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3/17/2006
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S SKIRBALL CENTER PRESENTS FEST FORWARD: HIP-HOP UNBOUND APRIL 3 - 15
ALTERNATIVE AND WIDE-RANGING EXAMINATION OF HIP-HOP AS A CULTURAL FORCE EXEMPLIFIES SKIRBALL'S YOUNG ADULT AUDIENCE INITIATIVE
Hip-hop permeates todays youth culture around the world as a vibrant, challenging and constantly transforming phenomenon. Early on, the term hip-hop was used to describe the four elements: emceeing (rapping), deejaying (turntablism), graffiti, and breakdancing. Today, however, everything from dance to theater to fashion is encompassed by the genre. Bridging the gap between underground expression and mainstream commercialism, hip-hop has created not only an impressive share of superstars, but also more than a little controversy in innumerable cultural and demographic contexts.
From April 3 to 15, NYU's Jack H. Skirball Centerwhose explicit mission it is to actively engage young adult (1830) audiences through live performancepresents Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound, a singularly expansive array of programs celebrating and re-examining 30 years of hip-hop as a cultural force. Skirball Center Executive Director Wiley Hausam co-curates and co-produces the festival, along with Rika Iino, CEO/Producer of Sozo Media, and Jason King, associate chair of the Clive Davis Program of Recorded Music at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts. Fest Forward will feature performances, discussions and workshops about the many facets of whats out there in the wide world of hip-hop, encompassing the music, theater, dance, video, fashion, politics and ideas that have grown out this urban folk art. As a whole, the programming focuses on the contributions of women, Asians, Latinos, political activists, thinkers, crossover artists (in theater and dance) and young underground artists to draw an alternative portrait of the hip-hop landscape, adding richness and complexity to the common portrayal of hip-hop in the media.
The Fest Forward performances will span a wide range of media, from a theatrical reading and dance pieces to a documentary film and a concert. Armed with a new album, legendary Bay Area rappers The Coup will bring their 14 years of politically charged experience to a show at the Skirball Center. A two-part event focusing on women and dance in hip-hop will feature performances by troupes Decadancetheatre and Full Circle Productions. Deep*NYC, a program integrating fashion, video, and genre-bending multicultural acts will be hosted by MC Akim Funk Buddha, an artist who performs a collage of dance, poetry, and throat-singing. Fest-goers will also have the chance to take a sneak peak at a segment of documentary work-in-progress, Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip-Hop by legendary dancer Popmaster Fabel of the Rock Steady Crew. Called The Great Hip-Hop Swindle, this presentation will also include special dance performances and a panel/Q&A session. Rounding off the performance portion of Fest Forward is a staged reading of a new theater work by cutting-edge poetry and performance ensemble Universes.
In addition to the array of performances, a trio of retrospective panels with high-powered participants, produced by Jason King, are set to take place over the course of Fest Forward. Early hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa calls together the people behind his seminal work, Planet Rock for a
panel discussion on its nexus, moderated by David Toop. Hip-hop has long been a vehicle for outspoken, powerful women to vent their perspectives candidly, but we hardly ever hear from the women who run the businesses behind the scenes.
Fest Forward presents Executive Decisions: 30 Years of Powerful Women in Hip-Hop as probably the first public showcase of the legendary female movers and shakers in the music industry who have helped push hip-hop forward over the years. Finally, a discussion entitled The Future of Hip-Hop will give a diverse group of all-star scholars and journalists just five minutes each to offer three wishes for the next thirty years of hip-hop. The Retrospectives are co-sponsored by NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.
Finally, grouped under the moniker Beyond Basic, a series of interactive workshops will provide a behind-the-scenes look at performance aspects of hip-hop, with demonstrations by recognized masters. NYU student participants will learn the technique behind beatboxing, breakdancing, turntablism and rhyme/spoken word. Kid Lucky, an expert practitioner, presents a 14-piece human beatbox orchestra called Nu Voices, while well-known breakdancer Popmaster Fabel will demonstrate hip-hop movement with a group of young dancers. Filmmaker and turntablism guru John Carluccio, along with DJs Excess and IXL, will host a performance workshop focusing on the history and applications of turntable techniques. Finally, Universes will share more about hip-hops relationship with poetry, concluding the series of Beyond Basic workshops.
Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound is part of a program designed to engage college-age youth and young adults under the age of 30 in cultural events at the Skirball Center. The Center presents theater, dance, music, musical theater, and opera, solo performance, comedy, video, film, and public affairs events. Its mission is to serve the NYU community while building young adult audiences (ages 18-30) for live performance by reaching out to them with a broad range of world-class, forward-thinking work at low ticket prices. L. Jay Oliva, President Emeritus of NYU is the executive producer of the Skirball Center. Tickets for NYU students to Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound are $7.
What follows is a lineup of Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound events at the Skirball Center in April:
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES:
Decadancetheatre + Full Circle Productions: Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00P.M.; Friday, April 7 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $25 general public; $15 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
A two-part evening of women and hip-hop dance from New York City.
Decadancetheatre is made of up young women from the U.S., Colombia, and Japan, who acquired the common language of hip-hops urban folk culture in the clubs and on the streets of the cities where they grew up. Led by artistic director, Jennifer Weber, her leading dancers bring . . . the feminine mystique to hip-hop. (Village Voice)
Full Circle Productions, led by Ana Rokafella Garcia and veteran B-boy, Gabriel Kwikstep Dionisio, is a hip-hop collective of women and men that brings the positive image of women in full command of the hip-hop culture. Their recent works include Soular Powerd (New Victory Theater) and the current, Innaviews (Dance Theatre Workshop).
The Great Hip-Hop Swindle: Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
A premiere screening of a segment of the new documentary-in-progress by legendary dancer and V.P. of the world-renowned Rock Steady Crew, Popmaster Fabel. Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip-Hop documents the foundations of b-boying, popping and rocking as it emerged from the gang era of the mid-1970s in Spanish Harlem. The screening will be followed by a performance with special guests in which dance legends meet new jacks, and will close with a panel/Q & A with members of this community. Produced by Thomas O. Kriegsmann.
Ameriville: A Staged Reading by Universes Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
The acclaimed performance ensemble Universes present a first-look concert reading of their newest creation Ameriville. Comprised of Gamal Chasten, Mildred Ruiz, Ninja and Steven Sapp, Universes is best known for their ground-breaking off-Broadway hit Slanguage. Ameriville has been developed in part through a residency at the Skirball Center.
Deep*NYC
An evening of music, fashion, and video
Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media)
Thursday, April 13 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
Dig deep into unstoppable urban expressions by NYCs hottest emerging talents. A multimedia marathon hosted by MC Akim Funk Buddha, featuring Bi-Trip, a Japanese hip-hop dance group, Dujeous, a live hip-hop sensation, and other genre-breaking multi-cultural acts, fashion shows, a DJ, video and a very special guest. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
The Coup: Saturday, April 15 at 10:00P.M.
Tickets: $25 general public; $15 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
The Coup's new album, Pick A Bigger Weapon, kicks off with a classic Boots Riley line I'm a walking contradiction/Like bullets and love mixin... and then it just gets better. The Coups newest songs capture the collisions between economics and everyday life, the political and the personal. After a 14-year career that has defined the word uncompromising, the Coup return armed with bigger funk and taller tales.
WORKSHOPS:
Beyond Basic
Beyond Basic is a series of four performance workshops designed to encourage NYU students to get up-close and personal with the makers of live hip-hop. From b-boys to turntables to human beatbox, take your knowledge to the next level. Go back stage and behind the scenes with the pioneers and see how they do it. Go beyond basic.
Beyond Basic: Human Beatbox
NU VOICES by Kid Lucky and Beatboxer Entertainment
Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00P.M. Tickets: $7
Beatbox movement pioneer Kid Lucky presents NU VOICES, a 14-piece human beatbox orchestra. From vocal scratching to scatting to Tuvan throat singing, the all-star vocal band will demonstrate mouth-watering original improvisations, combined with urban dance remixes you know and love by such artists as Mary J Blige, P Diddy, Dr. Dre, KLF, Soul II Soul and even Metallica. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
Beyond Basic: Popping & Locking
Thursday, April 6 at 3:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
Jorge Fabel Pabon, a/k/a the legendary Popmaster Fabel leads a group of young dancers through the basics of hip-hop movement. Fabel teaches in the Experimental Theatre wing of NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.
Beyond Basic: Turntablism
Hop-Fu: Hip-Hop Meets Kung Fu
Saturday, April 8 at 2:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
Hosted by filmmaker and turntablism guru John Carluccio and DJs Excess and IXL, this performance workshop will take you through the history, the techniques and the application of turntables. Their ground-breaking collaboration, Hop-Fu: Hip-Hop Meets Kung Fu will unveil film sound track and scratch techniques like youve never seen and heard before. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
Beyond Basic: Art of Rhyme/Spoken Word
Wednesday, April 12 at 3:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
The Universes will conclude the series of four Beyond Basic sessions by sharing their art and technique, derived from the New York poetry scene, with a group of verbally adept NYU students.
RETROSPECTIVES:
Hip-Hop Retrospectives
Hip-Hop Retrospectives is a three-part discussion series that takes a look back at the road paved by hip-hop pioneers and a look forward at a global culture that some feel has yet to realize its greatest potential. Produced by Jason King. Co-sponsored by Tisch School of the Arts.
The Making of Planet Rock
Monday, April 3 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
Performed by hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force, Planet Rock is arguably the most classic recording in hip-hop history. For the first time in a live setting, The Making of Planet Rock will bring together the original creative team behind the song - artists, producers, engineers, record company executives and special guests - to reflect on the making of the record, more than 20 years after its release. Speakers include Afrika Bambaataa Arthur Baker, Fab Five Freddy, Monica Lynch, John Robie, Tom Silverman and special guests. Moderated by pioneering author David Toop.
The Future of Hip-Hop
Saturday, April 8 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
We've given some of the sharpest critical minds in music five minutes each to offer three wishes for the next three years of hip-hop. Destined to be a controversial evening, the panel includes luminaries: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Time, Village Voice), Jaylah Burrell (Pop Matters), Richard Goldstein (former Voice editor), Margo Jefferson (Pulitzer Prize-winner, New York Times), Bakari Kitwana (Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop), Sacha Jenkins (Ego Trip co-founder), Cristina Veran (One World, Spin) and Oliver Wang (Classic Material, Vibe).
Executive Decisions: 30 Years of Powerful Women in Hip-Hop
Monday, April 10 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
This exciting event will bring together some of the pioneering women in hip-hop who have worked as record label CEOs, presidents, and senior executives to reflect on the challenges they faced climbing to the top of a male-dominated industry. Panel includes: Ann Carli, former senior executive at Jive; Lisa Cortes, former president of Loose Cannon; Carmen Ashhurst, former president of Def Jam; Monica Lynch, former president of Tommy Boy, Denise Brown, former head of Warner Bros. Urban, many others. Moderated by acclaimed author and journalist Danyel Smith.
TICKETS:
UNBOUND PASSES:
$100 General public / NYU faculty & staff
$50 for NYU students
Go completely unbound and enjoy the ultimate, all-inclusive hip-hop experience by purchasing a festival pass. These Unbound Passes are good for admission to all events. Pass holders do not require tickets to access events, workshops, performances, and panels. To guarantee admittance you must be present at the venue 30 minutes prior to the events scheduled start time. A limited number of Unbound Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. These passes are non-transferable.
Online Ticketing Fees Apply
www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
In Person No Ticketing Fees
Two Locations:
Shagan Box Office, 566 LaGuardia Place
Hours: TSA 12:00 to 6:00P.M. and two hours prior to performances.
Ticket Central, 416 West 42nd Street.
Hours: Daily, 12noon 8:00P.M.
By Phone Ticketing Fees Apply
Ticket Central, 212-279-4200
Hours: Daily, 12noon 8:00P.M.
The Skirball Center at NYU is located at 566 LaGuardia Place on the south side of Washington Square Park between Washington Square South (4th Street) and 3rd Street.
The Skirball Center is close to most subway lines:
West 4th Street - A, B, C, D, E, F, V
8Th Street & Broadway N, R
Astor Place 6
Christopher Street - 1
Union Square L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5, 6
Buses serving the area: #5, 6, 8, 12
The PATH trains stops at 9th Street and 6th Avenue
For more information, please contact
Blake Zidell, Brian Shimkovitz or Carla Sacks at
Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000,
blake@sacksco.com, brian.shimkovitz@sacksco.om or carla@sacksco.com.
Hip-hop permeates todays youth culture around the world as a vibrant, challenging and constantly transforming phenomenon. Early on, the term hip-hop was used to describe the four elements: emceeing (rapping), deejaying (turntablism), graffiti, and breakdancing. Today, however, everything from dance to theater to fashion is encompassed by the genre. Bridging the gap between underground expression and mainstream commercialism, hip-hop has created not only an impressive share of superstars, but also more than a little controversy in innumerable cultural and demographic contexts.
From April 3 to 15, NYU's Jack H. Skirball Centerwhose explicit mission it is to actively engage young adult (1830) audiences through live performancepresents Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound, a singularly expansive array of programs celebrating and re-examining 30 years of hip-hop as a cultural force. Skirball Center Executive Director Wiley Hausam co-curates and co-produces the festival, along with Rika Iino, CEO/Producer of Sozo Media, and Jason King, associate chair of the Clive Davis Program of Recorded Music at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts. Fest Forward will feature performances, discussions and workshops about the many facets of whats out there in the wide world of hip-hop, encompassing the music, theater, dance, video, fashion, politics and ideas that have grown out this urban folk art. As a whole, the programming focuses on the contributions of women, Asians, Latinos, political activists, thinkers, crossover artists (in theater and dance) and young underground artists to draw an alternative portrait of the hip-hop landscape, adding richness and complexity to the common portrayal of hip-hop in the media.
The Fest Forward performances will span a wide range of media, from a theatrical reading and dance pieces to a documentary film and a concert. Armed with a new album, legendary Bay Area rappers The Coup will bring their 14 years of politically charged experience to a show at the Skirball Center. A two-part event focusing on women and dance in hip-hop will feature performances by troupes Decadancetheatre and Full Circle Productions. Deep*NYC, a program integrating fashion, video, and genre-bending multicultural acts will be hosted by MC Akim Funk Buddha, an artist who performs a collage of dance, poetry, and throat-singing. Fest-goers will also have the chance to take a sneak peak at a segment of documentary work-in-progress, Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip-Hop by legendary dancer Popmaster Fabel of the Rock Steady Crew. Called The Great Hip-Hop Swindle, this presentation will also include special dance performances and a panel/Q&A session. Rounding off the performance portion of Fest Forward is a staged reading of a new theater work by cutting-edge poetry and performance ensemble Universes.
In addition to the array of performances, a trio of retrospective panels with high-powered participants, produced by Jason King, are set to take place over the course of Fest Forward. Early hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa calls together the people behind his seminal work, Planet Rock for a
panel discussion on its nexus, moderated by David Toop. Hip-hop has long been a vehicle for outspoken, powerful women to vent their perspectives candidly, but we hardly ever hear from the women who run the businesses behind the scenes.
Fest Forward presents Executive Decisions: 30 Years of Powerful Women in Hip-Hop as probably the first public showcase of the legendary female movers and shakers in the music industry who have helped push hip-hop forward over the years. Finally, a discussion entitled The Future of Hip-Hop will give a diverse group of all-star scholars and journalists just five minutes each to offer three wishes for the next thirty years of hip-hop. The Retrospectives are co-sponsored by NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.
Finally, grouped under the moniker Beyond Basic, a series of interactive workshops will provide a behind-the-scenes look at performance aspects of hip-hop, with demonstrations by recognized masters. NYU student participants will learn the technique behind beatboxing, breakdancing, turntablism and rhyme/spoken word. Kid Lucky, an expert practitioner, presents a 14-piece human beatbox orchestra called Nu Voices, while well-known breakdancer Popmaster Fabel will demonstrate hip-hop movement with a group of young dancers. Filmmaker and turntablism guru John Carluccio, along with DJs Excess and IXL, will host a performance workshop focusing on the history and applications of turntable techniques. Finally, Universes will share more about hip-hops relationship with poetry, concluding the series of Beyond Basic workshops.
Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound is part of a program designed to engage college-age youth and young adults under the age of 30 in cultural events at the Skirball Center. The Center presents theater, dance, music, musical theater, and opera, solo performance, comedy, video, film, and public affairs events. Its mission is to serve the NYU community while building young adult audiences (ages 18-30) for live performance by reaching out to them with a broad range of world-class, forward-thinking work at low ticket prices. L. Jay Oliva, President Emeritus of NYU is the executive producer of the Skirball Center. Tickets for NYU students to Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound are $7.
What follows is a lineup of Fest Forward: Hip-Hop Unbound events at the Skirball Center in April:
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES:
Decadancetheatre + Full Circle Productions: Wednesday, April 5 at 7:00P.M.; Friday, April 7 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $25 general public; $15 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
A two-part evening of women and hip-hop dance from New York City.
Decadancetheatre is made of up young women from the U.S., Colombia, and Japan, who acquired the common language of hip-hops urban folk culture in the clubs and on the streets of the cities where they grew up. Led by artistic director, Jennifer Weber, her leading dancers bring . . . the feminine mystique to hip-hop. (Village Voice)
Full Circle Productions, led by Ana Rokafella Garcia and veteran B-boy, Gabriel Kwikstep Dionisio, is a hip-hop collective of women and men that brings the positive image of women in full command of the hip-hop culture. Their recent works include Soular Powerd (New Victory Theater) and the current, Innaviews (Dance Theatre Workshop).
The Great Hip-Hop Swindle: Thursday, April 6 at 7:00 P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
A premiere screening of a segment of the new documentary-in-progress by legendary dancer and V.P. of the world-renowned Rock Steady Crew, Popmaster Fabel. Apache Line: From Gangs to Hip-Hop documents the foundations of b-boying, popping and rocking as it emerged from the gang era of the mid-1970s in Spanish Harlem. The screening will be followed by a performance with special guests in which dance legends meet new jacks, and will close with a panel/Q & A with members of this community. Produced by Thomas O. Kriegsmann.
Ameriville: A Staged Reading by Universes Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
The acclaimed performance ensemble Universes present a first-look concert reading of their newest creation Ameriville. Comprised of Gamal Chasten, Mildred Ruiz, Ninja and Steven Sapp, Universes is best known for their ground-breaking off-Broadway hit Slanguage. Ameriville has been developed in part through a residency at the Skirball Center.
Deep*NYC
An evening of music, fashion, and video
Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media)
Thursday, April 13 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
Dig deep into unstoppable urban expressions by NYCs hottest emerging talents. A multimedia marathon hosted by MC Akim Funk Buddha, featuring Bi-Trip, a Japanese hip-hop dance group, Dujeous, a live hip-hop sensation, and other genre-breaking multi-cultural acts, fashion shows, a DJ, video and a very special guest. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
The Coup: Saturday, April 15 at 10:00P.M.
Tickets: $25 general public; $15 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
The Coup's new album, Pick A Bigger Weapon, kicks off with a classic Boots Riley line I'm a walking contradiction/Like bullets and love mixin... and then it just gets better. The Coups newest songs capture the collisions between economics and everyday life, the political and the personal. After a 14-year career that has defined the word uncompromising, the Coup return armed with bigger funk and taller tales.
WORKSHOPS:
Beyond Basic
Beyond Basic is a series of four performance workshops designed to encourage NYU students to get up-close and personal with the makers of live hip-hop. From b-boys to turntables to human beatbox, take your knowledge to the next level. Go back stage and behind the scenes with the pioneers and see how they do it. Go beyond basic.
Beyond Basic: Human Beatbox
NU VOICES by Kid Lucky and Beatboxer Entertainment
Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00P.M. Tickets: $7
Beatbox movement pioneer Kid Lucky presents NU VOICES, a 14-piece human beatbox orchestra. From vocal scratching to scatting to Tuvan throat singing, the all-star vocal band will demonstrate mouth-watering original improvisations, combined with urban dance remixes you know and love by such artists as Mary J Blige, P Diddy, Dr. Dre, KLF, Soul II Soul and even Metallica. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
Beyond Basic: Popping & Locking
Thursday, April 6 at 3:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
Jorge Fabel Pabon, a/k/a the legendary Popmaster Fabel leads a group of young dancers through the basics of hip-hop movement. Fabel teaches in the Experimental Theatre wing of NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.
Beyond Basic: Turntablism
Hop-Fu: Hip-Hop Meets Kung Fu
Saturday, April 8 at 2:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
Hosted by filmmaker and turntablism guru John Carluccio and DJs Excess and IXL, this performance workshop will take you through the history, the techniques and the application of turntables. Their ground-breaking collaboration, Hop-Fu: Hip-Hop Meets Kung Fu will unveil film sound track and scratch techniques like youve never seen and heard before. Produced by Rika Iino (Sozo Media).
Beyond Basic: Art of Rhyme/Spoken Word
Wednesday, April 12 at 3:00P.M.
Tickets: $7
The Universes will conclude the series of four Beyond Basic sessions by sharing their art and technique, derived from the New York poetry scene, with a group of verbally adept NYU students.
RETROSPECTIVES:
Hip-Hop Retrospectives
Hip-Hop Retrospectives is a three-part discussion series that takes a look back at the road paved by hip-hop pioneers and a look forward at a global culture that some feel has yet to realize its greatest potential. Produced by Jason King. Co-sponsored by Tisch School of the Arts.
The Making of Planet Rock
Monday, April 3 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
Performed by hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force, Planet Rock is arguably the most classic recording in hip-hop history. For the first time in a live setting, The Making of Planet Rock will bring together the original creative team behind the song - artists, producers, engineers, record company executives and special guests - to reflect on the making of the record, more than 20 years after its release. Speakers include Afrika Bambaataa Arthur Baker, Fab Five Freddy, Monica Lynch, John Robie, Tom Silverman and special guests. Moderated by pioneering author David Toop.
The Future of Hip-Hop
Saturday, April 8 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
We've given some of the sharpest critical minds in music five minutes each to offer three wishes for the next three years of hip-hop. Destined to be a controversial evening, the panel includes luminaries: Ta-Nehisi Coates (Time, Village Voice), Jaylah Burrell (Pop Matters), Richard Goldstein (former Voice editor), Margo Jefferson (Pulitzer Prize-winner, New York Times), Bakari Kitwana (Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop), Sacha Jenkins (Ego Trip co-founder), Cristina Veran (One World, Spin) and Oliver Wang (Classic Material, Vibe).
Executive Decisions: 30 Years of Powerful Women in Hip-Hop
Monday, April 10 at 7:00P.M.
Tickets: $15 general public; $10 NYU faculty & staff; $7 NYU students
This exciting event will bring together some of the pioneering women in hip-hop who have worked as record label CEOs, presidents, and senior executives to reflect on the challenges they faced climbing to the top of a male-dominated industry. Panel includes: Ann Carli, former senior executive at Jive; Lisa Cortes, former president of Loose Cannon; Carmen Ashhurst, former president of Def Jam; Monica Lynch, former president of Tommy Boy, Denise Brown, former head of Warner Bros. Urban, many others. Moderated by acclaimed author and journalist Danyel Smith.
TICKETS:
UNBOUND PASSES:
$100 General public / NYU faculty & staff
$50 for NYU students
Go completely unbound and enjoy the ultimate, all-inclusive hip-hop experience by purchasing a festival pass. These Unbound Passes are good for admission to all events. Pass holders do not require tickets to access events, workshops, performances, and panels. To guarantee admittance you must be present at the venue 30 minutes prior to the events scheduled start time. A limited number of Unbound Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. These passes are non-transferable.
Online Ticketing Fees Apply
www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
In Person No Ticketing Fees
Two Locations:
Shagan Box Office, 566 LaGuardia Place
Hours: TSA 12:00 to 6:00P.M. and two hours prior to performances.
Ticket Central, 416 West 42nd Street.
Hours: Daily, 12noon 8:00P.M.
By Phone Ticketing Fees Apply
Ticket Central, 212-279-4200
Hours: Daily, 12noon 8:00P.M.
The Skirball Center at NYU is located at 566 LaGuardia Place on the south side of Washington Square Park between Washington Square South (4th Street) and 3rd Street.
The Skirball Center is close to most subway lines:
West 4th Street - A, B, C, D, E, F, V
8Th Street & Broadway N, R
Astor Place 6
Christopher Street - 1
Union Square L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5, 6
Buses serving the area: #5, 6, 8, 12
The PATH trains stops at 9th Street and 6th Avenue
For more information, please contact
Blake Zidell, Brian Shimkovitz or Carla Sacks at
Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000,
blake@sacksco.com, brian.shimkovitz@sacksco.om or carla@sacksco.com.
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