The hip-hop movement began in New York in the late '70s. Thirty-five years later, well, here it is. Everywhere. Even Tacoma. Especially at the D.A.S.H. Center. The Hilltop Tacoma arts center's hip-hop classes are it. The students know the dorky girl in the Mitsubishi commercial was indeed popping, but not locking. The Reality Check Dance Team - the youth outreach organization of the D.A.S.H. Center - has been producing one of the most popular hip-hop dance showcases. In its eighth year, the group's Krunk showcase will host 14 dance acts, comprising a diverse genres of dance styles, while giving a beautiful elevated platform to the genre of hip-hop, Saturday at the Theatre on the Square. Watch the dances, ages 8-38, beast it and get krunk. 

THEATRE ON THE SQUARE, KRUNK 8: STR8 BEASTIN IT!, SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 7-9:30 P.M., $10, 915 BROADWAY, TACOMA, 253.507.9466