About Us | Hit The Floor - World-Class Dance Event

About us

Mission


Créations Hit The Floor wishes to amplify the positive impact of the art of dance in artistic and cultural communities. The organization is committed to creating inspiring experiences in collaboration with various actors of the dance ecosystem.

Distinctions


Hit The Floor has positioned itself through the years as a world-class dance event. Hit The Floor is a distinguished event in the dance industry, namely with the quality of the organization of the event, the overall experience offered to dancers and spectators, the superior digital reach and the multi-style offering.

About us

Mission


Créations Hit The Floor wishes to amplify the positive impact of the art of dance in artistic and cultural communities. The organization is committed to creating inspiring experiences in collaboration with various actors of the dance ecosystem.

Distinctions


Hit The Floor has positioned itself through the years as a world-class dance event. Hit The Floor is a distinguished event in the dance industry, namely with the quality of the organization of the event, the overall experience offered to dancers and spectators, the superior digital reach and the multi-style offering.

Since its creation in 2010, Hit The Floor has welcomed through its events:

205500

spectators

47000

dancers

1500

volunteers

1265

dance schools

17

countries involved

Team

A dynamic and hard-working team with the same vision and the same values are working all year to offer you a breathtaking tour of dance events!

Nicolas Bégin

Paule Assad-Déry

Gabrielle Rosa

Camille Gagnon

Juliette Lachance

Anik Verville

Émilie Sylvestre

Caroline Soucy

Frédérick Gravel

Nina Célant

Isabelle Dutrisac

Amélie Fauvelle

Jennifer Montreuil

Jessica Gosselin

Joel Phaneuf

Gabrielle Marchand-R

Emmanuelle Roy

Laurence Gagnon

Nicolas Bouillon

Véronique Boucher

Érick Légaré

Samuel Chouinard

Board of Directors

Martin Boivin

President

Bertrand Lirette

Vice-President

Pierre-André Roy

Treasurer

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Nicolas Bégin - Director and Founder

With more than 15 years of expertise in the dance industry, Nicolas Bégin is continually involved as a producer, artistic director, professional dancer and choreographer to contribute to the dance community worldwide. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Nicolas founded the Hit The Floor competition in 2010, an event that is now recognized as a world-class dance event.

Nicolas has also participated in several TV shows such as So You Think You Can Dance Canada and America’s Best Dance Crew. He is currently involved in several projects, including as an artistic director for the TV show produced by Julie Snyder, Danser pour Gagner, that will be aired on V télé. He was an ambassador and artistic advisor for Les Grand Feux Loto-Québec 2017 and 2018.

His various accomplishments as a young entrepreneur have brought him several recognitions, such as the award of Personnalité d’affaires de l’année (Pléaides – 2020), Nominee for the Gala Jeunes Entrepreneurs (National Bank of Canada – 2018), the award of Médaille du citoyen d’honneur (Ville de Lévis – 2018), the award of Personnalité touristique de l’année (Tourisme Chaudière-Appalaches – 2016) as well as the award of Jeune personnalité d’affaires (National Bank of Canada – 2014).

HTF AMBASSADORS

The five talented artists from the 2020-2021 ambassadors program.

Émilie Wilson

Anthony Palomeque

Laura Perron

Riddjy Luzincourt

Kassandra Boivin

Hall of fame

Hundreds of judges and world-renowned artists have made Hit The Floor history over the past eight years.

IMMABEAST

DIANA POMBO

“Hit The Floor in 3 words: Best Dance Event! It’s so well organized. They care about the dancers and the dancers always have a great time.”

Hokuto Konishi, Quest Crew

ROYAL FAMILY

Embodiment The Collective

“It’s huge, it’s really amazing! You feel like you’re in a show for a world tour. The team, the people, the energy, it’s really incredible! I love Hit The Floor!”

Kim Gingras, Beyonce Tour

QUEST CREW

"Hit The Floor is probably the most unifying, versatile and welcoming dance event I have ever seen."

Scott Forsyth, Brotherhood

Lex Ishimoto

Brotherhood

JAJA VANKOVA

“I can guarantee you if you have a love for dance or a love for dance culture, this is the place you need to be. It is one dance world.”

Phillip Chbeeb, I.Am.Me Crew

Jeffrey Mortensen

“The energy of the dancers is incredible! It's the perfect event to learn and to get inspired.”

Taylor Sieve, So You Think You Can Dance