Tag: breakdance

ILL-Abilities B-Boys Show Off Sick Moves

They’ve experienced amputation, birth defects, deafness and cancer, but the b-boys of ILL-Abilities are good. Really good. Hailing from Canada, Chile, Holland and the U.S., they’re as talented a hip-hop crew as any of their able-bodied peers in the biz, yet the ILL dancers (taking the “dis” out of “disability”) have chosen to highlight their […]

Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie: What My Teacher Taught Me

Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie might be at the top of her game—she just received two Bessie Award nominations and her company makes its Jacob’s Pillow debut next month—but she still suffers from self-doubt and perfectionism. When she began taking breaking classes from Robert “Break Easy” Santiago in Brooklyn, New York, she had to draw upon her […]