Dimitri Elder is a native of Oakland, California. Dimitri began exploring his love for Hip-Hop, which birthed his excellence in choreography, break dancing, and turfing. This allowed him to gain professional craftsmanship over his dance language and become the originator of his unique dance technique called “Toon style". As he combined turfing and breakdancing to execute performances, this extended new opportunities to help teach over 26,000 youth in an non-profit organization called Hip-Hop for Change. Dimitri uses expression and structure to orchestrate multiple workshops with organizations such as TPC (The People Conservatory) and Performing Arts Workshop. Dimitri Elder’s mission is to rhythmically teach body discipline and storytelling, using “Toon style" as a blueprint to be a personal visual diary for self expression.