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Choreographer Brandon 'Peace' Albright and dancers from Illstyle & Peace Productions.
Hip-Hop
Uncaged
P hilad elp h ia’s celebrated hip-hop performance that led Roslyn Sulcas of
dance company Illstyle & Peace Pro­ The New York Times to declare, “the
ductions is making its W est Coast debut ensemble displayed some of the most
thanks to P o rtla n d ’s W hite B ird ’s dazzling breaking techniques I’ve ever
Uncaged dance series. The group per­ seen, while Mr. A lbright’s choreogra­
forms at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 21 phy possessed a sly humor and an adept
through Saturday, March 23 at Lincoln sense of spatial composition.”
Hall, Portland State University.
Albright will bring to Portland a com ­
Founded by choreographer Brandon pany o f 12 gifted male dancers, originally
Albright, Illstyle & Peace Productions street performers, whom he trained to
fuses hip hop with other dance forms to become accomplished dancers with daz­
create a high-energy, no-holds-barred zling technique.
Illstyle & Peace
expands boundaries
of dance
Illstyle & Peace Productions is one of work springing from old school hip-hop
four dance com panies (along with but moving in new directions.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Doug
Working from an eclectic mix of dance
Varone and Dancers and Spectrum and performance disciplines including
Dance Theater) selected to represent tap, ballet, house dancing, DJing and
the United States in this year’s Dance Beatboxing, the all-male company is im­
Motion USA touring program.
pressive in its tight ensemble movement
Their new program will be the same as well as in its solo sections.
one that they will perform on the Dance
Tickets are $30 for adults and $20
Motion State Department tour.
fo r s tu d e n t an d s e n io rs . V is it
Entitled IMpossible IZZpossible, the w hitebird.org or call the PSU Box
evening will feature the cast performing O ffice at 503-725-3307.