Hip-hop music helping Snuneymuxw First Nation youth express themselves
NANAIMO — Young Snuneymuxw First Nations kids and teens have spent the week learning how to combine urban hip-hop dancing with traditional pow wow dancing.
In a workshop with SFN and the Crimson Coast Dance Society, they learned dance moves, how to write raps and spin records on turntables.
Angela Miracle Gladue, who dances with the Indigenous DJ group A Tribe Called Red, said though hip-hop and pow wow dancing are very separate styles, there are numerous cultural and stylistic similarities.
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