Hip Hop Morris - The Lock In Dance Show - The Demon Barbers - Modern Morris Dancers

The Hip Hop Morris routine from the groundbreaking Folk & Hip Hop theatre show 'The Lock In'.

The routine was developed by 3 traditional Cotswold Morris dancers and 3 professional Hip Hop dancers.

Breaking Tradition is the UK’s leading Folk & Hip Hop theatre company, developing innovative dance theatre using English Folk Dance remixed with Hip Hop styles such as breaking, locking and popping. If you enjoyed this video please leave a COMMENT & SUBSCRIBE to our You Tube channel

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Founded by Artistic Director, Damien Barber, in 2005, the company has developed its own unique repertoire of Folk & Hip Hop dance. It is this originality that has led to the company’s critical acclaim, gaining 4 and 5 star national broadsheet reviews for their high quality productions. Affiliated to the BBC Radio 2 Award Winning ‘The Demon Barbers’, live music is an essential part of the company’s work.

What the critics say…

***** WhatsOnStage.Com
***** The List (Edinburgh Fringe)
**** The Telegraph
**** The Independent

"A clash of Folk & Urban dance cultures that leaves you high on life!"

“A full-on show of such blazing energy and joyous ingenuity you scarcely ponder on the apparent madness of trying to marry folk dance and hip hop” The Independent

“.. a consistently lively entertaining music and dance performance virtually guaranteed to raise weary spirits and send an audience home smiling" The Times”

‘The Lock In is infectious and gets under your skin to the extent you stop analysing and start just enjoying. Certainly, the best night out in town’ WhatsOnStage.com

“Some shows demonstrate great skill and technique, some offer strong musicianship, and some create the kind of atmosphere and energy that leaves you high on life. The Lock In does all three” The List (Edinburgh Fringe)

“In another dance universe, folk and hip-hop unite to stunning effect” The Independent

“...more exciting musically and choreographically than Riverdance or Stomp; it's more ambitious, culturally more important. Someone should give this show a West End run." Songlines

"The Lock In has all the ingredients for an English Riverdance" The Telegraph

“One of the very best things I saw all last year and I see a lot” Cluny Macpherson, Regional Director of Arts Council England

“The single most joyous thing I've seen in the theatre” Antony Dunn, Yorkshire Dance

The Demon Barbers - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winners of ‘Best Live Act’ 2009