MARCH—APRIL 2012
Dedicated to the practice and teaching of hip-hop, this Philadelphia company traveled to Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories.
MARCH—APRIL 2012
Dedicated to the practice and teaching of hip-hop, this Philadelphia company traveled to Egypt, Israel, and the Palestinian Territories.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
As international ambassadors for the hip-hop form, Rennie Harris and his dancers were an ideal choice to travel to the Middle East. As part of their residency, the company led a four-day hip-hop camp with 60 Palestinian dancers from Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza; worked with Ethiopian kids in Israel; and organized and directed a hip-hop event in Cairo, auditioning more than 50 local crews for a grassroots production.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY
As international ambassadors for the hip-hop form, Rennie Harris and his dancers were an ideal choice to travel to the Middle East. As part of their residency, the company led a four-day hip-hop camp with 60 Palestinian dancers from Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza; worked with Ethiopian kids in Israel; and organized and directed a hip-hop event in Cairo, auditioning more than 50 local crews for a grassroots production.
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“The participants included 60 Palestinian dancers from Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza.”
—RHPM on its "hip hop camp" in the West Bank
FROM THE TRAVEL BLOG
“The participants included 60 Palestinian dancers from Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza.”
—RHPM on its “hip hop camp” in the West Bank
RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT
RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT
Image courtesy: Rose Eichenbaum
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Called “The Basquiat of the US Contemporary dance scene” by the London Times, Rennie Harris has been awarded four Bessie Awards, three Alvin Ailey Black Choreographers Awards, an Ethnic Dance Award, and the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for choreography Alongside Princess Grace Kelly and Dr. Julius Erving, Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last 100 years of Philadelphia history.
He’s been compared to twentieth-century dance legends, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse, and has been nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK) and a host of grants such as National Dance Project, PEW fellowship, and Guggenheim fellowship. Harris received the Philadelphia Rocky award, Governors Artist of the Year Award, and the USA artist award for choreography, and has been voted one of Philadelphia’s Creative Ambassadors. In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate in the Arts and Humanities from Bates College, and recently received his second honorary doctorate in the fine arts from Columbia College, Chicago. He and his group of dancers and their infectious brand of movement have toured the globe pioneering street dance-theater and bringing an infectious blend of hip-hop movement to audiences everywhere.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Called “The Basquiat of the US Contemporary dance scene” by the London Times, Rennie Harris has been awarded four Bessie Awards, three Alvin Ailey Black Choreographers Awards, an Ethnic Dance Award, and the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for choreography Alongside Princess Grace Kelly and Dr. Julius Erving, Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last 100 years of Philadelphia history.
He’s been compared to twentieth-century dance legends, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse, and has been nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK) and a host of grants such as National Dance Project, PEW fellowship, and Guggenheim fellowship. Harris received the Philadelphia Rocky award, Governors Artist of the Year Award, and the USA artist award for choreography, and has been voted one of Philadelphia’s Creative Ambassadors. In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate in the Arts and Humanities from Bates College, and recently received his second honorary doctorate in the fine arts from Columbia College, Chicago. He and his group of dancers and their infectious brand of movement have toured the globe pioneering street dance-theater and bringing an infectious blend of hip-hop movement to audiences everywhere.
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