Joshua "Supa Josh" Culbreath
Joshua Culbreath (BBoy Supa Josh) is a choreographer, educator, and cultural ambassador specializing in Hip Hop and street dance. A Philadelphia native, he began Breaking at age seven and has since become an influential figure in the field. He has performed with Rennie Harris Puremovement from 2009 to 2023, serving as Assistant Artistic Director during his tenure.
Joshua is Co-founder of Snack Break Movement Arts, a street-dance-inspired performance duo, and a member of Retro Flow Crew, representing the Philadelphia and New Jersey Breaking scenes. Named one of Dance Magazine’s Top 25 Artists to Watch in 2019, his work has been presented at The Annenberg Center, The Yard, ICA Boston, The Palace of Fine Arts, and internationally in Amsterdam.
In 2012, he was selected as a U.S. Hip Hop cultural ambassador to the DR of Congo under the Obama Administration. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa, where his research explored Hip Hop as an embodied archive and a tool for community transformation.
Emily "Lady Em" Culbreath
Emily (Lady Em) Culbreath (MFA) is a street and club dance choreographer, educator, writer, and practitioner. She will begin her appointment as Assistant Professor of Dance at Bates College in Fall 2026, and is best known for her work as a core member and rehearsal director with Rennie Harris Puremovement, as well as the co-founder and director of Snack Break Movement Arts, a Hip Hop Theater and education organization presenting work nationally and internationally, including the San Francisco International Hip Hop Dance Festival and Summer Dance Forever (Amsterdam).
Her research investigates the intersections of critical race theory, gender studies, autoethnography, Hip Hop theater and pedagogy, and collaborative performance. Emily has served as a guest artist-in-residence at institutions across the U.S. and presented her work at the American College Dance Association National Festival (Washington, D.C., 2025). She has taught and lectured in a range of academic and community settings and contributes writing to the dance journalism platform thINKingDANCE (Philadelphia).
