FROM THE SOUTH BRONX TO SOUTH KOREA - 13 CREWS FROM 3 CONTINENTS REINVENT HIP HOP
From June 13 to August 9, 2009, Dancing in the Streets’ third annual HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT series explores the breadth and scope of hip hop dance and places it in a broad cultural context. With free, public dance and rap performances, community ciphers, a block party, a film, and a public discussion, HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT celebrates the breathtaking virtuosity, jaw-dropping kineticism, and explosive rhythms of hip hop as it continues to evolve in clubs, theatres, and on the streets of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, South Korea, Sierra Leone, and every corner of the world. The (almost) citywide 2009 series will take place at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in Manhattan; Queensbridge Park and Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center/Queens Library in Queens; St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx; and at Coffey Park, Red Hook in Brooklyn.
CALENDAR:
SAT 7/25 LANGSTON HUGHES COMMUNITY LIBRARY & CULTURAL CENTER/QUEENS LIBRARY, QUEENS
1-5 PM at 100-01 Northern Boulevard, Corona
1 pm: THE OTHER SIDE OF HIP HOP: THE SIXTH ELEMENT. Film screening and panel discussion with producer, writer, and director Dion Michael Ashman, Hip Hop Photo Activist Brother Ernie Paniccioli, Kangol Kid of UTFO, and Lin Que (formerly known as Isis of X-Klan)
3:30 pm: IT'S BIGGER THAN HIP HOP: THE RISE OF THE HIP HOP GENERATION. Author talk and book signing with author, filmmaker, and professor M.K. Asante, Jr.
Produced and presented by the Langston Hughes Community Library & Cultural Center/Queens Library
SUN 8/2 QUEENSBRIDGE PARK , QUEENS
4-7 PM at 41 Ave. Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River
4 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
5 pm: GENERATION NEXT hosted by Rokafella . Performances by The House Dance Project, Le Soul Afrique, MAWU, and Misnomer(S). Curated by Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, Ana “ Rokafella ” Garcia, Santiago Freeman, Thomas F. DeFrantz, and Adesola Osakalumi.
6 pm: ILLSTYLE & PEACE PRODUCTIONS excerpts from impossible,IZZpossible
Presented in partnership with CityParks Dance
THU 8/6 LINCOLN CENTER OUT OF DOORS, MANHATTAN
6-7 / 7:30-10 PM
At Josie Robertson Plaza , Columbus Avenue & 63rd
6 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
At Damrosch Park Bandshell, West 62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam
7:30 pm: DANCE. Full Circle, Chinese American Arts Council Martial Arts Society,
FootworKINGz & Creation, Last For One, Lee In Soo Dance Project
Followed by: RAP. Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew (Bajah, A-Klazz, & Dovy)
Presented in partnership with Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which is sponsored by Bloomberg and PepsiCo Inc. with additional generous support from foundations, corporations, individuals and government agencies.
Dancing in the Streets’ appearance as a part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors is a collaboration with the Korean Arts Management Service and Chinese American Arts Council.
SUN 8/9 ST. MARY’S PARK, THE BRONX
4-7 PM at 146th St. & St. Ann’s Ave.
4 pm: COMMUNITY CIPHER hosted by Brandon “Peace” Albright
5 pm: GENERATION NEXT hosted by Rokafella . Performances by The House Dance Project, Le Soul Afrique, MAWU, and Misnomer(S). Curated by Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio, Ana “ Rokafella ” Garcia, Santiago Freeman, Thomas F. DeFrantz, and Adesola Osakalumi.
6 pm: ILLSTYLE & PEACE PRODUCTIONS excerpts from impossible,IZZpossible
Presented in partnership with CityParks Dance
HIP HOP GENERATION NEXT will take place rain or shine. In case of inclement weather, the event will be moved indoors. For weather updates, please visit the website at
dancinginthestreets.org or call (212) 625-3505 on day of the event.
