Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.I\u00a0was born in Philadelphia, but my family relocated to Atlanta when I was in middle school. The move from\u00a0north to south came as a real culture shock, from the\u00a0music people listened to, to the way the kids\u00a0wore their clothes. I hated it at first. And it was so hot! But very quickly I became a fan. Plus, my last name, Bankhead, is a really popular neighbourhood here, so it feels as if it was meant to be.\u00a0The dance bug bit me when I started watching music videos for songs by artists including Michael Jackson, Missy Elliott and Aaliyah, some of which were filmed in the city. Atlanta is known as \u201cBlack Hollywood\u201d. There\u2019s a huge market for the entertainment industry here, but unlike LA,\u00a0where a lot of dancers go to \u201cmake it\u201d, there aren\u2019t a\u00a0million\u00a0other fish in the sea.\u00a0If you have talent and even just an\u00a0ounce of drive, you can succeed hereI learnt to dance at a couple of places: one is Dance 411 Studios, where I\u00a0got my\u00a0start as a choreographer. The other is\u00a0the club. When we were around 18 or 19, my friends and I created a dance crew\u00a0called Raw Tac-tics. We\u2019d go out and\u00a0battle other crews, as if right out of a\u00a0You\u00a0Got Served movie. I met people like\u00a0JaQuel Knight, who now works with\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9, and Jasmine Badie, who is\u00a0currently doing a lot with Sabrina Carpenter. We all grew up grinding.I\u2019ll never forget the ballroom scene at Traxx Atlanta, or the Monday-night drag shows at Chaparral. I was amazed. People were just out there living their lives and following their dreams. Both are now closed, but if anyone ever wants to go to MJQ Concourse, an underground dance club in the Virginia-Highland district, I\u2019m so down. They run a lot of Boiler Room sets \u2013 Jash Jay and DJ Hourglass have both played there \u2013 and have two rooms, hip-hop and house. You\u2019ll likely find me somewhere sweating.\u00a0Don\u2019t underestimate the food at the strip club. We\u2019re in the South so everything is seasoned well and fried hard. As a true Atlanta boy, I love wings: 10-piece, mild, crispy, with lemon-pepper sprinkles. Magic City serves some of the best, but they have everything from lamb chops to lobster tail and fully loaded baked potatoes; they\u2019re even on Uber Eats. I\u2019ve also recently been going to APT\u00a04B in Buckhead, which cooks up authentic Caribbean food, and to Nobu when I\u2019m feeling\u00a0bougie. But there\u2019s plenty of hole-in-the-wall, mom-and-pop places too: No 246 downtown and Ladybird Grove &\u00a0Mess Hall, which is great for a fried chicken sandwich and slice of key lime pie.\u00a0Shopping is definitely a sport. It\u2019s slim pickings for guys here, but I\u2019ve been going to Phipps Plaza and Wish Atlanta in Little Five Points since high school. They both have a great sneaker offering. ANT\/DOTE is more upscale \u2013 think Balenciaga and Rick Owens. Recently all of my jewellery was stolen, so I started over with a new ring by Parts of Four. I also bought a pair of blue tinted Port Tanger glasses. I\u00a0know whenever I go in, I\u2019ll find something really fly. \u00a0One of the things that I love most about the city is the greenery. We\u2019re surrounded by trees. I like to walk a lot \u2013 usually barefoot \u2013 in Piedmont Park, home to the city\u2019s\u00a0botanical gardens and a bunch of great nature trails. But when I need to escape, I\u2019ll head to my parents\u2019 place a\u00a0little\u00a0further north in Kennesaw. They have a lake by their house so it\u2019s a perfect place to reset.\u00a0If I could describe Atlanta in three words, it would be electric, entrepreneurial and soulful. If you have talent and even just an ounce of drive, you can succeed here. After high school I followed the dance flock to Hollywood, but I\u00a0came back and I\u2019m so glad I did. I think I\u2019ve shown that\u00a0there is work in Atlanta for the dance community and\u00a0for choreographers. In the past couple of years we\u2019ve lost a\u00a0lot\u00a0of great studios due to setbacks from Covid-19. I\u00a0would love to help build a new facility one day: a home, a\u00a0place to go for fellowship, to laugh and create.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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