Culture Shock Dance Troupe

http://www.cultureshockdance.org/index.htm

This is one of the organisations I managed to contact and was invited to their performance at the Ford Theatre.

Culture Shock LA is just one of the many dance troupes branching from the original organization in San Diego. Since then the non-profit hip- hop dance troupe has extended its network all over America, Canada and the United Kingdom!

When I cam across their website I had to immediately get in touch with the directors. The troupe aims to outreach to adults and young people from diverse communities and is reflected through their performances (i-connect). Not only do they offer professional performances but they aim to instill self-worth, dignity and respect through the power of music and dance. The troupe uses dance as an opportunity to education young people and outreach to hard to reach communities, who may not have an opportunity to dance because of a number of barriers such as money. In addition, the troupe offers community classes and scholarships and programs for promising dancers.

This is what I admire about Culture Shock, they have many similar values to my own company and the same direction, the only difference is that they have made it. So I spoke to Alison Tanaka - Director of Programs and Development. Who then invited me to their performance which I managed to attend and a community class.