Head-spinning, foot-stomping, intricately choreographed acrobatic mayhem. This is break-dancing. After emerging from Beacon Hill in the late 90s, the Massive Monkees got notice on the international stage, but Seattle is still home, and tonight theyre back. Instead of taking on crews from cities around the globe, theyre letting a new crop of b-boys (and a few girls) battle for break-dancing supremacy in the Massive Monkees League Tournament hosted by The Vera Project. I tend to think of break-dancing as kids messing around at junior high dances. But this is serious business! Several members of the Monkees hold classes for beginners around the city, including one at Vera. This is a chance for their students and other amateur dancers to show off their latest tricks. And while the focus is the newbies, the Monkees themselves will exhibit their own mix of hard-edge beats and raw-motion. This is not the break-dancing of Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtle movies of yore, this is art.
Sat., Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., 2007
