Street dance has had a big impact on performance dance and popular culture, but many of the artists’ names have been lost in time. Choreographer Rennie Harris wants to highlight those influences.

‘The Twist’ was a phenomenom in the 1960’s inspiring a raft of ‘twist ... As the popping and locking of break-dancing became popular in the 1980’s, 'The Robot' made a comeback.

If Tanowitz had to describe her choreography to someone who knows very little about dance, she would call it "talking-dancing." "I think of it like a sentence. And the material that I work with ...