Choreographic History

2010

Human Revolution

  • A Pas de Deux for Ballet black

    Length of work: 10 minutes

    Commissioned by Ballet Black

2009

I don't know what do you think?

  • The solo sees the audience take on a role of co-choreographer as Robert exploits the relationships between himself the music and his spectators

    Length of work: 30 minutes

    The work is supported by Dance4, Nottingham

Bones

  • A theatrical popping trio that explores human physicality as a soundscape - literally by listening to the bones.

    Length of work: 10 minutes

    The work is supported by Touchwood at the Place

2008

Catching Beats

  • (3 performers) Being not just on the music, but in the music is pivotal to the art of Popping and Hip Hop Dance, Beat Boxer Wan Dan takes the performers through a short journey of Time, Space, Rhythm, Movement and Illusion!

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    The work is supported by: gDA (Greenwich Dance Agency) and deciBel

Do paintings walk

  • A site specific work with students from the School of Contemporary Dance 'Ana Maletic' and What Evaa Crew at HDLU Zagreb

    Length of work: 30 minutes

    Commissioned by HIPP - Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance Festival

2007

Swan Breaks

  • A Dance Story of love and betrayal between the natural world, humans and technology, Swan Breaks is an adaptation of ballet classic Swan Lake. Hylton is the modern day Siegfried, bored with the same attention-seeking women he searches for his perfect virtual beauty. Hooked with his lust for Odette, he is dragged into a downward spiral of addictive love, masterminded by Rothbart. Who is she, Odette or Odile, a man made fantasy. Is this computer love gone wrong with the potential for reality in personal relationships present and future?

    10 performers, 5 human and 5 robotic systems

    Length of work: 60 minutes

    Supported by Arts Council England, Laban, Southbank Centre, with collaboration from Product Design & Engineering and Rescen, Middlesex University.

Fresh ‘A spaghetti and fried chicken western’

  • Inspired by the classic Spaghetti Western film genre, trainer and hip hop culture, Fresh reflects the journey of the soul through the sole.. The sole of the feet that is!

    Directed by Robert Hylton by a collaboration between ABC, Australia Council for the Arts, Channel 4 and Arts Council England, and is produced by MJW Productions, with Circe Films Australia.

Symmetry

  • (Short film) Shot on location at Jubilee School, Brixton, the theme is mathematical and social symmetry brought to life through the inventive use of location, movement and camera, directed by Robert Hylton

    Produced by Robert Hylton Urban Classicism, supported by Arts Council England and Jubilee School

2006

Frames

  • (short film)

    Commissioned by National Gallery

Nokia

  • Exhibition film

    AllofUs multi media company

2005

Verse&Verse's

  • A visually arresting production with 5 performers, fusing contemporary and street dance with Robert Hylton’s unique vision. Collaborators are DJ/producer Billy Biznizz (soundscapes and music) and award-winning guest choreographer Pervez (Live2Break)

    Verse&Verse's is a psychedelic take on the hip hop genre with leading design team AllofUS providing their signature backdrop visuals. Atmospherically charged, the concept veers towards the cinematic as a DJ opens the show, selecting his latest hot tune.

    As the proverbial needle hits the groove the audience gets set for a unique experience as unbeknown to them, this is vinyl literally about to explode into life.

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    Music: Billy Biznizz

    Visuals: AllofUs

    Supported by Arts Council England, Southbank Centre, Laban, AllofUs, Dance Works and Vestax

2004

Verse

  • An improvised solo by Robert Hylton,fusing popping and contemporary dance.

    Setting the pace for "Verse" is DJ/Producer Billy Biznizz performing live with his two turntables. He creates a soundscape with hip hop beats, hard rock guitar riffs and vocal harmonies.

    Surfacing the edge of abstraction both performers seek to reinvent their separate forms whilst pushing boundaries and redefining the possibilities of hip op based theatre in this bold and visionary work.

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    Premiered as part of British Dance Edition Cambridge January 04

    Commissioned by Mersey Dance Initiative

Methods

  • An improvised trio, based on symmetrical patterns fusing hip hop and contemporary dance with unexpected rhythms, tempo and humour

    Length of work: 10 minutes

    Music: Billy Biznizz

Two Sugars with my Hip Hop Please…

  • (Short film) Retired Residents from Phillip House in Kilburn London (a part of the Central and Cecil Housing Trust) worked with Robert Hylton and collaborators Billy Biznizz and Curtis James. The resulting work is a wry and humorous film that pokes fun at the serious side of the hip hop dance genre in a relaxed and heart-warming atmosphere created by the cast of 15 elders..

    Commissioned by Southbank Centre

National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique

  • Curtain Raiser at The Cine Theatre, Maputo with 11 performers from the company

    Supported by British Council

2003

3 Steps

  • An improvised solo fusing popping and contemporary dance which blends and moulds itself into the ever developing lighting states

    Music: Mixed by Billy Biznizz

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    Commissioned by State of Emergency

2002

Landscapes

  • Landscapes investigates the landscapes of inter personal relationships. The theme of this piece is modern languages, spoken and physical, danced by two men and one woman. The visual design is from leading graphics team AllofUs. Choreography by Robert Hylton, with additional choreography by the company.

    As society evolves through different influences our use of language constantly changes. Landscapes' is a satirical comment on the future, how we are known and who we have been. It also represents the possibilities of togetherness and harmony

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    Music: Billy Biznizz

    Visuals: AllofUs

    Funded by Arts Council England

Jaffaman

  • The Jaffaman is a futurist dance travelogue of one b-boy's journey to keep on 'dancing' through the mean streets of life. Shot in a supa-fly style that fuses late 70s New York with today's London, the film features a searing soundtrack from Hip Hop don, DJ Billy Biznizz.

    Choreographer Robert Hylton is the lead man whose fancy footwork saves his soul from the devil and loses his heart to true love. The Jaffaman is a powerful and uplifting antidote to the crushing anonymity of crazy modern life.

    Premiered Monte Carlo

    Funded by Arts Council England Capture Award

Innocence

  • Solo by Robert Hylton, Innocence takes you to a parallel world the year is 1984 and Hip-Hop has begun to flourish and feed the universe. The Hip-Hop Nation has spread the words of peace, love and unity, globally. Kids, adults, dogs and cats are all tuned in to the four elements. Slowly the world is turning into a better place…

    A storey of ego transpired through culture. To be part of a culture you should represent the culture; the ego represents itself and eventually parts from the culture. We begin with "Innocence", a devised solo work, portraying a time when Hip-Hop is made illegal and "the mere whiff of sub culture” means a prison sentence, Dizzi battles sustaining all glory past and future, when he finds himself finally trapped, but in reality imprisonment has a different roll.

    Directed by Jonzi D

    Length of work: 20 minutes

    Visuals: Curtis James, Simple Tings

    Music: Billy Biznizz

    Funded by Arts Council England

2001

Be bop

  • A celebration of UK Jazz Dance which owes its immense growth to many underground masters from the 70s, 80s, and 90s who lived for the circle. We pay respects to all those who built the scene and to those who will continue to build.

    Length of work: 10 minutes

    Music: Art Blakey – The Feast

    Funded by: Northern Arts, Mersyside Dance Inniative - NorthWest Arts, London Arts, Robin Howard Foundation

Innocence in Urban Classicism

  • Innocence in Urban Classicism (4 performers) takes you to a parallel world hip-hop has begun to flourish and feed the universe, the Hip hop Nation has spread the words of peace love and unity globally. Kids adults dog's cats are all turned on to the four elements. Slowly the world is turning into a better place... A devised company piece portraying a time when hip-hop is made illegal and "the mere whiff of club culture means a prison sentence.

    Length of work: 23 minutes

    Music: Cecil Mcbee mix by Billy Biznizz

    Funded by: Northern Arts, Mersyside Dance Inniative - NorthWest Arts, London Arts, Robin Howard Foundation

Quartet

  • Breaking, popping and contemporary dance merge building into solos, group and complex partner work to a back drop of one of the jazz greats.

    Length of work: 8 minutes

    Music: Archie Shepp – Big Fred

    Funded by: Northern Arts, Mersyside Dance Inniative - NorthWest Arts, London Arts, Robin Howard Foundation

This Time, Any Time

  • A group work with 5 female performers for Nubian Steps premiered at The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre

    Commissioned by Nubian Steps

Get Your

  • A group work for local artists in Manchester performed at the Contact Theatre

    commissioned by Capoeira Norte Batizado

Urban Voodoo

  • Urban Voodoo is about a DJ wizard who transmits Hip Hop tunes over London using only his Kung Fu hands and his master mix record decks. His vibe seeks people, making them lose control and dance through the streets of London and up to his rooftop lair. Like a master puppeteer, the wizard then fires up another master mix to create an electric Hip Hop and scratch dance war.

2000

2 Steps in Urban Classicism

  • This improvised solo by Robert Hylton, is a building block to his unique style, demonstrateing an uncompromising virtuosity as the piece develops and grows with humourous touches and inventive beats, Urban Classicism at its purest.

    Premiered at The Illness an evening of Popping based theatre produced by Benji Reid

    Length of work: 17 minutes

    Music: 3 Billy Cosby monologues mixed by DJ Billy Biznizz.

Urban Classicism

  • (Short film) Robert Hylton dances the hypnotic thoughts of passers by in the Hip Hop, Jazz, Fandango of South London street style.

1999

A Step into Urban Classicism

Length of work: 6 minutes

  • A virtuoso solo by Robert Hylton fusing hip hop and contemporary dance to the hard driven lyrics of Amiri Baraka.