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.
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).
PINKY: What are we doing tonight?
BRAIN: The same thing we do everynight, Pinky. TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLDD!!!
Not!…Troz.
But really, since its premier in Pomona, CA, Myron Marten’s World of Dance tour has expanded exclusively–reaching the Bay Area, NEW YORK CITY, and even San Diego. This upcoming 2010, WOD is taking over an indepth tour of the midwest to the east coast. Notable major moves include the WOD TOUR coming to ATLANTIC CITY, NJ on JUNE 12, 2010; CHICAGO, IL on MAY 22, 2010; WOD BOSTON in ROXBURY, MA SEPTEMBER 18, 2010; and WOD Washington D.C. SEPT 25, 2010.
Don Campbell may not be a familiar name to many, but he should. Around the 1960s, he combined elements of existing dances and combined them with funk elements (and a few of his own moves) to create the style of dance known today as LOCKING.
Fred Berry, known by many old-schoolers & avid TV watchers as “Rerun” on the show What’s Happening!, was also a member of this group. Take a look at this clip – aired on August 26, 1976 – and see a set of dancers who were ahead of their time.
What’s Happening! - Episode 3, “My Three Tons” – Originally Aired August 26, 1976.
Much has been said about the different styles of dance in our scene – popping, locking, tutting, waving, bboying, house, wacking / punking, choreography, the list goes on. However, we shouldn’t forget, at the heart of everything – dance is dance. Check this out:
Buddha Stretch was one of the pioneers for choreography as we know it today. He was the very first choreographer to teach hip-hop in a mainstream dance studio – New York’s Broadway Dance Center – in 1989. (Longer than many of us have been alive!) Dancers of his generation weren’t confined to one style, and that’s what made them great.
“Do what the music dictates… That’s what defines me, the MUSIC…”
This video is a goldmine for the history of house music heritage that came to be from Newark, NJ. I think everyone should realize what a rich cultured state we have.
More things you should know from the other counterparts of our East Coast breatheren coming soon!
So this is nothing dance related, but seeing as how most of our dance community are of the Filipino majority, I think video is well worth posting…also because it is EXTREMELY DOPE. (Besides, there are a couple of cameos from people within our EC Dance Community in this vid!—Rex, Darvi, Suitkace…etc. just to name a few) MABUHAY!
pD_style is a site originally conceived by the minds of Tai Nguyen and Myron Merced for the promotional and informational happenings to the community of the Project D Dance Troupe -- its dancers, members, friends, and family. The site, since its humble beginnings, has evolved to include an informational outlet about the East Coast Dance Scene and its continual progression on top of your Project D news.
MISSION STATEMENT
Project D is an ever evolving dance company that entertains, educates, and inspires others through their 'dedication and devotion to dance'. The Project D mission is to motivate and actuate all to embrace their potential, as well as to foster the infinite growth and improvement of its dancers – to teach individuals to move as one.
PINKY: What are we doing tonight?
