TORRENCE “TEA-BUGGZ” GRIFFIN
”Torrence Griffin, also known as Tea-Buggz, has been dancing and teaching hip hop for 35 years. He is proficient in popping, waving, ticking, king tutting, robot, animation, mannequin, and locking. He began dancing in 1981 on the South Side of Chicago with the original Electric Funkateers, which quickly became one of the premier pop-locking dance groups in the city. In his 35 years of dancing, he has worked with the likes of Ginuwine, Queen Latifah, Sinbad, Kurtis Blow, The Magic of the Spellbinder, and many others; which led to his traveling extensively
throughout the U.S. and a few other parts of the world. In 1996, Torrence received the Chicago Hip-Hop Pioneer award which acknowledged all of his years of hard work and dedication in the Chicago Hip-Hop scene. As a teacher, for the past 30 years, Torrence has taught a variety of popping styles at Columbia College, the Chicago Public Schools, Dovetail Dance Studio, and Christ University Temple in addition to teaching master classes at various dance studios throughout the city.”