The News Review:
- Takin’ it to the Soul Street
- America’s Best Dance Crew – Season 3 Episode 1
- Youth dance for social change
Takin’ it to the Soul Street
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com or 221-6735 Takin’ it to the Soul Street Dance group breaks through genre barriers and stereotypes By Alexandra Bartz For the Reporter-Herald Four guys have taught Beethoven how to break dance or so they can lead one to believe. Under the direction of Javier Garcia and Rock Williams Soul Street Dance Company has turned hip-hop on its head. By meshing the distinctions between classical and street dance these gentlemen have proven to crowds around the world that hip-hop is not synonymous with ghetto. “We are putting the positive back into hip-hop” says Garcia. With violence and drug affiliations swarming the mainstream depiction of hip-hop culture Soul Street is determined to counteract the stereotypes.
America’s Best Dance Crew – Season 3 Episode 1
TheCelebrityCafe.com NY
Up next is Quest Crew. Hok and “D-Trix” (Dominic Sandoval) were from So You Think You Can Dance (So Unfair!) and explains that they are all from one dance hall. Their master mix includes NAS’s “Hero” They show a lot of break promise. They are amazingly good at break style. They also ace changing up tempos and styles. Lil Mama loves how they used the whole stage.
Youth dance for social change
Daily Monitor Uganda
In 2007 the show under the similar programme was held at Ndere Centre while last year it was held at Makerere University. The American dance teacher who has been teaching dance for eight years says that whereas local dance is quite different from several western genres of dance there are elements with which the two have got connections. Traditional dance for instance has ties with western forms such as hip hop jazz and break dance. So throughout the programme which brought together teachers and students from the MDD dance department dancers have learnt quite a lot from each other. The programme is entitled ?Fieldwork Education and Research through the Arts in Uganda? and it happens annually. Entrance to these shows is always free. ?As a way to find a common bridge the New York students teamed up with Makerere students lecturers and instructors from the Kampala Ballet and Modern Dance School to co-teach during a one-week workshop for less privileged children combining both theory and practice? says Pribyl.
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