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Hip hop is without doubt one of the quickest rising dance kinds within the UK, however generally it’s given a nasty rap. ZooNation Dance Company is right here to point out the world that hip hop has a job to play in partaking, motivating and galvanizing younger individuals and offering them with constructive position fashions and alternatives.
ZooNation is bringing their newest present Into The Hoods : Remixed to London’s Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre. It’s a narrative set within the ‘Ruff Endz Estate’, the place two misplaced kids go on a journey to search out an iPhone as white as milk, trainers as pure as gold, a hoodie as pink as blood and weave as yellow as corn. This remixed manufacturing has been co-created by Associate Director and choreographer Carrie-Anne Ingrouille.
WWOD: Can you inform us about ZooNation Dance Company…
Carrie-Anne: The firm has been going since early 2000’s and was arrange by the fantastic Kate Prince, who’s the Artistic Director of the corporate. It began as a gaggle of people who all shared the identical love of road dance and Kate, who has all the time had an enormous curiosity in theatre and telling tales, wished to hitch the 2 collectively to make hip hop dance theatre. ZooNation does simply that to create what I name consumer pleasant, hip-hop theatre the place everyone from kids of 4 yrs to your Grandma can come and see the exhibits.
WWOD: How would you describe the hip hop dance scene in London?
Carrie-Anne: I believe if you say hip hop persons are nonetheless fairly naive about hip hop dance. Sometimes there’s fairly damaging associations that include hip hop and ZooNation very a lot tries to advertise the good aspect of hip hop tradition that’s enjoyable, recent and thrilling together with the information of hip hop tradition.
Hip hop is without doubt one of the quickest rising dance kinds in Europe and there’s additionally main affect from America. Hip hop is a extremely nice outlet for lots of younger individuals who would possibly discover it arduous to specific themselves in different methods. It’s one thing that they can relate to, whether or not it’s the music, the motion, or one thing to get pleasure from and watch. Hip hop is one thing that may be very particular and might be shared with everyone.
WWOD: As a dancer and choreographer, how do you method choreographing new works?
Carrie-Anne: It is determined by the work and who it’s for, with ZooNation there’s all the time a really clear story. There’s all the time clear route from Kate Prince about what she needs from a scene, or elements of the story we may be engaged on and what’s wanted to be expressed.
I get plenty of inspiration from the music and with ZooNation that’s one thing that’s mentioned very early on when it comes to what the scene wants, the sounds, the way it would possibly look, in order that the entire parts – the motion, the music and the route – all comes collectively and marries up utterly. That provides me a really clear line of how the choreography wants to come back out.
When I’m choreographing my very own work I’m extra led by the music. I’ll have the music on shuffle and one thing will come out for me – it may be the story that’s inside a sure track, or it may be the way in which I’m feeling or I really feel just like the track has amplified that for me. That’s what begins the cogs turning and what makes me freestyle and what makes me create the piece.
WWOD: Can you inform us concerning the Into The Hoods : Remixed…
Carrie-Anne: Into The Hoods was initially created in 2005 and everyone completely beloved it. And after touring the present for a number of years Kate Prince determined to remix the hits, replace it, and alter a few of the music and choreography.
Into The Hoods premiered in London final November and ZooNation simply completed a UK tour which completed off in Manchester, in order that they’ve had somewhat little bit of a break however we’re again 4–21 May on the Peacock theatre. And it would principally be the final run of it for now so if anyone needs to catch it then they’ve obtained these three weeks in May earlier than we take a barely longer break from it.
WWOD: After Into The Hoods, what are you engaged on subsequent?
Carrie-Anne: With ZooNation there’s all the time one thing effervescent away, and we’re hopefully going to do some extra works in the summertime. We’ve obtained the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party coming again on the finish of 12 months which is de facto thrilling as a result of I carried out in that present and was one of many choreographers. We’ve solely carried out it as soon as earlier than so I’m dying to get again to that because it’s such a enjoyable present, actually arduous, however actually enjoyable.
For me personally, it’s simply seeing what I want to do creatively sooner or later. I’ve obtained a number of concepts in my head that I’d wish to thrash out, which I attempt to do at any time when I get any free time as a result of as a lot as I really like working with ZooNation and schools and different corporations, I very a lot additionally need to have the ability to do one thing myself. I’ve obtained help from Kate Prince and ZooNation, my family and friends to do this, so it’s simply deciding on an concept that I want to take ahead.
Into The Hoods : Remixed is exhibiting at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre for a restricted time from 4 – 21 May.
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