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.
Photo: Titus Ogilvie-Laing
Works & Process on Tour
Marcus Performing Arts Center: Ladies of Hip-Hop
Marcus Performing Arts Center: Ladies of Hip-Hop
Works & Process Events
American Dance Festival - Les Ballet Afrik: New York Is Burning by Omari Wiles
American Dance Festival - Les Ballet Afrik: New York Is Burning by Omari Wiles
It's Showtime NYC! / Maimouna Keita African Dance Company / Kash Gaines’s Caged Birds
Jacob's Pillow - MasterZ at Work Dance Family
Catskill Mountain Foundation - Stars of Ballet with New York City Ballet Principal Adrian Danchig-Waring
New Victory Dance: Program C featuring Ladies of Hip-Hop, NVA & Guests, and GALLIM
Wave Hill - The Missing Element featuring The Beatbox House
Music From The Sole's I Didn't Come to Stay
Music From The Sole's I Didn't Come to Stay
Jacob's Pillow - Princess Lockerooo & The Fabulous Waack Dancers
Marcus Performing Arts Center: Ladies of Hip-Hop
Omaha Performing Arts: Ladies of Hip-Hop: Black Dancing Bodies Project: SpeakMyMind