Benji Reid presents

The Holiday / Style 4 Free

2008 - 2009 Select International Touring only

Small to medium scale

Benji Reid - hip-hop veteran, European body-popping champion, writer and poet. His company, Breaking Cycles has toured the world with his two-part solo work, The Holiday and Style 4 Free.

The Holiday is a fifteen-minute real time piece - a physical sonnet, a dark and instinctive proposition on escapism, that grasps and retains the raw emotion and energy of movement-based theatre, body popping, poetry and rhythmic bass. Style 4 Free is an improvisation, inspired by hip-hop and jazz, danced like a slapstick puppet creating disjointed text over muffled beats. With sampling from kung fu movies, cartoons and the Olympics, nothing is sacred. Each improvisation hails a new story and new free style.

“This is a poet trapped inside the body of a dancer. It’s a killer combination”. Daily Telegraph, Australia.

“Visually, Benji Reid is one of the most stunning theatre artists on the scene today - the way he uses his body, voice and spirit to tell a story is truly a sight to behold.” Will Power