Breakin’ Convention
Kick-Off
- Dance
We’re kicking off Breakin’ Convention with an opening party at Café Dox. Expect energetic performances and jam sessions with Swagnation, The Frequency Club, and Housejam.
Swagnation is a multidisciplinary crew of five powerhouse women: Clara, Alysha, Misgana, Anne, and Jada. With a mix of DJing,MCing, and dance and rap performances, they represent a new generation of hip-hop-minded creatives.
The Frequency Club is a Rotterdam-based collective with an international sound; they combine Afro-Caribbean and Afrobeat traditions with heavy basslines, live percussion, soulful vocals, and electronic influences ranging from Afro-house to Afro-tech. Their sound is deep, raw, and rhythmically hypnotic—designed to get both body and mind moving. Together with the dancers from Housejam, they’ll bring the heat on this cold November evening.
Housejam is a Rotterdam-based community that organizesjam sessions, workshops, and talks centered around the culture of house dance and music. Their DJ and dancers will close out the evening with a jam session.
Schedule:
Doors open: 9:00 p.m.
Kick-off: 9:30 p.m.
End: 11:30 p.m.
We’re kicking off Breakin’ Convention with an opening party at Café Dox. Expect energetic performances and jam sessions with Swagnation, The Frequency Club, and Housejam.
Swagnation is a multidisciplinary crew of five powerhouse women: Clara, Alysha, Misgana, Anne, and Jada. With a mix of DJing,MCing, and dance and rap performances, they represent a new generation of hip-hop-minded creatives.
The Frequency Club is a Rotterdam-based collective with an international sound; they combine Afro-Caribbean and Afrobeat traditions with heavy basslines, live percussion, soulful vocals, and electronic influences ranging from Afro-house to Afro-tech. Their sound is deep, raw, and rhythmically hypnotic—designed to get both body and mind moving. Together with the dancers from Housejam, they’ll bring the heat on this cold November evening.
Housejam is a Rotterdam-based community that organizesjam sessions, workshops, and talks centered around the culture of house dance and music. Their DJ and dancers will close out the evening with a jam session.
Schedule:
Doors open: 9:00 p.m.
Kick-off: 9:30 p.m.
End: 11:30 p.m.
Breakin’ Convention
AanmeldenBreakin’ Convention, Jonzi D’s world-famous international festival of hip-hop dance theater, will take place in Rotterdam from November 12 through 15, 2026
For four days, the city will become the global hub for hip-hop culture—from theater to battles, from DJs to spoken word. At the Nieuwe Luxor, Theater Rotterdam, and Theater Zuidplein, international icons and local voices will come together in a single shared space: the stage, the dance floor, the cypher. Featuring some of the most prestigious crews from around the world, local talent, jam sessions, and workshops.
Come on by. Step inside. Join in!
Breakin’ Convention Rotterdam is made possible by Sadler’s Wells Breakin’ Convention, in collaboration with Luxor Theater, Theater Rotterdam, and Theater Zuidplein, together with Rotterdam’s hip-hop communities. Supported by the Erasmus Foundation, Fonds 21, the Performing Arts Fund, Rotterdam Festivals, the Foundation for the Promotion of People Power (Van Leeuwen Lignac), the Dioraphte Foundation, the Van Wijngaarden-Boot Collection Foundation, and the VSB Fund.
