From the Streets to the Stage, FirstWorks Brings Iconic Hip Hop Performance to Providence
From the Streets to the Stage, FirstWorks Brings Iconic Hip Hop Performance to Providence
“Part of what FirstWorks does is bring world class arts to Rhode Island, to Providence and connect them with the community,” Pletcher says.
As part of the Artistic Icons Series Rennie Harris Puremovement dance company is in Providence for the first time in ten years.
The dance company is world renowned for their hip hop choreography.
Nearly 1500 kids from over twenty schools across Rhode Island will attend History of Hip Hop programs as part of the FirstWorks Arts Learning program.
Rodney Hill, Company Manager of Rennie Harris Puremovement, says teaching is one of the best parts about being part of the company.
“We love doing education outreach more than performing, because we get to see our generation, we get to teach them styles and the the history of hip hop,” Hill says.
“One thing we do in our master classes, after we teach, we sit the kids in a circle and we tell them before you ask your question, we want you to say Yes I can,” says Hill, “don’t take no for an answer, keep pushing, if you don’t go to college make your own platform.”
On February 24, FirstWorks presents Rennie Harris Puremovement in “Nuttin’ But A Word,” at The Vets.