Ninjaboi created a new collaboration video starring BloggingBestDanceCrew.com readers (Names are Overrated, Poppin iSik, Team Vibe Philippines, Dance, Maxxann, Kit, Kid Bowser, HiddenPsyche, Bgurl Ethel, and Ninjaboi) and special guests Andy (Rocket Man) Luo of Quest Crew and Hybrids of Freedom Krumpers (as well as some stills of other BABDC community members. Here's Ninjaboi's description:
After Isaac's great first BABDC collab, I was inspired to take up the mantle and attempt to match his efforts with a second collab and showcase the talents of our readers and the dance groups they are affiliated with. We began planning this video in late summer, beginning by seeing who was interested in participating. After we had a rough idea of that, we voted on a single song we would all dance to, and "Fancy Footwork" won out. While there was originally a slightly different, more ambitious concept (instead of merely doing a slideshow of each individual, to cycle through each dancer multiple times as the song was playing, similar to a music video, possibly including some lip synching; in addition, there was a planned introduction that never came to fruition), various circumstances beyond our control led certain individuals to be unable to participate, and others to limiting their contribution, leading a rethinking of the project. Over time, individuals submitted their videos to me and i redubbed them and put them together. We were even able to get a few celebrity guest appearances in there thanks to connections made on this website.
In the end, this is the final product. While the credits take up just under half of the total video time, I still hope that you sit and watch it though to the end, as there is a lot of unused footage that I wished to show. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you all!
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Special thanks to our special guest stars the Hybrid of Freedom krumpers and Andy Luo of Quest
Special thanks to Maxxann for being able to get them to contribute! Also thanks to her for getting members of Team Vibe to perform
Special thanks to the dancers in the video for being unafraid to express themselves via dance online.
Special thanks also goes out to everyone who we talked to about putting together the video but couldn't be part of it, but still supported us regardless.
Special thanks to Nancy for being such a great moderator of the site and making it a place where we were able to meet each other.
And finally...
Thanks to YOU the READERS to give this site a reason to continue to exist. Thank YOU for being interested in ABDC and Hip Hop dance.
If you're interested in joining the next collab, leave a comment with your email, or message my Youtube profile or my Vimeo account. It won't be for a while or so (especially if ABDC 6 starts up early next year). If you don't think you can dance, I hope this video inspires you to start. I just started myself as we were starting this video. If you do dance, I hope that between now and the next collab you keep improving.
Dance to express, not to impress
Ninjaboi
Monday, November 1, 2010
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