Under the directorship of Eric Samson, Beat Club is a family of dancers who use many forms of dance and their creativity to express themselves positive way to "beat" life's negative pitfalls. 

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The group consists of people of all types of backgrounds and each with their own particular hardships and struggles.  Without having a release from the emotions that those struggles create sometimes people fall through the cracks.  We use dance as a way to express ourselves and to realize that if we are able to do amazing things through dance then we also can learn how to do amazing things in other aspects of our lives.

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The world is full of obstacles and negative pitfalls. We choose dance to express ourselves instead of falling into those pitfalls and to learn how to persevere past the obstacles. Its like learning a gravity defying freeze...you'll fall and fail many times but you'll never learn how to do it until you keep picking yourself up and try again.

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Beat Club gets its name from rising above adversity, negativity, and "beating" the odds.

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There is no growth without struggle. 

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While Beat Club strives towards a professional career track, emphasis is also placed on giving back to the community and using their talents to help others through charity events and community service.  Along with many other charity organizations Beat Club has worked with the NFL in Dreams For Kids events throughout high schools to help empower the youth to strive higher and pursue their goals.
 

Beat Club studies urban dance forms from the 70s, 80s, 90s, to current styles. Styles include: b-boying/b-girling, locking, house, popping, waacking, voguing, hip hop (90's social/party dances), and commercial street jazz industry styles. Beat Club also is required to train in the traditional styles of ballet, jazz, contemporary, modern, and lyrical.  The crew's preparation comes in the form of developing understand of each dance style and its history and origins, acquiring strong dance ethics, being able to adjust to different teaching methods, knowing the importance of networking, auditioning, freestyle, and choreographing.

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Beat Club Crew members have been featured in film and tv shows such as So You Think You Can Dance, America's Got Talent, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Step Up 3D and commercials.  Members have also been in music videos and have danced with recording artists such as Nicki Minaj, Tina feat. Fat Joe, Laza, Tenin, and many more.

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