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...house. And, of course, the show closed with the SAA dancers' signature piece, their modern version of the bhangra. One of the characteristics that often startles firsttime viewers of classical Indian dance is the resemblance of the stylized motions, frozen poses and jerky dance steps to today's hip-hop. Glowing in costumes of basic black highlighted by bright flourescent and primary colors, the cast seamlessly integrated into the forms of classical bhangra elements of hip-hop, funk dance, acrobatic elements and even a flash or two of tango...
...investors like Marie Kordus have become increasingly scared to look down. You could call it verti-Dow. "I try not to watch the market every day because it will make me crazy and I'm afraid I'll make the wrong decisions," says Kordus, 41, who runs a hip-hop radio station in Los Angeles and has built a portfolio of stocks that have jumped about 25% in value in the past two years...
Last year the council spent about $9,000 to bring Pharcyde to campus. According to council members, the band's hip-hop music attracted students from different backgrounds who might not otherwise have attended the event...
...away any preperformance anxiety. "I light my candle onstage," says Badu. "I create my calm where I am. I close my eyes, open them again, and I'm O.K." Badu's music is a lot like that. Her debut CD, Baduizm (Kedar Entertainment/Universal), draws from soul, jazz, blues and hip-hop--but instead of a chaotic swirl of sound, the result is a slow-burning, serene, meditative work. It will open some eyes...
...Girls' accents disappear when they sing, only to reappear during spoken-word segments, like Eliza Doolittle forgetting her manners. It's as if they are so closely copying American pop music that their own distinctive qualities are erased. In fact, most of the songs on Spice sound like '90s hip-hop updates of funk songs from the '70s. Listen to the surging Say You'll Be There: the groove is penetrating, but the whole thing sounds suspiciously like an Earth, Wind and Fire song that's just on the tip of one's tongue...