Turf Feinz Is Street Dance With A Social Purpose (It’s Better Than It Sounds)

When the Huffington Post published a piece on them a fortnight ago, their dance video went viral and has received over 1.4m YouTube views to date. The hope is that by raising their profile, and inspiring other dance groups to form, more creative approaches can be developed to counter gang-related street crime – here in the UK and the US.
In short, turf dancers want to reclaim the streets (and I hope make way for little old ladies such as myself who may be unnerved at the sight of sexy, lithe cockers throwing out their arms and legs on street corners to funny music).
Farah’s film includes an interview with the blogger and poet Tristan Hazell who talks about turf (an acronym for taking up room on the floor) dance, the beauty of Turf Feinz and the power to change a world. Watch Farah’s movie here.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/263464/madame-arcati/turf-feinz-is-street-dance-with-a-social-purpose-its-better-than-it-sounds.html
THEY ARE NOT GANG MEMBERS! THEY ARE A DANCE GROUP IN WHICH TWO OF THEM ARE MY SONS!
ReplyDeleteOk. But it reads better as ex-gang members, which is what they told US? And congratulations, you have raised beautiful, powerful, amazing kids. respect.
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