Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city. Background: ...

You’ve seen the moves -- a man spinning on his head, a sweatsuit-clad kid with limbs flowing as rhythmically and gracefully as an ocean wave. And even if logic says it’s impossible, there’s something ...

Nearly 100 children, teens and adults stood shoulder-to-shoulder inside the Pacifica High School gym in Oxnard staring — as if in a trance — at the glamorous-looking girl in front of them. “You guys ...

Though the style first came into prominence within the street dance subculture in the ’90s, the 2005 documentary Rize introduced many in the general public to krumping. Some things take time, it seems ...

The number in 860 MVMNT’s name comes from the Studio 860 dance school in Bloomfield, where this modern-dance troupe was founded. The letters stand for “movement.” That can mean hip-hop, house, jazz.

The people at William Morris believe there is a stage show in the hip-hop dance phenom called “krumping.” Agency has signed Thomas Johnson, aka Tommy the Clown, with hopes that he can create and ...

You’ve heard of popping, locking, breaking and krumping. But do you know Poly-swag? That’s just one of the “flavors” of dance that will be on display at the 17th annual Hip Hop International dance ...

Mixtape Collective offers limitless possibilities when it investigates the past, present and future of hip-hop dance with its weekend presentation of "Mixtape 6: Cypherspace," at the Cowles Center. "I ...

The music starts up, masking the blare of the generator needed to power the stereo. The dancers begin, and almost like a relay, they take turns showing their moves. Their bodies shake and contort to ...

Chapman University’s Mariah Spears, 19, stepped onto the stage for Fox TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” like a Greek goddess. It was Week 4, and she performed a jazz duet about a goddess falling in ...

On a warm Saturday evening in Carson, two dozen young Black performers packed a pair of Chevy Suburbans and a Dodge Charger on their way to a celebration. The vehicles were emblazoned with the crew’s ...