The History of Hip Hop: Wednesday, June 4th from 9 - 11 am!
The Glover PTO is thrilled to present Become your Dreams: The History of Hip Hop, an ILLSTYLE & PEACE PRODUCTIONS, an arts for learning Massachusetts production, on Wednesday June 4th at 9am and 10am.
With incredible energy and personalities to match, the dancers of Illstyle & Peace demonstrate that by perseverance and focus, you can reach your highest goals. Tracing hip hop dance styles from the late 70’s through today, this acclaimed ensemble teaches positive messages, including “Think It—Do It—Become It.” Become Your Dreams celebrates the art and movement of hip hop and includes a funky blend of locking, breaking, popping, tap and house dancing, vocal percussions, D.J.ing, and modern and traditional dance forms. An emphasis is placed on the similarity of some hip hop moves to those found in ballet, modern and traditional dance forms. In this show students also get to come on stage and share their own creative dance moves!
Illstyle & Peace Productions is a Philadelphia-based dance company founded in 2000 by Artistic Director, Brandon "Peace" Albright. Albright was an original member of the Philly-based crew Scanner Boys, and has danced for major recording artists such as Schooly D, Will Smith, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Boyz II Men, and the Beach Boys. His company creates work rooted in contemporary, West Africa, old school & new school hip-hop blended with an eclectic mix of dance and performance disciplines including breaking, popping, locking, tap, hip-hop and house dancing. They have critical acclaim nationally and internationally and are committed to delivering positive messages to all audiences.
Please note that this is an in-school performance open to Glover students, teachers, and staff only.
Curriculum Connection: Dance, Dance History, African American Culture, American Culture, Hip Hop.
