Article: From street to studio: hip hop comes inside.(TEACH-LEARN CONNECTION)

Emilio "Buddha Stretch" Austin, Jr., best known for his hip hop crews Elite Force and Mop Top Music and Movement, teaches hip hop classes at Manhattan's Steps on Broadway. But he remembers when dance studios didn't offer any hip hop at all. Houston dancer Chris "Colcutz" Gamez and New York Culture Shock artistic director Ellie Burkey remember, too. Burkey used to freestyle with friends in the garage; Gamez got noticed performing at a street fair. Now Burkey teaches at Peridance and Gamez at his own studio in Houston, Urgeworks, which offers hip hop almost exclusively. Over the years, hip hop has moved inside, into the mainstream, and that transition has had a huge effect ...

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