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

UK BATTLE RESULTS!

February 20th, 2010 | By Nicky

Freestyle:

Junior divi­sion

1^st place: Jerry

2^nd place: Shivani

Varsity divi­sion

1^st place: Pop C

2^nd place: Micheal

Adult divi­sion

1^st place: Kashmir

2^nd place: Luke

Popping:

1^st place: Siik tings

2^nd place: Jutsu

Locking:

1^st place: Yami

2^nd place: Chaotic

Bboys:

1^st place: Soul Mavericks

2^nd place: ill pirates

Huge con­grat­u­la­tions to all win­ners, thanks to all for com­ing down! great day, see you tomorrow!

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

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February 13th, 2010 | By Omar