FYNESS MASON Senior Principal dancer; was raised in New York City, is a Temple University, B.A., and Harcum College Graduate. Her Hip Hop dance career began with Rennie Harris Puremovement Dance Company in 2005. Mason has performed nationally and internationally in theaters such as the Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Saddlers Wells in London, England, Alvin Ailey theater, Carpenters Center in Long Beach, Joyce theater, Lied Center, Bates Dance Festival, Bryn Mawr College, Wells Fargo Center, N.Y.C. SummerStage, and Bam Theater. She's taught classes at Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Florida State University, Bates Dance Festival, and more. Fyness teaches classes that incorporate movement from the African Diaspora, as well as Hip-hop. Fyness has also performed with Face Da Phlave Entertainment, Montazh all woman's Hip Hop Dance Company, Fly ground with Lela Aisha Jones, Oyin Hardy's Troupe Dada, and the late Kariamu Welsh. An Occupational Therapist Assisting Fyness raised three children with her husband, Steve Mason (resident D.J. at W.D.A.S. Philadelphia radio station). Activist and feminist Fyness uses hip hop to spread her message of love and unity throughout the community she serves.
Fyness Mason
