For Wednesday, 8 February

Prep

  • Jorge ‘Popmaster Fabel’ Pabon, ‘Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance’, in Jeff Chang, ed., Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop (BasicBooks, 2006). Also reprinted in Forman and Neal (2012).
  • Audio: Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band, ‘Scorpio’ (1971)
  • Video: Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1982). We’ll watch this movie in class, but I encourage you to look at it in advance. You can view this movie for free using the hyperlink in the title.

In Class

  1. Attendance/Introductions
  2. Q&A: How are contemporary forms of hip-hop dance shaped by the medium of TikTok? 
  3. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

  • Jeff Chang, ‘Zulus on a Time Bomb: Hip-Hop Meets the Rockers Downtown’, in Forman and Neal (2012) 
  • Audio: TBA
  • Video: Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1982), cont’d