SIN Cru Dance Company on tour with “Stone Seeds”

Hip hop collective SIN Cru explores the irrepressible force that drives us to create. A seed forcing its
way through concrete and growing into a powerful expression of freedom.

About Sin Cru
SIN Cru is a collective of dancers, musicians and visual artists dedicated to developing Hip hop as a
positive and creative culture through education, communication and performance. SIN Cru's work
aims to raise awareness of Hip hop as a culture, and introduce audiences to an understanding of how
the different elements of dance, music and art inspire and work together.

Tour Dates
! Fri 22 Sept, The Junction, Cambridge (www.junction.co.uk)
! Tues 26 Sept, Colchester Arts (www.colchesterartscentre.com)
! Thurs 28 Sept, The Maltings, St Albans (www.stalbans.gov.uk/mat)
! Sat 14 Oct, Hat Factory, Luton (www.luton.gov.uk/hatfactory) 

 SINCRU REHEARSALS AT THE CENTRE AT ST PAULS: 14 SEPTEMBER 2006

“Stone Seeds” was made possible by an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts award. SIN Cru’s
collaborators on this work are Breakdance pioneer Ken Swift (New York), Louise Katarega, Germany’s
B-Boy Storm and the UK’s Pervez and Jonzi-D.

About the performance
Stone Seeds is a 50 minute show incorporating live dance, DJ, spoken word and Beatbox as well as video and photography projections. The name "Stone Seeds" reflects the central theme of finding the solid, urban foundation from which to develop and grow. The seeds are trapped beneath the surface of the concrete, breaking through and growing into a powerful expression of freedom.

Hip hop and Breakin’ become the basis for a broader dance idea, acting as a metaphor for the dancers’ self-expression. The piece will include solos, duets and group sections, uniting the movement ideas drawn from physical investigations of breathlessness, with a soundtrack created in collaboration with a beatboxer specifically for the piece.

The work is rooted in the modern dance forms of Breakin’ and Hip hop. It is dance and music which arises directly from recognizable youth focused art forms, and it therefore has the power to engage with young people. SIN Cru will also be offering half-day workshops in Breakin’ and sessions in Poppin’, Lockin’, DJing and Beatboxing to venues hosting the tour.