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Energy oozes from the stage as a gaggle of dancers swagger into heart-stopping head-spins and cool popping machinations to the scratching sounds of DJ Wish, AKA, and Randy Bernal. When red-headed Alison Faulk bursts onto the scene and morphs from balletic arabesques in sneakers to high-octane hip hop, she also talks--in voiceover narration--about growing up in Miami in an uber-disciplined dance world.
Faulk is a member of the Groovaloos, the Los Angeles-based troupe of hip hop, funk, and street dancers that wowed audiences last summer at Burbank's Falcon Theatre in a stage show called--what else--Groovaloo, tn the 90-minute work, directed by Danny Cistone, other dancers tell their own tales, including Groovaloo founder and show co-creator Bradley "Shooz" Rapier and Stephen "Boogie Man" Stanton.
"Groovaloo" is not only a noun and a verb, but also a way of life for this band of 18 performers who mix street cred with heart, soul, and jaw-dropping gyrations. The group was officially founded in 1999 by Rapier, a Canadian...
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