WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Six hip-hop artists from five countries speaking four languages are on stage, warming up for their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. International hip-hop artists warm up for their show at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday. "Warming up" doesn't really capture it; the dancers explode across the stage, each one with a different hip-hop style. Michelle Salazar is chic-grungy in black jeans and white T-shirt, her long black hair swirling around her head. Hassan El Haf, from Lebanon, tall and thin, does a kind of electric hip-hop mixed with salsa.
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Hip-hop artists from five countries visit the U.S. to meet U.S. artists, perform
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Visit is part of State Department's Cultural Visitors Program
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Team visits New York City, Washington, Philadelphia over three weeks
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"It's a real immersion into the culture," Philippine performer says
"Dancers in the @placeholder don't have much of a foundation [in hip-hop]," she says.