As Dance Magazine puts it:
"Here, we salute the troublemakers, the rule breakers, the artists who turn their backs on convention to push the field in new directions. Every dance artist, in their own way is a renegade-- it takes a certain kind of rebellious spirit to choose this career. But some also have the guts to disrupt the status quo of what is considered 'right' and 'good' even within the dance world. Dance Magazine chose 10 who particularly intrigue and inspire us. Sometimes they make us uncomfortable. Often they make us think. Always we love them for it."
Dance Magazine writer Brian Schaefer goes on to say:
"Dynamic Duo Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener don't just break the rules. They break them in a new way each time."
"The first rule of being a renegade is that you don't admit to being a renagade. Like being a rock star or a superhero, it's a title bestowed upon you by others, admiringly, while you just do what you do. So Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener pass the test when presented with the proposition that they are dance renegades."
— October 2015 Dance Magazine