Montsho Eshe grew up in Southwest Atlanta, a child of dance. Her first teacher was her mother, Billie Ann Gaither, who in the 1960s opened the Gaither School of Dance, one of the first Black-owned ...
Hip-hop culture penetrates every aspect of people's lives, from the way they dress and speak to walk and dance. Though mostly associated with music, hip-hop from its inception has always been a ...
It’s no surprise that Greg Chapkis decided to open a dance studio. His mother owns Dance Unlimited in Vallejo, his father ran a dance studio in Ukraine and his sister was a prima ballerina before ...
Hip-hop hit Broadway cement over 30 years ago, but it didn’t make it inside one of its theaters – as entirely its own show – until now. In “Rennie Harris’ Legends of Hip-Hop,” the originators of ...
In Living Color debuted at an optimal time. It was mere months into the 1990s, a decade that would prove to be pivotal for hip-hop music. The artform had been around for a while by that point; however ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Rennie Harris University aims to give educators a working knowledge not only of hip-hop dance technique, but also of its origins and culture. By ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Ashley Tate has danced and choreographed for most of her life. And the further she has gone with the art form, the more she has ...
Performances in N.Y.C. The Jabbawockeez, with their something-for-everyone approach, proved that an ensemble of anonymous, masked dancers could pull in crowds. The four owners of the Jabbawockeez, ...