PRIDE 2 results.

PRIDE 2 is TODAY.

Here’s a sneak peak at whats happening now. Check back for results. (Credit to MeridenV for the twitpic)

UPDATE. Here are the results.

“GorillaStyle, Guerilla Tactics”

pDstyle, as you all may know, is mostly geared towards our growing dance community (mostly centered around the choreography game). That unfortunately is a misconception! Although the freestyle scene is on the opposite end of the dance team choreography scene (and vice versa), we’re still all a part of the SAME community — what we lack, is continual dialogue and awareness of the other.  I haven’t found an exceptional piece of content to give the art of the freestyle scene much justice…until now.

 

SOULTION

“GorillaStyle, Guerilla Tactics” is a new series production brought to you by the collaboration of Carlo Gracias (the main man of Manila Gorilla), Michael Suitkace Capito (NYC’s Bboy Suitkace) and Ryan HyDROponikz Abugan (Hydroponikz the MC). The new video series showcases the best of known and unknown talent in Hip-Hop located in the Tri-State Area! This series was created to become your goto guide for artists in the northeast!

 

“Show me what you can do in one minute!”

 

The series pilot kicks off with BKC/Breaks Kru BBoy, EROCK.

The second issue of Gorilla Style Guerrilla Tactics features  Frankie Perez from Supreme Beings Crew. According to the producers, “His unique and aggressive style gave us no other choice but to be one of our first features for GSGT.” The video has also been featured on BreakerNYC.com! Peep the video to see why Frankie is definitely on his way to the top to being one of New York City’s greatest.

If you have great diggs of your own, please post them up as a comment! ECDC love.

ELEMENTS X: Winners

CONGRATS TO ALL! EC you DID A FINE JOB!

1. Static Noyze
2. Project D
3. Ridonkulous

Follow whats being said about elements X! http://twitter.com/#search?q=elements%20x

FR3SH’s tumblr is also leaking pictures throughout the night!

http://fr3shonline.tumblr.com/

UPDATE. MORE Videos are starting to leak.

• FACEBOOK:
  • FUSION: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1191125892636&ref=nf
  • SOREAL CRU: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1191130172743&ref=nf
• YOUTUBE
  • What you get if you search ELEMENTS X

Thanks to Kara Fabella and animegray for the first uploads!

***ALSO, THANKS TO EVERYONE who found ken estrellas or bernie armendi throughout the night and got their histories recorded! Videos to be uploaded soon on the EC history page!

SO ELEMENTS X–what is everyone who went thinking about it? Post your comments and shout outs here!

event recap: body rock 2009 (featuring fr3sh alumni)

Out on the West Coast, another important dance event played out this past Saturday: Body Rock.  Started as Bustagroove 10 years ago, Body Rock has become one of California’s iconic events.  PDStyle’s Myron Merced & Ken Estrellas caught up with Fr3sh alumni Kristina Latonio (SGBM) & Karlo Soria (PAC Modern), & frequent East Coast visitor Brian Puspos (SoReal Cru) after the event to get their opinions, shoutouts, and reflect on good times here on the East Coast.  Check out the video below:

event recap: world of dance NYC

This past Saturday, at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC, World of Dance Tour made its East Coast debut, complete with massive exhibitions & competitions.  Props to everyone who came out, but ESPECIALLY big props to Project D for taking second place!!!  Take a look at the vids (videos courtesy of BloggingABDC & pinoiboirich):

First Place: Studio One

Second Place: Project D!!!

Third Place: Rhythm City

WHAT DO you think about your/our east coast community?

VOICE YOUR ULTIMATE OPINION!

1. What do you think about your local dance community?

2. What do you think about your EAST COAST DANCE COMMUNITY?

YOUR OPINION COUNTS. LEAVE your response as a comment on this POST! We want to know what (and how) our dance community thinks!

PRELUDE EC! the after effects

PRELUDE EC 2009! What a show! Thanks and congratulations to all the teams that made it out this year at NYC. And your winners for this year’s competition are…

1. Rhythm City (Bronx, NY and Main Event Champions)
2. Rhythmology (Bergenfield, NJ)
3. 8Count  (Montreal, CA)

Something to note* that really got my attention since Main Event

• Most Dance Teams’ extreme use of MIMS – Move If You Wanna
  • Please stop. Lets put this overplayed song to rest. Thank you. Love your ENTIRE DANCE COMMUNITY.

AND lastly….Videos are starting to show up as well! Click the jump for links!

afterHYPE: the MAIN EVENT

So for those of you who didn’t make it to the Main Event this past FEB 28th, you missed out! TOP3 posted below with vids. UPDATE. Vids are slowly turning up on Youtube by typing in “main event”

1. Rhythm City
   
2. Capital Funk
   
3. EPIC Motion
   

CONGRATS TO the WINNERS and GREAT JOB to all the Participants! Stay tuned for more updates and recaps!

UPDATE2. We’ve compiled most of the vids on a playlist! Check out what you missed this past weekend!
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=257A479C7DC82B5C

UPDATE3. Picture coverage is up! Props to Bryan Angeles for these amazing shots
http://bryangeles.zenfolio.com/p108068436

More updates to follow!

Myron Marten announces WOD NYC

the MAIN EVENT

2008 marked a pretty pivotal year for the EC dance scene in the tri-state area. Local dancers that coined the BOOGIEBOTS made it to ABDC, Season 2. The birth of PRELUDE EC thanks to Tony Calub, TM, and FR3SH marked a monumental milestone bringing the east coast its biggest dance competition to rival that of Culture Shock’s D.C.’s East Coast Dance Competition and to spur the largest upbringing of dance talent. Styles to Finesse United Crew debuted and showcased their non-conformist style to prelude that of their competition team, SERCis Co. a.k.a. SiC. Other new teams such as DynamiQ Faction, E.P.I.C Motion, SOUL’D, and H!tz started coming out into the limelight. Phunk Phenomenon blew the masses away taking first place at PRELUDE EC 2008. FR3SH Dance Co. becomes the first NJ team to perform at FUNKANOMETRY SF’s first ever annual SOCKHOP showcase in San Fransisco, California.

During the summer, ABDC’s season one winners, the Jabbawockeez, held a showcase at Saint Peter’s College that brought together our most local dance teams for all of the tri-state area to see. Steven Armendi and Jeff Laconico of Project D Dance Company became the first of our local dancers to teach a BOOGIEZONE Class out in CALIFORNIA! The birth of SYNERGY and the expansion of BOOGIEZONE NJ further propelled our scene towards uniting our community and attracting west coast dancers such as  Serena Yang of 909/BREED/SHEroes/GRV; Kaba Modern’s ABDC team; Ellen Kim, Mariel Martin, Rocko Luciano, Kyle Hanagami, and Julio Morales of FUNKANOMETRY SF; Jun Quemado, Jed Florano, Rambo Ramos and Toybox of Team Millennia; Jay De Jesus and Ellis Barba of MECCAMEE LV; and Gigi Torres, April Rodriguez, and Candace Brown of ESSENCE; and more West Coast Dancers are slated to come to our coast as well!

In addition,  Rhythmology starts their season off right by taking first place at NJIT’s REIGN or SHINE to kick off the fall 2008-spring 2009 season, while Project D Dance Company wins their first ever first place trophy at the FIRST EVER Pride Dance Competition. In fact, both teams have even made it to the WEST COAST, each performing for the SoCal and NorCal editions, respectively, for TM’s Prelude Series. So with SUCH a rise in our growing dance community, what is there to look forward in the year of 2009? There is a couple, PRELUDE EC 2009 for one, but this FEBRUARY, be on the lookout for FR3SH Dance Company’s first ever annual dance competition, the MAIN EVENT.