GeNie Baffoe
DJ, MC, Dancer, Educator, Actor
GeNie as the 2024 Folk Fest MC
- J senft Photography
- J senft Photography
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Eugene "GeNie" Baffoe is a freestyle dancer, DJ, MC, educator, choreographer, and actor originally from Montreal, Québec. He has been training, teaching and studying elements of Hip Hop Culture from an educational perspective for nearly 2 decades. As a grass roots community organizer in the City of Winnipeg since 2009, GeNie has brought his community several events such as DANCE 4 MS, The Artist Within, Who’s the iLLEST, BeatMakeUSDance, You Got Stylez, Light it Up and More. He has choreographed 2 CLF halftime shows, 3 opening sequences for WeDay, and was selected to be 1 of 2 Canadian choreographers to create the Sharing Dance flash mob style routine for Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2018. As a DJ, GeNie has mixed tracks all over North America in events ranging from but not limited to Cultural gatherings, Parties, Festivals, Weddings, inaugurations, and dance battles with his signature "Trans-Canada Highway Jam Tour". Honoured by the City of Winnipeg with the Youth Role Model Award in 2009 and a CBC Future 40 under 40 finalist in 2018, GeNie is a dedicated artist passionate about his community who continues to educate the Culture through dance, music, and event production.
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