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We Out Here: Street Dance Oral Histories & Hip-Hop Culture

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts · Mar 7, 2024 · published to YouTube

In this panel discussion with hip-hop dance innovators, the Jerome Robbins Dance Division celebrates the launch of an ongoing Dance Oral History Project series on street and club dancers. Hosted by Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, We Out Here brings together legendary dancers Anthony G. "Cholly Rock" Horne, “Buddha Stretch” Emilio Austin Jr., “Float Master John,” Kim D. Holmes, Zone TDK, and Violeta Galagarza to watch and discuss clips from their respective oral histories recorded with the Dance Division. The panelists explore how the street and club dance styles that emerged in the 1970s evolved through generations and contributed to hip-hop culture. Kwikstep (host) began dancing as a child and grew to join the ranks of well known street dancers and Breakers who traveled around the world sharing the ethos of Hip-hop culture as it evolved. He was featured in popul

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