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USC Assistant Professor Tiffany Bong Uses a DJ in Hip-Hop Class to “Create Art in Real Time”

Two years after hip-hop professor Tiffany Bong arrived at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, she asked to bring a DJ into the studio. “That’s a huge part of hip-hop culture,” she says. Just like most university-level ballet classes have a pianist and contemporary classes might have a percussionist, Bong’s classes rely on a […]

New Teachers at USC Bring New Opportunities

Anindo Marshall The University of Southern California Glorya Kaufman School of Dance has added six new faculty members to its roster this fall: Tiffany Bong, hip-hop expert; Alison D’Amato, choreographer and researcher; Jennifer McQuiston Lott, ballet artist; Anindo Marshall, percussionist and African dance teacher; Achinta McDaniel, a Bollywood artist; and Christian Vincent, commercial dance choreographer. […]