HIP-HOP ARTISTS CONVENE AND COLLABORATE FOR “B-REAL”
FEBRUARY 17th through March 1st
PRESENTED FREE BY THE DANCE CENTER OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Expanding and elaborating on its presentation of hip-hop artists in February 2014, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, partnering with the college’s School of Fine and Performing Arts and Radio Department, continues its 40th season with “B-Real: A Look Inside Urban Movements,” a convergence of local, national and international hip hop and house dance music workshops, performances and conversations February 17–March 1.
Prompting this series of events are the overlapping Dance Center residencies by France’s Compagnie Käfig/CCN Créteil et du Val-de-Marne performing February 20–22 and Philadelphia hip-hop performer Raphael Xavier performing February 17–March 1.
“‘B-Real" is a constellation of workshops, classes, performances and conversations orbiting around The Dance Center’s 2013–14 40th season presentations of Compagnie Käfig, a hip-hop ensemble from France with a cast of Brazilian dancers, and Philadelphia breaker Raphael Xavier,” said Dance Center Executive Director Phil Reynolds. “The two-week series of events will provide Chicago artists and audiences multifaceted opportunities to explore and engage in urban dance forms.”
For full list of events, click here.