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Rex Kinney

Adjunct Instructor

Hip Hop

rkinney@cornish.edu

Rex Kinney grew up in Seattle and was introduced to hip hop at the age of 14. He has had the pleasure of performing and choreographing for such venues as the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s REACH and DANCE CHANCE Program, Poncho’s Auction Gala, Village Theater’s The King and I, Seattle Theater Group’s DANCE this, Experience Music Project, Seahawks and Seattle Sonics/Storm Half-Time shows,  Seattle Academy, Evoke Productions, Enertia, Kube 93.3 FM’s Summer Jam Concert on the main stage, opening for Cypress Hill, the music video “Do You Want Me” by Mion Lee Drew and its west coast tours, the Children’s Hospital Benefit Showcase, and the UW Conference for former Governor Gary Locke. He is currently the Director and Choreographer for the Shorecrest High School Dance Team, where he has led them to 5 District Titles and 2 WIAA State Dance/Drill Championships in 2006 and 2009, with a 3rd place ranking at Nationals in 2007. In addition, he is an instructor through the UW Experimental College and Westlake Dance Center in Seattle.

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