Prepare to be amazed by the explosive tricks and artful dexterity of Simple Cypher’s newest outdoor production Roll Play. Three performers blur the boundaries between hip hop and circus, using intricate moves and virtuosic agility to give a captivating, cheeky and effortlessly cool performance.
A folding bench is the meeting point for three strangers from different walks of life; a park bench, a bus stop, a waiting room. What unfolds is a series of playful interactions challenging identity, status and societal roles.
Building on Simple’s Cypher’s recognisable fusion of circus and hip hop, Roll Play features breath-taking Cyr wheel, dextrous group juggling and feel good choreographies performed to a pulsing urban soundtrack.
Simple Cypher
Simple Cypher fuses Hip Hop and Circus to create new, uplifting experiences. Simple Cypher is a company built through the foundations of hip hop and circus, founded in 2016 by Kieran Warner and Chris Thomas. Style, originality and unity are key fundamentals of hip hop culture and have had a profound influence on their development as artists and the work they create.
Since forming, they’ve collaborated with a host of hip hop and circus artists and presented work to audiences at leading festivals and venues across the UK and Europe including Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, Breakin’ Convention, Underbelly Southbank Festival, Birmingham International Dance Festival and Tête à Tête.
Practical
Practical Information
Set-up: Outdoor
Running time: 30 minutes
Touring party: 3 or 4
Minimum tech requirement: 8m x 8m flat, level, smooth playing surface. Stereo PA playback
Participation and Engagement Activities
Simple Cypher can provide a range of juggling and choreographic workshops, which gives an insight into their process creating work merging circus and dance disciplines.
Get in touch with kevin@splitsecond.org.uk to find out more.
Credits
Roll Play is supported by Without Walls and Brighton Festival; Norfolk and Norwich Festival; Salisbury International Arts Festival, part of Wiltshire Creative, and Hat Fair.
Further funding and support from Arts Council England, 101 Outdoor Arts and Stratford Circus Arts Centre.
Photos: Andu Kaprar
Trailer: The Duke LDN
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