Fresh Moves: Les Gamal / Outside / Ops

Fresh Moves, presented by hiphop dance festival Summer Dance Forever and ITA, brings together three works by emerging artists from France. Rooted in hip-hop, dancehall, and showcase culture, the evening explores how these styles move from their original contexts into the theatre. It is where virtuosity, freestyle energy, and personal storytelling meet on stage.

Les Gamal: Blood Flows 
Tonight, SDF presents an excerpt of 'Blood Flows by Les Gamal. In this duet, twin brothers Loïck and Emerick Gene invite us into their intimate world built on shared memories, emotional synchronicity, and kinetic unity. More than just a performance, this show channels their personal stories into a powerful dance narrative. Their technical brilliance, honed in many international battles, meets theatrical finesse, enhanced by original music and striking lighting design. This deeply human duet pulses with precision and emotion, offering a fresh, heartfelt perspective on hip-hop and the unspoken strength of brotherhood.

'Blood Flows… the Power of Brotherhood’ has achieved international success, captivating audiences with its striking blend of artistry and emotion. Like energy flows... Like blood flows…

Credits: 
Choreography and dance | Loïck & Emerick Gene (Les Gamal)
Music editing & beatmaker | Alexandre Ladour (MADIJUWON)
Lighting design | Florent Ecrohart
Costume design | Corianna Moubembe
Management & administrative coordination | Sammy Gene
Executive production & booking | camin aktion – Dirk Korell
Co-production | Auditorium Seynod, Annecy ; La Place, Paris
Support | Pôle en Scène, Bron

Outside: Out/Side 
Out/Side is the first work by Cie. Outside, created by Mwendwa Marchand. In this work-in-progress that is premiering in October, dancehall takes centre form in a choreographed form that is rarely seen on stage. The piece is an exploration of identity and representation: how a culture like dancehall appears within institutional spaces, and how it can be carried and transformed without losing its essence. Drawing from their own cultural and social backgrounds, the makers bring a personal layer to the form, questioning and expanding how it is seen and represented today.

Watch the teaser here.

OPS: Skins 
S K I N S is the first choreographic work by choreographer Olivia Pierre and Cie OPS, part of a new generation of artists rooted in hip-hop culture. Blending choreographic writing and freestyle composition, the piece unfolds fragments of an intimate journey through movement. Inspired by clip culture, showcase formats, and video game “skins”, where appearance becomes identity, the work explores the layers we build to exist: our protections, our masks, what we choose to reveal or conceal, and what remains underneath.

Through powerful physicality, immersive atmospheres, and intimate scenes balancing control and release, Olivia Pierre and the performers trace fragments of their own life; different shifting identities / “skins” shaped by experiences of self-discovery, resilience, love, fear, and renewal.

As the piece unfolds, the idea of “skin” also returns to its most literal meaning: the real skin beneath the layers, what remains once every character, every mask, every constructed version of ourselves has been stripped away. S K I N S questions how these layers can both empower and trap us, while inviting the audience to recognise themselves within them. What about you, what’s your skin?