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

First BU FUSION Classes of the YEAR

BU Fusion hasn’t been wasting any time at all since the start of the season. Here’s some footage of their first class of the year. AND IT IS DEEP! If you’re in the area near Boston University, then you should definitely hit these guys up!

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

children of the sun

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!

E.P.I.C Motion

E.P.I.C Motion
(Energy and Passion Inspiring Collaborative Motion)

E.P.I.C. Motion (formerly known as IFA Dance Team) is a dance team made up of students who came together out of a common desire to express themselves on a larger stage outside the dance studio. Its members embrace individuality which is one of the driving forces behind their innovative movement. The team, while continually learning, promotes and teaches dance in multiple forms–hip-hop, contemporary, popping, locking, breaking, jazz, and etc.

E.P.I.C. Motion, under the name IFA Dance Team, has won numerous awards at competitions throughout the tri-state area such as Rutger’s Battle of the Barrios, Reign or Shine Dance Competition and Pride Dance Competition. They have also participated in numerous productions at NYU ranging from fashion shows to fundraising events.

By creating a positive and challenging learning environment, we strive for originality, progress in technique, and honest artistic expression. Through frequent practices, performances, competitions and workshops we hope to advance beyond any of our limits as dancers while growing together as a family. Ultimately, we want to use our Energy and Passion to Inspire Collaborative Motion within our dance family and community.

Ben Fullon (NYU) Executive Director

Amanda Suk (NYU) Co-Artistic Director

Alan Watson (NYU) Co-Artistic Director

Shoey Sun (NYU) Co-Artistic Director

Jessica Tsai (NYU) Administrative Director

Contact them at epic.m.dance@gmail.com

THE FACEBOOK PAGE!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=821853#/group.php?gid=40221024370&ref=ts

because you should KNOW: MATT PUMANES

If ya’lll don’t know about nonstop dance (not the oxnard one, but the chi-town one), then listen up! If anyone has been digging into the chi-town dance scene, then most of you know about redefinition who has taken HYPE dance competition back to back, and has also competed at PRELUDE EC 2008. NONSTOP, however, took HYPE this past year. Thanks to the work of Sonya Nieves back in 2004, NONSTOP today is a pretty cutting edge group. Although they have nothing to do with our east coast, and are classified as mid-west, they’re closer to us than they are to the west coast. The video below is a choreography reel of NONSTOP’s very own MATT PUMANES. This guy’s style is refreshingly raw, and anyone who can be described those two adjectives in the same sentence deserves their spotlight. Cheers to you Matt for stepping up the dance game bar!

MATT PUMANES of NONSTOPDANCE Productions.

ONE DAY ONLY! OMFG

yes. we just did it. again.

boogiezone classes!

they’re coming soon to NJ/NYC!

…but Steven Armendi and Jeff Laconico are back from California! and they BRING GIFTS! (vids of their BOOGIEZONE CLASSES!, official BZ ones expected to be up next weeeek)

SELECT GROUP

GUYS

EVERYONE