STEFIAN 'SHORTMAN EVERHYPE' PEREIRA, was born at Kings College Hospital on the 26th October 1988.

As a sibling, he was always dancing in the middle of the dancefloor at; family gatherings and parties, minor events etc, always being centre of attention, it is in his blood to entertain people. During his primary school stages, Stefian was part of streetdance groups and performing all around schools and parks, receiving many certificates and praise from many people. During his Secondary school stages, he joined a group called 'xclamation'. They were a streetdance group and were well know at the time. They performed at many places such as; 'The Millenium Dome', Oceans for competitions (Battle of the Boroughs) and much more places. He got chosen by his borough (Southwark), to do a dance project for a fashion show (Karrot) at the Tate Modern, with singer 'Lisa Mafia' from So Solid Crew which was shown on channel 4. He done a dance performance alongside Sneaky Everhype for a charity foundation called; 'Kids Company' with photographers from the BBC and ITV.

As he grew older, he started becoming more interested in the dancehall scene. He then joined 'Everhype Dancers' which at the time had 3 members before he joined, then more recruitments were made years after.

At the present moment, he is working for Southwark Council with children aged 4-11 as a Playworker, and by night entertaining people as a dancehall dancer. His versatility is unique and different ranging from many styles and types of dancing such as; Hip-hop, African, Street dancing, Contempary and Jazz many years before.

Music, dancing and entertaining, has played an important part in his family. His grandma was a backing singer for his grandfather (Hylton G Minott) who was a musician. His grandfathers 5 children (at the time) who are all rastafarians living in Germany, were also part of the band during their younger stages, growing up to be aspiring dj's (TALAWAH SOUND WITH JUGGLA), dancers, owners of a store (TALAWAH STORE (Ger) and fashion designers (TABATAP FASHION WEAR). For more info check out the links below:

TALAWAH SOUND on Facebook

TALAWAH SOUND on MySpace

JUGGLA (From Talawah Sound) on Facebook

TALAWAH STORE

TABATAP FASHION WEAR

He dances with other members in a dance group called 'Everhype Dancers'. The members are:

• Cherry Everhype
• Sneaky Everhype
• Styla Everhype
• Brownman Everhype
• T-bone Everhype

At 'Who owns the dancefloor' which was based at Stratford Rex, Everhype dancers won a trophy for; 'Best Newcomers 09'. At the Dancehall Dancers Awards (DDA) in Stratford Rex on April 9th, 'Shortman Everhype' got the most votes, came 1st place and won a trophy for 'Best Male Dancer 2009', 'Everhype Dancers' received the most votes, cames 1st place and won an award for 'Best Group dancers' and 'Sneaky Everhype' came 3rd place in votes and won 'Best Female dancer 2009'.

'Shortman Everhype' has toured European countries (Germany, Italy, Austria) for events such as;

• 'EUROPEAN DANCERS LINK UP PT 1' (Germany)
• 'EUROPEAN DANCERS LINK UP PT 2'(Germany)
• THE OFFICIAL EUROPEAN DANCEHALL CONTEST (Italy) and also performed)
• BLACK AND WHITE AFFAIR (Italy)
• 'ITS SPRINGTIME... U AFFI MOVE!' (Italy)
• THE CHAMP (Bashment forever) (Austria)