Accrorap (photo by Yves Petit)
I KIFFE NY, the festival of French Urban Culture, breaks out all over New York City this October with live music, film, dance, visual art, talks and documentaries. Two hip-hop dance companies Accrorap and Pockemon Crew will present American premieres of new works at the Florence Gould Hall at FIAF (French Institute Alliance Française).
Accrorap, whom Le Monde has called “an artistic goldmine” performs Little Stories.com on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11 at 8pm.
Pockemon Crew, which won the 2003 international hip-hop championship dance competition, will perform That’s Life!? on Friday, October 17 at 8pm and Saturday, October 18 at 2pm.
Tickets for all performances are available via Ticketmaster. Standard admission is $25; $15 with FIAF member discount. Florence Gould Hall is located at 55 East 59th Street, between Park & Madison Avenues, Manhattan.
Kader Attou, Mourad Merzouki and Eric Mézino founded the Accrorap collective in 1989 in Saint-Priest, near Lyon. Now, nearly ten years on, the company is headed by Attou and has become one of France’s premier hip-hop companies with founding members hailing from diverse backgrounds and places: Algeria, Switzerland and other countries, in addition to France. Little Stories.com’s main themes are the will to survive, the fight against repression and the effort break free from the confines of “urban” culture into a broader social context.
Pockemon Crew, another of France’s foremost dance ensembles, has helped disseminate the American urban tradition of hip-hop throughout French youth and urban cultures. The group began ten years ago as an assemblage of teenagers and, since 2006, has been preeminent on the international hip-hop dance scene. Drawing on variety of music, from cabaret to traditional Arabic, That’s Life!? juxtaposes France’s “urban experiment” with the varied traditions and influences of the dancers. With strength and elegance, the company provides an electrifying performance that will serve as an apt introduction to hip-hop dance à la française.
Pockemon Crew, another of France’s foremost dance ensembles, has helped disseminate the American urban tradition of hip-hop throughout French youth and urban cultures. The group began ten years ago as an assemblage of teenagers and, since 2006, has been preeminent on the international hip-hop dance scene. Drawing on variety of music, from cabaret to traditional Arabic, That’s Life!? juxtaposes France’s “urban experiment” with the varied traditions and influences of the dancers. With strength and elegance, the company provides an electrifying performance that will serve as an apt introduction to hip-hop dance à la française.
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