Thursday, July 30, 2009

Profile: Rhythm City

Rhythm City, from Bronx NY, is one of the nine crews chosen for America's Best Dance Crew Season 4. It's a classic hip hop crew, with no other dance styles dominating their moves, but they bring it hard and fast. They've won or placed near the top major dance competitions including Switzerland's Dance2Dance, World of Dance NY, the Main Event (hosted by their ABDC 4 competitors Fr3sh) and Prelude EC. In addition, Rhythm City has appeared in Wyclef's "Fast Car" video, Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss" and "G-Slide" videos, Carmen's "Sweat" videos, and on BET's "Rip the Runway, "Blaze the Stage", and "106th And Park." Recently, they were featured at the Apollo Theater in a tribute to Michael Jackson (picture above)

I've seen Rhythm City perform five times in the last 9 months (2 auditions, 3 competitions) and each time was amazing. Their choreographer Alonzo Williams keeps the routines fresh and original, but with a signature look that could do well on ABDC.


Photocredit: Reuters News Service