One of the best new shows is America’s Best Dance Crew – it’s exciting, lifts up talent from communities that don’t get much play – putting often under appreciated hip hop dance talent on the national stage. It encourages young people to dream – just love that. Now, if you’ve been following the show, you might not know that Nichelle Thrower of the newest winning group, “We Are Heroes” trained in Oakland at the New Style Motherlode dance studio youth program. There she is, sistah in the white. We Are Heroes was the first all-female crew to win – not surprising considering the girl-power I see every week at the studio. My son’s one of the newest members of the 9-13 year old company called Sparkle. The high school aged company is amazing. The dance crew craze is growing (hit it’s peak back in the late ’80s and is now resurging).
New Style Motherlode has an amazing program – committed, hardworking young people serious about their art. Check out the performances from this past weekend at the Rockridge Street Fest in Oakland. Is the Nichelle of tomorrow among these talented young people?
