“West Coast Funk & Soul Theatre Show,” created by Zulu Gremlin, was more of a stroll down funk and soul lane than a theatrical production. Gremlin, acting as narrator, announced it at the start: He was presenting a choreographic timeline of West Coast funk and soul. It was one hour of edutainment on the patio outside the front entrances of the Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale. On the last day of May, as the sun was still beating down at 5:00 p.m., the cast of No Easy Props turned the small makeshift stage into a Soul Train set, a b-boy cypher, and a freestyle session in which the star was a young b-girl spinning around on her head.
Gremlin is an active 55-year-old b-boy who truly loves hip-hop. He is an arts educator for No Easy Props, a cultural arts organization consisting of 20 street dancers, graffiti artists, deejays, beat makers, and rappers who are performance artists and educators. It hosts Saturday Break Sessions from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at its NEP Pop-Up Shop & Studio at 117 N. Artsakh in Glendale and Summer Hip Hop Camp for youth ages 13-18. . . .
Read the entire article at LA Dance Chronicle.
Jessica Koslow 