Make no mistake, Daisy Vazquez loves to perform. But Friday night was time to compete at the TURF dance battle held at the Oakland Museum of California.
To break it down, "TURF" is short for "taking up room on the floor." Think up-tempo hip-hop, less structured, and combined with waving, gliding and floor moves. This type of street dance was created in Oakland in the 1990s.
TeliceShe's going to college at UC Berkeley, which she says exposed her to the Bay Area's dance scene. As she puts it, for the museum to recognize TURFing as part of"So much Black culture, so much Black excellence here in the Bay, for the Oakland Museum to recognize that, that's really powerful. It's really like a Black celebration," says Telice.
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