Educational Programs
In 2025, Endangered Ideas organized workshops at high schools - bringing original dancers from the 1970s street styles: Oakland Boogaloo, San Francisco Strutting, and Richmond Robotting. Over 250 students were reached in four cities. Through screenings, dance workshops, and live engagements, students experienced local cultural legacies firsthand.
13 original dance pioneers were hired to be instructors. Some taught in the same high schools they attended as youth.
Team
PRODUCED BY: Endangered Ideas
CO-PRODUCED BY: Collabyrinth Creative
BAY AREA STREET DANCE LEGENDS INCLUDE: Charles “Chuck” Powell (Black Messengers), William “Penguin” Randolph (Black Resurgents), Ralph “Plik Plok” Montejo (Criminons), Lonnie “Pop Tart” Green (Demons of the Mind), Johnny 5 (Turf Inc), Levi “I Dummy” Allen (Turf Inc), Mike “OG Mike” Predovic, and many more.
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Demondre Ward, Jahsaudi Saafir, Braelan Murray, Spencer Wilkinson
EDITED BY: Spencer Wilkinson
SUPPORTED BY: California Arts Council, SF Foundation & Zellerbach Foundation
PARTNERS INCLUDE: East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Castlemont High School, Balboa High School, Youth Beat, Step One Fitness, and the Fillmore Cultural Center