Hip Hop Theater

Join us to enjoy Baba Israel and Yako 440 and some of Poughkeepsie’s own local talent, for a night of awesome Hip Hop performance!

Following two weeks of intensive Hip Hop Theater training workshops lead by guest teaching artists Baba and Yako 440 at Columbus Middle School, 75 sixth graders will amaze us all with a fabulous culmination performance.

Hip Hop Theater has been integral to the Bardavon’s Arts-in-Education Program since 2006. Each year, it offers students from underserved inner-city schools a powerful arts-based learning experience.

Through this innovative, multi-faceted workshop, students study poetry, art, 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.

Made possible with funding from the NYS Council on the Arts, TD Bank Foundation, The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Millman Harris Romano Foundation, Target, Stewarts Shops, plus from the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley; Ann and Abe Effron Fund, Ed & Barbara Joba Fund for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Community Response Fund – Ulster County, Charlie Carroll Music Enrichment Fund, Robert R. Chapman Fund. Additional support from Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Klock Foundation, Rhinebeck Bank, James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, George A. Strba Charitable Trust, Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation, Macys, Second Hand Rose, Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation, Mid Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union and thank you to all the donors who contributed to the Field Trip Fund.