Centering Hip Hop Culture Through Performance, Community, and Cultural Exchange
About
Maia Maiden Productions
Our work is grounded in the history, artistry, and community of Hip Hop culture. We create opportunities for artists to present new work, connect with audiences, and continue pushing the evolution of dance and performing arts forward through performance, cultural exchange, collaborative projects, and education.
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Hip Hop is a powerful cultural movement rooted in creativity, community, and storytelling. Our work honors its history while supporting artists who continue to shape its future.
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Maia Maiden Productions centers artists, community voices, and cultural exchange. We uplift and cultivate spaces where dance, the performing arts, and cultural storytelling can thrive in Minnesota and beyond.
Programs
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The SOTA Movement
The SOTA Movement is Minnesota’s street dance festival—an immersive, multi-day celebration of Hip Hop and street dance culture. Produced by Maia Maiden Productions, the festival brings together artists, creators, and supporters from Minnesota and beyond for performances, workshops, and high-energy dance battles. Through events like ROOTED and the Uprizing KRUMP Battle, The SOTA Movement creates a space where community, creativity, and culture come together to honor the global impact of street dance.
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ROOTED: Hip Hop Choreographers' Evening
ROOTED: Hip Hop Choreographers’ Evening is an award-winning performance celebrating the foundations and evolution of Hip Hop dance. ROOTED brings together some of the Twin Cities’ most talented choreographers—from emerging artists to established innovators—to present original work on stage. The show honors the history of Hip Hop culture while spotlighting the creativity, skill, and storytelling of today’s dance community.
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Sistah Solo | Being Brothas
Sistah Solo | Being Brothas is a multidisciplinary performance series that centers the voices and lived experiences of artists through solo work. Featuring powerful performances by women and men of color, the program creates space for dancers and performers to explore identity, culture, and personal storytelling through movement and artistic expression.
Minnesota Delegation
for Hip Hop & Street Culture
Led and organized by Maia Maiden Productions (MMP), the Minnesota Delegation for Hip Hop & Street Culture brings together artists, cultural practitioners, organizations, community leaders, and invited guests from Minnesota and across the country who are dedicated to the advancement and exploration of Hip Hop and Street Culture within a global context.
Through international cultural exchange, community engagement, research, shared learning, and relationship building, the delegation connects with artists and communities around the world to explore how Hip Hop & Street Culture are created, practiced, preserved, and transformed.
These experiences create opportunities to exchange knowledge, deepen cultural understanding, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen connections between Minnesota, national, and international Hip Hop & Street communities.
Rooted in community and collaboration, the delegation recognizes Hip Hop and Street Culture as global cultural movements that provide powerful pathways for artistic expression, cultural preservation, educati9on, innovation, and connection.
Featured Initiative
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Freestyle, Hook, and Repeat: The Art of Hip Hop Innovation
Created during Maia Maiden’s guest curatorship at the Walker Arts Center, this film project highlights the creativity and innovation of Minnesota’s Hip Hop community. Featuring luminaries Desdamona, Herbert “FairWarning” Johnson III, Neil Taylor (True Headz Clothing), Roosevelt “DJ Digie” Mansfield III, and Tish Jones (TruArtSpeaks) in collaboration with filmmaker Sherine Onukwuwe.
Initiatives
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APAP Cultural Exchange — South Africa, 2019
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Diaspora, Music, Dance & Hip Hop — Cuba, 2024
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The Art of KRUMP — Minnesota, 2020
Building Community through dance
16+ Years Producing Performances
1500+ Artists Featured
International Cultural Exchanges
Thousands of Audience Members
“Maia Maiden has been instrumental in bringing street-style dancing and movement rooted in African culture to the mainstream.”
— Sheila Regan, Star Tribune
Maia Maiden aka Rah Fyah
(Roosevelt Mansfield III, DigieMade Photography)
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Artist Opportunities
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