BackBeat

Purpose Driven Agency
& Production Partner.

Dance
Forward.

The moment on the floor.
The people behind it.

Go behind the beat
01 — THE PERFORMANCEFEEL IT.

What we do / Show and stage management

Behind the show.

From the first production meeting to the final cue, we help the people behind the show keep the floor moving.

Stage management, task by task Step inside ↓
02 — THE WORKING RIG

What we do / Dancer Relations

Champion
the Dancer.

From arrivals to the final departure, we help the people on the floor be ready.

Dancer Relations, task by task
03 — READY FOR THE FLOOR

What we do / Community Consult

Connected
to culture.

The studios, crews, venues, and people that make a scene.

Community strategyPartner relationshipsActivation planning
Community Consult, step by step
04 — THE CONNECTIONS

What we do

  1. Dancer Relations
  2. Show and stage management
  3. Community Consult

Dancer Relations

Services for pre, during and post event

Before the event

Pre-production

  • Attendance at weekly meetings
  • Participation questionnaires
  • Delivery of social assets and imagery to competitors
  • Liability waivers and appearance release forms for competitors and paid talentDJ, prelim judges, hosts, showcases
  • Waiver tracking
  • Tax forms
  • Artist agreements
  • Travel booking
  • Visa support
  • Social asset posting requests
  • Guest list management
  • Partner outreach
  • Bracket reveal (graphics/presentation) and facilitation
  • Talent onboarding briefsDJ, host, performers

Event day

Talent management

  • Scheduling
  • Check-in
  • Paymentsparticipation fees, per diem, winner payouts
  • Green room rider and dietary needs
  • Ensuring arrivals
  • Competitor wrangling
  • Transportation
  • Portraits
  • Interface with the photographer and Red Bull on shot list and deliverables
  • Media asks and interviews

After the event

Post event

  • Content share
  • Posting suggestions
  • Winner affidavits
  • Departure travel accountability for competitors and paid talent
  • Post-event surveys
  • Managing approved event-related expenses

Show and stage management

From the first production meeting to the final cue, we help the people behind the show keep the floor moving.

Event day

  • Stage managing
  • Script writing and revisions
  • Supporting production on the competitionbracket seeding, judging system
  • Host calls pre-event
  • Host, DJ and showcase-act wrangling
  • Tech rehearsals
  • Cue-to-cue cards

Community Consult

We connect the people and places that make a dance scene, then help turn those relationships into a considered local program.

Understand the scene

  • Community strategy and a picture of the studios, crews, venues, and cultural voices in a market.

Make the connections

  • Partner outreach and relationships that connect a project to its local community.

Bring it together

  • Activation planning, local communication, and coordination around the program.

Selected experience / 2021–2026

Across cities.
Across stages.

  • Red Bull Dance Your Style
  • Red Bull BC One
  • Red Bull Lords of the Floor 2024
89Stops
6Seasons
3World Finals
World Finals
New York · BC One World Final
Paris · BC One World Final
Los Angeles · DYS World Final at Intuit Dome
2026 season
Los Angeles · Las Vegas · Denver · New York · Kansas City · San Diego · Atlanta · Houston · Philadelphia · Salt Lake City · Seattle · Tampa

Stop history, 2021–2026. Includes the Tampa national final, September 19, 2026.

05 — THE EXPERIENCE

Behind BackBeat

The people
behind the floor.

The same crew, city after city.

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a beat.

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What we do
06 — THE CREW
What we do

Before → during → after

Dancer Relations

Services for pre, during and post event

A large venue screen showing people in a lounge, with a DJ desk below.
Around the performance
Tagged gear bags stacked beside packing materials in a work room.
Ready to go
Production equipment and flight cases beside an outdoor dance stage.
At the desk
A dancer celebrating mid-battle in front of the crowd.
On the floor
A breaker mid-move on the floor at a Chicago stop.
In the circle
A dancer mid-move on the floor in front of the crowd.
In the cypher
A dancer smiling backstage with a trophy.
After the battle

Before the event

Pre-production

14 tasks

  • Attendance at weekly meetings
  • Participation questionnaires
  • Delivery of social assets and imagery to competitors
  • Liability waivers and appearance release forms for competitors and paid talentDJ, prelim judges, hosts, showcases
  • Waiver tracking
  • Tax forms
  • Artist agreements
  • Travel booking
  • Visa support
  • Social asset posting requests
  • Guest list management
  • Partner outreach
  • Bracket reveal (graphics/presentation) and facilitation
  • Talent onboarding briefsDJ, host, performers

Event day

Talent management

10 tasks

  • Scheduling
  • Check-in
  • Paymentsparticipation fees, per diem, winner payouts
  • Green room rider and dietary needs
  • Ensuring arrivals
  • Competitor wrangling
  • Transportation
  • Portraits
  • Interface with the photographer and Red Bull on shot list and deliverables
  • Media asks and interviews

Event day

Show and stage management

7 tasks

  • Stage managing
  • Script writing and revisions
  • Supporting production on the competitionbracket seeding, judging system
  • Host calls pre-event
  • Host, DJ and showcase-act wrangling
  • Tech rehearsals
  • Cue-to-cue cards

After the event

Post event

6 tasks

  • Content share
  • Posting suggestions
  • Winner affidavits
  • Departure travel accountability for competitors and paid talent
  • Post-event surveys
  • Managing approved event-related expenses
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What we do

Connected through dance

Community Consult

Studios. Crews. Venues. Voices.

A packed audience surrounding an illuminated dance floor.
In the crowd
People gathered in a circle in a room with exposed wooden beams.
Shared space
Dancers and crew crowded together at an after-party.
Around the floor
A circle of hands stacked together before the event.
All in

We connect the people and places that make a dance scene, then help turn those relationships into a considered local program.

Understand the scene

1 tasks

  • Community strategy and a picture of the studios, crews, venues, and cultural voices in a market.

Make the connections

1 tasks

  • Partner outreach and relationships that connect a project to its local community.

Bring it together

1 tasks

  • Activation planning, local communication, and coordination around the program.
Take a beat
Stop history
Los Angeles: 8 stops; World Final 2025Denver: 4 stopsChicago: 6 stopsPhiladelphia: 6 stopsTampa: 5 stopsKansas City: 3 stopsBoston: 7 stopsAtlanta: 3 stopsWashington DC: 2 stopsNew York: 7 stops; World Final 2022Charlotte: 2 stopsSalt Lake City: 3 stopsHouston: 3 stopsOrlando: 4 stopsMiami: 1 stopsAustin: 2 stopsNew Orleans: 1 stopsMemphis: 3 stopsMinneapolis: 2 stopsSan Jose: 1 stopsSan Francisco: 1 stopsLas Vegas: 1 stopsSan Diego: 2 stopsSeattle: 5 stopsBaltimore: 2 stopsCleveland: 1 stopsOakland: 1 stopsPhoenix: 1 stopsPortland: 1 stopsParis: 1 stop; World Final 2023Los Angeles2025New York2022Paris202389Stops6Seasons3World Finals122021192022142023152024152025142026

2021–2026

Across cities. Across stages.

Across cities. Across stages.

Stops
89
Seasons
6
World Finals
3
A long line of fans waiting outside the venue.
Outside the venue
A breaker spinning on the floor with the crowd around him.
On the floor
The arena stage lit up before the competition starts.
Stage ready

Stop history, 2021–2026. Includes the Tampa national final, September 19, 2026.

89 stops
BackBeat stop history
SeasonEvent / cityType
2026Tampa · DYS National FinalNational Final
2026Seattle · Beat Riders (BC One)Special event
2026Seattle · BC One RegionalRegional
2026Salt Lake City · DYS CityCity
2026Philadelphia · DYS RegionalRegional
2026Houston · DYS RegionalRegional
2026Atlanta · DYS CityCity
2026San Diego · Red Bull Lords of the Floor Exhibition: Remind & Crumbs v Lilou & BrahimExhibition
2026San Diego · BC One National FinalNational Final
2026Kansas City · DYS RegionalRegional
2026New York · DYS CityCity
2026Denver · BC One RegionalRegional
2026Las Vegas · DYS RegionalRegional
2026Los Angeles · DYS CityCity
2025Phoenix · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Tampa · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Boston · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Philadelphia · DYS RegionalRegional
2025New York · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Cleveland · DYS RegionalRegional
2025New York · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Los Angeles · DYS World Final at Intuit DomeWorld Final
2025San Francisco · DYS National FinalNational Final
2025Kansas City · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Salt Lake City · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Chicago · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Denver · BC One National FinalNational Final
2025San Jose · DYS RegionalRegional
2025Minnesota · BC One RegionalRegional
2024Tampa · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Houston · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Chicago · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Boston · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Baltimore · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Seattle · Red Bull Lords of the FloorSpecial event
2024Los Angeles · BC One RegionalRegional
2024Denver · BC One RegionalRegional
2024Philadelphia · BC One RegionalRegional
2024Atlanta · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Los Angeles · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Memphis · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Charlotte · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Kansas City · DYS RegionalRegional
2024Salt Lake City · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Paris · BC One World FinalWorld Final
2023Orlando · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Minneapolis · DYS RegionalRegional
2023New York · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Chicago · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Oakland · DYS QualifierQualifier
2023Memphis · DYS QualifierQualifier
2023Los Angeles · DYS QualifierQualifier
2023Boston · DYS QualifierQualifier
2023Baltimore · DYS QualifierQualifier
2023Tampa · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Philadelphia · BC One RegionalRegional
2023Denver · DYS RegionalRegional
2023Charlotte · DYS RegionalRegional
2022New York · BC One World FinalWorld Final
2022New Orleans · DYS RegionalRegional
2022Seattle · BC One RegionalRegional
2022Philadelphia · BC One NationalNational
2022Orlando · BC One RegionalRegional
2022Boston · DYS RegionalRegional
2022Washington DC · DYS RegionalRegional
2022Chicago · DYS RegionalRegional
2022Tampa · DYS RegionalRegional
2022Los Angeles · BC One National FinalsNational Final
2022Austin · BC One RegionalRegional
2022Philadelphia · BC One RegionalRegional
2022Seattle · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022Portland · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022Chicago · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022Boston · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022Orlando · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022New York · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2022Austin · BC One All Star Tour NationalNational
2021Washington DC · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Miami · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Atlanta · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Memphis · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Los Angeles · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Chicago · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Boston · DYS RegionalRegional
2021Orlando · BC One RegionalRegional
2021Houston · BC One RegionalRegional
2021Boston · BC One RegionalRegional
2021Los Angeles · BC One RegionalRegional
2021New York · BC One RegionalRegional

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BackBeat

Selected experience

Dance Forward.

  • Red Bull Dance Your Style
  • Red Bull BC One
  • Red Bull Lords of the Floor 2024
Take a beat
Behind BackBeat

The people behind the floor.

Rooted in Kinjaz. Before BackBeat had a name, this crew worked Red Bull stops as part of the Kinjaz family. The first chapters of our stop history are theirs and ours.

The same crew, city after city.

Four people posing closely together in front of an event backdrop.
Six people wearing event passes and dark jackets on a wooden floor beside a stage.
A group wearing event passes posed against a purple corrugated event wall.
A group wearing event passes gathered on a street beneath tall buildings.
A group wearing event passes posed together in front of blue event posters.
Two members of the BackBeat crew together at an event.
The crew lined up together on a city street.
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Behind the show

Preparation → rehearsal → cue

Production & operations

From the first production meeting to the final cue, we help the people behind the show keep the floor moving.

Production equipment and flight cases beside an outdoor dance stage.
At the desk
An empty competition stage under blue and magenta show lighting.
Before doors
A lit stage and DJ booth set up before the crowd arrives.
Stage ready
A dark arena with the stage lit and the seats still empty.
Stage ready
The Red Bull floor logo under arena lighting before the show.
Stage ready

Event day

Show and stage management

7 tasks

  • Stage managing
  • Script writing and revisions
  • Supporting production on the competitionbracket seeding, judging system
  • Host calls pre-event
  • Host, DJ and showcase-act wrangling
  • Tech rehearsals
  • Cue-to-cue cards
Take a beat