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At International Hip-Hop Dance Championships, the Arizona Brand Is Strong

By Michelle Beaver
Aug 15, 2018

Dancers and crews from Mesa, Gilbert and elsewhere dominated in dozens of categories.
How Diggs Deeper Is Shaking Up the Freestyle Dance Scene

By Michelle Beaver
Dec 6, 2017

"The intention isn’t focused on the outcome.”
Arizona Dance Crews Dominate at Hip Hop International

By Michelle Beaver
Aug 14, 2017

It’s the Olympics of hip-hop dance.
No Smoking

Scottsdale bistro wants to stick it up your tailpipe

By Michelle Beaver
Dec 28, 2006

Al Gore would be proud -- and maybe a little buzzed -- if he went to the Orange Table's Bike Night. Each Tuesday, the Orange turns green, offering booze discounts to anyone who rolls up on a bicycle. And enviro-freaks don't even have to be clean. “You could come in...
Virtual Beats

A Tempe-based Web site brings democracy to hip-hop

By Michelle Beaver
Feb 5, 2004

Ansel Averitt is a closet rapper. The Phoenix twentysomething has a loyal audience of three friends, and his finest piece of music equipment is the tape recorder he keeps in his back pocket. But soon, Averitt and any other talented underground rapper could be as big as an American Idol...

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