Underground Street Dance

The Underground will be performing at Pasadena Dance Festival on April 27, 2013, at 8pm at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Miss Prissy and Boogie Frantick will also be teaching classes during the day on April 27. Please check the schedule for times and locations. If you buy a ticket to the show, please use the code: theunderground. If you take a class, please use either of these codes: teacherprissy2013 and/or teacherfrantick2013.

The Underground will be participating in EMPL.A. Pop Conference — Locals Only: Pop & Politics In This Town — on a panel called ” Krumpin In North Hollywood” on Saturday, April 20, 2013, from 2:15-3:45pm at REDCAT.

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of krump, a street dance created by marginalized working-class black youth living in South Los Angeles. Since its establishment krump has grown into a dance form celebrated and performed globally. But nonetheless it has also remained very connected and based within its Los Angeles roots, currently taking most dynamic form in North Hollywood, an outer-ring suburb not conventionally identified with youth subcultural practices of performance, play, leisure and community-building. At the “818 Session” krump dancers have repurposed an empty parking lot, among many other spaces, for performance and recreation; it is another example of how black and brown working class youth — populations whose mobility and use of public space is increasingly curtailed by corporate takeovers of public space and the growth of outdoor performance spaces that cater mainly to bourgeois interests — have seized underused and undervalued city spaces as sites for invention, expression, and community-building. This roundtable will bring together Lil’ C and Miss Prissy, two of krump’s founders and the organizers of the 818 Session, as well as several krump dancers, dance journalists and scholars on popular culture to discuss the importance and creative value of street dance as well the multifarious politics of the 818 Session.

The Underground is prepping for their next show, Street Dance LA with Versa-Style and Lux Aeterna. Ebony Repertory Theatre’s Dance@theHolden is proud to present three local street dance companies on a Los Angeles stage.  The companies perform a variety of styles, including popping, locking, krumping, footwork, flexing, house and b-boying.

@ Nate Holden Performing Arts Center
4718 W. Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90016

$20 General Admission
$15 with Student ID – $25 after March 31, 2013
For more information: ebonyrep.org or 323-964-9766

Please support our Kickstarter campaign so we can pay our dancers to tour. Thank you!

In Honor of Black History Month
Cal State Long Beach Presents
“The Underground: From the Streets to the Stage”
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 4 p.m.
University Theatre, Cal State Long Beach
Near intersection of 7th Street and E. Campus Road
Free and open to the public

Click here for Facebook event page

Check tour dates for more shows!

Coming to a city near you!

Our two shows Nov. 16-17 at Nate Holden PAC were a success. We received a fantastic preview from Ann Haskins at LA Weekly and a great review from LAARTPARTY.com, plus we had a great interview on the Mother Love radio show.

We would also like to thank all of the supporters and outlets who posted event listings, including Debra Levine’s artsmeme, Dance Resource Center of Greater Los Angeles, Leimert Park Beat, LA Sentinel and LA.com.

Click here for photos from the Nov. 17 show.

Stay tuned for more performances!