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Location
Brooklyn, NY
Fiscal Year Awarded
2012
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$38,000
Boyz N The Hood is a culturally-referenced, evening-length dance work that pairs W.E.B. Du Bois' classic essays Souls of Black Folk, John Singleton's film Boyz N The Hood, and Philippe Jaroussky's album Carestini: The Story of a Castrato, layered with an aggressive aural urban landscape. Set in Pittsburgh's historically black neighborhoods - Homewood and the Hill District - Boyz pays homage to the bold high-top fade era in hip hop while creating an emotional chronology of a culture conflicted with a history plagued by discrimination and genocide.