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Rennie Harris, known by many as the ambassador of hip-hop community brings something very different to the table. Rennie Harris is more than a hip-hop artist. He is the interpreter of hip-hop as a cultural ritual, one that celebrates his community’s core values and heritage, and invokes its innate spirit, says scholar and dance critic Suzanne Carbonneau. In 1992 Harris founded Rennie Harris Puremovement, in his hometown of Philadelphia. Harris uses his style, referred to on RHPM’s website…

I attended the Kirov Academy, American Ballet Theater, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and found myself in a conflicting part of my training. I wanted to dance more, but education also held grave importance in my life. Finding the balance between ballet and school was like a labyrinth. I had sacrificed multitudinous…

herself and her young son. These jobs would encompass legal and illegal activities, all the while following her life course. She went on to tour Europe in an opera production of Porgy and Bess, as well as dance with the likes of Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey. She worked in Egypt as an editor before moving to Ghana where she taught and wrote for two newspapers. In 1950 she married a Greek sailor, mixed marriages were frowned upon during the pre-civil rights era, and the marriage lasted but a few…

Debra L. Lee is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BET Networks, a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) and the leading provider of entertainment for the African-American audience and consumers of Black culture globally. Ms. Lee oversees one of the most influential multiplatform media companies in the world, including several cable television networks, digital offerings, and a home entertainment business. BET Networks is committed to providing its audience with quality entertainment…

what was happening. I feel that the movements matched the stage props, moving with intention as they traveled through the space. Getting the whole story behind the clip would help with understanding the segment viewed. Overall I feel the direction Alvin took matched the point he was trying to show the audience. Review of Meredith Monk: Education of a Girl Child 1. The dancers use of space was very limited, staying in a small space throughout the clip. She also used a very limited body movement,…

Madonna’s rise of fame involved hardships and some help from her people. Madonna wasn’t just a singer she was also a songwriter, actor, and businesswomen. Madonna had raised six children, she even adopted children out of the six. Madonna’s music had a little pop, dance, and electric rock into it. On August 16, 1958 Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was born in Bay City Michigan, but raised in Detroit suburbs of Pontiac and Avon Township (wiki/Madonna_entertainer). Madonna was born into a…

began to call her Maya. Angelou’s marriage ended quickly but her dreams continued. In Europe, during the years of 1954 and 1955 Angelou toured in a production of “Porgy and Bess.” Angelou also appeared on television variety shows dancing with Alvin Ailey and also studied modern dance with Martha Graham. In 1957, Angelou recorded her first album called “Calypso…

I was born in Brooklyn Hospital on March 15 in the afternoon. I guess I didn’t want to come out because I was a week over due, so the Doctor had to force her into labor. It took the doctor almost 9 hours to get me out but after all those hours I was born. When I came out I was about 7 pounds and 8 ounces, also I came out with a really big head for some reason. When I was born my Doctor asked my mom and dad if they had a name already but they didn’t have a name at all, so when I was born I didn’t…

uerite Ann Johnson was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928. Raised in Stamps, Arkansas she experienced prejudice and discrimination because she was of African American descent. Her life course is chronicled in her biographies and poems. From her southern education and religious beliefs thru adversity to single motherhood and her self classification as an entertainer. She became a prominent and significant voice of our time. The life course of this remarkable woman which, we will all…

Known as one of the most influential people in the history of Philadelphia, Rennie Harris is a renowned hip hop choreographer, educator and revolutionary contemporary concert dancer. He holds two honorary doctorate degrees from Bates and Columbia college and is a 1996 recipient of the Pew fellowship in the Arts for choreography. He has received three Bessie Awards for his work “Rome & Jewels”, an award from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the city of Philadelphia Cultural Fund, a Pew…