BY TARIK ROLLERSON CHOREOGRAPHY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN FREESTYLE &
EDITOR’S NOTE: 1Up Crew is a Spring 2023 CA$H grantee. H ere in the Bay Area, we have a very strong, talented and passionate dance community. Within the hip hop commu- nity there are two different ways to express yourself through movement: freestyle and choreography. Freestyle started at parties and social gatherings. Individuals connected with music and passion through cyphers: a circle where dancers freestyle and exchange energies. Choreography is an organized movement created to provide guidance for self-expression. Freestyle is usually found in street culture, whereas choreography is led inside studios. 1Up Crew strives to bring these two worlds together. March 2013 is when Hollis Contre- ras and I started 1Up Crew. While start- ing this crew I was exposed to the free- style scene. Coming from a choreography background I had a hard time adapting. I was told that I moved in a way that was too organized and predictable during my freestyling. While I had my own strug- gles transitioning into the freestyle scene,
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