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Wednesday, April 20, 2016
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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https://www.kimmelcenter.org/pdp-pages/201516/pifa/sneaker-suites/
Los Angeles-based hip-hop dance troupe, Antics, brings the East Coast Premiere of Sneaker Suites to PIFA 2016. The dance theater work is a collaboration between Antics and poet/activist Mark Gonzales in which a collection of pieces ignite a conversation about the material culture of today. Through a multi-layered performance encompassing dance, poetry, voiceover, and theater, audiences will discover the iconic importance of sneakers in hip hop culture and examine their spiritual necessity as a trade tool of street dancers.
Sneaker Suites explores the role of sneakers as a symbol of globalization and exploitation of the manufacturing work force as well as of a lifestyle that promotes materialism and can lead to violence amongst youth. The pieces within Sneaker Suites will draw connections between the empowering personal meaning of sneakers to hip hop dancers, the role of expensive sneakers in fostering materialism, the social issues that arise from an obsession with luxury fashion, and the global human rights implications of sneaker consumption. The work takes form in a multi-layered performance where hip hop dance forms (popping, b-boying/b-girling, house dance, cramping, etc) intersect with the text of provocative poetry by Mr. Gonzales. The work challenges audiences to question assumptions about hip-hop, materialism, and multiple facets of our culture.
Sneaker Suites explores the role of sneakers as a symbol of globalization and exploitation of the manufacturing work force as well as of a lifestyle that promotes materialism and can lead to violence amongst youth. The pieces within Sneaker Suites will draw connections between the empowering personal meaning of sneakers to hip hop dancers, the role of expensive sneakers in fostering materialism, the social issues that arise from an obsession with luxury fashion, and the global human rights implications of sneaker consumption. The work takes form in a multi-layered performance where hip hop dance forms (popping, b-boying/b-girling, house dance, cramping, etc) intersect with the text of provocative poetry by Mr. Gonzales. The work challenges audiences to question assumptions about hip-hop, materialism, and multiple facets of our culture.
