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           Germany's biggest afro-diasporic dance and culture festival CDC Festival  is coming back to Berlin at Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt from April 29th until May 3rd for its second edition; presenting once more its groundbreaking double soul : Culture Dance Camp & Culture Dance Clash. CDC Festival is offering not only a space for multiple dance styles but also several activities that combine art, cultures and entertainment. This edition's special surprise is "From Den Till Now", an original dance theatre concept which will be presented for the first time in Europe during CDC Festival. The play was created in Kingston, Jamaica by Dance Xpressionz with the direction of Orville Hall and tells the development of dancehall culture from the pre-mento era to the current sounds of the island through the movement, music and words. "From Den Till Now" started in 2007 and no...

People in Germany !  Yesterday the biggest event of Afro-diasporic street dance culture in Germany has started ; and it will go on until the 2nd of June, in  Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt in Berlin.  Tonight, actually in about 40 minutes, there will be a CDC conference with the professor Donne P. Hope who is back at CDC for the second time. Donna is a professor at the university of the west Indies (Kingston, JAM) found of the dancehall archive and  research initiative and author of many publications which can be considered milestones in the field.  From the instagram stories on the CDC account feels like the event is an amazing thing, and I hope next year RQL will be able to join the event physically, but in the meanwhile we will enjoy it from here.

Hello people !  Have you ever heard of CDC Festival ? You are in the right place to discover about it ;).  CDC festival is the biggest event of Afro-diasporic street dance culture in Germany ; the event will take place quite soon (so ya better hurry up in registering yourself)  in  Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt in Berlin, from the 29th till the 2nd of June.  CDC Festival, is a concept originate from the merge of two successful dance events: "top up dancehall camp" and "Cypher Dance  Championship" organised by Top Up production and M.I.K. Family.  Top Up production is a team of  six determined young women  whose mission is to spread the Jamaican  dancehall culture vibes.  M.I.K.   was founded as dance crew in Berlin in 2006, today they are much  more than “only” a dance crew. From social work, dance theatre, TV shows, modelling, DJ-ing to dance classes and organizing own events, the na...