CEO portrait
Greetings From The CEO

FROM THE FLOORTO THE WORLD STAGE.

I began with movement. Over time, movement became choreography, choreography became story, and story became a stage that could stay with people.

Hwang Dae Kyun B-Boy Virus CEO · Creative Director Breaking Adjudicator
HWANG DAE KYUN CEO / Creative Director · T.I.P COMPANY
VIRUS
Profile At A Glance

CHOREOGRAPHER → PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR → CREATOR

A compact snapshot of the career behind B-Boy Virus.

HWANG DAE KYUN · B-BOY VIRUS

Born in 1979, Hwang Dae Kyun built his career across choreography, film, drama, theatre, musical and live performance—then expanded that experience into original stage creation.

CHOREOGRAPHY PERFORMANCE DIRECTION ORIGINAL IP LIVE STAGE
WHY “VIRUS”? The name reflects the idea of a dance so memorable that once it reaches you, it stays with you.
2006 THE CODE First choreography-director work · selected as a Korea Tourism cultural product.
2012 B-SCHOOL Created and produced the dance musical; continued as performer and director.
2015 K-HIPHOP AWARD Work of the Year.
2017 CHOREOGRAPHER GRAND PRIZE Recognition for choreography and performance creation.
NONVERBAL / PERFORMANCE SELECTED WORKS

B-SCHOOL · THE CODE · ARIRANG PARTY · DRAWING SHOW – THE PAINTERS · JOSEON TIGER

MUSICAL / THEATRE STAGE WORKS

LOST GARDEN · JACKPOT · CHASA · BROADWAY ALL STARS · BONGJUNIEORA

FILM / SCREEN SCREEN CREDITS

LEGEND OF DANCING NINJA · JUMP · SHREK FOREVER AFTER · KBS BELIEVE IN LOVE

MUSIC / CONCERT CHOREOGRAPHY & DIRECTION

SEO TAIJI AND BOYS · PARK HYO SHIN · YOUNHA · BIGBANG · 2PM · DRUNKEN TIGER · GOT7 · f(x) LUNA · KARD · KIM YEON WOO · JUNG JUN HA · LEE HYUN WOO · PARK KYUNG LIM · M.C THE MAX · PUSSYCAT DOLLS · LUCAS GRABEEL · NEXON MAPLESTORY

CEO Message

I STARTED AS A DANCER. I LEARNED TO BUILD THE STAGE.

ONE BELIEF · MANY STAGES
A GREAT PERFORMANCE IS NOT ONLY SEEN.
IT IS FELT.

Movement was the beginning. Creating something meaningful became the reason to keep going.

Breaking taught me discipline, courage and the value of a team. But the longer I stayed on stage, the more I wanted to create the whole experience—not only the movement.

That journey took me from dancer to choreographer, from choreographer to performance maker, and eventually to building original stages through T.I.P COMPANY.

Today, my work is about carrying that experience forward: creating stages with stories, and giving the next generation more room to imagine, perform and lead.

A belief carried since the early years: technique can impress, but a story is what leaves an emotion behind.
The Journey

NOT A STRAIGHT LINE. A LIFE BUILT THROUGH MOVEMENT.

One role became the foundation for the next.

01THE FLOORB-Boy · Breaking
02CHOREOGRAPHYMovement · Direction
03PERFORMANCE MAKERStory · Stagecraft
04ORIGINAL IPConcept · Creation
05WORLD STAGEJudge · Adjudicator
06NEXT GENERATIONCreate · Lead · Inspire
Breaking Legacy

BEFORE THE DIRECTOR, THERE WAS THE B-BOY.

Global competition experience became the foundation for everything that followed.

2001 BATTLE OF THE YEAR

Best Show recognition on the international stage with the Korean breaking scene.

2007 UK B-BOY CHAMPIONSHIPS

World Crew Champion with T.I.P Crew—one of the landmark titles in Korean breaking history.

SIGNATURE V-CANE DANCE

A cane-based breaking performance language that became one of Virus' recognizable signatures.

INTERNATIONAL DANCE DIRECTION

Experience expanded beyond Korea through overseas performance and dance direction, including China.

CEO Profile

HWANG DAE KYUN AKA. B-BOY VIRUS

NAMEHWANG DAE KYUN황대균
STAGE NAMEB-BOY VIRUSA name built around the idea of a dance that stays with you.
BORN1979South Korea
ROOTST.I.P CREWBreaking · Performance
ROLECEO · CREATIVE DIRECTORT.I.P COMPANY
GLOBAL ROLEWDSF ADJUDICATORBreaking · Active
Judge · Mentor · Builder

EXPERIENCE BECAME A STANDARD TO PASS FORWARD.

JUDGING EXPERIENCE FROM KOREAN QUALIFIERS TO THE WORLD STAGE
BOTY KOREA UK B-BOY CHAMPS KOREA BBIC KOREA DANCE BATTLE KOREA BREAKING K · 2022 WDSF WORLD SERIES OLYMPIC QUALIFIER SERIES PARIS 2024
NEXT GENERATION BUILDING MORE THAN HIS OWN CAREER
MENTORSHIP HONOR BREAKERZ

Developing a younger generation of performers and future champions.

PHILOSOPHY CREATE · LEAD · RETURN

The knowledge earned on stage becomes more meaningful when it opens a path for someone else.

Selected Milestones

FROM MAKING MOVES TO MAKING WORLDS.

2006 THE CODE

A turning point toward choreography and performance direction.

2012 B-SCHOOL

Original performance creation expanded into a long-running stage world.

2024 PARIS OLYMPIC GAMES

Breaking adjudicator on the sport's first Olympic stage.

2025 THE WORLD GAMES · CHENGDU

Continued international adjudication at the global level.

Across Screen & Stage

ONE CAREER. MANY FORMS OF PERFORMANCE.

Choreography, film, performance and motion work—each one adding a different language to the stage.

Career Archive · Screen & Performance
THE CODE live career archive
TURNING POINTTHE CODE · Live Performance
Dancing Ninja poster
HOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHYDancing Ninja · Choreography Director
Dancing Ninja archive
FILM ARCHIVEDancing Ninja · Production Archive
JUMP poster
SCREEN PERFORMANCEJUMP · Film Poster
JUMP film scene 1
SCREEN ARCHIVEJUMP · Film Scene 01
JUMP film scene 2
SCREEN ARCHIVEJUMP · Film Scene 02
Shrek Forever After poster
MOTION WORKShrek Forever After · Poster
Shrek motion capture archive
MOTION CAPTUREShrek Forever After · Archive
Paris 2024 · Breaking Adjudicator

FROM BEING JUDGED TO BECOMING THE JUDGE.

Decades after entering breaking as a dancer, B-Boy Virus stood on the Paris Olympic stage as the only Korean adjudicator on the Breaking panel.

ONLY KOREAN ADJUDICATOR JUDGES' CELEBRATION · V-CANE DANCE WDSF BREAKING ADJUDICATOR
PARIS 2024 Breaking · Judge
Paris 2024 on-site archive
ON SITEParis 2024 · Breaking Venue
Paris 2024 Judge VIRUS broadcast archive
JUDGE VIRUSParis 2024 · Olympic Broadcast
Paris 2024 press archive
PRESS ARCHIVEParis 2024 · Breaking Judge
What He Carries Forward

THE WORK CONTINUES AFTER THE APPLAUSE.

01 · DISCIPLINE KEEP SHOWING UP.

A career built by returning to the floor, the rehearsal room and the next challenge.

02 · STORY MOVE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY BODIES.

Technique becomes meaningful when it carries a story people can feel.

03 · NEXT GENERATION MAKE ROOM FOR WHO COMES NEXT.

Experience matters most when it becomes a path someone else can walk further.

The Next Move

I BEGAN AS A DANCER.NOW I WANT TO CREATE WHAT COMES NEXT.

The stage may end. What we pass forward can keep moving.

HWANG DAE KYUN B-Boy Virus · CEO / Creative Director