The Fight
A Boxing, Music and Dance Performance

Led by Humberto Vélez
Ahmed, Fitzroy Lodge ABC, 2007
Ahmed, Fitzroy Lodge ABC 2007
Photo: David Williams
Saturday 21 July 2007, 18.00–21.00

A boxing, dance and music performance created in collaboration with three boxing clubs from Southwark: Fitzroy Lodge ABC, Fisher Downside ABC and Lynn ABC. The programme will include five amateur fights featuring especially composed music by Mc Mic Assassin and a choreography created by the street dance company Flawless.Members of the boxing clubs will arrive from the Millennium Bridge and the river Thames as two simultaneous processions which will gather outside Tate Modern before entering the building to perform on the bridge over the Turbine Hall.The performance The Fight will be the culmination of a series of multidisciplinary workshops conducted by Panamanian UK-based artist Humberto Vélez throughout the past months.

 

Tate Modern  Turbine Hall Bridge
Free, no booking necessary
For all ages
For tickets, call 020 7887 8888.


Access for wheelchairs and pushchairs  

This event is related to the Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Colour exhibition