Do Dat – Hip Hop Dance

Description

This workshop focuses on Toronto Hip Hop dance through the history of Do Dat Entertainment- Toronto’s first professional Hip Hop Dance Agency. Do Dat Entertainment pioneered Toronto’s unique style of hip hop dance by infusing reggae rhythms, with hip hop dance movement and militant formations inspired by African American step dance. Despite persistent anti-black racism within Toronto’s arts and culture sector during the 1990’s and early 2000’s, Do Dat became the nation’s premiere Black owned and operated dance agency creating movement and providing dancers for artists of all genres. The goal of this workshop is to provide participants with an understanding of Toronto’s hip hop dance history and Do Dat’s contribution to the culture so that they can go beyond performance to include Canadian Hip Hop history and culture.