9 things to do until Breakin' Convention 2012
Welcome to 2012! We can hardly get our heads around the fact another year has gone by and we're preparing for our ninth Breakin' Convention festival!
While there's still five months to go until the festival and UK tour, there's plenty of events taking place to keep yourselves occupied and get in the mood with all things hip hop.
Resolution 2012
6 January – 17 February
The Place's annual festival of contemporary dance is to feature works of hip hop including work in it's seasonal line up, including performances by Scope Dance Theatre in Velocity (Nefeli Tsiouti - Open Art Surgery), Enigma Dance Company in The World In Which We Exist (Botis Seva - Back to the Lab) and Dirty Feet Dance Company in Out of Nowhere.
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Jump Off returns to London!
Every second and fourth Monday of the month until August
London's notorious hip hop battles return to London after a long hiatus.
This event has been the battle ground for successful crews such as Flawless, Plague and Boy Blue Entertainment back before they were famous. While those groups have all gone on to find success, we expect Jump Off's revival will find the next big battling dance company.
Expect to see a familiar Breakin' Convention face on the judging panel...
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Eastpak Throwdown
Every second Thursday of the month (ongoing)
As ever the monthly Throwdown battle events are always hype, and January’s features a special appearance from the b-boy magician Magical Bones who amazed us with Sleight of Dance last year, plus their popular 'track from the hat' and a popping battle featuring props - everything but the kitchen sink!
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Breakin’ Brass returns to Rich Mix London
20 January
London's b-boy battle night set to live funk music from Brassroots returns to Rich Mix organised by Attention to Detail who have been making waves with their battle events, taking them on tour around the UK and to Belgium. Eight invitees will battle 16 qualifiers in a mix of funk and freestyle that is always fresh, and an atmosphere that vibes to non-stop funk.
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Serious About Street Dance: The Battles
Every first Thursday of the month until March
In the run up to the main Serious About Street Dance 2012 (see March, below) Kymberlee Jay has been warming up for the event with a series of battle events to get everybody in the mood. The last SAS Battles in March will decide who competes for a £1,000 prize in the finals at Indigo2.
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Elektro Kif UK tour
10 February – 31 March
Hot off the streets of Paris, Elektro Kif is a mix of breaking, disco, vogue, popping and locking from choreographer Blanca Li. We don’t know a lot about her over in the UK, but we will soon – her resume includes the incredible Around the World video by Daft Punk.
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Juste Debout UK 2012
25 February
Following the success of the first ever Juste Debout UK last year the French standing styles hip hop dance competition returns to London in February to find poppers, lockers, house dancers, hip hoppers and experimental dancers that will represent the UK in the finals in Paris.
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Serious About Street Dance 2012
16 March
Plague, Boy Blue and Flawless headline! Kymberlee Jay knows how to throw a party and the annual celebration of UK street dance will display some of the UK's best dance companies with international guests Beat Riderz, So United and Ghetto Fabulous.
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Breakin' Convention 2012 UK tour!
5 May – 2 June
Who would we be if we didn't plug our own festival? Breakin' Convention 2012 is coming to your city in association with Dance Consortium this year and we've some surprises in store for you! So why is Breakin' Convention in a list of things to do before Breakin' Convention? Because ahead of the festival you should get involved with us online - on Twitter, on FourSquare, on Facebook and on YouTube!
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