Crawl

Crawl is a solo written by Olga Dukhovna for the Ukrainian dancer Uzee Rock. The title means “to crawl” or “squat” in English — a reference to the close-to-the-ground movements typical of breakdance, but also to those of the traditional Ukrainian dance povzunets, which is performed entirely in a squatting position.

In this piece, Olga Dukhovna continues her work on choreographic recycling: an approach that explores ancient dances by transforming, shifting and deconstructing them — filling existing forms with new meanings and images. Crawl connects two movement languages: on one side, a Ukrainian folk dance; on the other, the raw and codified energy of breakdance, embodied by Uzee Rock, a virtuoso dancer on the international urban scene for the past fifteen years.

This is not about merging styles or making one disappear into the other, but about searching for a hybrid language, a space of experimentation where each vocabulary remains recognizable while being permeated by the other.

You may recognize steps drawn from Ukrainian folklore. You may recognize movements taken from breakdance.
But Crawl is not about illustrating an identity. It is a crossing, a transformation, a gesture in motion.

Distribution / Team

• Olga Dukhovna: choreographer
• Bboy Uzee Rock: performer
• Mackenzy Bergile: composer
• Soraya MoBé: costume designer
• Simon Hatab: dramaturge
• Denis Malard: stage manager
• Érik Houllier: lighting
• Amélie-Anne Chapelain: production manager
• Enora Floc’h: production coordinator

Premiere

• April 5, 2025 — as part of the War(m) event co-produced with Théâtre Louis Aragon, Tremblay-en-France, France

Partners

• Production C.A.M.P
• Coproduction - Le Triangle, Cité de la danse
• With the support of CCNRB – Collectif FAIR-E