GDIF 2024 | London’s free, annual outdoor performing arts festival 23 August-8 September 2024
Crowd_Ctrl | On Your Doorstep
3 September | 1.50pm & 4.50pm | On Your Doorstep: Rathbone Market, Canning Town, Royal Docks
Duration: 35mins
Free
Afro street moves collide with tech and LED visuals.
4 dancers from London’s Dragonsquad busking crew (of Oxford Circus fame) turn their personal history of the Afrobeat’s movement into a futuristic Odyssey.
Featuring a cast of Afro-battle dance champions, digital storytelling, fresh motion graphics on an LED wall by graphic prodigy Wumzum, this spectacular new GDIF commission is created by choreographer AndroidX in collaboration with MHz scenography.
More information on Crowd_Ctrl
How to attend
Crowd_Ctrl is free to attend.
Site Access
This site has full level access.
Viewing area
A priority area for disabled audiences will be marked with a sign or flag. Space for wheelchair users, and a variety of seating options will be available.
On-site walking distances
Minimal
Accessible Toilets
Accessible toilets available in Canning town Library.
Blue badge parking
Limited Blue Badge parking available on site at Rathbone Market (Barking Rd, London E16 1GS) .
Access drop-off point
In the car park at Barking Rd, London E16 1GS.
Photo route
Will be available to download in the ‘Where to Find it’ section.
Contact
For Access questions, contact [email protected] // 07899 893 935
Other audience questions, contact our Box Office: [email protected]
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Access
Warning: Contains flashing and strobing visuals on an LED screen.
Check out our Access Information page for GDIF 2022 to learn more about our access practices.
Crowd_Ctrl Trailer
Gallery
Credits
AndroidX (Artistic Director)
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/co-creators)
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.
Supported by
CROWD_CTRL is supported and co-commissioned as part of Stomping Ground, a commissioning partnership with DanceXchange, The Place, Tramway and FESTIVAL.org, using public funding by Arts Council England and Creative Scotland.
Supported by the Royal Docks team.
Where to find it
Rathbone Market, Canning Town Royal Docks, E16 1EH