UCR Palm Desert Stages Hip Hop Theater ‘Buckworld One’
Buckworld One, a hip hop theatrical performance featuring nine krump dancers from the Inland Empire and four poets, hits the stage on Saturday May 30 at 7 p.m. at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center, 75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert.
Buckworld One was developed through the CaliFest Theatre Workshop under the guidance of Rickerby Hinds, playwright and UCR professor of theater, who happened onto inner-city youths participating in this new hip hop dance style at a local church. Hinds said when he witnessed the intensity, passion and athleticism of the dance he saw an opportunity for good theater.
The performance is an outlet for young people to tell their life stories and connections via a fusion of Krump dancing with spoken word and interactive video and SMS text projections.
“ Krump or buck is a form of expression often related to praise dancing that explores the human situation and the lives of young people in the Inland Empire,” Hinds said. “It addresses themes such as violence in the community, police brutality and the civil-rights movement.
“The krump dancers command the stage with the power, energy and creativity, which is the hallmark of this dance style, while the poets attempt to capture the intangible reality of what it means to be a human being, Hinds said. “The fusion of these two art forms complimented by thought provoking and viscerally evocative projections merge to create a theatrical experience.”& amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; amp; lt; /p>
Admission for the performance is free. For more information, call 760-834-0590 or e-mail palmdesert@ucr.edu .