Lake Placid Center for the Arts

Point of Interest, a new piece by Raphael Xavier, challenges the art form of Breaking and the viewer’s perspective of hip-hop. Xavier explores the notion of sustainability by developing a space for aging practitioners within Breaking, as well as a space for Breaking and hip-hop dance within the greater performing arts conversation. As a movement practitioner who has been Breaking for 32 years, Xavier is an example for intelligent and consistent practice in this highly physical dance form that is culturally and socially associated with youth.