Description
As we have seen this week, the Hip Hop Movement is a culture, a radical artistic expression of emotion and storytelling by marginalized voices. Afrika Bambaataa’s five elements of hip hop – MCing, DJing, Breaking, Graffiti, and Knowledge – intersect as a socio-cultural, intellectual, and political movement, centralizing marginalized voices of nonwhite youth. In dance, hip hop is an umbrella term including many different styles of dance born in various regions around the US. It is important to recognize the multiplicity of ideas, styles, and regions these dances come from.
Plan to spend about 20 minutes considering the video (& article links assigned to your first name, and in 5-6 sentences, summarize the article/lecture, directly relating it to the reading assignments and concepts discussed in Unit 5 (create an in-text citation for the class reading you tie in). In addition, include a movement description of the dance footage. Make sure that you are citing all sources, or being clear that your statement is your idea/belief/observation.