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 Hip-hop theater is a form of theater combining hip-hop dance, dialog, and urban music that presents "contemporary stories told in the vocabulary of hip-hop".[1] Other cultural markers of hip-hop such as spoken word, graffiti art, beatboxing, and DJing can be included as well although they are not always present. What is most important is the language of the theatrical piece and the plot's relevance to the world.[1] Danny Hoch, founder of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, further defines it as such: "Hip-hop theatre must fit into the realm of theatrical performance, and it must be by, about and for the hip-hop generation, participants in hip-hop culture, or both."[2] Hip-hop theater productions appear in a wide range of platforms from single performances, to week-long festivals, to traveling repertory companies. Marc Bamuthi Joseph is an award winning spoken word artist and dancer who has been commissioned several times to create and direct single hip-hop theater works. British choreographer Jonzi D is the artistic director of the London based Breakin' Convention, a week long hip-hop theater festival. Rennie Harris, Mourad Merzouk, and Victor Quijada are artistic directors who run hip-hop theater companies in the U.S., France, and Canada respectively. The Rock Steady Crew, Magnificent Force, and the Rhythm Technicians pioneered this theatrical genre which started in the United States.
[edit] HistoryThough hip-hop culture has managed to establish itself on film, on television, in fashion, in music, and in the dance industry, it has not gained the same momentum in theater. Stage productions are few in number but growing.[3] Two of the earliest stage shows were 1990's off Broadway musical "So! What Happens Now?" and 1995's "Jam on the Groove" both performed by the Rock Steady Crew, Magnificent Force, and the Rhythm Technicians.[4][5][6][7] Aside from the pioneers in New York was Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris' Puremovement (RHPM) hip-hop theater company started in 1992 in Philadelphia.[8] The company has toured all over the world showcasing its original works such as "March of the Antmen", "P-Funk", "Endangered Species", "Facing Mekka", and "Rome & Jewels".[9] RHPM also organizes the annual Illadelph Legends Festival which brings together the pioneers—the people who were b-boying, locking, and popping in the '70s when these styles were developed—and renowned practitioners of hip-hop dance to teach master classes, give lecture demonstrations, and participate in panel discussions.[10] Compagnie Käfig is a French hip-hop theater company of mostly Algerian descent founded in 1995 by Mourad Merzouki.[11] Their performances mix standard b-boying, locking, and popping with capoeira, mime, and gymnastics.[11] They use the same fusion in music by mixing rap music with classical music and Andalusian guitar.[11] While on tour in the U.S. they performed at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts (2001) and at the Joyce Theater in New York (2002).[12][13] Groovaloo is a hip-hop theater company based out of Los Angeles that was founded by Bradley "Shooz" Rapier. It started out in 1999 as a dance crew, The Groovaloos, and progressed into a stage show that is a series of stories based on the true life experiences of the dancers.[14] Company members include Jon "Do-Knock" Cruz from Super Cr3w, Red Bull BC One competitor Daniel "Cloud" Campos, and several members of Beat Freaks.[15] RubberBanDance Group (RBDG) was founded in 2002 in Montreal by Los Angeles native Victor Quijada.[16] Quijada first started dancing as a b-boy in Baldwin Park, CA.[16] He studied modern dance in high school and after graduation went on to become a professional dancer under Twyla Tharp and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal.[16] He started RBDG dance company after leaving the Montreal ballet. He calls the style of dance his company performs "post hip-hop or contemporary break" because it's a fusion of hip-hop dance and ballet.[16] Marc Bamuthi Joseph is an award winning spoken-word poet who frequently directs stand alone hip-hop theater plays.[17] Some of his works include "Word Becomes Flesh", "De/Cipher" and "No Man's Land". He collaborated with Rennie Harris in 2007 to create "Scourge", a play about Haiti's social-economical struggles. Joseph directed the play while Harris served as the choreographer.[18][19] In 2008 he created "the break/s" which is a play based on the book Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang.[17] Other solo hip-hop theater artists include Sarah Jones who headlined the first Hip-Hop Theater Festival[1] and award winning playwright Will "Power" Wylie who collaborated with Danny Hock on his one-man play "Flow".[20] There are also other stand alone hip-hop stage productions such as "Breaking the Cypher"[21] and "Monsters of Hip Hop: The Show", a Broadway style production created every year for the most talented participants of the Monsters of Hip Hop dance convention.[22] [edit] Festivals
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