Festival Sessions:
In-Person MOVE Session on May 20
Fyness Mason
Fyness Mason was raised in New York City and is a Temple University, B.A., and Harcum College Graduate. Her Hip Hop dance career began with Rennie Harris Puremovement Dance Company in 2005. Mason has performed nationally and internationally in theaters such as the Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Saddlers Wells in London, England, Alvin Ailey theater, Carpenters Center in Long Beach, Joyce theater, Lied Center, Bates Dance Festival, Bryn Mawr College, Wells Fargo Center, N.Y.C. SummerStage, and Bam Theater. In addition, she's taught classes at Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Florida State University, Bates Dance Festival, and more. Fyness teaches classes that incorporate movement from the African Diaspora, as well as Hip-hop. Fyness has also performed with 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. During Fyness's hiatus from dance, she went back to school to study Occupational Therapy Assisting. She raised three children with her husband, Steve Mason (resident D.J. at W.D.A.S. Philadelphia radio station). Recently, Fyness returned to the stage and is ready to share her love for dance with her community with the goal of uplifting women through hip hop dance culture with a message that you can do anything you put your mind to and then some.
