URBANATIX – A crossover mix of new contemporary urban street cultures and modern artistry with more than 55 performers: New Shows from the 9^th – 18^th of November 2012

“The new Ruhr District is no longer inhaling dust, but rather the future.”
Vision is required in order to design the future. URBANATIX empowers young people’s visions to become reality by taking the will, energies, imagination and resources demonstrated by them in the street culture scene and raising these factors to an artistic level that is unique in the Ruhr Area (German – “Ruhrgebiet”). URBANATIX offers the young participants development opportunities extending far beyond the borders of their respective scenes.
61 street artists and world-class acrobats fascinated the Ruhr Area with “URBANATIX – The Show” in May and December 2010 and in November 2011 as an innovative presentation of urban physical art and modern artistry.
The street artists practicing parkour/freerunning, tricking/martial arts, breakdance and biking were selected by several castings. Then they worked with international trainers, artists and choreographers who developed the young people´s talents in numerous workshops and a 14-day trainings camp. In 2010 and 2011 the young people, selected from the castings, proved with “URBANATIX – The Show” that month of hard training pay off. Together with world-class artists the young traceurs, trickers, breakers and BMX riders presented an breathtaking multimedia artistic show on the stage of one of Europe´s most extraordinary venues: The industrial cathedral “Jahrhunderthalle” in Bochum.

You want to join the URBANATIX-Family? E-Mail:info@urbanatix.de

Tickets: www.jahrhunderthalle-bochum.de
Ticket-Hotline: +49 1805-234 400

Ruhrgebiet

The Ruhr Area (German – “Ruhrgebiet”) is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It consists of several large, formerly industrial cities bordered by the rivers Ruhr to the south and Rhine to the west. Since the 19th century the Ruhr towns, such as Duisburg and Essen, Bochum and Dortmund have grown together into a large complex with a vast industrial landscape. Inhabited by some 5.6 million people, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany, the fourth largest population area in Europe after Moscow, London and Paris.

Ruhr.2010 – European Capital of Culture

The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it is given the opportunity to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. In 2010 the Ruhr Area has been the European Capital of Culture.