Dancehall appeared in Russia in the mid-1990s. The first DJ who brought Jamaican Music to the dance floor was Rast Clot Selecta. He started to perform at hip-hop, jungle and reggae parties, as the sole representative of Jamaican musical style. In St. Petersburg 2001 there were organized dancehall parties. Mad Maxx Selecta and Golden Middle were united together in a promotional group by the name of Jungle Rock Movement and were blasting dance floors, playing hot Jamaican Rhythms on a small vinyl.

Step by step, this music became more and more popular. Some people began to search for videos with different moves and learn  them, surprising the audience at the parties with the unusual moves. Also some people tried to repeat the movement which they had seen and thus, a lot of admires of dancehall appeared. Since 2006 in Moscow and St. Petersburg they began to conduct a Dancehall Queen Competition, in which dancers from all over Russia took part: Kazan, Samara, Novosibirsk, Krasnodar and other cities. 

Nowadays, many dance studios have included in their schedule dancehall classes. From Europe and Jamaica dancers come to give master classes. In Russia (August 2011) Jiff (Pull Up Crew) organized the first reggae dancehall camp with the best dancers in Europe. Every year more and more people from Russia discovers this type of dance, music and also begin to live in the warm rhythms of dancehall.

Here are some of the most famous Russian Dancehall Dancers and Teachers:

Katty Ansia
She has started dancing when she was 5 years old, she has started dancing dancehall since 2007, she is founder of the first  dancehall team in Moscow "EL LOCO", and the Organizer of DANCEHALL QUEEN RUSSIAN CONTEST 2009, 2010, 2011, the organizer of master classes in Moscow, and of many other dancehall activities developing in Russia.

Nora
In 15 years, began to engage hip-hop, but after three years of training and demonstrations knew about dancehall and found in this  style everything that she wanted. "Dancehall has made me more open, and I finally fully felt myself as a dancer! If I had to choose where to be born, it would have been Jamaica! "Cos everything I wanna do is just dance off my soul!"

Ana g-wine gyalz crew
One of the founder of Reggae Dancehall in St. Petersburg. She has been dancing for 10 years professionally. In 2003, found her true and only love - Dancehall and has continued to evolve exclusively in this area. Organizer of the first "DANCEHALL QUEEN COMPETITION" in St. Petersburg and VYBZ LAB* - DANCEHALL SESSION.

Sugar Mama
She has started dancing when she was 4 years old, the first one who opened the dancehall in Siberia. “In 2007 someone gave me a CD  of Sean Paul. “I was enjoyed by this music. I thought, but what kind of dance style is it? I began to dig and study. In breaks between training sessions of the other dance styles I began to dance dancehall. People saw it and they loved it. And so they started to ask me to teach them. So I began to teach dancehall”

DHQ Fraules
The winner of the Dancehall Queen Russian Contest 2010. She has been dancing professionally for over 10 years, discovered dancehall  3 years ago and loved forever Organizer of Sibirian Dancehall Contest, head of her own dance school, a talented teacher, choreographer and dancer with a capital letter!

DHQ Lua
She has started dancing when she was 3years old. Certified teacher, choreographer, graduated from the Samara State Academy of  Culture and Arts, Department of choreography, modern dance department. Engaged in lots of different dance areas, but in 2005 the soul led to dancehall =))) The winner of the Dancehall Queen Russian Contest in 2011, the 2^nd place Dancehall Queen Russian Contest 2009. She is one of founders of reggae dancehall in Samara, the founder of the dancehall-team Gangsta Rock Flava. In 2012, she plans to move to Jamaica, closer to the roots.