Ninjaboi's Review of ABDC5's East Coast Audition show

Hey devoted Blogging Best Dance Crew readers, its me again, Ninjaboi.  Last weeks reviews were well received, so here goes my review for the East Coast Regionals. If anyone didn’t get the rating system last week, here it is again:

10 pts – Choreography/Intricacy – How well it’s all timed, together, and general choreography difficulty.  Isolations are a part of this, but I focus more on the general syncness of the crew as a whole. Example of 10: Most of Kaba Modern’s performances

10 pts – Tricks/Wow – If there are any moments that make you wow.  These tend to translate to athletic moves, but there are other things that can make an impression.  Someone brought up that Kaba Modern would have none of this, yet they killed it each week, so I’ve modified it a bit.  For example, humor, an insane tutting section, isolation sections are also part of this.  These usually only apply, though, when there are no big tricking moves.
Example of 10: Supercr3w’s We Fly High Performance, Massive Monkee’s Ricky Bobby Performance.

10 pts – Showmanship – Energy of a crew, Use of stage, Transitions, Formations, Creativity, Telling a story, A sense of building up to a moment, Visible Attitude, Facial Expressions, Musicality, Having different people doing different things at the same time, Highlighting individuals (but not limiting it to one person), Strong ending among other things.
Example of 10: Orquestra, Most of Jabbawockeez. Also, a 5 would be a crew simply having the bare minimum to be on the show.  A 7 would be above average, enough to make you stop and think about what the crew just did. A 9 would be near perfection, but just a tad bit more could have been done with it.

Click here to read his detailed reviews of Blueprint, Legendary 7, Saltare, Static Noyze, and Draztik. In addition, he's got things to look for in future East Coast crew performances, power rankings and things to look for in the West Coast audition show. Thanks Ninjaboi!