An Action Packed June 2014!!!
Hello everyone!!!
It was the 6th month (halfway point) of the year and we were blessed to have so many great things going on!
We wrapped up our residency at Casita Maria on Friday June 6th with a free in formal preview of the initial draft of the piece we have been commissioned to create for Kennedy Center's Family Theater in Washington D.C.
Thank you to the staff at Casita Maria for the unbelievable amount of patience and support they offered to our small cast and crew. Thank you to the Bronx Council on the Arts for making opportunities possible for artists to strive and make their vision a reality.
The FC Souljahs participated at SOBRO/Dancing in the Street's block party in Mott Haven on the 14th and Rokafella hosted the event. Congratulations to Violet/ KR3T's and Buddha Stretch Styles Academy and to the drummers in the drum circle and all of the performers.
Our monthly dance event called Behind The Groove just experienced a milestone in May when our resident DJ DP One proposed to his girlfriend Shivi during the party and we celebrated their wedding at this month's BTG along with Kwik and Rok's 14th wedding anniversary and Kwikstep's Birthday.
Thank you to all who attended, to Mario for the photographs and to Full Circle Souljahs for the teamwork that makes the party flow smoothly! Thank you to Boogie Blind and to Zulu Jeff for the support!
Our dance event (BTG) is not framed by competition or prizes though sometimes we offer battles.
Instead we offer non top 40 dance classics and new grooves to our dance community of diverse street and club genres. Some of the dancers who attend are local, international, novices and some are straight up masters and/or beasts!!!
It is a great exchange of positive energy and the club has always embraced our event for its unique drive.
However, inflation is up on us and we don't want to suspend this much needed space for dance to live and reflect the legacy of NYC's infamous dance scene.
If you haven't already done so, please give a donation to our monthly dance event's Go Fund Me campaign so we can cover the overhead expenses and continue providing this kind of platform to the community.
We are Full Circle Prod Inc, a non-profit company, offering various kinds of dance programming year round and this particular platform extends the invitation to dancers who look to put their moves out there in a social exchange, reminiscent to the heydays of NYC club and street vibes of the 70's and 80's.
For the young talent, its a place to grow and make your presence known, for the middle school its a place to refine the skill and for the masters its a chance to relive the encore with much applause!
For the non dancers, its a place to awaken the idea that anything is possible-- 'cuz look at these sweaty beautiful stars in front of me!!
For me, its a place to witness the spontaneous combustion that once compelled me to throw down over and over again 'til the last song was played.
I hand out pineapples and strawberries close to the end of the party to reward those
who stay til the end... like I used to once upon a fake ID!!!
Behind The Groove is another one of Kwikstep's visions...this party will beat the odds.
We can do it...with your help!!!
Feel free to share with your networks.
Rokafella aka La Roka
We have just launched a new website and will soon disable the old one.
please check out www.fullcirclesouljahs.com and stay in touch with the Facebook group page and our Twitter.
Kwikstep was part of the newest phase of New Yorkers for Dance campaign to raise awareness of how important and necessary dance is to our city.
Kwikstep, Rokafella and Bgirl Mantis attended the celebration and witnessed the unifying movement that Dance NYC is creating behind the NYC dance community.
Full Circle will be performing along with 3 other dance companies. We will present a 20 minute set at the New Victory Theater's Summer dance program "Victory Dance" on July 17th at 7pm Tickets $10 Within our segment we will preview Outside The Bachx with Cristina Altamura playing a Bach selection and Amit Bhomick providing the beatbox.
Ladies of Hip-hop July 11-13th.. please log on and check the line up!!
On July 22nd Behind the Groove will take over Lincoln Center's Atrium to welcome Brazil's newest funk movement from 5pm-11pm Free to the public and continue til the 24th with a wrap up party.
Stay tuned to the Facebook Behind The Groove group page and Fullcirclesoul Twitter for details!
PLEASE mark your calendars---The Fresh Kids Brooklyn Bboy's Reunion is scheduled for August 23rd at Peggy Oneill's in Coney Island and the following week is Behind The Groove at Marcus Garvey park in Harlem. We "doing it in the park"! Ha ha! You don't want to miss these events!!
We are traveling to Oregon Shakespeare Festival on July 30th with the ladies of FC for an "All Girl flava" outdoor performance at the Green Show. Kwikstep will provide the sounds as Mantis, Darlene, Angel and Nubian Nene rock the stage two times along with Rokafella!
Our All The Ladies Say documentary is available for purchase RIGHT HERE!!!
Please let your schools and dance programmers know that there is a tutorial and a teacher's tool that comes along with the package.
Check out trailers and our events for All the Ladies Say
Thank you to our board of directors and to you our community for keeping us moving forward.
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www.alltheladiessay.com
posted by Full Circle Souljahs @ 10:00 PM
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