French hip-hop dancer Diablo got his introduction to street dance at the tender age of nine. It was a friend who showed him the moves without much explanation. “It was hip-hop that we were doing, but ...

Is rhythm learned or is it inherited? In Rennie Harris’ American Street Dancer we explore how rhythm and percussion can travel, and has in fact traveled, through time, lineage, and lived experience.

Armando “Decoy” Munoz’s first memory of dance was when he was five. At a family member’s wedding in Los Angeles, some of his cousins performed. “They’re like spinning on their heads, and I didn’t know ...