December 2010

Full Circle would like to congratulate the Hip-hop Theater Festival in celebrating its ten year anniversay and recalls the first festival in 2000 at Performance Space 122 as a vibrant showcase of our brand of dance and theater. We believe that young group of Full Circle dancers came away with a new ideology about the possibilities of a career as Hip-hop performers. Kwikstep and Rokafella were able to mark this decade celebration with a cameo performance alongside Archie, Holly Bass, BSV, Nita and the collaboration with NYC performers and the dance team from Amsterdam.
Thank you to Clyde and Kamilah!!


Thank you to Jane Gabriels for inviting Vanessa Bahmani to exhibit her fotos accompanied with Shea and Spex at Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.
BAAD also included the sounds of Retumba accompanied by Rokafella for their Blacktino Festival closing festivities "Mujeres Bomba".






MIT invited Rokafella to visit Professor's De Frantz Hip-hop movement class and were blessed to also meet local breakers GI Joe and Bgirl Ghinny.
The three hour class enjoyed a screening and a lively discussion about the pros and cons about Hip-hop culture, career options, as well as the origins of gender, race and classism issues.


Sita Fredericks organized another UNCOMUN festival, this time Full Circle rocked out at Santos Party House. Rokafella sang Just Begun and the crew enjoyed a few moments of gettin down hard!
Big shout to Mona Lisa from Minneapolis who joined us and a welcome back shout goes out to Halle who also rocked a routine that night. Thank you to the Loud Apt band and Agustin who let us join in on the set.



Lookin at how we wrapped up the year brings a sense of accomplishment. We saw our young students compete at their fisrt battle, find a new home base with Abada Capoeira, help to organize a fund raiser for the film project and become pro active regarding the possible termination of the dance program at the Door(which is now ongoing thanks to letters and video on youtube leading to funding!!) Kwikstep held monthly parties at Le Poisson Rouge club with solid attendance from the NYC dance communnity for a whole year! Our dancers have performed at many events including a crowded 116 street Puerto Rican Day festival with Rokafella with her RPM band and for a Queens literacy event. But in November they were able to grace the stage of The New Victory Theater for a tribute to the legendary Bill Irwin. This was a return performance for Kwik and Rok since 2002, when Soular Power'd packed in the house for three weeks. We hope this won't be the last time Full Circle rocks that stage!



Angel Rodriguez has been participating in Full Circle shows since 2000 and is our resident elder. He is a staple in many of our latin fusion Hip-hop performances. He was awarded a lifetime acheivement award on Nov 18th by the Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr at the Bronx Museum! We salute his commitment to his roots and his continued quest for knowledge as a legendary latin percussionist.













"All the Ladies Say"
has been chosen for screening during the
Lincoln Center Dance On Camera film festival
on January 30 and 31st 2011.
Congratulations to the complete production team,
to all the funders and dancers who have performed at our fundraisers.
This journey began in 2005!!!
Please check the website for details on workshops
and an afterparty in conjunction with the screenings.
www.alltheladiessay.com
We are hoping to fly out some of the featured B girls to attend the
screening and participate in the Q & A's after the screenings.





Full Circle will perform at Brooklyn College on Dec 10th for the STAT fundraiser to benefit NYC Hospitals. please log onto www.stathhc.com for ticket and directions.

Thank you to all who have joined us in our efforts to keep sending the message that
urban arts are worth supporting. You have sustained the dreams of NYC's young Hip-hop dancers looking for a platform to gain experience and interact with elders as well as with professional artists from overseas. If you wish to make your donation,
reach out to us via email (fullcirclesoul@hotmail.com) If you have any questions about bookings or if you are looking to offer your skills in media, PR, or administrative aspects of keeping this organization afloat, please let us know.
BIG SHOUT TO MARJORY WHO IS WINNING HER BATTLE AGAINST CANCER!

We look forward to seeing you all in 2011. Happy holidays!