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Direct from Montreal, this Canadian dance troupe represent the leading edge of modern dance. Using a fusion of hip-hop, breakdance, contemporary and ballet styles, they have created a movement vocabulary that fuses dynamic street dance with the grace and subtleties of ballet and contemporary dance. By seamlessly integrating these different styles Rubberbandance create unique and innovative work that breaks down the boundaries between dance styles to dazzling effect. Canadian company RUBBERBANDance Group bring their explosive blend of ballet-hip-hop to Southbank Centre with their new work Gravity of Center. The piece for five dancers presents a community in collapse and crisis and explores the tension between the need to be part of a group and the urge to break away and be an individual. Led by former LA street-dancer Victor Quijada and his classically trained partner Anne Plamondon, RUBBERBANDance Group blend the spontaneity and exuberance of hip-hop with the refinement of classical dance. The company featured at Breakin Convention in 2004 and will be taking the show to Birmingham Dance Festival in April 2013.