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B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip HopJune 29 - September 9, 2006rap . graffiti . dj . dance . panels . fashion . poetry . visual exhibition . film |
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B-GIRL ROKAFELLAwww.fullcirclesoul.com |
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| Hip-Hop dancer/choreographer Ana "Rokafella" Garcia was born in Spanish Harlem where she grew up with a strong Latin background. She participated in school recitals and community events. At the age of 16 she began going to clubs and started to do back up dancing for freestyle singers in the local NYC party scene. Her Hip-Hop dance style became her bread and butter when she began street performing with such crews such as The Transformers, The Breeze Team and the New York City Float Committee. In '94 she ran into Kwikstep who urged her to audition for GhettOriginal, a Hip-Hop dance company. She was cast and became further exposed to the "old school" dance technique. After experiencing international appreciation for Hip-Hop, she decided to offer classes back home to prevent it's fading away. She has taught workshops at NYU and Howard as well as neighborhood high schools and community centers. The non-profit company she co founded with her husband, "Full Circle Prod", serves the community with educational performances and mentorship programs. Rokafella co-hosted an Internet radio show called 88 Hip-Hop, where she interviewed pioneers in her Hip-Hop History segment. In the past years she has been singing and rhyming with The Orphans, acting in the Universes' Slanguage; performed at the Apollo in "We Got issues" and was casted as a supporting actress in the independent film On the Outs. She had one of her poems published in a Bronx poetry anthology proving her credibility as a multitalented artist. She represents the positive image of a woman confident in both her Puerto Rican and Hip-Hop cultures. She's done work for artists like Will Smith, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston and Tito Puente, to name a few. She believes this culture was born to help urban youth get through the ups and downs of life with something to hold on to. |
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kid & family-friendly . all ages . all genders . all incomes . all ethnic communities |
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