J.U.i.C.E. (Justice United in Creative Energy) presents their "5th Annual Hip Hop Festival" on September 22, 2012 at the Ford Amphitheatre at 8:00pm

LOS ANGELES, CA, September 14, 2012

Award-winning, nonprofit community urban dance collective, J.U.i.C.E. (Justice United in Creative Energy) is proud to present the "5th Annual Hip Hop Festival" on September 22, 2012 at the Ford Amphitheatre at 8:00pm. The ALL AGES show will bring together the top street dance and B-Boy crews from around the country for one jam packed night of hip-hop dance, spoken word, graffiti art, film and live DJing. This year's festival will feature the talents of inner city youth performers and members of J.U.i.C.E's new program, "Each One Teach One." Other featured guests for the night include Antics Performance, Boogie Frantick, J.U.i.C.E, Lux Aeterna, The Waacker, and Versastyle Dance Company. Special out of town performers also gracing the stage include Ladies of Hip Hop (New York), 2nd Nature (Sacramento, CA), and Soul Shifters (Bay Area, CA). Leading jerkin' crew, the Avenger$ Crew and rising MC, Young Sam will add more heat to an already hot night of hip hop with their own exclusive performances. "The festival is an opportunity for up and coming artists from different generations, backgrounds and styles to present their work and celebrate the evolution of hip hop," describes show producer, Emiko Sugiyama.

A special highlight of the evening will be the introduction of J.U.i.C.E's new program called "Each One Teach One," a dance and mentorship program for high school students and young adults supported by Flourish Foundation and the Asian Pacific Healthcare Venture. It is a free weekly creative arts mentorship program designed to teach at-risk youths how to not only choreograph and perform in a theatre environment, but also how to produce a formal dance event. The overall goal of "Each One Teach One" is to teach inner city young people to how to be ready to work in a professional setting as soon as they graduate from the program. Sugiyama will be mentoring 15 program members between the ages of 15 and 18 to represent J.U.i.C.E at the festival. Seven young male and eight young women were selected to create and perform an original piece for this year's festival called "Concrete Jungle," a story of youth survival in Los Angeles. The talented participants will represent various area schools, including Abraham Lincoln High School, John Marshall High School, Boyle Heights High School, Southeast High School, Central Los Angeles High School #9, Los Angeles High School of the Arts, Hollywood High School, and Santa Monica College.

Stylish footwear company, VLADO, who has been supporting dance community since 2009, will once again be a sponsor for this highly-anticipated event.

Be sure to visit the Ford Amphitheatre on September 22, 2012 at 8:00pm for J.U.i.C.E's "5th Annual Hip Hop Festival." For more information and tickets, please visit http://fordtheatres.org/en/events/details/id/379

Ticket prices start at $25 for adults and $12 for full-time students with ID and children 12 and under. Tickets are available at http://www.FordTheatres.org or 323 461-3673 (for non-visual media 323 GO 1- FORD). For groups of 8 or more, please call 323 769-2147.

For more information on the J.U.i.C.E. organization, please visit http://www.rampartjuice.com.

ABOUT THE FORD AMPHITHEATRE
The Ford Amphitheatre is located at 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068, just off the 101 Hollywood Freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal Studios. The grounds open two hours before showtime for picnicking. The Ford offers a number of dining options: a variety of food and beverages is available on site and box dinners for evening events may be ordered in advance. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food and drink.

The Ford is disabled accessible. Portable wireless listening devices are available upon request. On-site, stacked parking costs $5 per vehicle for evening shows and $1 per vehicle for morning family shows. For evening shows only, FREE non-stacked parking serviced by a FREE shuttle to the Ford, for evening amphitheatre performances only, is available at the Universal City Metro Station lot at Lankershim Blvd. and Campo de Cahuenga. The shuttle, which cycles every 15-20 minutes, stops in the "kiss and ride" area.

This event is part of the Ford Amphitheatre 2012 Season, a multi-disciplinary arts series produced by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission in cooperation with Los Angeles County-based arts organizations. For a complete season schedule, directions to the theater and parking information, log on to http://www.FordTheatres.org.

Be sure to visit the Ford Amphitheatre on September 22, 2012 at 8:00pm for J.U.i.C.E's "5th Annual Hip Hop Festival." For more information and tickets, please visit http://fordtheatres.org/en/events/details/id/379