Vitaly "Pika" Popov became famous all over the Internet thanks to the composition of the same name "Patimaker". He is also a skilled dancer, is a professional in "break dance" and "hip-hop". He himself composes and performs musical works.
Biography
The future dancer was born in the late 80s of the last century in the city of Rostov-on-Don. According to Vitaly himself, a lot of nationalities are mixed in his family. Popov never received a musical education, which did not prevent him from opening up in this activity.
From adolescence, the boy liked "hip-hop", rap and similar trends in music. All his childhood he was surrounded by cassettes and floppy disks with the then idols of Vitaly. Electric Music was also one of the teen's favorite listening directions. Despite his poor knowledge of foreign languages, he tried to "get used to" the music, felt its energetic direction.
When the musical performer reached a transitional age, the parents were no longer able to restrain the desires of the young guy. He left the house at night to visit nightclubs. At the end of the 90s, he first witnessed the performance of "break dance" on one of cassettes found by chance at home. From the very first acquaintance with this creative direction, Vitaly realized that this was his life's work.
Monetization of the dance hobby began almost immediately after mastering the basic movements. Vitaly and his friends were great at performing for passers-by in the middle of the local park. They put on their hats, and people did not skimp on a small cash contribution, as the guys almost immediately began to show a decent dance level.
Then, for nine years, Popov was a member of the dance team. Their team was engaged in "break dance" and "hip-hop". On their account there are many prizes and victories in various regional and city competitions. Speaking about Vitaly's personal life, he is married, he does not plan to have children.
Patimaker
This musical composition allowed Vitaly to become famous not only within the CIS, but also abroad. The dancer created this track in just half an hour and was very surprised by the success of the “patimaker”.
This song was realized in the form of a video posted on YouTube. The video received many views, about ten million. As Popov himself says, the name of the popular track means the person who organizes the holidays, "parties", is in the spotlight.
Vitaly's dance school
Immediately after gaining impressive experience as a break dancer, Popov took up coaching. At first it was a job for hire, he coached children in his favorite dance direction.
For a while, he had to take breaks from this activity, but at the moment he has his own children's school. This time, he preferred to give the opportunity to educate young dancers to his assistants and employees, because Vitaly has a too busy tour schedule.
