Contact information
Name:
Kelly Prentice
Phone:
610-330-5203
Email:
prentick@lafayette.edu
Link for More Information:
When:
Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Where:
Kirby Sports Center room 136
Presenter:
Raphael Xavier
Price:
Free
Join us for a master dance class with award winning Hip Hop dancer and Breaking practitioner Raphael Xavier
No hip hop or breaking experience necessary!
Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Raphael Xavier is an award winning artist based in Philadelphia. A self taught Hip Hop dancer and Breaking practitioner since 1983, Raphael has forged an exceptional approach to improvisation. As an Innovative Movement Conceptualist, he creates new ways to expand the vocabulary of the dance form. He not only draws from the culture, but also from his visual background as a Hip Hop magazine photographer and musical artist.
His extensive research in the Breaking form has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique that gives the practitioner a better understanding of the body within all dance forms. As active Alumnus of the world renowned Hip Hop Dance Company, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Xavier’s choreographic dance works (solo and ensemble) have been performed worldwide. Raphael is also a 2013 recipient of the prestigious Pew Fellowship.
*This master class is made possible in part by the Choreographers on Campus initiative at Lafayette College sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and part of Xavier's residency at Lehigh University and the presentation of The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance at Zoellner Center for the Arts.
Sponsored by:
Choreographers on Campus, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation