Block Party
Breaking Battle
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Date
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out 19:00 – 21:00
Location
Open-Air Amphitheatre Gulbenkian Garden
Hip hop will take over the Open-Air Amphitheatre with a Breaking Battle organised by OU.kupa, in collaboration with Bboy Mucha.
The Block Party Breaking Battle celebrates Breaking and urban culture, strengthening community ties.
Inspired by traditional block parties– street parties, which gained popularity in the 1970s in the USA, especially within the Hip Hop community –, will transform the Gulbenkian into a vibrant stage for artistic expression, with battles and cyphers.
About OU.kupa
OU.kupa is a festival-celebration of urban dance cultures – Street, Clubbing and Ballroom, which encompasses artistic creation, presentation of premieres, thought and research. Created by Piny, it celebrates Other dance histories, supporting creators and giving visibility to languages from non-formal contexts. The second edition of the festival will take place in three different venues. In the Summer Garden, on 29 June and 5 July, there will be two battles dedicated to Breaking and celebrating Krump, Funky styles, House and Hip Hop. At the Teatro do Bairro Alto, between 2 and 13 July, there will be six new creations, an exhibition, training sessions with DJ sets and three talks. Finally, Casa Independente celebrates Ballroom culture on 12 July with Ball Conto Preto.
Summer Garden 2025
This event is part of Summer Garden 2025, a free admission festival with concerts, DJ sets, talks, films and dance. Learn more
Biographies
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Bboy Mucha
Born in Venezuela, Alberto Perdomo (Mucha) began dancing at the age of 14, inspired by some of the leading crews such as Speedy Angels & Flying Legs. He began his career as a Bboy in the socio-cultural project ‘G’cierr’, and continued his path as part of the ‘White Force Crew’ and the ‘Happy Friends Crew’. In 2011, he came to Portugal to take part in ‘’Eurobattle’ . Since then, his work in the context of dance has been a continuous and impressive rise, positioning him in various capacities: athlete and coach, Bboy and teacher and artist and event organiser.
Credits
Concept, art direction and curatorship
Piny
Block Party Breaking Battle by
Bboy Mucha
Featuring
Titas, Foundkid, Rafex, Rúbenhood, Cat, Valéria, Myhre, Sore + 8 people selected in loco
Jury
Vanessa, Deego, Den
Dj
Bboy Wannabe Dj
Host
Wilson
Production (Block Party Breaking Battle)
Guilherme Lamy, Ana Vieira, Sara Pina
Executive production (OU.kupa)
Letícia Santos, Catarina Rosa (Kenzi), Joana Costa Santos
Design
Bruna Borges
Production
VAI associação
Coproduction
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Estúdios Vitor Cordon
Image
Pedro Jafuno
Programme
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.
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