b系列

每学期, a mini-festival celebrates acclaimed guest artists specializing in underground street dance forms such as breaking, 出现, 和房屋. With a jam or battle as the focal point, b系列 events become a gathering space for the underground dance community. The events connect the rich culture of hip hop, 从舞蹈到舞蹈, 说唱, 打碟, 和涂鸦, to the Columbia community.

Past b系列 events include:

  • b - bugging(2015年秋季)

    B-Buggin' celebrated a Lineage of foot styles, hoof rhythms, and sole building. The two-day festival highlighted Chicago 步法, Detroit jit, house and top rock styles. It featured Brickhouse (Urban Artistry, DC), Stringz (Hardcore Detroit, 底特律), Prince Jron (FootworKINGz, 芝加哥), DJ Phil (TekLife) & DJ Fast$Mike (NinjaChurch), a tap exhibition cypher hosted by Jimmy Payne, Jr., and an Exhibition Battle (Jit vs Juke) between MurdaMommy (Chicago Footwork) vs Queen Gabby (Detroit Jit/Hardcore Detroit & 运行JIT).

  • B-Rooted (Spring 2015)

    B-Rooted explores the all-styles phenomenon, from grassroots to new branches. By looking at the widening and intermingling landscapes of underground street dance, 流行文化, 音乐会的舞蹈, and the academy during the last decade, this two-day festival celebrates new forms and fusions. It will feature Venus Fly – one of the first all-styles crews in the Midwest and the first female all-styles crews in the US – as well as NINJACHRUCH, a Chicago-based all-elements hip hop crew with members spread across the world. From workshops and verbal cyphers, to 表演 and battles, B-Rooted welcomes everyone to learn and share.

  • B-Shown: Beyond the Cypher (Fall 2014)

    B-Shown looked at hip hop as a performance practice, with street dance bridging community battles to reality TV, cypher to concert stage. It featured Cricket (Step-Fenz), PopNTodd (SBK / LXD, America's Best 跳舞 Crew winner 2009), and B-girl Bounce (MAWU), plus 表演 by FootworKINGz, 机器人米.A.F.I.A.砰的一声! 跳舞 Company, and Columbia College Chicago alumni Destine Young and Luis Segoviano.

  • B-Real: A Look Inside Urban Movements (Spring 2014)

    A two-week constellation of workshops, 类, 表演, 和对话, B-Real orbited around the 跳舞 Center’s presentations of Compagnie Käfig, a hip-hop ensemble from France with a cast of Brazilian dancers, and Philadelphia breaker Raphael Xavier as a part of its 40th 季节. Additional guests included Kyle Abraham, Eric Delgado “B-Boy Wicked” and
Moncell “ill Kozby” Durden. A symposium focused on the history of house music in Chicago.

  • B-Fresh: Holistic Hip Hop Festival (Fall 2013)

    B-Fresh was a one-day celebration of peace, love, justice and having fun. From a graffiti street mural to an all-styles dance battle, B-Fresh mixed yoga and hip hop therapy with workshops on breakin’, 步法, 机械舞的, 打碟, MC’ing alongside a bike tour, 农贸市场, and demonstration by Viva La Soul Power: The People’s Cook.

  • B-Divine: Celebrating the the Feminine in Hip Hop (Spring 2013)

    B-Divine highlighted women in hip hop through workshops, 小组讨论, and 表演 featuring B-girl Rokafella, B-Girl Teena Marie Custer, 忍者之屋, 酒吧女权力, 我仍然爱他.E.R., Lady Champ, Glo, Lady Sol, Boogie McClarin, and Butterfly Poetry Project with Daniela Sloan & 布伦达·马修斯.