Bouzid Ait Atmane & Saïdo Lehlouh: Opening
This year, ITA once again joins forces with hip-hop dance festival Summer Dance Forever for a theatre program packed with thrilling performances. The program kicks off in style with Opening, a high-energy piece by Bouzid Ait Atmane and Saïdo Lehlouh that pays tribute to the bold and celebratory spirit of hip hop.
Run time 55 minutes
Genre Dance
Language Language No Problem
From 5 pm to 12 pm, you can visit the documentary Afrobuck in The Bookshop at ITA for free. At the Rotonde at ITA, the exhibition Ekaterina Mikheeva can also be visited for free during these times.
BOUZID AIT ATMANE & SAÏDO LEHLOUH: OPENING
The performance begins like an elegant soirée—a stylish gathering among friends in a refined setting. Between champagne flutes and sharply dressed waiters, a quiet sense of boredom hangs in the air. Nothing has been left to chance, not even the DJ. Then suddenly, hip hop erupts—taking over bodies and shifting the entire atmosphere.
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Ten dancers move effortlessly across the stage in a dynamic flow of battles, solos, group scenes, and suspended moments. With Opening, choreographers Ait Atmane and Lehlouh honour the raw, disruptive language of hip hop—a counterculture that continues to reinvent itself with energy, elegance, and edge. A journey back to the future of hip hop.
From 5 p.m. to 12 p.m., you can visit the documentary Afrobuck in The Bookshop at ITA for free. At the Rotonde at ITA, the exhibition Ekaterina Mikheeva can also be visited for free during these times.
About Summer Dance Forever
Summer Dance Forever is one of the world’s leading international hip-hop dance festivals. Every August, dancers and audiences from around the globe gather in Amsterdam to enjoy virtuosic dance performances, explosive battles, soulful club nights, workshops by top dancers, and much more.
