Revered as the first father of the New York City-based House of Ninja, Archie Burnett has been a well-respected force in the underground dance world for over 40 years. As a master of Whacking, Voguing, Hustle, and many other styles, Burnett is in demand as a teacher in the worldwide street and club dance community. He is featured in the award-winning documentary Check Your Body at the Door, which chronicles the lives and lifestyles of six remarkable underground House dancers in New York City during the golden decade of the 1990s. For the presentation excerpted here, Burnett assembled an intergenerational group of stellar performers to help tell his unique story of a life in dance.
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