Stay Woke and Move: A dance social with live DJing by DJ Shadowsweat, featuring taste-testing by 3rd Eye Snacks (chocolate-covered coffee beans).
Founded by Millie Heckler and DJ Dio in the Fall of 2017, SoulFunktion serves as a traveling party dedicated to relentless self-progression and the pursuit of fearlessness. Through hosting parties, teaching Hip Hop dance classes, and bringing artists together, the team advocates for embodied responsibility, upholding values of creativity, individuality, innovation (R.H. Laws of Hip Hop), social equity, and inclusivity at all costs. SoulFunktion parties, hosted by a professional dancer and sounds by a live-mixing DJ, were established on UT Austin’s campus. SoulFunktion has hosted parties off-campus at Paleo f(x) headquarters, Creative Intersection Collective, I Luv Vintage SXSW 2018, and HighLand Lounge. Most recently teaching at McCallum Performing Arts High School, Texas A&M, and UT Austin, the SoulFunktion team educates about the history, philosophy, and culture of Hip Hop through Rennie Harris-stylized street dance technique classes. SoulFunktion has been featured on Good Morning Texas and teaches classes and performs live throughout the state.
Although SoulFunktion is rooted in Hip Hop culture, it is not married to one particular style of music or dance, welcoming multicultural presence and expression. SoulFunktion parties are not typical Hip Hop training sessions, where people often go back and forth in battle; rather, these parties bring both dancers and non-dancers together in a non-competitive environment. SoulFunktion believes that communing through dance and music is an overlooked form of social intervention and protest.
Free Admission
2018/09/12 - 2018/09/26
Recording Studio/Parking Lot
6910 Shirley Ave Suit B, Austin, TX 78752