http://thepdstyle.com

BOOK MARK IT NOW.

DC STAND UP: Studio G, The DC Dance Collective, and LifeXHipHop.com present a combined event – the       second annual Electro Soul Satisfaction / The Bridge Competition!!!

“Electro Soul Satisfaction 1 v 1 poppin competition
Popping funk, electro beats etc
Cash Prize: $300 plus gear
Judges: Kid Boogie (MGF Animated Villains LA), AKA Ra (Korea), Jazzy J (EB NYC)

The Bridge 1 v 1 All Styles
Hip Hop, House, Breaks, Wuteva!!!
Cash Prize: 100$
Judges: Kid Boogie (MGF Animated Villains LA), AKA Ra (Korea), Jazzy J (EB NYC)”

Cost is $10, but kids 10 and under get in free! Proceeds will be going towards helping Marjory of Dance Fusion NYC pay for cancer treatment – it’s a good cause!

Event starts at 7:00 PM at The DC Dance Collective – 4908 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington DC.

Check the details at the Facebook Event.

EVERY THURSDAY, 7-8 PM: Beginner Class w/ Golda Gozum & John Baluyut

EVERY SATURDAY, 2-3 PM: Open Level Class with Melissa Garing (7/17), Richard Blackwood (7/24), Gigi Lustre (7/31).

All classes are at Step By Step Dancesport, at 24 New Bridge Road in Bergenfield. Cost is $7, $5 if you pre-register by clicking here.

Posted by Safi Thomas of the Hip Hop Dance Conservatory, discovered by Marjory Smarth (Dance Fusion NYC).  Here’s his definition:

BU Fusion’s Elements Showcase (before its transformation into a fully fledged dance competition) attracted these dancers, and the surrounding Tri-State area, to showcase their talent in Boston, and raise up the Boston community.

The best of the best with the most competitive drive usually made the trip to Culture Shock D.C.’s East Coast Dance Competition, to compete with the best of the D/M/V (D.C./Maryland/Virgina) community as well as other east coast regions like, Florida to mark the end of the East Coast dance season.

Although preceded by local competitions and exhibitions such as the aforementioned  and followed by the creation of amazing events such as ΠΔΨ & ΚΦΛ’s Pride, FR3SH Dance Company’s The Main Event, and 21XL’s World Of Dance NYC, the first MAJOR Urban Dance Competition to attract dancers from all across the East Coast — including neighbors from Chicago and Canada — was none other than Prelude EC held at Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, NJ on APRIL 19, 2008.  For the first time, choreography-based teams came together and competed under HHDA rules in front of an audience of thousands.

This year, thanks to the efforts of Tony Calub and Project D Dance Company of Bergenfield, NJ, Prelude EC is going down, once again — this time, on December 4, 2010.

Prelude EC’s new date marks itself as one of the first important dance competitions to start the season, second to BU Fusion’s Elements Dance Competition, which actually starts the EC major dance competition season in November. This past year, Elements X was held on November 14, 2009 and attracted a plethora of talent to exhibition, compete, and judge the reformed event. This year, ELEMENTS XI will be the “prelude” to PRELUDE EC this year.

However, the main attraction behind the PRELUDE Series has been their success with attracting amazing talent such as The Company, APT, and CADC (all repeat first place winners of Prelude) in California with their NorCal and SoCal divisions, respectively. Today, the series expands not only to the EC, but to the Midwest, New England, and Northwest regions as well.

Nevertheless…

“The goal of the Prelude Dance Competition Series is to support Dance Communities with a competition focusing and showcasing their local & regional hip-hop dance groups, dance companies, and the overall dance community. Through the success of the event, we hope to enrich, strengthen and improve the east coast dance community by supporting the individual dancer and/or dance group.”

ALL East Coast teams are invited to compete / perform.  REGISTRATION IS STARTING NOW – CLICK HERE FOR THE APPLICATION FORM.

Check the Facebook Page and pDstyle for more details as they roll in.

Not much is known about this up and coming team except for the fact that they’re from Central Jersey, specifically from Monmouth county, and that their starting base — directors and interested dancers involved in the budding project — claim to  be familiar dancers we’ve all seen and danced with from our local tri-state area dance community — we suspect, central Jersey/south Jersey/PA, and maybe some NYC dancers (nothing confirmed, yet as identities are still unknown).

1 of 2 Directors of UFP

The 2nd mysterious director of UFP

Their only clues are the pictures of well photoshopped mugshots of their “directors” who could possibly pass for…female? Who knows. Their only available information is located on their tumblr: http://ufpdanceco.tumblr.com/ and their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001145676861

Despite their unknown nature, UFP is having auditions to add to their team. Apparently, all will be revealed on JULY 24th. I think there hasn’t been this much hype around a team since LeBron James and his free agency this year.

SO What do you think UFP stands for?

(Click the image below for the facebook event page.)

According to the press release, ” The festival is the first of its kind dedicated exclusively to house music culture and consists of dance competitions, workshops, film screenings and seminars designed to showcase the talents of the world’s house dance community.” The world’s top freestylers will compete in catagories of  House Dance, Vogue, Waacking and Experimental.

Click the image above to head to their main website for more information about the annual event.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/housedancenyc