The Financial Timesl

Companhia Urbana de Dança ‒ made up of young men from the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro ‒ does the same for hip-hop. Too often this street form hits the stage without anyone considering the implications of this change in venue. The stress is still on tricks, reeled out in grandstanding fashion one after another. But in the mysterious and moving ID: Entidades ‒ created this year by Companhia director Sonia Destri and the nine performers ‒ whatever once counted as a trick becomes an accidental scrap of being. Only Philadelphia’s Rennie Harris has taken hip-hop this far.