ELEVATE
Krump, Funky Styles, Hip Hop and House Dance Battles
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Date
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out 19:00 – 21:00
Location
Open-Air Amphitheatre Gulbenkian Garden
In this edition of the Summer Garden, OU.kupa, in collaboration with Lúcia Baronesa, presents several battles with different guests.
In the heart of the Gulbenkian Gardens, ELEVATE brings together voices and bodies in movement in the styles of Krump, Funky Styles, House and Hip Hop, celebrating individual expression and the strength of community in each battle.
Elevation is now our purpose and reflects the human impulse for transcendence, the search for something greater than the body in motion.
Elevate
Your Mind
Your Soul
Your Dance
Your History
Your Community
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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Lúcia Baronesa
An artist, capoeira dancer, anthropologist, mediator, cultural manager and producer, she started capoeira, street dancing and clubbing in Lisbon from an early age. She furthered her artistic training mainly in Paris, passing through New York, Senegal and Salvador da Bahia. She has worked with professional companies, been part of Piny’s creations and, more recently, Xullaji/Peles Negras, Máscaras Negras. She is co-founder of the MOSJAM platform – now the Artistic Cultural Association. She is currently studying for a master’s degree in Cultural Studies and Management at ISCTE.
Credits
Concept, artistic direction and curatorship
Piny
ELEVATE Exhibition battles by
Lúcia Baronesa
Dj
Leo Soulflow
Executive production (OU.kupa)
Letícia Santos, Catarina Rosa (Kenzi), Joana Costa Santos
Design
Bruna Borges
Production
VAI associação
Co-production
Teatro do Bairro Alto, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Estúdios Vitor Cordon
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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