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Blaze energises Dubai with a global street dance and hip hop show
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2/12/2025
Blaze energises Dubai with a global street dance and hip hop show. Dubai Summer Surprises heats up with Blaze, a high-energy street and break-dance show at Ductac, Mall of the Emirates. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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International dance show Blaze heats up Dubai from August 20 to 22 as part of the Dubai
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Summer Surprises.
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Blaze is a high-energy street and breakdance stage show at Centrepointe Theatre at Duktuk
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Mall of the Emirates.
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The 80-minute show is interactive and combines nightclub vibes with West End production values.
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Directed by Anthony Van Last, known for big titles such as Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, and
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Batman Live, the breaking, topping, popping, locking, and hip-hop show is choreographed
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by the likes of Mike Song, Kenny Roldemald, Lyle Beniga, Ryan Chappell, Chris Baldock,
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and Kendra Horsbrough.
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Dancers in the show have performed with a variety of artists including Michael Jackson,
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Madonna, and Sean Paul.
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The show was conceptualized by Anthony Van Last, our show director.
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He saw the potential of street dance, this new type of dance that happens and develops
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on the streets.
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He saw the possibilities to make a big theatrical show out of it.
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The show goes far beyond the mainstream idea of hip-hop, as it combines several sub-genres
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into one cohesive, stylistically diverse piece.
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To bring the dance from the street to the stage has been a big, big challenge, because
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usually this type of street dance, it's competition style, they're improvising, they're different
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moves to each other and they're competing with each other.
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It's also choreography, but to make one big show of 90 minutes out of it has been quite
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difficult.
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What we succeeded in, I think, is that we took all the West End production values, big
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set, enormous projections, but we put in the energy of a pop concert and the feel of a
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club night.
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The theatre turns into one big party.
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Blaze originated with 15 members, comprising one emcee, three breakers, and 11 dancers.
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Now it has a pool of about 30 dancers from around the world.
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Although the show doesn't follow a specific narrative, each member has a strong identity
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to embody.
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Irish Eden Beleza for tabloid.
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