Free Krump Performance for Hanoi Students

Fri 27 May 2011, 8 pm
Students’ Campus of National Economics University

From Australia Embassy:
Eight-member Australian krump group, Grrilla Step, arrived in Hanoi to perform for Hanoi youth. The “world’s only krump band” will perform a free concert, titled Summer Krump, for Hanoi students at the National Economics University.

Grrilla Step is one of Australia’s leading dance groups, bringing together DJ Dexter Fabay (formerly of the The Avalanches), with four members of the Melbourne krump crew Royal Fam, and four Papua New Guinean log drummers led by master Airi Ingram.

Similar to breakdancing, krumping features exaggerated and highly energetic standing moves. A dancer gives voice to his ‘character’, while attempting to advance through three levels of intensity (krump, buck, amp), and may express himself or herself in anyway, as long as it is authentic and organic.

In Hanoi, Grrilla Step will conduct dance exchanges with students from RMIT University Vietnam and the National Economics University. The group will also perform at the CAMA Festival on 28 May, raising money for Flora and Fauna International (FFI).