Hiplet (dance style)

'Hiplet - When Ballet Meets Hip-Hop' - video report from Voice of America.

Hiplet (pronounced /hɪp.ˈleɪ/) is a newly recognized dance style that fuses ballet with hip hop. The term was first coined in 2009,[1] but in May 2016, dancers from the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center (CMDC) performing hiplet gained widespread popularity after a video of the dancers attained thousands of views on Instagram.[2] ABC News subsequently invited the dancers to perform on a televised broadcast.[2] The creation of this genre is attributed to Homer Hans Bryant of the CMDC.[1][3] The CMDC is currently the only studio in the world that trains dancers in hiplet.[4]

  1. ^ a b Kourlas, Gia (2016-09-02). "Hiplet: An Implausible Hybrid Plants Itself on Pointe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  2. ^ a b "'Hiplet' Has Ballet Dancers Getting Down to Hip-Hop". ABC News. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  3. ^ Yam, Kimberly (2016-06-01). "Dancers Perform Hiplet, Mix Between Hip-Hop And Ballet, And It's So Lit". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
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