Fun in the Foyers
Breakin' Convention is bringing the festival vibe! It's a little known secret to die hard Breakin' Convention fans that getting down to Sadler's Wells early pays off. While the dancers are warming up backstage the action is getting well underway elsewhere!
Doors to the main building open at 3:30pm, and for those that aren't taking a workshop there's plenty to do to keep occupied before the main show starts.
From the moment you walk through the doors you can admire the graffiti installation from SmugOne and Recal reaching from the mezzanine to the ceiling, but if tagging is something you've always wanted to have a go at Mr Dane and ArtJaz invite you to learn the basics with a marker, plus watch murals being created at the Graff Jam out in the yard.
For those who aren't regular dance class goers or floor mavericks (yet) Yami and Lil Tim will be demonstrating impromptu b-boy basics for the uninitiated in the Tiny Totrock Session for kids from 4.30pm and the Training Circle during the interval for others to get involved.
(Although if you want to book a workshop, check out the line up here!)
As they do every year Tha En4cers will be providing a soundtrack of funk and classic hip hop throughout the day, and for your entertainment we have a guest cypher: Wet Wipez (krump) on Saturday and Soul Mavericks (breaking) on Monday demonstrating their battle prowess.
Each day at 5:30 we have a rotation of freestyling MCs which includes LyricL (Saturday) who recently released her album Amazed, Naba Napalm (Sunday), who recently released his album The Love Bullet LP, songwriter, rapper and lyricist, and fresh from the festival circuit, Ireland’s biggest hip hop act since House of Pain, Abandoman (Monday) featuring Rob Broderick, plus beatboxer Marv-iLL will literally be bringing the noise.
If improv is your thing then the inimitable Freestyle Funk Forum is back for its second year! Hip hop's answer to Whose Line Is It Anyway returns to the Lilian Baylis Studio (through the stage door entrance) during the main show interval and will see DJ Billy Bizznizz, Marv-ill Superlungs, Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Ivan Blackstock, Tony Thrills, Ben Jammin' and Odilia Egyiawan in an unrehearsed performance that the audience can influence and where anything can happen, led by Jonzi D.
A highlight of last year's festival, tickets for Freestyle Funk Forum are free but limited, first come first serve, and definitely not to be missed.
Before booking a ticket why not find out what's happening each day at the festival, here?
Plus the popular Twitter screens will be making a comeback so you can keep up with what people are tweeting about Breakin' Convention from inside the venue and across the world! Tweet us @bconvention and watch your tweets appear on screen around the building!
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