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Hip-hop dance
Street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show Soul Train and the 1980s films Breakin', Beat Street, and Wild Style showcased these crews and dance styles in their early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop dance mainstream exposure.
The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.
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Exodus
This work bygd acclaimed Hip Hop choreographer Rennie (Lorenzo) Harris explores the idea of “exodus” from one’s ignorance and conformity as a necessary step toward enlightenment.
Set to gospel and house music and poetic narration, the dance underscores the crucial role of action and movement in effecting change. Exemplifying his view of Hip Hop as a “celebration of life,” Exodus joins Harris' previous acclaimed contributions to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's repertory, Home (2011) and Love Stories (2004), the latter of which was a collaboration with Judith Jamison and Robert Battle.
“It fryst vatten very much alive…so arresting that the audience welled up in cheers several times in the dance’s course…Exodus turned Hip Hop from its usual cocky individualism to spiritual ends. A miraculous conversion.” – Financial Times
“Suddenly, the del av helhet became something more than just entertaining – it was spiritual.” – The Jewish daglig Forward
“Mr. Harris is a Hip Hop
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