Breakin’ Convention Workshops
29 & 30 April 2023
The Breakin’ Convention festival’s workshop programme is a hot house of technique, challenge and creativity. This is your opportunity to hone your technique or try dance for the first time, learning from some of the best hip hop, house and funk style dancers from across the globe.
All workshops take place at Sadler’s Wells Studios, please meet at Stage Door. How to get here
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Locking
Artist: Ghetto Funk Collective
Level: General
Saturday 29 April, 12:15pm – 1:45pm
£10.00
Ghetto Funk Collective’s Roché Apinsa & Ruben Chi will take you on a deep dive into the essence of funk for dancers to help you find your own groove and unique style with their trademark Ghetto Funk variations of locking foundations.
Toprock & Ground Foot Work with B-Boy Mario
Artist: MOVER
Level: General
Saturday 29 April, 12:15pm – 1:45pm
£10.00
Take a workshop based on the basic footwork of toprock to help develop your routines and freestyle with international judge and b-boy, Mario, of South Korea’s MOVER and Artistreet.
Les Twins Style
Artist: Les Twins
Level: General
Saturday 29 April, 11:30am – 1pm
£10.00
Les Twins are two of hip hop dance’s most recognisable faces. Their unique style and distinctive movement have earned them numerous titles including the Juste Debout World Championships in 2011 as well many high-profile performances and appearances including touring with Beyonce since 2011. This masterclass will explore their trademark style and movement.
Breakalign
Artist: Breaking Conditioning in Association with Dance UK
Level: General
Sunday 30 April, 10:30am – 12:00pm
£10.00
Take part in a specialised conditioning seminar created for the needs of street style dancers. While dance is as demanding as any sport, comparatively there is a lack of knowledge in strength and conditioning training. Understanding the professional approach to training is key to improving physical performance and therefore essential to reaching new levels in dance and expression. Want to continue dancing long into later life? This workshop is for you.
Waacking with MutekiRena
Artist: Company Nicolas Huchard
Level: General
Sunday 30 April, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
£10.00
MutekiRena of The Barefoot Divas (La Diva aux pieds nus) spreads clubbing culture and advocates self-love, self-awareness and self-acceptance by leading a workshop covering all the essentials of waacking: Arm techniques, musicality, groove and punking.
Threading
Artist: Justin de Jager
Level: General
Sunday 30 April, 12:00pm – 1:30pm
£10.00
Threading is a dance concept where you create physical openings and go through them with other body parts. The concept is developed by breakers but currently explored in many different dance styles.
In this workshop Justin will work different principles within the language of threading, learn multiple combination and explore the possibilities of the body through improvisation exercises.
Breaking
Artist: Redo & Samuka
Level: General
Sunday 30 April, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
£10.00
ILL-Abilities offers dance workshops geared towards advanced dancers and amateur dancers. Members of the crew have years of experience teaching the fundamentals of this dance. Their methods on adapting movement focus on every participant’s individual strength. ILL-Abilities believes everyone should have the opportunity to dance and express themselves.
These workshops are not only based on discovering movement but are also proved to help build one’s confidence through team activities and challenging individuals to surpass perceived limitations by discovering their own capabilities.