‘Hip-Hop Decathlon’

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Crews performing various dance styles. And it goes as follows:

It’s obviously a Quest – Beat Freaks finale and it has that written all season long. Man, I wish we could watch Boxcutters and Team Millenia doing this challenge! Anyway, Quest by far won the week for me. Everyone should see the backflip from an indian sitting position in the last part of their first routine. Damn. The second routine was the dopest! It’s a must see! Also check out the assisted side-way back-flip also in the last part. Beat Freaks came a little to safe here. I think it’s the whole changing genre thing. I don’t think they did really well in their first routine actually but they definitely killed it in the second one. Well, Fly Kicks? Got the kick out. Check out the link above for this one. Also, there’s this rumor that there might no longer be a season 4 for ABDC. Got this from bloggingbestdancecrew.com:

Chrissy at Yahoo! TV asks if America’s Best Dance Crew will be cancelled after Season 3. She bases her fears on the fact that there has been no announcement about a Season 4. And, she gives three reasons that MTV might cancel the show: 1. High production costs, 2. possible lack of qualified crews, 3. waning viewer interest.

I think all they should do is to just reformat the style into which they judge each crews. They should also alot atleast a minute and a half to two minutes in their routine and refine all these challenges.

What do you guys think?

Audition is now on…
We’ve set our foot in Asia and now Europe and soon…the ends of the earth. We’ve been trained by the best in the dance industry worldwide.
We’ve shared stage with some of the best crews worldwide.
We’ve taught and mentored some of the world’s upcoming and promising crews and communities…

Will you fit the part?

For the passionate and the purpose driven…
Head on to Vibe Dance Studio on Feb 23 and 26 March 2 and 5 at 8pm.
bring your profile with picture and prepare a 1 minute demo piece, full out…

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Celebrating it’s 15th year
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6 March 2009 | Friday | 6pm | Henry Lee Irwin Theatre
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RADIATE
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3 April 2009 | Saturday | 7pm | Henry Lee Irwin Theatre
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Just one quick post for today. If you guys have any more links to the videos post away in the comments. Danz Dish 4 Videos in this link:

Danz Dish Videos

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College dance group protests article


Philippine Daily Inquirer

Last updated 19:20:00 02/20/2009

LAST Nov. 29, an article by Bianca Consunji, “When students dance like no other,” discussed the Skechers Streetdance Battle Year 4. We, the St. Scholastica’s College, Manila’s Danz Edge, are complaining about the write-up.

We find this part defamatory: “While St. Scholastica Manila’s Danz Edge colegialas were definitely an audience favorite with their risque choreography, their moves seemed more appropriate for bar dancers than college students. They did onstage strippings, split on plastic chairs, and lots of gyrating—fun to watch but low on technical points.” Strip is defined as “to remove clothing or make something bare by taking away removable parts” (The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary). We just removed our blazers and shawls, keeping our sando and brassiere. There was no splitting on the plastic chairs in our choreography.

Danz Edge’s choreographers are professionals and we were trained in funky Street dance classes. In line with this, the funky street style of the group has bagged awards for us such as Danz Idol, Penshoppe Denimlab, La Salle Dancelebration, and Pringles dance competition.

The characteristics of a good feature article include fairness and accuracy. We believe that the statement cited above is false and inaccurate.

We seek a public apology since the article has damaged the good name of our school and our group’s reputation. We look forward to a favorable response.

—Andrea Pamela Tan, President, Danz Edge, St. Scholastica’s College, Manila
We regret that the article gave that impression. Be assured that there was no intention to discredit your group.