Final Scores of The UK Hip Hop Crew Championships 2010

February 22nd, 2010 | By Nicky

What an amaz­ing day of explos­ive dan­cing. Here are the final standings

Final scores:

Teams:

1^st Cougars………………………4.19

2^nd Distinction…………………4.10

3^rd Taurus……………………….4.05

4^th Paradox……………………..3.73

Juniors:

1^st Shockerellas…………….6.06

2^nd Debut………………………5.06

3^rd Underground Crew….4.85

4^th Kidtagious………………..4.63

5^th Didi phunk………………..3.61

Varsity:

1^st unleashed……………..6.32

2^nd ruff diamond………..6.00

3^rd venom………………..5.93

4^th Abyss…………………….5.86

5^th Myztikal……………….5.70

6^th D-fy………………………5.26

7^th Midas…………………..5.23

8^th Eklecktik Youth……5.17

9^th alter ego youth…….5.14

10^th storm…………………4.82

11^th contagious……….4.82

12^th endemic…………..4.82

Adult

1^st smash Broz………….7.83

2^nd peridot………………..7.71

3^rd status…………………7.58

4^th DNA……………………7.00

5^th Kryptonite…………..6.89

6^th alter ego……………..6.65

7^th elementz…………….6.58

8^th gor­illa nation…………5.93

9^th slash…………………….5.86

10^th tu da max…………….5.66

Congratulations to every­one who entered and best of luck to Shockerellas, debut, under­ground crew, unleashed, ruff dia­mond, venom, status, peridot and smash broz in their forth­com­ing adven­tures at the world cham­pi­on­ships in Vegas! rest assured the UK is being REPRESENTED!!!

Important Final Update on the UK Hip Hop Dance Championships Running order

February 20th, 2010 | By Omar

Hey Friends,

This is the final update on the sched­ule for February 21, 2010:

8.00am: Crew check-in, leader/representative ONLY into stage door with CD to col­lect wristbands

9.15am com­pet­it­ors, lead­ers and chap­er­ones in theatre for briefing

9.30am Doors open for audience

10am Preliminary rounds begin: teams

10:50am junior crews

11:30 noon: varsity crews

1.00 pm adult crews

2.30pm res­ults and brief­ing for finals

3.30pm pre­lims end

3.30pm-4.30pm break, every­one MUST clear theatre

5pm: Competitor re-check in (until 5.30pm)

Doors open for audience

6pm: finals begin:

6.15pm teams,

6.30pm Junior finalists,

7pm Varsity finalists,

8pm Adult finalists,

915 pm results

9.45 pm event ends

Level Up! Meet the Teachers of the Ultimate Streetdance Workshop– Bboy Marso

February 18th, 2010 | By Omar

Breakin’ with Marso: Bboy Marso hails from France and is based in Birmingham where he works with Dance Exchange and Bboys Attic, spread­ing the word in break­ing. His brainchild, the ground break­ing Company Decalage are about to embark on a European tour with their new work, hav­ing appeared at a host of UK ven­ues and fest­ivals, win­ning awards and acclaim for their fusion of break­ing and con­tem­por­ary. Find out more: http://www.companydecalage.co.uk http://www.bboysattic.com

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Are you entering the UK Hip Hop Dance Championships? Please read this!

February 18th, 2010 | By Sarafina

Hi there,

Thank you all for enter­ing the UK Hip Hop Dance Championships 2010! We are really look­ing for­ward to see­ing you all battle it out this week­end! There are few import­ant things we would like to let you know.……

• If you have pur­chased a ‘BRONZE PACKAGE’ then this  only allows you to com­pete and NOT watch! All per­sons hold­ing a Bronze pack­age may be asked to leave the build­ing and return when required, as we do not have the space to hold people back stage! If you would like to upgrade your pack­age you may do so NOW!  We can NOT do this on the day. Contact sugasoul@hotmail.co.uk
• You are ONLY required to have 1 chap­er­one per crew. They will be given a ‘BRONZE WRISTBAND’! This does not include a spec­tat­ors ticket. You will need to pur­chase spec­tat­ors tick­ets from– http://www.watfordtheatre.co.uk/p329.html
• Crew lead­ers! If any of your crew mem­bers have pur­chased a ‘GOLD PACKAGE’ and are bat­tling then please con­tact sugasoul@hotmail.co.uk with any entrants. (Please ignore, if you have done so already!)

Thank you!

See you all soon.

Team X

Level Up! Meet the Teachers of the Ultimate Streetdance Workshop– Mechanikool P

February 17th, 2010 | By Omar

Popping with Mechanikool PMechanikool P was UK pop­ping cham­pion 2006 and rep­res­en­ted the world for two years at world level. A stu­dent of the Electric Boogaloo style of pop­ping, he learned under per­sonal guid­ance from Pop N Taco and other Electric Boogaloo mem­bers. These days Mechanikool can be spot­ted all over Europe doing his funky thing, spread­ing the word on the tech­nic­al­it­ies and soul of pop­ping. Don’t miss this chance to get up, get down get funky and get loose with the man who’s best at it! See him in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqxDZFxrRGg

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Level Up! Meet the Teachers of the Ultimate Streetdance Workshop– Supple

February 17th, 2010 | By Omar

12: noon Waacking and com­mer­cial hip hop with Supple Fresh from Got to Dance on which he was Artistic Director, and with a list of com­mer­cial and music video cred­its as long as his real name, Supple knows his stuff. As a mem­ber of The Waacktitioners and hav­ing recently trained with The Waackers in LA, we are delighted to have Supple share his know­ledge in the style and fuse it with his unique brand of innov­at­ive cho­reo­graphy. Get a taste of what’s  in store: www.krypticmovement.com http://www.thedancescientist.com/

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Level Up! Meet the Teachers of the Ultimate Streetdance Workshop– Gabriel Francisco

February 15th, 2010 | By Omar

LEVEL UP!

Friday 19^th 2010

February, YMCA, Charter Place, Watford WD17 2RT.

Unmissable mas­ter­classes with some of the best teach­ers and cho­reo­graph­ers in the UK and the World.

Limited places, visit www.ihiphopdance.com to sign up https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/asp/home.asp?studioid=4867

11– noon Super Hero Hip Hop with Gabriel Francisco:Teacher, Choreographer, International Presenter and Jury, Freestyler, Dancer, Writer and Poet, Gabriel Francisco has solid­i­fied his name in the world of Dance through his heart­felt com­mu­nic­a­tion and ori­ginal cho­reo­graphy For more on Gabe, go to

www.gabrielfrancisco.com

Level Up! Meet the Teachers of the Ultimate Streetdance Workshop– Devonaire

February 14th, 2010 | By Omar

LEVEL UP

Friday 19^th 2010

February, YMCA, Charter Place, Watford WD17 2RT.

Unmissable mas­ter­classes with some of the best teach­ers and cho­reo­graph­ers in the UK and the World.

Limited places, visit www.ihiphopdance.com to sign up https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/asp/home.asp?studioid=4867

10am: House with Devonair of Sickstep LA

Devon has danced and cho­reo­graphed for such artists as J-Lo and The A-teens and on cam­paigns for Heineken Beer, Bally’s Total Fitness, Honda USA and Calvin Klein. He has most recently been seen “lock­ing” in Jamie Kennedy’s recent com­edy film “Kickin’ It Old School”, and com­pet­ing with his crew in the finals of America’s Got Talent.

Devon has a famili­ar­ity with a wide range of hip hop dance styles — from com­mer­cial hip hop to free­style dances such as lock­ing, house, and bboyin’.

Devon has been teach­ing dance almost as long as he has been per­form­ing, hav­ing led Master-class work­shops through­out the US, Canada, and Europe.

Check him out:

http://www.youtube.com/theREALdevonair

www.sickstep.com

Level Up! Spaces are going better sign up!

February 13th, 2010 | By Omar

Killer Judging line-up

February 9th, 2010 | By Nicky

The UK Hip Hop Championships is less than two weeks away!

We are all so excited for what prom­ises to be a killer year of high octane com­pet­i­tion and explos­ive dan­cing. Make sure you and your sup­port­ers book their tick­ets quick-sharp because they’re going quickly! Call the box office on 01923 225671

Check out the sched­ule for the week­end below but right now the big news is our line up of amaz­ing authen­tic hip hop judges for the week­end, check it out:

Supple, Director of Kryptic Movement, cho­reo­grapher for So you think you can dance Australia and Got To Dance

Kymberlee Jay, a one woman hip hop machine, force of nature and gen­eral, all round ambas­sador for all things authen­tic­ally urban

Marso, dir­ector of Company Decalage, chan­ging the game in the­at­rical break dance

Rob ‘Chimp’ Poutney, of Funkstylerz UK and world­wide, Pro-create and the brains behind UK Bboys

Lucie, Director of Dance Nuvo, the team who bring you the Midlands qualifiers

Devon, founder of Sickstep LA, pion­eer­ing break dance and funk style per­form­ance crew, final­ists of America’s got talent

Gabriel Francisco, Teacher, Choreographer, International Presenter and Jury, Freestyler, Dancer, Writer and Poet, Gabe has solid­i­fied his name in the world of Dance through his heart­felt com­mu­nic­a­tion and ori­ginal choreography

Ryan LoGiSTiC Harston, the man behind Battle of the Bounce and our Northern Qualifiers

Mechanikool P, UK pop­ping cham­pion and advoc­ate of funk

Brooke Milliner, ori­ginal mem­ber of World Champions, Plague

And mak­ing a wel­come return to the Mic, ‘host face killer’ the one and only Damien ‘Tin Mantis’ Anyasi will be host­ing the proceedings

So bring your auto­graph book!

See you there,

UK Battle 20^th February, James Theatre, Watford Grammar School, Rickmansworth Road WD18 7JF

UK Crew Championships, 21^st February, Colosseum, Rickmansworth road, Watford WD17 3JF

Tickets 01923 225671