Tony "Illusion" Smith
Tony Smith is a self taught dancer born and raised in Muskegon Michigan. He started dancing 9 years ago by watching Youtube videos online but didnt start taking it serious until 7 years ago since there was no dance scene in his area at the time. From there he learned the basics and foundation and started formulating his own movement and style. Once he got the basics down he started traveling and battling around the midwest to learn from other dancers and further his skills even more. The city he grew up in used to be a city that was a friendly area and a safe place for all walks of life but is now a dangerous gang driven area filled with drugs, violence and turmoil. He left that city and came to Grand Rapids determined to better himself and find more opportunity as well as further his skills in Dance. Since then, he has been doing shows around the midwest, competing, and traveling and was recently featured on Wood TV 8's eightWest show. He is also apart of Artificial Intellingence Crew which has 3 other members who are actively dancing and competing in the dance scene regularly.