Skip to main content

Breakin’ Convention Presents: The Ruggeds State Shift

Play Trailer
Get Tickets
Prices from: £22.00
The Ruggeds State Shift © Emile Vrolijk

Adapt, improvise, overcome. The Ruggeds present a vivid duo of pieces about going with the flow or swimming against the tide.


State Shift is a performance about adaptability, with the solo Turns and the duet Waterbrothers.

As water changes shape, Lee and Roy change their approach to the floor. In the duet Waterbrothers, they challenge each other in a stream of movements in which the younger brother sometimes storms past the older one.

In the solo Turns, Virgil ‘Skychief’ Dey tries to find his way. His ability to move gives him the freedom to always take a new path. State Shift is an intimate evening with musical accompaniment by Jessy ‘Boi Beige’ Kemper.

The Ruggeds have been a collective of breakers for 15 years and are pushing the boundaries of their dance style in the theatre.

[Image description] Two men wearing everyday jeans and jumpers swim underwater like dolphins, their backs gracefully arching to form a circle together, their bare feet soft. Air bubbles stream upwards through the clear water.

Header image © Emile Vrolijk

Nearest Tube is
Angel
State Shift, is surprising, intimate and modest
★★★★ de Volkskrant

Play trailer

You might also like

Breakin' Convention 2023 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre
A graffiti inspired graphic image, red, green and yellow in colour. In the top centre is Jonzi D, a Black man and the Artistic Director of Breakin' Convention. To the left of him are smaller images of different hip-hop dancers, posing strong and dynamically.

Breakin' Convention 2023 - International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre
Get Tickets
Message In A Bottle
A female dancer in a split leap

Message In A Bottle

Peacock Theatre
Get Tickets
Rambert - Death Trap by Ben Duke
A young woman grimaces, her mouth wide, one black gloved hand clutching the air.

Rambert - Death Trap by Ben Duke

Sadler's Wells Theatre
Get Tickets

Performances

From: £22.00
Get Tickets
80% Availability
Good Availability
From: £22.00
Get Tickets
100% Availability
Good Availability