S O U T H E R N
S T Y L E
/
H I P
H O P
D A N C E R
[AKA B-RYAN]
Miss
Bryan
Leigh
Smith
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You may know her from Dancing
Stars of Coastal Georgia —
but most know her as b-RyaN.
IT ALL STARTED ON HER FRONT YARD IN SAVANNAH. Twelve-year-old Bryan Leigh Smith
would choreograph and perform her own dance routines for anyone who would watch. Now she’s
moved west to Los Angeles to advance her dancing career.
Bryan cheered for both Calvary and Cheer Savannah. She would often get in trouble for “inappropriate”
dances. “There was a lot of hip-shaking,” Bryan said. “Teachers would say ‘You girls look like strippers.’ It
hurt me and knocked me down, but it also built a fire.”
Now, Bryan performs as b-RyaN. She was cast in LMFAO’s “I’m Sexy and I Know it” music video, as well
as Rihanna’s “Diamond.” In 2012 she made a mix tape called “Dance How I Want To,” which has grown
into her custom dance classes called “Dance How I Want To” for adults as well as kids, hosted in both L.A.
and Savannah. In 2017, Bryan danced with Chris Cook, aka the Imprincenator, in Dancing Stars of Coastal
Georgia, which benefited the Savannah CASA. •
ON B-RYAN...
YELLOW LEATHER JACKET / CARRIE HOXTON
TOP / PRETTY LITTLE THING
PANTS / PRETTY LITTLE THING
WRITTEN BY CHRISTIAN BORIO / PHOTOGRAPHY SAVANNAH MURRAY
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SOUTH August|September 2019
SOUTH MAGAZINE August | September 2019