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.

WORLD of DANCE 2009-2010 TOUR SCHED

So looks like WORLD of DANCE TOUR Atlantic City 2010 isn’t going down, but WOD NEW YORK and WOD Boston are RIGHT around the corner.

Elements X This Saturday

Elements X, Boston’s largest hip hop dance competition, is going down this Saturday.  Recently HHDA Certified for its 10th anniversary, Elements X is definitely a show not to miss.

“On Saturday, November 14th, 2009, ELEMENTS X is giving Boston and East Coast crews the opportunity to go head-to-head in a full concert format competition to be held in the gorgeous, 1600+ seat Boston Colonial Theatre, located in the heart of the city. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be presented awards and prizes, with the $1000 grand prize being awarded to 1st place.”

PRE-SHOW:
BlackOut Step Team
Part Time Models
VEN15
Jam’nastics

COMPETING TEAMS:
8 Count (MA)
EPIC Motion (NYU)
Kinematix (NortheasternU)
Point Blank (PA)
Project D (NJ)
Ridonkulous (MIT)
SERCisCompany (NJ)
Spirit of Color (Tufts)
Static Noyze (MA)
Synergy (Boston College)
Unofficial Project (BostonU)
Vibes (BostonU)
World Class Dancers (NY)

EXHIBITION TEAMS:
FUSiON
FR3SH Dance Company
FR3SH 7 (America’s Best Dance Crew Season 4)
Funkanometry San Francisco
Phunk Phenomenon
Lil Phunk
NeverLand (a new company under The Lost Kids)
SoReal Cru (America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2 Finalists)

JUDGES:
Andrew Baterina (SoReal Cru Director)
Adrian Causing (FR3SH Dance Company Executive Director)
Kyle Hanagami (NeverLand Artistic Director)
Leslie Hubilla (FR3SH Artistic Director)
Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttuhz)
Glory Mendoza (Funk SF Artistic Director)
Elm Pizzaro (Boogiezone)
Brian Puspos (SoReal Cru)
Lando Wilkins (Boxcuttuhz Director)

Doors open at 5:00 PM.  Be there.

www.elementsdancecomp.com

SKOOL DISTRICT

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).

–MM

GMA Pinoy Dance Showdown

NOTE: VOTING ENDS AUGUST 2ND, SO GET YOUR VOTES IN NOW!!!

ABDC Season 4 isn’t the only major competition going down.  The Pinoy Dance Showdown, sponsored by GMA & Western Union, is looking for YOUR VOTES for the best Pinoy / Pinay dance crew in the US & Canada!!!  All you have to do is register online here and you get FOUR VOTES for your favotire crews!  The 5 crews with the most votes from each region – Canada East Coast, Canada West Coast, USA West Coast, and USA EAST COAST – will battle it out at a regional finals competition (details to follow).  All of your favorite crews are competing – including PROJECT D – and we could really use your support!   So sign up – it only takes 2 minutes – and vote for Project D for the GMA Pinoy Dance Showdown!!!

(Note: You have three other votes besides us – use them well ^_^)

http://www.gmapinoytv.com/pinoydance/

The EC-UP on ABDC4

If you haven’t been up on the just released MTV news, then east coast, you need to listen up! MTV has just released the line up for ABDC Season 4, and you’ll be pretty proud of the results, especially for our NJ/NYC and D.C. area

Here’s who MTV picked to represent our EAST COAST!
(Cited from  MTV Remote Control Blog)

BEAT YA FEET KINGS (Washington, D.C.) – This D.C. crew will take the stage with their very own dance style called “Beatin’ Ya Feet.” Their performances consist of a unique mix of footwork that could make them unstoppable. Although their style is currently only known around the D.C. area, the Kings believe they have created something the rest of the world should see and catch up to. Featured on “It’s Showtime at the Apollo” and an MTV inauguration special, they are slowly making their way into the public eye. Combined with their fresh style, this crew also exudes humility and, when they need it most, a hard energy that could make them champions.

Beat Ya Feet Kings will be the 2nd D/M/V area crew to represent the East Coast on ABDC Season 4. As the name suggests their style is a raw east coast flavor of fancy footwork only found in their area. The only concern with Beat Ya Feet Kings is their possible mixup with their name sounding something a like with the Beat Freakz or being mistaken another Status Quo, or associated as another Ringmasters, which should not be the case. However, after the first episode, lets hope that the public audience has enough decency to put two and two together.

FR3SH (Matawan, NJ) – With a unique blend of jazz and funk, Fr3sh infuses a sense of humor into their choreography and compare themselves to the movie “The Breakfast Club,” priding themselves on being rowdy and rebellious. Their mix of sarcasm, humor, cockiness and raw talent could take them all the way to the top.

This has been FR3SH’s third time to audition for ABDC, and as third time’s the charm, they’ve made it! Of all the NJ teams that have auditioned in the past seasons, there is no doubt that majority appeal has always wished FR3SH to represent their homestate on the show. All they’ve accomplished since the beginning has lead to their biggest break yet. Lets hope they rep NJ to the fullest, NJ ALL DAY!

RHYTHM CITY (Bronx, NY) – Struggling on the streets of the Bronx with little to no familial support gave Rhythm City no other option than to stick together, and they intend to use their original style from the Bronx – “the birthplace of hip-hop” – as a secret weapon. The crew has placed highly in an array of dance competitions including Invasion, Blazin’ the Stage, The Main Event, Switzerland’s Dance 2 Dance and, most recently, they won first place at Culture Shock EDC. From living in foster homes to surviving abuse, exposure to life on the streets has taken its toll on each member. As a result, crew leader Alonzo Williams created Rhythm City, a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting kids off the streets and involved in dance.

Rhythm City has been in existance for awhile in the NYC area, but it is only this year that they’ve blown up in the NJ and D.C. scene with their first place wins from the Fr3sh Dance Company’s MAIN EVENT, Team Millennia’s PRELUDE EC, and Culture Shock D.C.’s East Coast Dance Competition (previously known as bustagroove). This has been their 2nd time (or third time?) auditioning for ABDC. Their raw and energetic appeal has made us think twice about what dance really is and what performing is all about. Everyone on the East Coast has your support Rhythm City, so do it big!

VOGUE EVOLUTION (New York, NY) – The first openly gay crew to ever compete on the “ABDC” stage, the five members of Vogue Evolution are out, proud and determined to live their lives the way they want to. Their distinctive “vogue” style of dance mixed with hip hop makes this crew unique, along with working to educate others on AIDS/HIV awareness. They hope to touch everyone watching with their outspoken flare.

Vogue evolution, as the name suggests will be the first vogue styled crew to make it onto ABDC season 4. Of course what better crew to represent the house dance style of vogue than an east coast crew that helped establish the underground vogue scene. The Group members are Malachi Allure, DaShaun Evisu, Pony Zion, the Amazing Prince Milan, and the Spectacular and Marvellous Leyomi McQueen (Former Mizrahi). If any of you are real dancers, then you know that this dance and culture is serious business and is only appreciated by the truest of dancers. “Vogue Evolution will be all kindsa drama that America will love. By the end of season 4, the word ‘Woooorrrk’ will mean much more than that part time job.” — Annonymous

Boogie Town

Another dance movie? Yeah, mayne! From the creators of You Got Served, comes yet another dance movie. And by the looks of the trailer, it looks like they got it right — dancing wise. It definitely looks like a West Side storyish Hip Hop dance remix catered to the new dancing generation, and by the looks of who’s casted (Hok from Quest Crew, Mike Song and Tony Tran from Kaba Modern, and The Company/GEN2’s Shaun Evaristo, to name a few…) the dancing will nothing but straight hype and fire. However as with most dance movies, the story ends up really cheesy, predictable, or just plain corny. If this one has super powers as it suggests, then the gimmick might backfire. Eitherway, its just so refreshing to see the community dancers from our west coast counterpart make it onto the big screen! Mad love from the EC to ya’ll!

See who you can spot out and post it as a reply!

Prelude EC 2009 is coming

The official line up towards this year’s PRELUDE EC 2009 has been released! See ya’ll on the east side!

World of DANCE

As you all know, WOD is coming to NYC in JUNE. If you’ve heard of World of Dance or seen the footage on YT, then you know this is a pretty big deal for everyone in the community. The networking, the reach, the audience, and just the overall experience is second to none.  However, before this amazing dance/convention event hits up NYC, WOD will start up at Pomona on April 4th.

Peep this year’s flyer as some of our community will be breaking barriers by being some of the first from the east side (as well as the dirty south) to represent both in exhibition (Fr3sh Dance Company; NJ) and competition (X-Cross Applesauce; NYC).  Congrats and good luck to the teams!

MAIN EVENT this SATURDAY

14 dance teams of the tri-state area (and DMV area) are coming together for one of the most anticipated dance competitions to hit the east coast, to date. Where will you be?

Fr3sh Dance Company’s The Main EVENT, hosted by Bryan “boogiemind” East of America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2’s Boogiebots, will be this saturday, FEB 28th. Exhibition performances include: Project Em, Funkanometry SF, the Lost Kids, the Bryan East Project, FR3SH Dance Co and Fr3sh Jrs. Peep the trailer vid to get a taste of what to expect.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37354868039&ref=ts

WWW.MAINEVENTCOMPETITION.COM