Crazy Smooth (Yvon Soglo) is one of Canada’s top street dancers, performers, choreographers, instructors, judges, and community leaders. He is the founder and artistic director of Bboyizm, an award-winning street-dance company that has been instrumental in the preservation and proliferation of street dance in Canada and internationally.

He was named the 2020 Clifford E. Lee award recipient by the Banff Centre for the Arts for In My Body, created as a part of the 2019-2021 Long Term Artist in Residency at the Centre de Création O Vertigo in Montreal. The project has received a CanDance Creation Fund grant and significant investment from the NAC National Creation Fund.

In 2004, Smooth founded Bboyizm and the company has successfully brought authentic street dance into the professional theatre setting. Three of his full-length creations— The Evolution of B-boying, IZM, and Music Creates Opportunity—have toured throughout Canada. The company was nominated for a Dora award in 2012 and won the Atlantic Presenters Association Touring Performers of the Year Award in 2013 and the Ontario Presenters Network Emerging Touring Artist of the Year in 2012. Crazy Smooth has performed, taught, and judged competitions throughout North America and Europe. He continually strives to be a positive example for the community and an ambassador of the street dance culture at large.