Hip Hop Theater

This is the public culmination performance of a two-week in-school residency with 75 sixth graders at Poughkeepsie Middle School, led by Hip Hop’s Playback Theater NYC. HHT has been integral to our Arts-in-Education Program since 2006. Each year, it offers up students from underserved inner-city schools a powerful arts-based learning experience.

Through this innovative, multi-faceted workshop, students study poetry, graffiti, music and dance, drawing on their own creative abilities and gaining knowledge and skills in each discipline. They connect with the rhythms of their bodies and explore the art of the written and spoken word. They discover the satisfaction that striving for a shared goal can offer – and they realize they have a voice.
 

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