Summer Dance Forever | Hip Hop Games
Hip Hop Games + Land Before Time: Waterkind
Part battle, part choreography, this international competition brings together several crews around a series of challenges where improvisation is the key word. And this year, Hip Hop Games is once again coming to the Vondelpark Openluchttheater during Summer Dance Forever!
We start the program with a special showcase by Amsterdam-based SHAH Collective, one of three top crews from the RISE UP talent project. We end the afternoon with the performance “Waterkind” by the Swedish duo Land Before Time. A fluid exchange between two bodies, connected without touch, where movement, space, and intuition collide in a water-inspired blend of freestyle and popping.
Hip Hop Games
Created in 2011 by Lille-based choreographer Romuald Brizolier, the Hip Hop Games is quickly being exported around the world – to the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Canada, Senegal, Ivory Coast and elsewhere – to become one of the most original events in the hip-hop world.
A real spectacle, the show is directed by the troupe made up of Romss – the dancing referee, Philémon – the MC-rapper and Mystraw – the DJ and Beatboxer. On this playground, several Dutchcrews challenge each other to creative challenges where sense of improvisation, risk-taking, humour and creativity are judged by a panel of experienced professionals. The Hip Hop Games is a show that’s constantly renewed, giving audiences a unique experience.
Judges:
Chloe Le Notre
Michelle Norton
Susanne Tuny
Crews:
Funky Femme
All Clear Collective
V/A Various Artists
The winner of the Dutch competition will compete in the international final on Sunday 13 December at the Opera in Lille, France.
Land Before Time: Waterkind
The work explores the interplay and connection between two bodies without direct physical contact. What is it that makes us experience the sensation of connection and the mutual understanding of the next movement through improvisation? Both proximity and space are equally essential, with an ongoing focus on vibrations and responsiveness. Individual explosions and outbursts occur while both performers maintain a close relation to one another. The next movement is strongly dependent on the former. Water is the inspiration to form the flows and currents, combined with freestyle and elements of popping the result is a specific material contained in the work.
Land Before Time is a creative duo consisting of Joanna Holewa Chrona and Yared Tilahun Cederlund. They are performing artists resident in Sweden, within the field of dancing, deeyaing, choreographing, sound composing and producing their own performances. Currently working with site specific performances as a touring concept. Both Joanna and Yared have a background within streetdance, and together they have developed a common practice inspired by water.
Credits:
Choreographers/dancers: Joanna Holewa Chrona and Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Music: Yared Tilahun Cederlund
Vocals: Ntsika Fana Ngxanga
Produced by: Land Before time
Distribution: Nordberg Movement
