Post Hip Hop Dance: Then, Now and Beyond
This podcast is dedicated to the exploration and conversations surrounding hip hop dance and all it's identities.
Episodes
13 episodes
Tanya (Shadow Puppetz)
In this episode, Myka talks to Tanya from the Shadow Puppetz crew, a Chicago-based freestyle popping and animation crew, established in 2019. Tanya is a Chicago-based freestyle movement artist, educator, immigrant, mother and community leader. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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46:29
From the Mirror to the Circle
In this episode, Myka interviews two professional dancers currently working with Chicago Dance Crash, Jessica Leyva and K.C Bevis, who started their dance journey in pink tu-tus, bunned up hair and leotards. Now they find themselves invol...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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47:21
Colum Alumn: Juice and Criss Cross
In this episode, Myka interviews two Columbia College Chicago alumni, Orlando aka Juice and Chris aka Criss Cross. They discuss their experiences when first getting involved with the street dance scene here in Chicago, while reflecting on their...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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47:30
Chaz in Vogue
In this episode, Myka interviews young dancer Charles aka Chaz, about his experience and journey with vogue, not just as a dance style but as a culture. Chaz shares personal stories involving his experience as well as some thoughts on how the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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45:09
Hip Hop/Street Style Training
In the first episode of season two, Myka talks to two of her crew mates Wyatt Sutter and CK "Deadshot" King about how they train as hip hop and street style dancers. They discuss lots of benefits to training in different ways and what has worke...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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46:07
Season One Close: Myka
In this episode, Myka gets on the mic to talk a little bit about the reason behind the podcast as well as a little more information on who she is. This episode concludes the first season of Post Hip Hop Dance: Then Now and Beyond and shares fin...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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12:57
Jaeya "Jaeonic"
In this episode, Myka interviews Jaeya, a music business major and hip hop studies minor at Columbia College Chicago. She is a young new popper who found a love for the dance after seeing it through her father her whole life. She talks about ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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7:45
Kelsa "K-Soul"
In this episode, Myka interviews, Kelsa "K-Soul" Rieger-Haywood a dance studies professor and street-style dancer, part of the crew Venus Fly. She discusses the shifts she has personally seen through hip hop's many eras, not just through ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:32
Erlina
In this episode, Myka interviews a young dancer from Vietnam and Columbia College Chicago alumni, Erlina. She talks about her love for hip hop dance and the culture while also acknowledging some of the challenges the culture has faced with the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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9:45
Tea Buggz
In this episode, Myka interviews Torrence Griffin AKA Tea Buggz, an OG popper from Chicago and member of the crew Robot Mafia. He discusses how he's seen hip hop and the style popping grow and enhance over the decades, while being a popper and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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13:58
Bravemonk
In this episode, Myka interviews Daniel Haywood AKA Bravemonk, an oldschool breaker and member of the crew Phaze II. He shares his own experiences with hip hop culture and breaking while also diving deep into how it's grown and evolved over the...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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34:50