Expedition: Hip Hop  - MY IDENTITY?
Choreography & direction: Kama Frankl and Rymon Zacharei

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The Ruhr area is known for its strong hip-hop scene. But what exactly is hip hop? The expression of a certain attitude towards life? A mouthpiece for adolescents and young adults, especially for those with a “migration background”? And who is a “real” hip hopper anyway?

7 young people between the ages of 12 and 18 dealt with the urban dance scene of the Ruhr area and developed their first full-length piece as a newly founded hip-hop dance theater ensemble. Under the artistic direction of Kama Frankl and Rymon Zacharei, the young dancers and performers questioned today's ideal image of a hip hopper and tell the audience their own personal stories!

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By and with: Elvin Dudaj, Sezin Ince, Mika Hoffmann, Baker Tarchichi, Pinar Özkan, Elena Roserschein, Elly Levasch

Choreography & Direction: Kama Frankl, Rymon Zacharei (Rayboom)

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Funded by the Interkultur Ruhr development fund and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Premiere: November 12th, 2017, Flottmann-Hallen Herne

Further dates and guest performances: including ZECHE 1 / Center for Urban Art, Ruhr International  - Festival of Cultures Bochum
Invitation to the intermediate selection for the national competition dance meeting of the youth 2018 of the Berliner Festspiele

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