пятница, 2 марта 2012 г.

Hip hop theater at Steppenwolf paints a picture of urban life

The Steppenwolf Theatre Company asked hip hop theater group, Kuumba Lynx, to describe their picture of America. On May 22 the urban storytellers will.

Combining theater with graffiti, spoken word, beatboxing, footworking and breakdancing, the young men and women will tell the tales of their neighborhood blocks. They are tales of consumerism, crime and the generational divide.

"They are concerned about being relocated out of their neighborhoods because of gentrification. They are concerned about being victims of gang violence," Jaquanda Villegas, Kuumba Lynx's cofounder, said of residents in neighborhoods that are subjects of the presentation.

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