雷尼·哈里斯是雷尼·哈里斯的创始人、编舞家和艺术总监 Puremovement - American Street 跳舞 Theater. This year the company celebrates their 30 year anniversary and the amazing achievement of being the longest running street 跳舞 theater company in American history!
洛伦佐·“雷尼”·哈里斯是嘻哈音乐的主要大使. 哈里斯在嘻哈文化中长大,并沉浸在其所有形式的音乐中, 跳舞, 语言. 在他的整个职业生涯中,他接受了这种文化,并试图尊重它的遗产. He believes Hip-hop and Street 跳舞 is the purest form of movement in that it honors both its heritage from African and African American-Latino culture. 他的一生都致力于将街舞和街舞带给所有人. 哈里斯的艺术哲学反映了一种超越种族的对人的更深层次的理解, 宗教, and economic boundaries. He believes that Hip-hop, because of its cross-racial and transnational popularity, can help bridge these divisions. 哈里斯的作品包含了过去多样而丰富的传统, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever-evolving interpretations of 跳舞.
Harris is well versed in the vernacular of what he calls Hip-hop “proper” as well as the various techniques of B-boy (often mistakenly called “breakdancing”), 房子, GQ和其他从城市中自发产生的风格, 比如他成长的北费城社区. Noted for coining the term “Street 跳舞 Theater,哈里斯把“社交”舞蹈带到了“音乐会”的舞台上, 创造一种有凝聚力的舞蹈风格,在剧院里找到令人信服的声音. 他是“街头”起源在任何舞蹈风格中的重要性的有力代言人. Intrigued by the universality of Hip-hop, he seeks inspiration from other forms and performance art. Harris has developed works that challenge his audiences’ expectations about Hip-hop and street 跳舞. Much of Harris’s work has explored his personal experiences as an African- American male growing up in North Philadelphia. 然而, Harris returns here to the ideas of “Puremovement” and seeks to challenge those who see Hip-hop/Street 跳舞 as a purely male form of expression.
Harris is also the founder of the annual street festival Illadelph Legends which he started in 1997/98. 此后的每一年, guest 艺术家s and students have been coming from around the world to Philadelphia for a weekend of classes, 讲座示威, 小组讨论, 果酱会议, 和表演. 嘉宾艺术家和老师是嘻哈和街舞领域的开创性表演者. 最初的老师包括坎贝尔锁的创造者, Don “Campbell Lock” Campbell, the creator of Fresno Boogaloo & 出现, 布加洛舞山姆, and his group the Electric Boogaloos, and B-boy pioneers Crazy Legs of the infamous Rock Steady Crew and Lil Lep of 纽约 City Breakers, 仅举几个例子.
To date Harris has been awarded 3 Bessie Awards, 4 阿尔文·艾利 Black Choreographers Award for Rome & 珠宝,民族舞蹈奖,赫伯特艺术编舞奖. 他还因《pp电子极速糖果》获得劳伦斯奥利维尔奖(英国)提名 & Jewels and nominated again for best choreography in 2006 for Love 故事 (阿尔文·艾利 跳舞 Theater). He’s received a Guggenheim Fellowship, 皮尤奖学金, 美国年度艺术家奖学金以及令人垂涎的“费城洛基”奖, and Governor’s Artist of the year to name just a few. He was also voted a Creative Ambassador of Philadelphia. 在世纪之交,哈里斯与格蕾丝·凯利王妃和威廉·哈里斯博士一起. Julius Erving – 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 such as Basquiat, 阿尔文·艾利, 鲍勃·福斯. Noted for coining the terms Street 跳舞 Theater and Hip-hop Concert 跳舞 Harris has also received an honorary doctorate from 贝茨学院 (Lewiston, 另一名来自哥伦比亚学院(Columbia College)(芝加哥), 2012年. The first choreographer (street 跳舞r) to set a sixty-minute work on Alvin American 跳舞 Theater Harris received a 跳舞 Magazines Legend Award, Palm Desert Festivals 生活Time Achievement Award and is the recent recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award. Harris is currently an 艺术家-in-residence and Co-Director of Hip Hop Studies at The University of Colorado Boulder.
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