Breakin' Convention 2021

Performance Times
Sat & Sun at 6pm
BSL interpreter: Sat & Sun

Running time
2 hrs (approx, with interval)

Tickets
£45 - £15
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Antonio Bukhar (Uganda)

Box ticking? Code switching? Or forge a way through the back door! What are you willing to sacrifice for acceptance?

A founder member of Ugandan Hip hop dance crew Tabu Flo that performed Myth Of The Nightdancers at Breakin’ Convention in 2011. Antonio is a Lecturer and Course leader for the Cultural dance forms program at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds.

AWA (UK)

Made up of young dancers with different special needs and disabilities is AWA (Atypical with Attitude), making its Breakin’ Convention debut with a piece acknowledging the power of unity. Blindfolded dancers express feelings of loss and isolation whilst finding companionship and commonality through their hip hop dance vocabulary. The company featured as part of BBC talent show The Greatest Dancer in 2019.

Bagsy (UK)

Waacking artist Bagsy asks what it means to be a man, in new work Surrender. Taking inspiration from his own identity, examining masculinity, expectations and Yoruba’s god of thunder Shango, Bagsy creates an intimate exploration of his journey through the form of waacking. The work was developed as part of Breakin’ Convention’s artistic development programme Back to the Lab (2021).

Gemma Hoddy Presents Betty’s Blues (UK)

Veteran of the award-winning Boy Blue, Gemma Hoddy presents Vintage. A quartet of women perform a sassy blend of iconic jazz dance shapes, punctuated by a furious popping technique. Paying homage to the classic generation of musical theatre, jazz samples and thumping hip hop beats are brought by producer and co-founder of Boy Blue, Mikey J Asante.

Patience J (UK/Nigeria)

Last seen at Breakin’ Convention in 2015 with Girlz On Point (GOP), Patience J brings energy and attitude with Colours, a celebratory work exploring modern Afro dance forms from the African diaspora including n’dombolo and azonto. An established performer and choreographer, Patience J has collaborated with an assortment of world-famous brands and vocal artists.

Spin and S.I. Stature (UK/Colombia)

A power struggle between two people, representing two groups or two armies and the eventual polarisation of the community. B-Boy Spin and S.I. use combative breaking and spoken word to shine light on the present struggle in Colombia.

Spoken Movement (UK)

Returning to Sadler’s Wells with Family Honour is Spoken Movement led by artistic director Kwame Asafo-Adjei. The work uses popping and tutting to illustrate a psychologically potent duet between Asafo-Adjei himself and dancer Catrina Nisbett which explores the religious and cultural taboos in a Ghanaian family. It has won multiple awards worldwide including Paris’ Danse Élargie in 2018.

W.A.R (UK)

W.A.R (We Ain’t Regular) brings the raw to the Sadler’s Wells stage with a world premiere performance. The company appeared alongside rap artist Stormzy for his performance of Shut Up at Glastonbury 2020.