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J.U.i.C.E. Hip Hop Festival
Deeply affected by a recent visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan, producer-dancer and choreographer Emiko Sugiyama conceived an event presented by J.U.i.C.E. (Justice by Uniting in Creative Energy) that celebrates world peace through hip-hop and dance. On the day of the performance, audience members were asked to create an Origami crane in memory of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who died from radiation exposure after the drop of the atomic bomb near her home in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Featured on this episode are LA’s Shyoshi with Kiminari & Kairi from Japan, who took the cranes back to the Children’s Peace Monument in Hiroshima. An international cast of characters and dancers make this episode a must-see event for hip-hop and dance lovers.
Commentaries and Reviews
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Bradley Rapier, founder of the Groovaloos and street dance instructor at the University of Southern California, illustrates the main hip-hop dance styles.
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By Jessica Koslow Jacob "Kujo" Lyons is one of the artistic directors of J.U.i.C.E. Hip Hop Dance Festival. He is also the founder of Lux Aeterna, a group that has performed in the festival each year. This past September, Lux...
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By Jessica Koslow John Magat, also known as Shy Guy, and Tsuyoshi Takayama are fairly new to the partner thing. The two lockers (lockers as in the hip-hop dance) had known each other from one-on-one battles, but they only...
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By Jessica Koslow Jackie Lopez loves what she does. Her smile is contagious as she bounces to the pulsing house beat. She moves with passion and grace, in unison with the pack of Versa-Style dancers. It's a Sunday afternoon, the...
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By Jessica Koslow It's a Saturday in October 2011 and people jam into MacArthur Park Recreation Center for J.U.i.C.E.'s second Free Cypher Jam, a free battle with no prize other than bragging rights. Breakers both young and old take turns...
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By Jessica Koslow The term hip-hop dates back to the '40s when African Americans would say they were "hip-hopping" when they went out on the town. Then again in the '70s, Afrika Bambaataa referred to hip-hop as the culture he...
KCET expands its 45-year collaboration with the Los Angeles County Arts Commission to present Live @ the Ford. Produced in association with CDK Productions, this fall television series features four diverse performances at the historic Ford Amphitheatre.
