Garion Morgan, a.k.a. Icecold 3000 of the Turf Fienz, dancing near the Port of Oakland in 2019. In recent years, turf dancing has undergone a revival, extending and building upon its hyphy-era origins ...

If there are two dance forms that seem to be total opposites of one another, it's turf and ballet dancing. Turf dancing is an art form that was created by black youth in Oakland, and is characterized ...

TURF dancing was born from the rhythm of Oakland and developed in conversation with the world. An acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor, TURF is a prominent dance style from the San Francisco Bay ...

A recent Friday, 1:37 p.m.: Calling themselves the Turf Feinz, the four members of the Turf dance crew dart through a BART train headed for San Francisco. They need to find the next audience to wow ...

ON A COLD and rainy October day, four men gathered on two corners of 90th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland. What they did next captured the attention of more than a million YouTube ...

*In the Bay Area, well Oakland specifically, there’s a new thing called ‘TURF‘ dancing, and the Oakland Museum of California/OMCA spotlighting it as part of its Black History Month Dance Battle event.

Arthur Gardner, a.k.a. Dopey Fresh, spends many mornings trying to rouse BART commuters out of an iPhone-induced stupor. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!” he calls out to the crowd on board the ...

Char� Johnson performs under the shadow of death. Every time the 17-year-old hip-hop dancer goes on stage with his group, the Architeckz, he looks inside himself and focuses on the anger and pain of ...

On a cold and rainy October day, four men gathered on two corners of 90th Avenue and MacArthur Boulevard in East Oakland. What they did next captured the attention of more than a million YouTube ...