Thursday, May 7, 2009

Quest Workshop Part I: Warmups and demonstrations

Quest and Beat Freaks conducted dance workshops in New Jersey on May 3, 2009. As might be expected, Quest's sessions had their non-serious moments. Today's videos spotlight Dtrix's warm-up, workshop rules, and a dance demonstration. Here's the warm-up:
Click here to watch the 'rules', and Dtrix's masked dance. You'll be glad you did!

JabbawockeeZ performance for Hennessy Black

JabbaWockeeZ performed at a party celebrating the launch of Hennessy Black Cognac. Nitrolicious.com reports on the party and posts this video:

New Performances from Dynamic Edition

13white13 posted three recent Dynamic Edition performances. Here's my favorite:

Thanks for the tip ABDC!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

UPDATE: NY auditions for ABDC resheduled for June 14

This just in: America's Best Dance Crew is rescheduling its New York Season 4 auditions for Sunday June 14. This change is made to accommodate the dance crews competing in World of Dance New York on June 13, so that there can be full participation for BOTH dance events.

Video: Beat Freaks Workshop in New Jersey

On May 3, Beat Freaks and Quest taught workshops in New Jersey. Over 50 people attended, both to meet their favorite America's Best Dance Crews and to learn from the pros. The crews were excellent teachers, methodically breaking down the tricky steps until the students mastered them. Afterwards, the students and crews had an impromptu freestyle session, followed by photo session and autograph signing.

Today, we're showing the Beat Freaks second session. The video is sequential, showing how they taught many of the moves and culminating in the full routine.

Tomorrow, we'll post half of our Quest workshop videos (they did a lot more than just teaching!)

Boogie Bots Performance at University of Miami

Joesar posted this video of Boogie Bots performing on an outdoor stage on a beautiful sunny day in Miami. Wish I'd been there!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Quest Rehearsal and Sound Check videos

We watched Quest rehearse for their performance on May 2. While these rehearsals didn't include all the stunts that were used in the final performance, they gave a good sense on how Quest blocks the dance, works and plays together. And, we did get some close-up to view some major moves!

Click here to watch the rehearsal for their 'Toxic' routine.