“In Fosseville the gaudiest dreams existed side by side with the most vicious betrayals; everything was real but nothing was true”

“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were real­ly no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”

“Like other forms of ghetto street culture — graffiti, verbal dueling, rapping­ — breaking is a public arena for the flam­boyant triumph of virility, wit, and skill. In short, of style.”

A theater critic’s take on one of the greatest theatrical figures of the past century

Here are a half-dozen movement showcases not to miss in June and beyond