Dancing on the Corner

Queena Kim over at the Bay Citizen yesterday published a look at TURF dancing, a thing the kids are doing in Oakland that’s apparently very popular in Europe thanks to YouTube:

“The hits started picking up in the U.S. a week or two ago,” Savion said. “While TURF dancing started in Oakland, to me YouTube has taken TURF beyond the neighborhood, and it’s becoming a global phenomenon.”

Read on (and watch the above video).

Update: Props to Youth Uprising for facilitating the movement.

One Response to “Dancing on the Corner”

  1. Chully says:

    Give some props to YouthUprising on providing a space for kids like these to better themselves and hone their (awesome) expression.

    http://www.youthuprising.org/