CROWD_CTRL is a dance & digital collaboration between choreographer Malick Bright AKA AndroidX and scenographers MHz, building on their previous collaboration on their Cyber punk production KID_X. Afro street moves collide with tech and visuals!
“bring the fire”
4 dancers from London's Dragonsquad busking crew (of Oxford Circus fame) turn their personal history of the Afrobeats movement into a futuristic Odyssey in a high impact dance, sound and visual experience for outdoor settings.
Featuring a cast of afro-battles dance champions, fresh motion graphics on a LED wall and illustrations by graphic prodigy Wumzum, CROWD_CTRL is a dance & digital exploration styled into a live graphic novel – created by choreographer AndroidX in collaboration with MHz scenography.
Lead Artists
AndroidX (Artistic Director + Choreographer)
AndroidX (Malick Bright) is a freestyle dance artist working across theatre, live music (stage and videos) whilst keeping his practice as a street busker and battle dancer. Growing up in Hackney he originally trained in contemporary, ballet and ballroom during his school years until he discovered London's famous Trocadero underground jam spot and honed his technique-now specialising in Afro, Krump, Flexing and Bone-breaking regularly competing in street-dance battles in London and Paris and performing live or in music videos with Lady Leshurr, FKA Twigs, Fergie, M.i.A, Eva Lazarus and Tinie Tempah. For a decade AndroidX leads Dragonsquad - a street busking collective performing in Oxford Circus entertaining large crowds of tourists, industry heads and dance fanatics.
MHz (Scenography + Dramaturgy)
MHz is a Total Theatre award winning, scenography-centred, visual theatre company led by Creative duo Bex and Dav. MHz work is rooted in site-specific, immersive, multi-artform productions presented at music festivals and urban locations to audiences of varied age groups and backgrounds, and is known for in-depth collaborations with physical performers, adventurous participatory endeavours and striking production values created with unorthodox technologies.
https://www.m-hz.co.uk/
Creative Team
Artistic Director + Choreographer: AndroidX
Scenography + Dramaturgy: MHz
Dancers: AndroidX, Benny Tantu, Elton Mota, Will Bernardo
Movement Director: John Berkavitch
Costume Design: Saehee Simmons
Sound Design: MHz
Illustrator: Wumzum
Creative Consultants: Etienne Kubwabo, Oluwatoyin Odunsi, Tony Mills
Producer: Split Second
Assistant Producer: Amy Greenwood
Technical Director: MHz
Production Photography: Tiu Makkonen
Trailer Filming: Robbie Jones
Trailer Editing: Dav Bernard
Credits
CROWD_CTRL is supported and co-commissioned as part of Stomping Ground, a commissioning partnership with DanceXchange, The Place, Tramway and FESTIVAL.org.
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Creative Scotland.
Practical
Practical Information
Set-up: Outdoor
Touring party: 6 people
Running time: approx. 35 minutes
Space: 8m wide x 7.5m deep x 4m height clearance
LED screen arrangement varies for each festival (hired locally - options include truss and screen, LED advertising van)
Contact
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