Festival Karavel 19

Festival Karavel 19 at Radiant-Bellevue

At Radiant-Bellevue, we are thrilled to welcome Festival Karavel 19, a signature moment in the season that brings hip-hop dance in all its forms to our stage. Conceived as a crossroads where popping, locking, breaking, house, krump, and hybrid contemporary languages exchange energy, the festival gathers performers who redefine what urban dance can say and how it can move us. Our team is preparing the hall to meet the festival’s high standards: a generous stage for large group dynamics, refined light plots to sculpt bodies in motion, and a sound design that respects the pulse and nuance of every beat. Festival Karavel 19 encapsulates the spirit of renewal, giving space to emerging talents alongside established figures whose creative momentum continues to expand the vocabulary of the form. From our vantage point as hosts, we cherish the proximity the Radiant-Bellevue auditorium offers: audiences feel the breath of the dancers, the tension of battle-inspired moments, and the poetry of finely crafted choreographic writing, all in a venue designed to let performance speak with clarity.

The pulse of a scene in motion

As a venue committed to living dance, we recognize Festival Karavel 19 as both a celebration and a barometer of the scene’s current artistic heartbeat. This edition brings fresh creations, collaborations across generations, and programs that spotlight bold voices, including women who are reshaping the aesthetics of freestyle and composition. The festival’s curatorial approach is to assemble contrasts that illuminate each other: intimate solos that invite close listening, ensemble pieces where canons and counterpoints ripple through the group, and crossovers where circus or digital imagery amplifies the kinetic imagination of hip-hop. In keeping with its DNA, the festival champions mentorship and transmission, with artists sharing their processes through public encounters and formats that blur the line between demonstration and performance. At Radiant-Bellevue, we value how this sparks dialogue in the room: you can feel the audience react to risk, virtuosity, groove, and narrative, encountering not just steps or styles, but a living culture honed in studios, streets, and on stages worldwide.

On the night of Festival Karavel 19 at Radiant-Bellevue, expect a finely paced journey designed to keep curiosity alive from the first blackout to the final bow. Our stage team supports works that demand precision—fast cueing for sectional battles or call-and-response sequences, silhouettes etched by side light for footwork clarity, and sub-bass that lands with physical presence while remaining warm and intelligible. The program’s hallmark is its breadth: crisp, musical popping that draws architecture in the air; explosive breaking that flips momentum into storytelling; house phrasing that floods the space with buoyant flow; and hybrid compositions where hip-hop meets contemporary dramaturgy. We have shaped the audience experience to match the intensity onstage, from sightlines that honor floorwork to a welcoming foyer where conversations continue between sets. Radiant-Bellevue is proud to be one of the festival’s homes, placing our community in direct contact with creators who carry the form forward. The result is an evening where technique, play, and presence converge, and the city’s appetite for dance meets the artists’ urge to innovate.