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Unity Academy Iraq: Hip Hop

In another first for Iraq, Hip Hop dance was taught to all dance and theater students at the Unity Academy

Dance instructors, Michael Parks Masterson and Quae Simpson worked wth a group of over one hundred dancers and actors ranging in age from 8 to over 50. The participants were drawn from the National Folk Dancing Group of Baghdad, Baghdad Ballet, Erbil youth theater groups, Suleimaniya's White Lions and hip hop dancers from Erbil area.

Highlights included performances of Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' as a grand finale to an unforgettable evening....

Hip Hop Debuts in Erbil Stage (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Hip Hop Debuts in Erbil Stage Hip Hop Preparations (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Hip Hop Preparations Learning a First Broadway Number (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Learning a First Broadway Number Preparing I Got Rhythm (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Preparing I Got Rhythm Rhythm Nation 1 (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Rhythm Nation 1 Rhythm Nation 2 (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) Rhythm Nation 2 We Did it (click photo to enlarge or click here to download fullsize) We Did it
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