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B2B Born 2 Burn: The bboy card game – interview with BBoy Maxone (Notorious IBE 2011)
B2B: Born 2 Burn is a non-collectable card game in which you play the role of a b-boying crew leader, set to be revealed at The Notrious IBE 2011 in Heerlen, Holland this month. By nature b-boys and b-girls are collectors. From your sneaker collection to peeling posters off the wall after a memorable jam and an obsession with hats and keeping your laces fresh, something is hard wired into hip hop mentality to have something … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Funkstyles, Interviews
What to see at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011
The annual Edinburgh Festival 2011 is live and in full effect across venues in Scotland’s capital city. There are of course hundreds of different comedy, theatre, dance and other events to see during the festival, but we’ve chosen some of the tried and tested shows that TooMuchFlavour has seen and would happily award with a stamp of approval. Here are just a few picks of what to check if you’re heading up to Edinburgh this month. Castle Rocks … Read entire article »
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Michael Winslow Man of 10,000 Voices at New Red Lion Theatre (Edinburgh Festival Fringe Warm Up)
In a discretely publicised warm up for Edinburgh Festival Fringe at the New Red Lion Theatre in Angel, London, an eighties movie icon with a microphone produced some of the most incredible sounds a human voicebox can make proving what you saw on the big screen wasn’t manipulated. Michael Winslow, for anyone that doesn’t know, is the godfather of human beatboxing and vocal sound effects. Probably better known to you[r parents] as Seargent Motormouth from the Police … Read entire article »
Boy Blue Entertainment BBE Touch at the Barbican review
Set in the Barbican’s Pit studio using a cabaret style to break down the invisible ‘fourth wall’ of theatre, Boy Blue Entertainment founders Mikey J and Kenrick Sandy were so close you could almost touch them… “I do the dancing and he does the music” has been the same introduction Boy Blue founders Mikey J Asante and Kenrick Sandy have used to describe themselves to people in the briefest possible way. Whether their fault or the … Read entire article »
DJ Yoda and Shlomo at Jamm Brixton – Interview
DJ Yoda is to perform his only London set for the next three months at Jamm, Brixton, tomorrow night before hitting the festivals after kicking off with Glastonbury. Known for mixing film and TV samples and visuals, this might just be any other DJ set – but this evening will be with beatboxer Shlomo. Buy tickets for DJ Yoda and Shlomo at Jamm Brixton Taking place on Friday 8 July will blend DJ Yoda’s abstract cut and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Beatboxing, Featured, Interviews
Shoeture sneaker accessories for your laces – #WantHooks? #NeedTangs!
Pow. Check these out. Shoeture sneaker accessories that replace your laces. Or as we like to call them: lace grills. Back when we were reporting at the iDance UK Hip Hop Championships and hanging with the Poreotics we noticed a new fresh trend. Bars of gold and gunmetal across people’s laces. What were these things? At first it looked like Poreotics had scored a unique trainer sponsorship deal like most popular dance groups do, but then saw … Read entire article »
Voices in the Alleyway review – Spread Expression and Faith Drama Productions at Cochrane Theatre
Voices in the Alleyway is a collaboration between Faith Drama Productions and Spread Expression exploring three characters’ pasts, blending influences of basketball, new jack swing with hip hop theatre together. TJ (Sannchia Gaston), Beyanda (Tulimelila Shityuwete) and Badda (Christopher ‘Worm’ Lewis) are three basketball players who deny their past and deny their gifts, forced to listen to their gut feelings and intuition by listening to the voices in the alleyway, three Apparition characters played by Daniel … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Hip Hop Theatre
Ken Swift Interview – ORIGINAL Rock Steady Crew B-Boy – 7 Gems Rock Division
Described by many (and disputed by few) as the epitomy of a b-boy, Ken Swift is known worldwide as a pioneer. Two years ago Ken Swift came to the UK to educate and promote the dance style of rocking with his division of the Rock Steady Crew, VII Gems. Although it seems a lot of dancers know of rocking by incorporating it into their top rock, Ken Swift has dedicated his time to learn and document … Read entire article »
Filed under: Funkstyles, Interviews
A guide to Streetdance 2 – cast and dancers in the sequel
Streetdance 2 (London Boogaloo?) has started filming in London and across Europe this month ahead of its 2012 cinema release. In the name of having a good exclusive we thought you might like an introduction to the cast of the sequel. Before we go into detail we should add that although the premise for the plot has been formally announced, nothing about the storyline or how any of these dancers play a role in the sequel … Read entire article »
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Breakin’ Convention 2011 review at Sadler’s Wells
The international festival of Hip Hop Theatre is back at resident venue Sadler’s Wells for the 8th year and goes from strength to strength. It never fails to challenge, thrill and inspire with a mix of crowd pleasing spectacle and boundary breaking experimentation. In 2010 some pieces were profoundly challenging for an audience that had come just after the heady delights of So You Think You Can Dance, Got To Dance, Streetdance 3D and a whole … Read entire article »
Filed under: Breakin' Convention, Featured, Hip Hop Theatre, Reviews
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