Local News: Going head over heels for BREAKDANCING | dance, hop, studio : Valley Morning Star
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HARLINGEN - From the streets of New York, Joey Perez brought a dance form here that's booming across the country.
"It came from the streets," Perez, 25, said of breakdancing. "I grew up around hip-hop. It was the culture I grew up with. It's in a totally new light now."
In January, Perez and a U.S. team won an international competition in Paris that's helped make him a rising star in the dance form.
"It's worldwide now, almost at a sports status," said Perez, who teaches hip-hop and breakdancing at Rio Grande Valley Arts Studio.
"Hip-hop has come a long way."
This month, two finalists of the hit show "So You Think You Can Dance" will hold a class at the Harlingen studio.
Dominic Sandoval, known as Dominic, and Hokuto Konishi, who's nicknamed Hok, will teach a master class in breakdancing at 4 p.m. April 26 at the studio.
"It came from the streets," Perez, 25, said of breakdancing. "I grew up around hip-hop. It was the culture I grew up with. It's in a totally new light now."
In January, Perez and a U.S. team won an international competition in Paris that's helped make him a rising star in the dance form.
"It's worldwide now, almost at a sports status," said Perez, who teaches hip-hop and breakdancing at Rio Grande Valley Arts Studio.
"Hip-hop has come a long way."
This month, two finalists of the hit show "So You Think You Can Dance" will hold a class at the Harlingen studio.
Dominic Sandoval, known as Dominic, and Hokuto Konishi, who's nicknamed Hok, will teach a master class in breakdancing at 4 p.m. April 26 at the studio.
1 response // Local News: Going head over heels for BREAKDANCING | dance, hop, studio : Valley Morning Star
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Hey! Believe it or not, I use to work with Joey last year. He was also working as a instructor, and he is a really cool guy to get to know. He is really dedicated to his dancing and that was really all he would talk about during our shifts together. He would put on old break dancing movies and give us the history of the guys in it, and also pointed out certain guys he use to train with and competed with. Its good Harlingen has gained someone as unique as him to help show the children that anyone can dance and have fun with it.
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