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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 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 12pm 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/ 2pm Popping with Mechanikool P Mechanikool 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 3pm, 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