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Contact:
Dana Munson

Marketing Director

dmunson@thecowlescenter.org

612.206.3630

The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts presents the 7^th Annual Groundbreaker Battle

Featuring a crew vs. crew break dancing competition, workshops, and performance by Ill Chemistry

Saturday, August 15
Noon 8:00pm

Minneapolis, MN (July 13, 2015) The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts is hosting the 7^th Annual Groundbreaker Battle on Saturday, August 15 from Noon 8:00pm. The daylong family friendly event highlights the MSP local breaking crews along with crews competing from all over the nation. Be a part of the action as crew vs. crew battle in hopes of winning one of three cash prizes. Judges have been selected from around the nation: B-Girl Vanicia (Nashville), B-Boy Float (Boston) and Red Bull sponsored B-Boy Easy Roc (L.A.) to determine the winning crew!

There will be Hip Hop and Beat-boxing workshops, an interactive graffiti installation with Juxtaposition Arts, community vendors, raffles, and performances by Ill Chemistry and the House of Dance youth group, even a special appearance from the Timberwolves Pup Crew. This event is sponsored by the Minnesota Twins, Red Bull, and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The 7^th Annual Groundbreaker Battle will be held in the Butler Square parking lot on the North side of The Cowles Center.

Since its inception, Groundbreaker Battle has been a staple event in the MSP Hip Hop community. It is a platform through which local and regional crews can come together to celebrate Hip Hop artistry, community, and culture in a fun, friendly, and challenging environment.

Schedule of events

12:00pm: Check in opens

12:00 12:45pm: Workshop Beginning Hip Hop

1:15 3:00pm: Preliminaries

2:00 2:45pm: Workshop Beat Boxing 101

3:00 3:30pm: Performance House of Dance Youth Group/ Timberwolves Pup Crew/Introduction of judges

3:30 4:45pm: Top 16 battles

4:45pm: Raffle #1

5:00 6:00pm: Top 8 battles

6:00 6:15pm: Performance Ill Chemistry

6:15 7:00pm: Top 4 battles

7:00pm: Raffle #2

7:15 7:45pm: Final battle

About The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; office and rehearsal space for 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; the Illusion Theater; the James Sewell Ballet TEK Box; and the U.S. Bank Atrium. The Cowles Center is a catalyst for the creation, performance, education and celebration of dance and the performing arts. Within these walls, people come together to create, to perform, to teach to celebrate and above allTO DANCE!

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