KALAMAZOO -- To the uninitiated, it might look like a bunch of teenagers dancing -- albeit with great passion, even aggression. But "krumping" and "clowning" are designed to provide a positive ...

IT was created by a birthday-party clown and looks like a spastic combination of street combat, African tribal dance and break dancing. But krumping – an explosive new West Coast dance style featured ...

Beginning with footage of Los Angeles riots (Watts in 1965, Rodney King in 1992) and ending with a dedication to a bright-eyed teenager killed by random gunfire, David LaChapelle’s powerful ...

The film Rize, which opened in theaters last weekend, documents the creators of a new style of dance from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Frenetic and edgy, "krumping" has its roots in ...

Director David LaChapelle’s saving strength in Rize is the full-body impact of his photography, crucial to capturing the visceral force of dance teams that sometimes mime battle movements and, at ...

There’s something not quite right about a 4-year-old shaking it in that simulated-sex style known as “the stripper dance.” But “Rize” celebrates this. Documentarian David LaChapelle’s latest ...

In David LaChapelle’s heartfelt, inspiring documentary “Rize,” which opens Friday, young residents of South Central Los Angeles channel the struggles of inner-city life into “krumping. This frenetic ...

Acclaimed photographer and music video director David LaChapelle makes his feature debut with Rize, a documentary looking at the fast'n'furious ghetto dance called clowning. When LaChapelle states ...

Acclaimed photographer and music video director David LaChapelle makes his feature debut with Rize, a documentary looking at the fast'n'furious ghetto dance called clowning. When LaChapelle states ...