PD Social | Ladies of Hip Hop: A Night of Art, Connection, and Community

Tickets 

Your performance ticket will be provided to you at the pre-show reception.  When entering the Marcus Center please let the staff scanning tickets know that you are part of the reception in the Donor Lounge. 

  

Parking 

The Marcus Performing Arts Center is located at 929 North Water Street, between East State Street and East Kilbourn Avenue. The Marcus Center Parking Structure is located one block north of the Marcus Center, between East State Street, and East Highland Avenue. To access the parking structure, turn onto State Street from Water Street. The entrance is one block west of Water Street on the right. 

  

Pre-Show Reception 

The pre-show reception will take place in the Marcus Center Donor Lounge starting at 6:30 pm and includes light appetizers and complimentary drinks.  Based on how you enter the building, below are ways to get to the Donor Lounge: 

• Skywalk Entrance: After walking through the skywalk, turn left and go to the end of the hall, taking the last elevator down to the Lower Level where the Donor Lounge is located. 

• Water Street Main Entrance: After walking into main entrance, head to the right side of the building (toward State Street) toward the Northwest corner of the building. Take the corner elevator down to the Lower Level where the Donor Lounge is located. 

  

Performance 

The performance will take place in Uihlein Hall starting at 7:30 pm. Ladies of Hip Hop (LOHH) is an all-female intergenerational dance collective that creates dance works illuminating the strength, power, and diversity of women in Hip Hop. Under the direction of founder Michele Byrd-McPhee, LOHH interweaves the embodied experiences of women, creating a communal fabric that paints a picture of a more global women experience. Through their work, LOHH is reclaiming and transforming spaces, not only in the realm of dance but also within the broader cultural landscape. 

  

Post-Show Q&A with MPAC Cultural Ambassador Donald Driver 

We are thrilled to share that the Marcus Center’s Cultural Ambassador, Donald Driver, will be attending the show and facilitating a post-show Q&A for the audience with the dancers! 

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FULL EVENT DETAILS:

Ladies of Hip Hop (LOHH) is an all-female intergenerational dance collective that creates dance works illuminating the strength, power, and diversity of women in Hip Hop. Under the direction of founder Michele Byrd-McPhee, LOHH interweaves the embodied experiences of women, creating a communal fabric that paints a picture of a more global women experience. Through their work, LOHH is reclaiming and transforming spaces, not only in the realm of dance but also within the broader cultural landscape. 

The Black Dancing Bodies Project is an initiative to uplift and celebrate Black women in street and club dance culture, addressing the erasure and miscoding of Black women’s contributions to American dance culture. Black Dancing Bodies Project: Speak My Mind reclaims community stories, gestures, mannerisms, hairstyles, dances, and cultural norms. With neck rolling, eye rolling, tongue popping, teeth sucking, hand clapping, and finger snapping, we will be loud, expressive, gentle, and soft. We will be authentically ourselves. We will speak our minds.

This show is part of the 2024/25 MPAC Presents Dance series. To learn more and subscribe to all three jazz shows, click here.