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Rokafella & Kwikstep have appeared
in: BET's Rap City, Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals (Remix) video,
Mariah Carey's Rooftop video and KRS-ONE's Step Into A World video.
B girl Rokafella - Ana “Rokafella” Garcia
is a Spanish Harlem–born Hip hop dancer and choreographer. Rokafella
danced with such crews as The Transformers and The Breeze Team before
joining the hip hop dance company GhettOriginal. She has appeared in
music dance videos such as Fabolous’ Holla Back Youngin.
Rokafella is the co founder of Full Circle Productions—a Hip hop
artist collective celebrating its tenth year. She sings and rhymes with
The Orphans and has appeared in Soular Power’d, a Hip
hop theater show, and the short film On the Outs. Rokafella
has done work for artists like Will Smith, Mariah Carey, LL Cool J, and
the late Tito Puente to name a few. Most recently, Rokafella wrote
the introduction to We B*Girlz (powerHouse Books, 2005) and
performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington,
DC. She choreographed a "Trival Pursuit" commercial directed
by Cyndi Lauper which brought her to work with Kareem Abdul Abar and
Downtown Julie Brown. She lives in the Bronx.
Class Description
"Breakin w/ Roka" : Students
will receive oral history as well as step by step instruction on the
fundamentals of breakin'. If students display intermediate skill
levels then they will work on completing that level's mastery
or be introduced to the the next level. Class will be broken up in to
two phases: a) the instructor will create a choreographed section performed
to music; b) instructor will work one-on-one with students on select
movements. Class will begin and end with a warm up and a cool down.
Students are required wear sneakers (-preferably running sneakers), to
bring knee pads to help with floor moves and a tee shirt with sleeves
to reduce marks on shoulders for back moves. please note--prior to class
students are asked to please begin regimen of push ups, sit ups and if
possible handstands as a way to condition for upcoming class.
Open BREAKDOWN: Da Breakdown originated
by world renowned dancers/ choroeographers Kwikstep and Rokafella, occasionally
substituted by members of the Full Circle Souljahs dance theater company.
Technical elements of poppin lockin uprockin and breakin are the foundation
of all Hip-Hop dance moves seen in today's videos and concert choroeography.
The basics are taught at an open level so that along with terminlogy, the feel
and history of the urban culture becomes tangible at a time when Hip-Hop has
been embraced in every corner of the planet. Kwik and Rok began teaching Hip-Hop
dance fundamentals at BDC in 1997 and have successfully maintained their careers
and a theater dance company based around these styles. They believe Hip-Hop
is an urban culture whose artistic elements
help to build character and instill pride.
Before you can create your own interpretation of this dance, you need to
train and master at least one of the original dance styles..then you get
props.
Check Rok & Kwik out on their website www.fullcirclesoul.com |
