Dance faculty, Farrah McAdam, and new graduate of the inaugural class of Rennie Harris University was interviewed in a New York Times article about her appreciation for the ground-breaking hip-hop university.
Rennie Harris University focuses on teaching educators a well-rounded approach to hip-hop that not only dives into dance technique, but also into the history of the street style.
Farrah McAdam, who currently teaches Hip Hop at Sonoma State University, was quoted saying,
I think this program helps quote, legitimize hip-hop, even though it’s legit as is, right? But we know in education or academic spaces, ballet and modern are seen as a higher priority or a higher foundation of dance than hip-hop or other cultural forms.
Farrah has directed Sonoma State's Fall Dance show and will serve as a faculty choreographer for this spring's Spring Dance.
Read the New York Times article: At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers by Sophie Bress
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