Born in Paris 1976 Bruce Ykanji discovered HipHop dancing in West Africa at the age of 8. When he was 11 years old, he participated in a group in Paris for the first time. From then on he used to dance in many different groups, the last one being YKANJI, which he is still a member of. Bruce Ykanji was invited to the universal exposition in Lisbon 1998, to Pina Bausch’s festival in Wuppertal, and to La Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris.
He was dancing for the wellknown rapper MC Solaar and was part of the famous musical 10 commandements touring France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada. He was dancing in The Mis-teeq video scandalous and in The Art of the Urban Dance created by Storm. He has been the creator of the “Juste debout” festivals in France. He has been teaching workshops in Italy, Japan, France and Germany.