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Hip Hop Festival

Dance Place

3225 8th Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
Phone: 202-269-1600
Fax: 202-269-4103

Nearby Metro Stops:

Brookland-CUA

Wheelchair Accessible:

Yes

Kid Friendly:

Yes

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Hip Hop takes over Dance Place this November 7 – 22, 2009 as we give the floor to D.C.’s finest hip hop artists, as well as up and coming performers throughout the area. Seven heart-stopping public performances span three weekends and demonstrate the diversity and excitement of the hip hop culture. For dancers and hip hop artists, there are opportunities to show your stuff at our Master Class and Open Mic/Dance Cypher, guaranteed to bring out your innermost hip hopper. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.danceplace.org. Performances: Aysha Upchurch: Life, Rhythm, Move Project Saturday, November 7th at 8:00pm Sunday, November 8th at 4:00pm In Retrofuturistic Upchurch combines hip hop, dance and spoken word to play with time travel and science fiction. Purchase Tickets: http://danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=231 Illstyle & Peace Productions Friday, November 13th at 8:00pm* Family Series Performance Saturday, November 14th at 8:00pm Sunday, November 15th at 4:00pm From Philadelphia, Illstyle & Peace fuses hip-hop with other styles of dance in Same Spirit, Different Movement. Purchase Tickets: http://danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=232 Adinkra Group: Greatest Hip Hop Cover Story Ever Told Saturday, November 21st at 8:00pm Sunday, November 22nd at 4:00pm A live multi-media journey through the life of Hip Hop from an MCs perspective. Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics! Purchase Tickets: http://danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=204 Other ways to get in on the action: Hip Hop Master Class with Illstyle & Peace - $15 Thursday, November 12th from 6:30 - 8:00pm Open Mic/Dance Cypher suggested $5 donation at the door Thursday, November 12th from 8:00 – 9:30pm Illstyle & Peace Productions is partially supported by a grant from PennPAT, a program developed and funded by the Heinz Endowments; the William Penn Foundation; the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency; and The Pew Charitable Trusts; and administered by MAAF. Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Greatest Hip Hop Story Ever Told is a Co-Presentation with the Adinkra Group. This festival is partially supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.