YOUTH EMPOWERMENT.
Brian Mbithi A.K.A Yobriz is a Dancer and a Student at Umoja High School. He is in form four. He started dancing while he was in class seven and since then he has been pushing hard and chasing after his dreams and goals of becoming a dancer in future. He plans to pursue his career in dancing to the latter.
Yobriz is his stage name. He is a freelance dancer meaning he doesn't belong to any dance group but he tells us that once in a while he partners up with different dance crews like Juspers, Hood crew etc. He loves dancing to HIP HOP songs, Riddim songs and Lingala.
Even in his journey in the dancing career, he did open to us to some of the challenges that he experiences. Inadequate finance is one of the biggest challenges that he faces as a dancer. A lot of things needed requires a lot of money like costumes, music systems, and also money to move from one place to another. Also, he says that his work is seasonal meaning that he only dances when there is shows or events.
According to him, our local entertainment industry is growing at a good pace and he is looking forward to indulge more and more in it. But then we wondered how he is able to juggle between studies and his dance but he clarified and told us that to him, education will always come first more than anything. He usually tries to create free time to do practices and rehearsals during weekends plus during school functions, he is usually honored to perform before students, teachers and guests.
His role model is Chris Brown, he looks up to him because Chris inspires him so much to follow his dreams. He has good plans for himself in future, he looks forward to open his own dance academy so as to train and teach young people on how to dance. One of his biggest achievements so far was to perform during Kenya Revenue Authority county function and also during Mr and Miss Tourism Uasin Gishu County event.
Before we let him go, we had to talk about his Fashion and Style because that's the main purpose of Style With Alphy. He tells us that as a dancer, he has to pay keen interest in his dress code so as to catch the attention of people while performing. He confessed to us that he usually admires Chris Brown's style so much and he usually strives to look better than him.
He concluded by telling us that Dance is the food for his soul and that he will stop at nothing to get to where he focuses to be. We encouraged him to keep up the good work and wished him all the best in his future endeavors. Style With Alphy is for anyone Styling and Shaping up their future dreams and goals and assured him that as long as he believes in himself and is determined to reach for his dreams, nothing will stop him,
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS.
1 . Whats your favorite meal? Chapati and Nyama
2. Which team do your support in the European Premier League? Manchester United
3. Whats you favorite movie? Scorpion
4. Are you dating anyone? Yes Who?( LAUGHS)
5. Whats your favorite color? Blue
Follow him on Facebook and Instagram @Yo Briz
Interviewed by ELVIS ALPHY
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