Bust a Move

Crouch and bounce that thing God gave you.by Daudi AbeIllustrations by Naomi Likayi
We live in a time where cruelty has become the dominant passion. How do we, to use the words of Hole, “live through this”? By, for one, countering cruelty with a passion that has been central to Black culture, dancing: the passion of joy.
More to the point, dancing is one of the four original elements of hip-hop. In fact, between the show-stealing Rock Steady Crew scene from the movie Flashdance,