Blaze energises Dubai with a global street dance and hip hop show

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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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00:00International dance show Blaze heats up Dubai from August 20 to 22 as part of the Dubai

00:22Summer Surprises.

00:24Blaze is a high-energy street and breakdance stage show at Centrepointe Theatre at Duktuk

00:29Mall of the Emirates.

00:30The 80-minute show is interactive and combines nightclub vibes with West End production values.

00:36Directed by Anthony Van Last, known for big titles such as Mamma Mia!, Sister Act, and

00:40Batman Live, the breaking, topping, popping, locking, and hip-hop show is choreographed

00:46by the likes of Mike Song, Kenny Roldemald, Lyle Beniga, Ryan Chappell, Chris Baldock,

00:52and Kendra Horsbrough.

00:53Dancers in the show have performed with a variety of artists including Michael Jackson,

00:57Madonna, and Sean Paul.

01:10The show was conceptualized by Anthony Van Last, our show director.

01:14He saw the potential of street dance, this new type of dance that happens and develops

01:20on the streets.

01:21He saw the possibilities to make a big theatrical show out of it.

01:24The show goes far beyond the mainstream idea of hip-hop, as it combines several sub-genres

01:29into one cohesive, stylistically diverse piece.

01:32To bring the dance from the street to the stage has been a big, big challenge, because

01:37usually this type of street dance, it's competition style, they're improvising, they're different

01:44moves to each other and they're competing with each other.

01:47It's also choreography, but to make one big show of 90 minutes out of it has been quite

01:53difficult.

01:54What we succeeded in, I think, is that we took all the West End production values, big

02:00set, enormous projections, but we put in the energy of a pop concert and the feel of a

02:06club night.

02:07The theatre turns into one big party.

02:13Blaze originated with 15 members, comprising one emcee, three breakers, and 11 dancers.

02:19Now it has a pool of about 30 dancers from around the world.

02:22Although the show doesn't follow a specific narrative, each member has a strong identity

02:27to embody.

02:28Irish Eden Beleza for tabloid.

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