Rumble – reloaded

Dance / Performance, for ages 14 and up, 2003  75´ 
14 on tour

Renegade’s award-winning adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julia combines street dance, modern dance and acting, creating an adrenaline-driven concoction of fighting, dance and passion. Lorca Renoux stages the conflict of the two family clans in a stirring hip hop battle.

"It's a non-stop rush to disaster so fuelled with sweat, passion and exhilaration that you lose yourself in it completely. ... thrilling stuff, a real Shakespeare turn on!" (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian)

By revisiting Rumble, the Renegade Company dares to draw on a piece of their own contemporary history. Half of the original cast is coming together with newcomers from the German scene. The audience can expect to be a witness to masterful displays in acrobatics and dance in a quest for new forms of expression and a contagious mix of perfection and passion. The story of Romeo and Juliet forms a perfect story foil.

Montis: Janis Heldmann (Romeo), Frederick Rohn (Mercutio), Christian Zacharas (Benvolio), Peter Sowinski (Abraham)

Caps: Ulrike Reinbott (Julia), Denis Kuhnert (Tybalt), Lenka Bartunkova (Anna), Adnan Dushaku (Paris), Rymon Zacharei (Gregorio)

Choreography: Lorca Renoux with the dancers

Dramaturgy: Rachel Oidtmann

Production: Zekai Fenerci

Light: Niko Moddenborg

Direction: Markus Michalowski

A Coproduction by: Flottmann-Hallen Herne and Theater Kohlenpott.
Funded by: Kunststiftung NRW, LAG, Goethe-Institut, Soziokultur-Fonds des Ministeriums für Städtebau, Wohnen, Sport und Kultur NRW.