Choreography: Nick Power / Production: Britt Guy / Sound Design: Jack Prest / Lighting Design: Mirrabelle Wouters / With: B*boys Akorn, Tass, Stevie G and Blue
Nick Power
Cypher
- Tanz im August
To ‘battle’ with each other in a circle and to enter into a playful rivalry is the most important ritual of b-boying. Cypher – which means zero, round like a circle – is the arena in which individual skills are presented and judged. The circle represents community and individuality, competition and unity. With Cypher, the Australian hip hop artist Nick Power and four b-boys don’t just invite the public to be amazed by their skills – they also open up the circle and offer an up-close-and-personal insight into this vibrant subculture. Breaking developed in the 1970s in New York and is associated with block parties, street gangs and hip hop music. While urban dance has long since developed into a virtuosic form of stage dance, it has retained the heady energy of its beginnings. Nick Power utilizes this energy in Cypher, and combines it with a sophisticated choreography which, in addition to the spectacular hip hop moves, emphasizes the bodily formations in the space and individual sequences of movements. Accompanied by the beats of the sound designer Jack Prest, Cypher is also a rigorous choreographic composition about contemporary rituals.
Presented as part of Dance Satellite curated and produced by Britt Guy, an initiative supported by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, Junction Arts Festival and Darwin Festival.
The development of Cypher was supported by Stalker Theatre Inc.
Duration 45 minutes
Cast
Dates
Past
Location
Sophiensæle Festsaal
Sophienstr. 18, 10178 BerlinThe Kantine is at ground level and accessible without steps. The Festsaal (1st floor) and Hochzeitssaal (3rd floor) can be reached via an elevator (1.76 m x 2.71 m) when accompanied by the house staff. To use the elevator please contact our evening staff. The distance from the street to the elevator is approx. 60 m.
An accessible toilet (entrance door 1m in width) is available on the 1st floor and can be reached via the elevator. It can be accessed via the Festsaal foyer. For events in the Hochzeitssaal there is a WC on the 3rd floor with an entrance and cabin door 81 cm wide, the other cabin doors are 56 cm wide. From the 3rd floor as well as from the ground floor you can reach the accessible WC on the 1st floor by using the elevator.
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