Aspiring young breakdancers dancers are being offered the opportunity of a life time to learn from one of the world's best these holidays.

This week Perth-based Kiwi breakdancer Rush Wepiha is in town to run three dance workshops for children aged five to 12-years-old.

Acclaimed hip-hop dancer Rush Wepiha is hosting breakdancing workshops across Tauranga this week. Photo: Bruce Barnard

The first 90 minute workshop took place on Monday at the Waipuna Community centre which saw the renowned breakdancer schooling 35 children on how to warmup and stretch correctly, strength and conditioning exercises tailored to dancing, plus the fundamentals of breakdancing.

Programme co-ordinator Emma Walker says they were absolutely stoked when Rush approached them offering to hold these workshops.

'Following Monday's workshop all the kids were just raving about Rush and what he taught them,” she says. 'In 90 minutes they walked away from the workshop learning heaps.

'What I really like about Rush is he covers everything – the background of hip-hop, the fundamentals of breaking – he just loves sharing what he knows with young dancers.”

Today Rush is heading to the Papamoa Community Centre to work with a group of 44 children, and then on Wednesday he'll be down at Arataki Community Centre teaching another 40 students during the final workshop.

Photo: Rush Wepiha/Facebook

Rush is an acclaimed dancer and breakdancing all across the world for the past 17 years and trained under breakdancing pioneers like Alien Ness, Poe One, Storm and Break Ezy.

On top of being the only person to win the annual Australian Bboy Championship title five times, he is also a member of renowned hip-hop crews Fresh Sox (Australia), 7 Dollars (Switzerland) and Mighty Zulu Kingz (New York).

The Kiwi dancer is also co-director of a project based in Pilbara, Western Australia, called ‘The Hood', which uses hip-hop culture as a tool to engage Indigenous youth to help them overcome social barriers.

To learn more about Rush Wepiha visit his website at: www.rushwepiha.com