates Dance Festival, Bryn Mawr College, Wells Fargo Center, NYC SummerStage, and Theater at BAM. She's taught classes at Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Florida State University, Bates Dance Festival, and more. Her classes incorporate movement from the African Diaspora, as well as Hip-hop and Afro Latino culture. Her favorite genre of Hip-hop dance is House, Rocking (breaking), and classic old school Hip-hop. Mason has performed with Rennie Harris Puremovement, Face Da Phlave Entertainment, Montazh all woman's Hip-hop Dance Company, Flyground with Lela Aisha Jones, Oyin Hardy's Troupe Dada, and the late Kariamu Welsh. After a hiatus of going back to school to study Occupational Therapy Assisting and raising three children with her husband Steve Mason, resident DJ at WDAS Philadelphia radio station, she is back and ready to share her love for dance with her community and to uplift women through Hip-hop dance culture with a message that you can do anything you put your mind to.