"What I'm really passionate about is independent dance and it's the one thing that no other job will let me do" Nick Power

EP 48:

Nick Power is a human, bboy, choreographer and hip hop activist.

We talk about:

hip hop culture

hip hop connecting community

you find places where what you do fits

dance literacy

"i realised the bow was so foreign” NP

how to know if something is wak

“i’m always trying to think from the audience perspective” NP

"Bboying has it’s vocabulary and i can use it how i want” NP

“Bboys don't care about validation from anyone outside of the culture” NP

"cypher is our ritual“ NP

“i just hope i give some people some good experiences” NP

asking the wrong why or at the wrong point in time

why that in this show?

limitations of hiphop dance theatre

“unless you start at the beginning, the reason to dance is hard to find” NP

cultural frameworks:

battling

cypherring

rock concert

theatre

people and groups:

tracks dance company

quentin tarantino

mirabelle wouters

lee wilson

stalker theatre

anne nguyen

sebastien ramirez

gravity warriors

resin dogs

places:

toowoomba

brisbane

lajamanu

darwin

sydney

cite des art - paris

performance space

projects:

milpirri

platform hiphop festival

stamping ground dance festival

shows:

cypher

whelping box - branch nebula

keep everything - antony hamilton

small metal objects - back to back theatre

zero degrees by akram kahn and sidi larbi

stilt break - woodford folk festival