But at age 50, Philadelphia-based breaker/choreographer Raphael Xavier has been making moves since before many of today’s hip-hop hot shots were even born. And along the way, he’s traded some ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --Dancer and choreographer Raphael Xavier is bringing his newest creation, “Skiff” to Northeast Ohio this weekend. An hour-long work, it features the Philadelphia-based Xavier ...

Sure, the Raphael Xavier creation has hit the Philly stage before, previously landing at the First Person Arts Festival in 2013. But the show is a combination of break dance, poetry, hip-hop ...

When Raphael Xavier started break dancing 34 years ago at Conrad Middle School in Wilmington, Del., he and his buddies had to hide what they were doing. A kid in California had gotten injured ...