“The goal is to sort of move the whole model of an adult day center out from the four walls of the center and into the community.”
Andrew Millington has another goal for the films his students create.
“I’m hoping that eventually the standard reaches a point where we can screen them for audiences.”
That would familiarize those audiences to the hopes and skills of a community that is too often unseen. I’m Katherine Cole.
And I’m June Simms. You are listening to As It Is from VOA Learning English.
Hip-Hop Music and Dance Gaining in
Popularity
Young African-Americans in New York are credited with developing hip-hop music and dance more than 40 years ago. Since then, hip-hop culture has become increasingly popular throughout the country and the world. Today, we hear how hip-hop or urban dance has found a new audience among Asian-Americans in Southern California.
Michelle Salazar says something magical happens when these dancers move their bodies. They could be dancing freestyle in a cypher or dance circle, or performing a carefully choreographed routine.
“My first mentor, he said dancing is like touching the face of God. That’s just how I feel.”
Philippine-American Arnel Calvario is one of the first Asian-American urban dancers to gain popularity. He grew up in the 1970s and '80s. He saw other Filipinos as well as African-Americans and Latinos dancing in the streets of his neighborhood in Southern California. In junior high school, he says, he surprised some African-American girls who saw him dance.
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