@nyplAug 10, 2026 · 1:32 · original sound - nypl
The Library for the Performing Arts was recently in the Bronx recording an outdoor street dance performance to add to its archive in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. B-girl Rokafella and the Library's Daisy Pommer, who oversees Original Documentations for the Dance Division, spoke to us about the importance of archiving street dance for the Library. "How Do We Move in Public?" is the second program in Social Practice CUNY’s 2026 series How Do We ___________ in Public?, a cycle of four free experimental events responding to contemporary crises shaping the cultural field, including the defunding and targeting of public institutions and the erosion of shared civic space. This second program in the series partnered with BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance during the Boogie Down Dance Series. Organized by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel and presented on July 13, the event brought together these dancers and choreographers with connections to the Bronx to generate movement-based actions in public spaces in the South Bronx: Argelia Arreola, Ana ‘Rokafella’ García, Paloma McGregor/Angela’s Pulse, Alethea Pace, and more. This video features Rokafella, Kwiskstep and other dancers from the Bronx-based street dance company, Full Circle Souljahs. Videographer Alex Romania captured footage for the Library to add to its archive, which will be available for anyone with a Library card to view soon! 🎶: Music by Ben Boogz
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