UNC Charlotte professor’s new hip-hop conference celebrates cultural impact

Ashley Tate is organizing the symposium at UNC Charlotte this month, bringing together hip-hop scholars, practitioners and ...
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Is hip-hop dancing for everyone? Atlanta’s FyreNation Crew is on a mission to prove it

On a hot spring Saturday in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward, dancer Joy “Kuma” Gasaway is popping to “Don’t Stop the Rock,” a classic breakdancing hit from 1985. Kuma and her husband Anthony “Fyrefli” ...
Chicago Tribune

B-Series hip hop festival opens at a Dance Center fighting for survival

Fifty-one years ago, the Dance Center of Columbia College launched a series of professional performances aimed at fulfilling one of the university’s key goals: to create a conduit between students and ...
Los Angeles Times

Pasadena hip-hop dance teams stumble on the world stage: ‘They’re all coming for blood’

As hip-hop turns 50 on Friday, one of its pillars, breakdancing, was on display last weekend in Phoenix at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship. The event featured 3,000 dancers from at least 37 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Yeek! Fest brings Atlanta’s hip-hop dance history to the front of the stage

“Yeeking,” for those unfamiliar, is an up-tempo dance style created in Atlanta. Most yeek routines contain a gamut of dance moves, including the “prep,” transformer” and “devastator.” But “yeek” is ...
PopSugar

This 10-Minute Hip-Hop Dance Workout Teaches Some of the Best '90s Moves

Join dancer and choreographer Arianna Davis to learn some '90s hip-hop dance moves with class members Lilian Gonzalez and Rehima Jordan. Get ready to break down and drill fun '90s moves like the ...
Turlock Journal

A decade of dancing and gymnastics at Shabah Choreography

Kashmere Munford's childhood passion for cheerleading is still running strong through her Turlock-based business, Shabah ...
Chicago Tribune

‘Hip Hop Nutcracker’ blends classical with hip hop, with MC Kurtis Blow helping build the energy

When the creators of “The Hip Hop Nutcracker” melded hip hop dancing with Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s famous ballet score, there was a feeling they had something special on their hands. “It’s so crazy ...
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The Pillars of Hip Hop: Breakdancing and graffiti

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- Hip hop history is so important to both artists and fans. In fact, "knowledge" is one of the so-called five pillars of hip-hop. The others are MCing, DJing, breakdancing, and ...
KPBS

From cha-cha to hip-hop, wheelchair dancers take the stage in San Diego

The Dynamic Inclusive Dance Organization is holding its 17th annual showcase fundraiser. This year's theme is "Shine and Soar ...
American Songwriter

3 Classic Hip-Hop Songs That Are Meant for Dancing

Perhaps more than any other style of music, hip-hop songs are best to dance to. In fact, when hip-hop was invented, there were five tenets to the art form, from lyricism to DJing to dancing. So, ...
Daily Emerald

Club groove brings hip-hop and dancing to Eugene

ESPN’s “College GameDay” pregame show will travel to Eugene on Oct. 11 for No. 2 Oregon vs. No. 8 Indiana, the network announced on Saturday.... How can the four sets previous matter when all it’s ...