Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’
Urban and Jookin Animal Ballets Mark Change in Acceptance, Expectation
The San Diego dance scene is exploding with shows featuring modern, hip hop, jook, and ballet, and some are beautiful hybrids. The premiere of “Beyond Babel” and Wynton Marsalis’ “Spaces” are examples of Urban and Jook ballets that mark a change in acceptance and expectation…
Read MoreElectrified, Hip Hop-Inspired ‘A Culture Shock NUTCRACKER’ is Crazy Good
…a shock for some eyes and ears. Contemporary music and culture mixed up with Tchaikovsky, and cranked up to eleven. You’ll feel the booming sound blowing your hair backward, and this production turns the story on its head with…
Read MoreMulti-disciplined Bill Shannon Brings Street Dance Experience to ‘Trolley Dances 2016’
Bill Shannon glides through traffic on a skateboard like a slalom skier…
Read MoreLive Arts Festival / Hip Hop’s Moms & Pops Declare Twerk-Free Zone
“Love H.E.R.” that kicked off the Live Arts Festival’s ten day run at the White Box was a provocative twerk-free family zone with some sharp edges to keep it authentic, real. Without profanity, misogyny and baggy pants dragging things down…
Read MoreHip Hop “Nutcracker” Features Menacing Mice, Best Party Scene Ever
Forget about cute little mice in the battle scene. In “A Culture Shock Nutcracker,” the rodents are rats in slashed tights, creeping in low like a street gang, wonderfully nasty. This hip hop take on “The Nutcracker” ballet gets a lot right its first time out; but there’s room for some redos the next time around.
Read More“In the Heights” is Sunny and Full of Powerful Themes
“In the Heights” is the fourth collaboration between the San Diego Repertory Theatre and the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts. While I am a graduate of SCPA and some of the cast from “In the Heights” are from SDSU, where I attend college, I promise that the following review is completely objective.
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