Loud rhythmic music with rapping vocals pulsates inside the walls of CycleYou Fitness and Sauna in Lexington on this Thursday night. Hip hop dancers are warming up in the dimly lit studio.
This is The Fam Foundation’s weekly, free practice open to beginners. Lisa Huynh, Director and Choreographer of the non-profit says hip hop is an acronym for “Honest Individual People Helping Other People.”
“I joined in 2018 I believe. And I didn’t know about The Fam at first, I just came looking for classes. I’ve seen classes online, like all L.A. classes. I’m like, where can I find that here? And just like all those other kids, same thing as me. I wanted to find that here.”
The dancers’ range in age from fifteen to thirty. They wear oversized sweatpants and t-shirts. The Fam Foundation’s other Choreographer is 21-year-old Tre White, who dreams of dancing professionally…