dancing in the streets strives to
illuminate the urban experience with groundbreaking
public performances and site-specific installations that explore
the kinetic life and history of natural and architectural public spaces.
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HIP HOP GENERATION
NEXT
A
Block Party
June
14, 2008, 1-7 PM
Coffey
Park, Red Hook, Brooklyn
Free!
Dancing in the
Streets is throwing a free party in Red Hook that celebrates the
community roots of hip hop as a creative and constructive catalyst for
joyous artistic expression. Dance performances tracing hip hop's
evolution from its African roots to newly emerging forms are the
highlight of the six-hour event, including performances by Kotchegna
Dance Company; the Chicago-based Footworkingz; Full Circle Productions, Artistic
Directors, Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionesio
and Ana “Rokafella” Garcia;
Philadelphia-based Illstyle &
Peace Productions hip hop company, Artistic Director, Brandon
Albright; New York City’s KR3TS;
and two works that are being commissioned for the block party by Thomas DeFrantz and Fetecua-Soto.
The block
party will engage audiences of all ages with the four hip hop
elements—DJing, rhyming/emceeing, graffiti, and especially,
breaking/dancing. In addition to the featured performances, the event
will include dance and spoken word performed by Brooklyn youth, ciphers
(freestyle dance circles), dance battles, open mic, visual art
workshops, and a jam session.
HIP HOP
GENERATION NEXT, was developed by its Artistic Director, Brandon Albright, and is being
produced in collaboration with City Parks Foundation’s Hook
Productions, Good Shepherd/The Beacon, Partnerships for Parks, PS/MS
27, Red Hook Initiative, Red Hook Public Safety Corps, and the Urban
Assembly High School of Music and Art.
Program
subject to change.
Check back at this website for program updates, detailed schedule,
travel directions, and for information about other upcoming Dancing in
the Streets programs.