Monday, February 1, 2010

Profile & videos of East Coast Crews: Blueprint, Draztik, Legendary 7. Saltare, Static Noyze

On the second episode of America's Best Dance Crew Season 5, five crews who auditioned in Boston and New York will compete for 3 spots in the 'Top 9'. Here's info about the crews, culled from MTV's descriptions and internet research:

Blueprint Cru from Montreal, Canada are the first-ever foreign crew to compete on ABDC. "This perfectionist crew doesn’t believe in tricks and stunts, they believe in unified movements down to every minute detail." They won Monsters of Hip Hop 2008 (albeit with different members than the crew that auditioned for ABDC)-click here for a video of the winning choreography. They are all members of 8Count; you can watch other videos of Blueprint and 8 Count at the 8CountDance Youtube Channel. You can contact them on Twitter or at their website. Here's their ABDC5 audition routine: 


Draztik hails from Rhode Island. They are mostly self-taught from music videos. Their choreography is contemporary and ballet, fused with popping and hip hop. Draztik member Kelvin Fabian's dance credits include freestyling on Showtime at the Apollo; more available at Kelvint2123 Youtube Channel.  They can be reached at Facebook and MySpace.


Legendary 7 from Boston (pictured above) is the most recent incarnation of Status Quo, a crew that came in second in ABDC1.  Crew leader Ernest "E-Knock" Phillips and Darius Rutledge were both appeared in SQ on ABDC. L7's style is big tricks, breaking, krumping and popping.   Many of the Legendary 7 members auditioned in New York for ABDC3 and ABDC4 (click here for the Season 4 audition and callback). More recently, SQ Entertainment did well on 2009's America's Got Talent. They can be reached on MySpace


Saltare members (pictured above) are East Coast college students who are also  part of the USA Jump Rope All Star team.   No video of the Crew, but here's a video of the 2006 Jump Rope All-Stars.  You can contact them at Facebook and on their website.  

Static Noyze from Boston performs "contemporary and theatrical hip hop choreography".  They use their routines to convey offbeat stories, through cutting edge moves and costumes. Visit their Youtube Channel to see their workshops and recent performances. They won Elements X in November 2009. Reach them on Facebook and Twitter. Here's a rehearsal of their ABDC5 audition routine: