Byron Cox, founder of Crucial Session, the House Dance Project, and www.housedancer.com, is having ANOTHER HOUSE DANCE WORKSHOP. And its ONLY $3! (FREE FOR NYU STUDENTS!)
If there is anything positive about dance, its that dance can DO positive things. It can make you feel you good. It can entertain. It can express, and it can inspire (as well as other things, too)! DynamiQ Faction hasn’t lost vision of this positivity by helping establish a dance showcase to promote awareness on social and community issues that could possibly effect most of us. After a year and a half since their humble beginnings, this Queen based team still manages to do some GOOD with dance.
Teamwork is beautiful — Especially if its two teams working together for an even better cause! The YMCA Stronger Kids campaign present NYC with a DynamiQ Faction x World Class Dancers collaboration to help raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Stronger Kids Campaign. In addition, Ryan Feng of QUEST CREW from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, Season 3, will be in the house teaching class and signing autographs for the fans! Both NYC teams are helping their community raise awareness and raise money for the campaign. If you’ve got a a case of the MONDAYS, then do yourself some GOOD: take this class, and feel GOOD about doing some GOOD.
Starting this FRIDAY, ROCKO LUCIANO of the Boxcuttahz from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, Season 3 will be in town! Been wanting to take a class from him but couldn’t afford the trip to California? Well you’re in LUCK! Here’s the 3 spots he’ll be at this weekend.
[FRIDAY] BOOGIEZONE NJ (6-8PM)
PARAGON BALLROOM. 291 West Clay Ave, Roselle Park, NJ
ELEMENTS X has been getting a lot of HYPE since they switched their showcase to a full out competition. Even more so is the competition that will be at the event, as well as the cabinet of judges who will be at the event.
Here’s the list they leaked out.
Andrew Baterina (SoReal Cru Director)
Adrian Causing (FR3SH Executive Director)
Kyle Hanagami (NeverLand Artistic Director)
Leslie Hubilla (FR3SH Artistic Director)
Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttuhz)
Glory Mendoza (Funkanometry SF Artistic Director)
Brian Puspos (SoReal Cru)
Lando Wilkins (Boxcuttuhz Director)
You know what this ALSO MEANS? — YEAH, you got it — WORKSHOPS. ELEMENTS will be having a 2 DAY WORKSHOP with all of these judges starting Sunday, the day after the competition…and ending Monday.
TO sum it up…ELEMENTS X Tickets On Sale TOMORROW, 10am at GSU Link! Also available through Ticketmaster and Box Office – http://www.elementsdancecomp.com
Last weekend, I got the opportunity to go see World of Dance at San Mateo. There were two teams that stood out to me: V.I.P. (repping San Jose; directed by Krisuan Rosales) who placed 2nd, and SKOOL District (directed by Jay Chris Moore) who placed 3rd –Poreotics took first. Both these teams, however, provided the HYPE and SWAG that a lot of the audience was craving for that day.
Although SKOOL District was announced as an LA area team, Jay Chris’s project actually SPANS 4 AREAS (including and outside of LA) across the United States as “Academees.” As the next level towards his first conception of THE ACADEMEE, which was a project to attempt to make it onto America’s Best Dance Crew, Season 4; the idea further evolved as different “academees” were created.
ACADEMY OF VILLAINS (SAN MATEO)
ACADEMY OF HYPE (HAWAII)
ACADEMY OF SWAG(LOS ANGELES)
ACADEMY OF PHR3SH ( PHILADELPHIA )
Yes, my dudes. PHILLY is on the map thanks to collaborative contributions from PHR3SH SELECT. So next time you see SKOOL DISTRICT, east coast…show them some love, because they’re reppin our coast (as well as west coast, and the “pacific”). –Now that’s real east meets west love.
KNOW YOUR RIVALS
(You can also tell which academee is which from the song selections).
So why are we posting up info about a west coast dancer on an east coast blog? Besides the fact that an east coast team is hosting him… JUSTIN “JET LI” VALLES (of Culture Shock, LA, Poreotics, and Funny Bones Crew) is actually a New Jersey native. Raised in Old Bridge, NJ, Justin and his sister Jenny Valles (known for her affiliations with Kaba Modern and Homeland) moved out to the west coast a couple of years back. Known for his infamous battles against Mike Song and Tony Tran at Mavyn’s In the Spotlight series, Jet Li has managed to accumulate a decent fan base for anyone that follows him. Although his style is true west coast flava, deep down inside Justin still has a piece of the NJ inside him.
A little bit late on this up. But we decided to post anyway. If anyone knows the official roster of who made it, or where their first performance is going to be, hit us up! For now, here’s something to watch while you all wait for the results. Click the facebook link for the info. You can catch them at Ultimate Danceworks at Willow Pointe Mall (Morganville, NJ).
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