Hip-hop gets its props

UCI students participate in a hip-hop masterclass before the pandemic.

Two new dance faculty members bring cultural and artistic gravitas to the street genre.

UCI News features the department's newest faculty members.

Read more about Ariyan Johnson and Cyrian Reed, two new faculty members in the Department of Dance at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, both teach hip-hop dance. They’ve adapted to remote instruction during the pandemic. “Hip-hop don’t stop,” Johnson says. “We will continue.”