Birmingham Hippodrome will welcome the return of international festival of hip-hop dance theatre, Breakin' Convention - a roof-raising two days of jaw-dropping performances by home grown West Midlands talent alongside world renowned hip-hop artists today and tomorrow, 20 & 21 May. Part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2014.
Hosted by Hip Hop Guru Jonzi D, an Associate Artist at Sadlers Wells, local dance crews will take to the Birmingham Hippodrome stage to showcase Birmingham's wealth of hip-hop talent alongside professional artists over two nights. On Tuesday, the local line-up is set to include self-taught all male crew, Antics who were among the finalists in Sky's Got to Dance; Staffordshire'sCompany Elite featuring dancers aged between 9 and 20 plus a duo of performers Marius and Andrei who have developed their work through variousBirmingham Hippodrome projects including Jonzi D's Open Art Surgery last Summer. Wednesday night will see more home grown highlights including the return of 15 dancers from Birmingham's Dance Nuvo who have performed at the festival in 2007, 2009 and 2012 and Nottingham's NuProjeks with a crew of 8 performers aged 10-30. Wednesday's line-up is completed by the incredible Youtube sensation B-Girl Terra from Fallings Park in Wolverhampton. At just 6 years old B-Girl Terra has now gained over 6 million Youtube views after her show-stopping performance at the Pro Chelles international dancing competition in Paris and has been invited to perform on huge popular entertainment programmes including America's Ellen Degeneres show; watch her incredible performance here. B-Girl Terra is joined on the night by her nine year old sister who performs under the name Eddie and their b-boy crew Soul Mavericks.Videos