A CONVERSATION WITH RAPHAEL XAVIER

Join us online for a conversation with Raphael Xavier, Hip-Hop dancer and Breaking practitioner. Streaming live on YouTube and Facebook. 

About Raphael Xavier (Choreographer, Breaker)
Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Raphael Xavier (pronounced ZAH-vee-ay) has been a Breaking practitioner since 1983. As he has forged an exceptional approach to improvisation, Brenda Dixon Gottschild deemed Xavier, ‘A fine rhythm technician who transforms a bravado dance style into an introspective meditation.’ Extensive research in the Breaking form has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique that gives the practitioner a better understanding of the body within all dance forms. His solo and ensemble choreographic dance works have been performed worldwide. XAVEIR’S: The Musicians & The Mover is currently being developed as part of New York Live Arts’ Live Feed Artist Residency. Past works have been performed at REDCAT Los Angeles, Kennedy Center in Washington DC, ART (American Repertory Theatre in Boston), the Dance Center at Columbia College Chicago and Painted Bride in Philadelphia, PA among others. He currently lives in Philadelphia and is a Professor of dance at Princeton University and University of Texas Austin. www.raphaelxavier.org 

See the performance RAPHAEL XAVIER – November 19 & 20, 8pm at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston  

Read the performance's program notes

A special thanks to Abudi Consulting Group for supporting this livestream.