Concrete Playground

A long time ago, one very white, suburban, middle-class girl wandered down to the Sydney Dance Company to give hip hop a go. Okay, maybe she had watched too many episodes of So You Think You Can Dance, and, fancying herself a bit of a mover, she thought she'd explore the art of hip hop. What she found was an unspoken-of world of spectacular poppers, expert lockers, and incredible groovers. While she may also have found that she hadn't nearly enough 'tude to dub her an expert of the genre, it was so much fun that she threw away her ballet shoes, took up her sneakers and never looked back.

You too can experience the divine delight that comes with breaking it on down and learn to pop with the best of them at CarriageWorks' free hip hop dance classes. Over the next few Saturdays you will learn the magical moves and grooves of hip hop, all the way from popping to breaking. Get yourself ready for the Platform 3 Hip Hop Festival, coming to CarriageWorks mid-March. So if you think you can dance or you want to be just like your idol Nacho Pop, get your best B-Boy outfit on and head to Eveleigh.

Image by Prudence Upton.