Columbia College continues its hip-hop crush this week with “B-Real: A Look Inside Urban Movements,” the second installment of its B Hip-Hop series. Like “B-Fresh” last October, “B-Real” is serious about critiquing unbridled masculinity in hip-hop. Fortunately, it’s also serious about B-boys and the streets they break on. Some of those streets are in Rio, where Lyon-born choreographer Mourad Merzouki recruited Compagnie Käfig, the Brazilian crew who headline the festival.
Correria leans away from myth towards Looney Tunes slapstick. The dominant image is three dancers on their backs, feet whirling. Twirling spindly wooden legs turn them into Pinocchios wishing to be real B-boys. Their wish is granted.
Thu-Sat 2/20-2/22, 8 PM Dance Center of Columbia College 1306 S. Michigan
colum.edu $26-$30
