In this episode, NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the ‘studio’ with with Philadelphia-based dancer, choreographer, musician, photographer, and writer, Raphael Xavier. Xavier’s extensive research in Hip Hop forms and culture, specifically Breaking, has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Xavier is a 2013 Pew Fellowship Grantee and 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and Princeton University professor.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Produced by Lisa Niedermeyer of Handmade Future Studio

Audio engineering by Rahsaan Cruz Theme music by Floco Torres

Cover art by Micah Kraus

Transcription by Arushi Singh