After Budget Cuts, Community Helps LBUSD Maintain Arts Education

Nov. 6, 2014 / By CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: Arts, Dance, Education

After school at Admiral Kidd Park in Long Beach, 22-year-old Walter Brown blasts pop music for a group of excited kids. The students learn a new routine each time he plays a new song. Some follow his moves; some enjoy their own free styles.

Local Dancer Fuses East & West Traditions, Sparks Conversations

May. 2, 2014 / By CSULB Enterprise Reporters
Tags: Art, Arts and Culture, Dance

By CSULB Senior Seminar Reporter Elizabeth Schmidt

Shyamala Moorty extends her arms in the air with closed fists, while using her voice to deliver explicit messages...

Deported Breakdancer Finds Purpose Serving Youth in Cambodia

Oct. 4, 2013 / By Ben Novotny
Tags: Cambodian, Cambodian American, Dance, Gangs, Khmer, Long Beach

Growing up in Long Beach, Tuy Sobil became enamored with breakdancing, eventually joining a dance crew and adopting the nickname “KK.”..

L.A. Street Dance Company Brings Krump and More To CSULB

Feb. 23, 2013 / By
Tags: Arts and Culture, Dance, hip-hop, Youth

Long Beach Post By Sarah Bennett

Photos by Sage Gallon courtesy of The Underground.

Every Wednesday night, street dancers from across Los Angeles meet at a gang-neutral strip mall parking lot in North Hollywood for a krump session...

Dancing With Sophiline

Oct. 18, 2011 / By
Tags: Art, Cambodian American, Cambodian classical dance, Cheeravath Aphipunyo, Dance, John Oliver S, Khmer Arts Ensemble, Khmer Rouge, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, Sophinarath Cheang, VoiceWaves Video

Video by Cheeravath Aphipunyo, Sophinarath Cheang, and John Oliver Santiago.

Come with VoiceWaves into a rehearsal with renowned choreographer Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and her Khmer Arts Ensemble.  ..