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LORENZO RENNIE HARRIS P.H.D.

Rennie Harris Puremovement 1500 Market Street 12th Floor East Tower , PA 19102

Rennie Harris born and raised in an African- American community in North Philadelphia. Since the age of 15, Harris has taught workshops and classes at universities nationally & internationally and is known as a powerful spokesperson for the significance of "street" origins in any dance style. Harris founded Rennie Harris Puremovement in 1992. RHPM, a hip-hop concert dance & theater company are dedicated to preserving and disseminating hip-hop culture to the masses. Harris grew up entrenched in hip hop as an African American and Latino art form, in all its forms-music, dance, language- At the turn of the century Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia history and has been compared to twentieth-century legends, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse.

"Rennie Harris is the Basquiat of the US. Contemporary dance scene, Lorenzo Rennie Harris has literally embodied the history of hip-hop dance." ~London Times~

2011-Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs US Department of State chose Rennie Harris as one of four companies to represent the USA. Dance Motion USA is a cultural diplomacy program, which shares the United States' rich dance culture with international audiences, sends four American dance companies on cultural exchange tours to four world regions beginning in early 2012. In 2012 Rennie Harris Puremovemnt will go to , / Palestine, and Jordan, where they will engage in workshops, training, master classes, and performances. Rennie Harris Puremovement will represent the US as Cultural Ambassadors.

2011- Guggenhiem-Rennie Harris the Founder/Artistic Director of Rennie Harris Puremovement has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2010 in recognition of his work as a hip hop choreographer. Edward Hirsch, the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, announced that Rennie Harris was among the 180 awarded fellowships to artists, scientists and scholars chosen from a group of some 3,000 applicants. –The Dance Journal-

2011-Creative Ambassador of Philadelphia-Rennie Harris is voted "Creative Ambassador" of Philadelphia. Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation's (GPTMC) newest initiative for the African American market spotlights trendsetters— musicians, visual artists, dancers, poets, designers and producers—who are in touch with what's cool, hip and hot in the city and region. These Creative Ambassadors, led in 2009 by Grammy-winning hip-hop group The Roots and in 2010 by singer/songwriter Marsha Ambrosius, use their social networks to build buzz about Philly as a travel hotspot and encourage a younger, affluent, tech-savvy crowd to visit. Rennie Harris is this years recipient.

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2010 -Honorary Doctorate-Philadelphia choreographer Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree at the Bates College 144th commencement ceremony on May 30, 2010. Founder and Artistic Director of Rennie Harris Puremovement, Harris was one of five honorary degree recipients this year. Honorands included: Dr. James McCarthy, Harvard professor of biological oceanography; Jane Pauley, veteran journalist and television anchor; Elizabeth Strout '77, Pulitzer Prize- winning novelist; and Dr. Teresa Woodruff, an obstetrics and gynecology researcher at Northwestern University. –The Dance Journal- 2008-William Shakespeare Award- Rennie Harris, Peter Martins and Chita Rivera Honored withthe William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre: The Will Award is an annual honor given by the Shakespeare Theatre Company to a person (or persons) who has made a significant contribution to classical theatre in America.

2007-United States Artist Fellowship- Rennie Harris receives US Artist fellowship. United States Artist honor 50 of America's finest artists with individual fellowships of $50,000.00

2007-Governors Artist of the Year Award-Rennie Harris receives The Hazlett Memorial Award, which recognized Pennsylvanians who contributed their creative talents to their communities, were named the Hazlett Memorial Awards for Excellence in the Arts, after the late Theodore L. Hazlett Jr. of Pittsburgh, the first chairman of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

Fellowships, Honors and Award/Citations

Dance Motion USA 2011 Creative Ambassador of Philadelphia Pa 2011 Honorary Doctorate in Arts and Humanities 2010 Recipient of the Guggenheim Award 2010 Black Theater Alvin Ailey Award 2009 Honorary Committee "Launch Pad" 2009 Nominated for the Guggenhiem Award 2009 National Endowment for the Arts 2009 New England Foundation for the Arts 2009 Dance Place Honors Rennie Harris 2008 William Shakespeare Award 2008 Master Choreography 2008 United States Artist Fellowship 2007 Governors Artist of the Year Award 2007 Philadelphia Rocky Award (Peer recognition) 2007 Kulu Mele "African rooted Dance, Arts and Culture" Award 2007 Ford Foundation/Future Aesthetics 2006 Artography Award/Ford Foundation 2006 Ford Foundation/Preservation 2005 2

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Master of African American Choreography-The Kennedy Center 2005 Awarded key to the City of Philadelphia 2005 Ford Foundation/ Research & Preservation 2004 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2004 Awarded key to the City of South Beach 2004 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts-Fellowship 2003 Best of Philly Philadelphia Magazine 2003 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2003 Penn Foundation 2003 Creative Capital 2003 Samuel Fels Foundation 2003 Stockton Rush Bartol 2003 Alvin Ailey Black Theater Award 2002 Alvin Ailey Black Theater Award 2001 Bessie Award 2001 Lawrence Olivier (nominee) United Kingdom 2001 Voted most influential Philadelphian in 100 years 2000 National Endowment for the Arts 2000 National Dance Project 2000 Cultural Fund 2000 Dance Advance Pew Charitable Trusts 1999 Ethnic Dance Award 1997 Certificate of Achievement 1997 Dance Advance Pew Charitable Trusts 1997 Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship 1996 City of Philadelphia Cultural Fund Grant 1996 Dance Advance Pew Charitable Trusts 1995 Philadelphia Repertory Development Initiative Grant 1995 Philadelpia Repertory Development Initiative Grant 1993 Most Exciting Dancer/Choreographer 1993 City of Philadelphia (citation) 1988 Best Of Philadelphia (citation) 1984

Special Invitation/Performance Presentation

Dance Motion USA (Egypt, Israel, Jordan) 2011/12 Caine Park 2011 Michigan University 2011 Dance Place Theater 2011 Freed Center for Performing Arts 2011 Dianne Wortham Theatre 2011 Wells Fargo Center 2011 August Wilson 2011 Kimmel Center 2011 3

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Wesleyan University 2011 International Association of Blacks in Dance (LA) 2011 Adrienne Arsht Center (MIA) 2011 Freeman Stage ((Delaware) 2011 The Kimmel Center (Philadelphia Pa) 2011 (Palo Alto) 2011 Mahaiwe (MA) 2011 Contact Theater (United Kingdom) 2011 Jacobs Pillow 2010 Kimmel Center 2010 Florida State University 2010 Montgomery Community College 2010 August Wilson Center Pittsburg 2010 Artist Collective CT 2010 Edinbourough Fringe Festival 2010 Jacobs Pillow MA 2010 August Wilson Pittsburgh Pa 2010 Georgia State University 2010 IBIAD Philadelphia Pa 2009 Yerba Buena Center 2009 La Pena Arts Center 2009 Kohler Arts WI 2009 Lafayette College Easton Pa 2009 Reicold Center St Thomas 2009 Jacobs Pillow MA 2009 Kimmel Center Philadelphia Pa 2009 Summer Stage New York City 2008 Queens Bridge Park Performance 2008 Royal Theater UK 2008 Univerisity of Wisconsin 2008 The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA 2008 The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia PA 2007 Yerba Beuna, San Francisco, CA 2007 Majestic Theater Gettysburg PA 2007 Wells Fargo Center Santa Ana CA 2007 Piedmont Virginia College, Piedmont VA 2007 University Of Virginia 2007 Alabama Dance Council Birmingham AL 2006 Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia PA 2006 Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ 2006 Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 2006 Red Cat Theater LA 2006 Mryna Loy Center Helena, MT 2006 Winston Salem State University 2006 City Parks Foundation New York NY 2006 Southeast Alabama Dance Company 2006

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Overture Center for he Arts Madison WI 2006 World Music Crash Arts Cambridge MA 2006 City Center St Louis, MO 2005 University at Buffalo Center for the Arts 2005 Kravis Performing Arts West Palm Beach Florida 2005 Queen Elizabeth Hall London England 2005 Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 2005 University of North Carolina 2005 Dance & Theatrica Modena 2005 Contemporary Dance Theater Inc, Cincinnati OH 2005 Moore Theater Seattle, WA 2005 Luther Burbank Santa Rosa, CA 2005 Ann Arbour, IL 2005 Carver Community Center San Antonio, TX 2005 Sheppard College Virginia 2005 Cornell University Ithica, NY 2005 Jarson-Kaplan Theater Cincinnati, OH 2005 Queen Elizabeth Theater London, England 2005 University of Illinois Urbana, Il 2005 Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Santa Rosa CA 2005 Fort Wayne Dance Collective Fort Wayne, IN 2005 Dancing in the streets New York 2005 Kahilu Theatre Kamuela HI 2005 University Musical Society Ann Arbor MI 2005 First Works Providence RI 2005 Leeward Community College Pearl City HI 2005 New Jersey Performing Arts Center 2005 Scottsdale Center for the Arts Scottsdale AZ 2005 Seattle Theatre Group Seattle WA 2005 SodraTeatern Stockholm Sweden 2005 The Kennedy Center Washington DC 2005 Dianna Wortham Theatre Ashville NC 2005 Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Charlotte NC 2005 Georgia State University ATL 2005 Madison Cultural Arts Council Madison WI 2005 Dance Theater of Lynchburg Lynchburg VA 2005 Juan Rodriguez, LLC Houston TX 2005 New Victory Theater NY 2004 Rhode Island College Providence RI 2004 UC Entertainment North ONT 2004 Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2004 We Love Dance Festival Tokyo 2004 McCarter Theater Princeton, NJ 2004 Colorado Springs Dance Theater 2004 Miami Light Project Miami FL 2004 University of Utah Salt Lake UT 2004

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Lipman Hall Newark NJ 2004 New Orleans Ballet Association 2003 Paramount Center for the Arts Peekskill NY 2004 Kyoto Art Theater Kyoto Japan 2004 Jacobs Pillow Becket MA 2003 Princess of Monaco Montecarlo 2003 University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2003 Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI 2002 University of Massacheusetts Amherst MA 2002 Oswego State University NY 2002 Allegheny College Erie PA 2002 VIII Fesstival Iberoamericano de Teatro De Bogota 2002 Danse Danse Centre Pierre-Peladeau Montreal 2002 Texas International Theatrical Arts Society 2002 University of Texas Austin 2002 Walton Arts Center Fayetteville AR 2002 Greenwood Cultural Center Tulsa Ok 2002 Cuyahoga Community College Cuyahoga, OH 2002 Steps Internationales Tanzfestival 2002 University of California Davis 2002 On the Green Omaha, Nebraska 2002 Hip hop Theater Festival NY 2002 Mann Center Phila PA 2002 Sterngrove Festival San Francisco, CA 2002 Jacobs Pillow Becket MA 2001 De tit ball va Portugal Spain 2001 Holland Dance Festival 2001 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ 2001 Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2001 Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY 2001 Queen of England London, England 2001 Museum of Contemporary Arts, Chicago IL 2001 Saddlers Wells Peacock Theater, London UK 2001 Lincoln Center Manhattan, New York 2001 Mondavi Center, Davis, CA 2001 California State University, Long Beach, CA 2001 University California, Riverside, CA 2001 University California, Santa Cruz, CA 2001 The Music Hall Portsmouth New Hampshire 2001 Miami Light Project, Miami Florida 2001 The Egg Albany New York 2001 University of Connecticut 2001 University of Hawaii Honolulu HI 2001 The Joyce Theater Manhattan NY 2001 Dance Place Washington DC 2001 World Financial Center Manhattan NY 2001

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Florida Theater 2001 Lower Manhattan Cultural Center 2001 Het Muziek Theater Amsterdam 2001 Womad Seattle, WA 2001 President Bill Clinton-Washington, DC 2000 NAACP Awards, Hollywood, CA 2000 Wilma Theater Philadelphia, PA 2000 Dance Umbrella Boston MA 2000 Adelaide Festival 2000 Festival Wellington NZ 2000 Melbourn Town Hall NZ 2000 The Hawaii Theater 2000 Weslyn University 2000 Bucknell University 2000 Davidson University 2000 Ordway Center for the performing Arts 2000 Vanderbilt University Nash, Tn 2000 Odunde African Festival 2000 Flynn Theater Burlington VT 2000 New Victory Theater Manhattan NY 1999 National African American Museum Wilberforce OH 1999 Spoleto Festival Italy 1999 International Children's Festival Seattle, WA 1999 Berlin 1999 Cuyohoga Community College Cleaveland OH 1999 Kings Arts Complex Columbus OH 1999 Theater Artaud San Fransisco CA 1999 Country School Madison CT 1999 Shoreline Alliance for Arts Guilford, CT 1999 Bern Miller Dance Theater, Beaufort, SC 1999 Bremen Germany 1999 Summer Stage New York, NY 1999 University of Kentucky 1999 Springfield Museum of Art Columbus OH 1999 The Center of Contemporary Arts 1998 Sushi Performance & Visual Art San Diego CA 1998 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, DC 1998 Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 1998 Reichhold Ceneter for the Arts St.Thomas VI 1998 P.S.122 Manhattan NY 1998 Cain Park Cleveland OH 1998 Tide Water Norfolk VA 1998 Boiling Greent State University, BG OH 1998 Arts in Education Buffalo NY 1998 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY 1998 Annenberg Center, Philadelphia, PA 1998

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Theater Artaud, San Francisco, CA 1998 Parc De Lavalette France 1998 Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1998 Washington University St. Lois MO 1998 Teatro Comunale dell`OPERA di Genova Italy 1998 Nervi Festival Italy 1998 Arts Unlimited Boiling Green Ohio 1998 On the Boards Seattle WA 1998 Edinburg Fringe Festival- Scottland 1998 Virgina Museum of Fine Art Richmond VA 1998 , Philadelphia, PA 1997 Aaron Davis Hall Harlem NY 1997 Jacobs Pillow Becket MA 1997 Next Move Fesitval Phila,PA 1997 Painted Bride Theater 5/Black Hand Side Phila, PA 1996 Glouster College NJ 1996 Phila, PA 1996 Brooklyn Academy of Music BK NY 1996 Black Choreographers Luckman Theater LA 1996 Institute for the Arts in Education Phila,PA 1996 Lincoln Theater Washington DC 1996 Speleto Festival SC 1996 Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 1996 Minnesota Arts Alliance 1996 Allegheny College Meadville PA 1995 American Ballet Competition Phila, PA 1995 Blacks In Dance Phila PA 1995 Villanova PA 1995 Keswick Theater Glenside PA 1995 Temple University Phila, PA 1995 Caribbean Festival Phila Pa 1995 Philadelphia Dance Projects 1994 City Dances Phila, PA 1994 Festival of Four Worlds Phila, PA 1994 Walt Whitman Cultural Center Camden NJ 1994 Third Avenue Perfomance Space Columbus OH 1994 Collaborations Inc, Phila, PA 1994 Columbus Recreation & Parks Columbus OH 1994 Movement Theater International 1993 American Music Festival 1993 Independent Choreographers Exchange 1992 Painted Bride Phila, PA 1992 Huntindon Street Music Phila PA 1992 Dancing in the Streets 1991 The Apollo Theater NY NY 1987 Symphony Space Manhattan NY 1986

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Performance USA Smithsonian Institution 1986 Fresh Festival (Hip-Hop's first Official tour nationally) 1983

Teaching/Residency/Lectures

Weslyan University 2011 Stanford University Harvard University 2011 International Association of Blacks in Dance 2011 Colorado University in Boulder 2011 Contact Theater (United Kingdom) 2010 International Association of Blacks in Dance 2010 Colorado University in Boulder 2010 University of Colorado 2009 University of California LA 2009 Fullerton University 2008 DeAnza College, Cupertino, Ca 2008 Dance Connections Studio 2008 Fresno City College 2008 University of California Irivine 2008 Cedar Crest College Cedar Crest PA 2007 The Colburn School, , CA 2007 Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA 2007 DeSales University, Center Valley, PA 2007 Chapman University, Orange, CA 2007 Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA 2007 College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 2007 Sonoma State University, San Francisco, CA 2007 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 2007 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA 2007 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2007 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2007 University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 2007 DeAnza College, Cupertino, CA 2007 University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2007 De Salles University Allen Town PA 2007 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor IL 2007 New Port University, New Port News VA 2007 Dance Teacher Summer Conference 2006 University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2006 University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2006 The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 2006 Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA 2006 Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX 2006 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2006 9

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Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2005 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 2005 Philadelphia Dance Company (Danco), Philadelphia, PA 2005 Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Denver, CO 2005 Jacobs Pillow, Becket MA 2005 University of California, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Castleton State College Castleton VT 2004 Kyoto University of Art & Design Kyoto Japan 2004 Bronx Charter School for the Arts 2004 , New York, NY 2004 Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2004 California State University, Long Beach, CA 2004 Duke University, Durham, NC 2004 The Albany Douglas Way Deptford London 2002 Hampton Academy Westhampton,NJ 2002 Greenwhich West Community Arts Centre 2002 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 2002 The Dance Institution Washington, DC 2002 Colorado Dance Festival Co 2002 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 2002 Philadelphia Art Museum 2001 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2001 Delaware County Intermediate 2001 Wyamissing Institute for the Arts 2001 Bayfront N.A.T.O Erie PA 2001 OMEGA Institute for Holistic studies 2001 Cliveden Convalescent Center 2001 Santa Barbra Performing Arts 2001 University of California, Berkley, CA 2001 American Dance Festival 2001 Lafayette College, Easton, PA 2001 Carpenter Center, Long Beach, CA 2001 Standford University Standford CA 2000 University of California, Riverside, CA 2000 Hopkins Center Darthmouth College Hanover NH 2000 Alabama Ballet Birmingham AL 2000 Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH 1999 Rowan University Rowan NJ 1999 American College Dance Festival 1999 Bates Summer Dance Festival, Lewiston, ME 1999 Lafayette College, Easton, PA 1999 New Victory Theater Manhattan NY 1999 Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 1998 Villanova University, Villanova, PA 1998 Dance Critics Association Conference NY 1998

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Longville College Farmville, VA 1998 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 1997 Delaware Inst. Of the Arts 1997 Philadelphia Dance Exchange 1994 Florida Dance Association 1992 Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1987

Choreographic Works/Commissions

Los Vegas Contemporary Dance Company 2011 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theate titled-Home 2011 Philadelphia Dance Compan (Philadanco) titled Awake 2011 Another One Bites the Dust (RHAW) 2011 Contact Theater "Voices" 2010 3 B-boys & a Girl-(RHAW) 2010 Image (RHAW) 2010 A Man's World (RHAW) 2010 Lula Washington "Reign" 2009 University of Boulder Colorado 2009 Rutgers University 2009 Gus Giordano Jazz Company 2009 University California Irvine "Something to do with Love" 2008 Complexions "Endangered Species (solo Desmond Richardson) 2007 Philadelphia Dance Company "Philadelphia Experience" 2007 Dayton Contemporary Dance Company "Jacobs Ladder" 2007 Rennie Harris Puremovement "Pure Dance" 2007 William Penn Foundation 2007 Ford Foundation 2007 Ms. Spellings of Be 2006 Rha Goddess "Meditation of a Goddess" 2006 Rennie Harris "PrinceScareKrow Road to the Emerald City" 2006 Rennie Harris Puremovement " 100NAKEDLOCKS" 2006 Rennie Harris Puremovement "Heaven" 2006 University of the Arts "Human" 2006 Sam Houston University "Soul" 2006 Expressions Dance Company 2005 Bamuthi Joseph "Scourge" 2005 Denver Ballet 2004 Alvin Ailey Love Stories 2004 Facing Mekka 2003 Legends of Hip hop ~ Honoring the Source~ 2001 Ballet Memphis 2001 Rome & Jewels 2000 Pan Logo 1998 11

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Mr. Campbell Lock 1998 Jazz, Tap, Hip hop 1997 March of the Antmen 1997 for "Shut Up and Dance!" 1997 Hip Hop and Holler! 1997 John Coltrane Project Commission 1996 Art Works in Different Place 1996 Lorenzo's Oil, Philadelphia Museum of Art, John Cage Exhibit 1995 Fallen Crumbs from the Cake, Pennsylvania Prison Society 1995 Students of the Asphalt Jungle, Chuck Davis' 1995 The Rainbow Connection 1995 Patriots 1995 State of Mind II, commissioned by Ivrim Festival 1994 Prima Materia Phila, PA 1994 Death Becomes Me 1993 3 minutes with you 1993 P-, Rennie Harris Puremovement 1993 Peace Out to James 1993 Silent House 1993 Beauttiful Human Lies 1993 State of Dazement 1992 Endangered Species, commissioned by "Mime Now" Festival 1992 Fresh Fruit 1992 Puremovement 1991 Hip Hop to Be Bop 1987 Private Dancer 1986 Nuclear War 1986 Africana 1985 Nuclear Wild Style 1985 Oriental Pop 1983 Planet Rock 1982 Step Master 1978 Cobra 1977

Panels/Adjudication

Wesleyan University 2011 American College Dance Festival 2008 Canandain Dance Festival-360 degrees 2008 Line Breaks University of Wisconsin 2008 University of Irvine 2006

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Featured in authored Books/Publications and Review

Halifu Omare 2008 Growing Place Interviews with Artist Heidi Henderson 2007 Total Chaos Jeff Chang 2007 Publication Columbia University Jeff Chang 2007 Further Steps Constance Kreemer 2007 Dance Magazine Brenda D. Gottchild 2007 Cant Stop Wont Stop Jeff Chang 2006 Forward Magazine 2006 We B Girlz Martha Cooper 2005 Dance Magazine Sally Sommer 2004 The Black Dancing Body Brenda D. Gottschild 2003 Master of American Choreography Rose Eichenbaum 2003 New Yorker "Off the Street" Joan Acocella 2003 Time Out New York 2000 Revolution Magazine 2000 Crisis Magazine Lori Robinson 2001 XXL Ben Osbourn 2001 Dance Magazine Cari Cunningham 2000 Dance Magazine Brenda D. Gottschild 1999 Blaze Magazine Floyd Sullivan 1998 Dance Magaizine Roslyn Sulcas 1997 Dance Magazine 1996 Digging Brenda D.Gottschild 1996 Seven Arts Magazine 1996 Dance Magazine 1995 Philadelphia Magazine Best of Philadelphia 1984

Commercial TV & Video

Vikter Duplaix 2001 Will Smith 2000 Reebok (performed head quarters) 1998 Nike 1996 The Roots 1993 Madonna 1990 Cathy Sledge 1990 One House Street (Host of Tv show) 1990 Tuff Crew (Rap Group) 1989 Gloria Gaynor 1989 The Tramps 1989

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Silk Times Leather 1989 Fresh 1989 MC Hammer 1989 Big Daddy Kane 1989 The Jets 1988 LA Gear 1988 Smalls Formal Wear 1988 LL Cool J 1987 New Kids on the Block 1987 1987 Special Ed 1987 Expose 1987 Dance Party USA (Producer) 1987 Ricky Skaggs 1986 New Addition 1986 Swatch Watch (Swatch Watch Breakers 1985 Reebok (sponsored) 1985 Pespi 1985 Bill Cosby 1985 Harry Belefonte 1985 Run DMC 1984 Fat Boys 1984 1984 Kurtis Blow 1984 Newcleous 1984 Grand Master Flash and the Furious 5(Rap Group) 1984 African Bambatta & The Soul Sonic Force (Rap Group) 1984 Salt & Peppa (Rap Group) 1983 Roxanne Shante (Rapper) 1983 Tower Theater (Philadelphia) 1993 Dancin On Air (Dancer) 1981 West Catholic High School 1981 Pulsations (club) 1981 Wagners Ball Room 1981 Hotel Philadelphia 1981 Blue Horizon (club) 1981 West Catholic High School For Boys 1981 Kool Mo Dee and the Treacherous 3 (Rap Group) 1980 West Street Mob (Rap Group) 1979 St Joseph Prep High School 1979 La Ferry (Cruise) 1979 St Elizabeth High School 1979 Roman Catholic High School 1979 Mayors Literacy Program (Philadelphia) 1979 Smithsonian Institution 1979

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