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“What I’m really passionate about is independent dance and it’s the one thing that no other job will let me do” Nick Power
EP 48:
Nick Power is a human, bboy, choreographer and hip hop activist.
We talk about:
- hip hop culture
- hip hop connecting community
- you find places where what you do fits
- dance literacy
- “i realised the bow was so foreign” NP
- how to know if something is wak
- “i’m always trying to think from the audience perspective” NP
- “Bboying has it’s vocabulary and i can use it how i want” NP
- “Bboys don’t care about validation from anyone outside of the culture” NP
- “cypher is our ritual“ NP
- “i just hope i give some people some good experiences” NP
- asking the wrong why or at the wrong point in time
- why that in this show?
- limitations of hiphop dance theatre
- “unless you start at the beginning, the reason to dance is hard to find” NP
cultural frameworks:
- battling
- cypherring
- rock concert
- theatre
people and groups:
- tracks dance company
- quentin tarantino
- mirabelle wouters
- lee wilson
- stalker theatre
- anne nguyen
- sebastien ramirez
- gravity warriors
- resin dogs
places:
projects:
shows: