Back in the early 1990s, Homer Bryant, who founded the Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center in 1981, attended a rap concert in Canada and noticed how the cadence of the music allowed the kids to easily ...

Like cookies and cream, or chocolate and peanut butter, it just makes delicious sense to combine hip hop with ballet. And, not unlike these addictive, indulgent treats that are better than the sum of ...

In 2016, Homer Bryant posted a clip of his dance students wearing ballet shoes and performing to Jason Derulo’s “If It Ain’t Love.” They were practicing a new style he invented called Hiplet ...

Dancer Nia Towe had been keeping a secret for months. Last week, Towe, who was born and raised in Chicago, settled in to watch an episode of reality television with her family and boyfriend. On-screen ...

It’s not hip-hop. It’s not ballet. It’s “Hiplet,” and it’s coming to the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga on Tuesday. In 2016, the Hiplet Ballerinas went viral after posting a practice ...

When you think of ballet, classical music like Mozart or Beethoven probably come to mind, but what happens when you throw in some hip-hop? You get something called Hiplet. A performance of the cool ...

Hip-hop ballet isn’t something brand new. Anyone who’s watched Save The Last Dance will be well versed in how ballet can be fused with street dance (even if it’s murdered by Julia Styles). But one ...

Nia Parker has been a dancer since the age of 4. Her grace and skill are a reflection of focus and hard work. She is part of the Hiplet Ballerinas who had a video go viral as they demonstrated a genre ...