“Looking for the perfect beat…” and finding it

By Eva Yaa Asantewaa
InfiniteBody

Full Circle–those endearing hip-hop dancers, Kwikstep and Rokafella–are showing a new version of their popular Innaviews, directed by Gamal Chasten, at Dance Theater Workshop now through Saturday evening, and the update works. It’s a two-person show now with lots more of the full-out dancing for which this married couple is rightly acclaimed. It’s partly a wry look at how mainstream media and the entertainment industry get hip-hop all wrong and a tender account of the spark and flight of a love relationship (and working partnership) that’s still going strong. It lovingly and deftly traces the history of a couple and a culture undergoing change. Read the rest of this entry…