After two editions of the festival that were disrupted due to health constraints, the Florida Beatbox Festival is back!
The 2020 edition was able to take place at Florida in a seated and masked configuration and was the only world event dedicated to beatbox to take place in public, that of 2021 will be held at the Édouard Lacour school in Agen in a reduced version.
Two festival evenings
This year the Florida is still evolving the formula and decides to always push the artistic side of beatboxing!
A festival would not be a festival without concerts, for this new edition, no battle on the first evening but a concert combining dance, beatbox and video mapping with the project YŪREI and two showcases of the two 2012 world champions: Separates and Пе4енката who will reveal their complete repertoires on stage!
The second evening will be devoted to the battle, in its most traditional and expected form: one once morest one, with a line-up and a jury representing 10 nations and 4 different continents.
Around the festival
- Baudre High School: linguistic meeting with Skiller & Pe4enkata (Bulgaria).
- Agen Remand Prison: meeting in prison with the Colombian beatboxer Beatmeda.
- IME Fongrave, Montanou Social Center, Chaumié College, La Safeguard (Le Patio) and Baudre High School: meeting with Tioneb and showcase in March.
8 & 9 April: timetables, prices & ticket office
- Times: both evenings start at 8:30 p.m.
- Prices: 1 evening: 16€ / 14€ / 12€ – Pass 2 evenings: 27€ / 25€ / 23€
- • Information and ticketing: www.le-florida.org
Detailed program
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 / IN FLORIDA
YŪREI / BEATBOX, DANCE & VIDEO MAPPING.
Japanese term, to designate certain people who have left grief, anger, or regret on earth, cannot leave this world…
This creation will follow the dreamlike common thread of phantasmagoria (etymologically “the art of making ghosts speak in public”) of the Japanese YŪREI and the myth of Petrouschka for an original musical and choreographic creation bringing together a trio of dazzling artists (dance, video and beatbox). Never seen !
Although at the crossroads of several disciplines, YŪREI must be experienced as a concert where the public is warmly invited to express themselves as they would in any concert!
SAKIKO OISHI – Dancer / BRICE ROUCHET – Dancer / OLIVIER BAUER – Light Designer and Videographer / TIONEB – BeatBox.
SKILLER / BEATBOX (BULGARIA).
Skiller is from Bulgaria, a country in which he has largely contributed to making the art of beatbox known… World champion 2012, Skiller has been able to push his beatbox well beyond traditional hip-hop influences by exploring a wider spectrum of music. … He has collaborated on stage all over the world with many international artists like Shaggy, Lumidee, Outlandish, Stereo MCs, Transglobal Underground, Foreign Beggars, and many more…
PE4ENKATA / BEATBOX (BULGARIA).
Pe4enkata is a professional beatboxer and also comes to us from Bulgaria. After studying piano and singing (opera) she is systematically found in Bulgarian beatbox competitions which until then were exclusively male. She is, among other things, the 2012 women’s beatbox world champion.
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 / IN FLORIDA
FLORIDA BEATBOX BATTLE / BATTLE INTERNATIONALE.
The Florida Beatbox Battle is now a classic! Bringing together this year beatboxers from 8 countries and 4 different continents for a highly anticipated high-flying battle!
This year, the focus is on a professional solo beatbox battle starting in the top 8, which means that the 8 qualified applicants will receive artist compensation like any other festival artist.
The format is now clearly defined: 5 judges, no overtime, quarter-finals with our special format 1 round per battle, 2 wins to advance, 1 loss is not fatal but 2 losses and it’s over…Half- finals and final with a classic 2-round format.
PARTICIPANTS :
- Beatmeda—COLOMBIE
- MixFx – PORTUGAL
- DoubleM – MOROCCO
- Piratheeban – SINGAPORE
- WILDCARDS WINNERS
- Jewow – PORTUGAL
- FootboxG – BELGIUM
- Match – UNITED STATES
- JP – MALAYSIA
JURY :
- Skiller – BULGARIA
- Pe4enkata – BULGARIA
- River – FRANCE
- Dlow – GREAT BRITAIN
- BMG – FRANCE
May the best win !!!
