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SADLER’S WELLS’ annual celebration of hip hop dance theatre Breakin’ Convention has announced an exciting new young East London crew for its nineteenth year, and there are a few changes to the announcement made earlier this year.

Sadler's Wells' annual festival of hip hop dance theatre is back for its 19th year, platforming innovative, authentic dance rooted in the streets and presented live on stage from Friday 29 April - Sunday 1 May 2022.

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The camera tailed them around the building ... Juan Gil and Simone Damberg Würtz in Rambert’s Draw From Within. Photograph: Camilla Greenwell The first time I cried watching someone dance in their living room was in April last year. A few weeks into the first lockdown, unnerved by sudden confinement, there was ballerina Céline Gittens on my laptop screen, bourréeing past a pot plant. Then in a different living room, cellist António Novai...

10 Online Two of the first films made in spring’s UK lockdown captured the moment of sudden confinement, DIY spirit and the simple need for connection and hope. Birmingham Royal Ballet principal Céline Gittens danced Fokine’s Dying Swan in her living room, linked up with musicians at home. Meanwhile, ex-New York City Ballet dancer Robbie Fairchild and his flatmate Chris Jarosz threw juicy shapes on their Manhattan rooftop. They brought a tear and a beaming smile, respectively. Read the ful...

Last modified on Mon 14 Dec 2020 04.11 EST Compared with the annual Breakin’ Convention festival, this was always going to be a different beast, a socially distanced hour in the theatre instead of a noisy, crowded, all-weekend event with people dancing in the foyers. It is impossible to match that atmosphere, but if anyone was going to have a go it is Jonzi D, Breakin’ Convention’s artistic director and indefatigable MC, who has the audience whooping behind their masks. The eveni...