CHESAPEAKE, Va. — On a peaceful afternoon in a suburban home garage, Demetrus Leslie, 17, jerked like he was dosed with strychnine. His arms lashed menacingly, then he dropped to the floor, only to ...

In honor of the 10th anniversary of krump, an energetic street-style dance with African roots that originated in Los Angeles, USC Visions and Voices hosted a conversation in Annenberg 207 on Tuesday ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Krump is a style of dance that originated in the early 2000s and has since made its way around the world. Krump educator Davon “Lion Heart” Bush, explains the complex movements, ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

Dance2Connect, founded by Matt Sczerzek, is a professional programme bringing street and contemporary dancers together in a supported space for exchange, growth and creative connection. The programme ...

Bre'oun Dance looks elastic. He moves from the ground to the air, dancing in between, in a matter of seconds. He stiffens his chest, pops it in and out, jerks it back. His arms swing like windmills.

The new documentary film, "Rize" looks at a grassroots dance movement that started in South Central Los Angeles, called krimping or clowning. This unique dance form is the brainchild of Thomas Johnson ...

IT was created by a birthday-party clown and looks like a spastic combination of street combat, African tribal dance and break dancing. But krumping – an explosive new West Coast dance style featured ...

Editor's Note: Writer Jessica A. Koslow is a USC master's student writing her thesis on krumping. Know Your L.A. Hip-Hop Dances explores some of the most popular street dances in our city. Background: ...

Accomplished photographer and music video director David LaChapelle is known for training his creative eye on stars like Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani and Christina Aguilera, but for the past three ...

(RNS2-MAY22) Demetrus Leslie (center) encourages fellow member of the “Kreative Mindz Crew” Dannie Kelly (left) during krump practice at Leslie’s home in Chesapeake, Va. For use with RNS-KRUMP-DANCE, ...

'This film has not been sped up in any way,' says the very first frame of David LaChapelle's feature-length documentary Rize. It's an unusual caveat but one that turns out to be entirely warranted, ...