Rennie Harris Puremovement

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Rennie Harriss Exodus, a 21st-century version of Revelations, a spiritual journey of suffering and redemption reinvented for the hip-hop generation. Lorenzo Rennie Harris has brought these "social" dances to the "concert" stage, Rennie Harris and his company Rennie Harris Puremovement are known internationally for creating a cohesive dance style that finds a cogent voice in the theater. Considered the pioneer of Street Dance Theater, at the turn of the century alongside Princess Grace Kelly and Dr. Julius Erving, Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia history. Hes been compared to twentieth-century dance legends, Alvin Ailey and Bob Fosse. Awarded 3 Bessie Awards, 3 Alvin Ailey Black Choreographers Awards, an Ethnic Dance Award, the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts for choreography as well as nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK). He received a Philadelphia Rocky award, Governors Artist of the year Award and the USA artist award for choreography, and voted one of Philadelphias Creative Ambassadors in 2010. He also received two honorary doctorates in the Arts and Humanities from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine and the other in the Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago, Il. Rennie Harris Puremovement. Rennie Harris also toured the middle east such as Eygpt, Jordan, Palenstine and surrounding countries as 1 of 4 Ambassadors for the United States as part of President Obamas cultural exchange program Dance Motion USA, which was lead by former Secretary of the State Hilary Clinton. He and his company Rennie Harris Puremovement and their infectious brand of movement have pioneered a new genre Hip-hop/Street Dance Theater. Dr. Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris is atop the hip-hop heap - its leading ambassador The latest repertory work of Rennie Harris Puremovement. Pushing the boundaries of street dance vocabulary this acclaimed work forces the audience to view Hip-hop through a different lens, challenging what they think they know as Hip-hop dance and culture. ...Read More

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