“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

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