Monday, February 8, 2010

Profiles & videos of West Coast Crews: Poreotix, Blended Projekt, BreakEFX, Heavy Impact, Hype 5-0

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

  • Blended Projekt is a crew of dancers from West Covina, CA who combine traditional clogging with hip-hop dance in a technique they call “Blending.” It is one of the youngest crews ever on the show, with 3 16-year olds. The group, founded in 1991, competed on America's Got Talent Season 3 as Extreme Dance FX and made it to the top twenty. They also performed on the 2009 World of Dance tour, and were one of the top five finalists in the KIIS FM Summer Dance Crew Competition. You can reach them on Facebook and MySpace.  Here's their KIIS FM performance, courtesy of Pacific Rim Video:


  • BreakEFX  from Denver, CO is a coed breaking crew that considers themselves the first B-boy-choreography crew as all the members have trained in all types of dance including hip-hop, jazz and ballet.  They won Verve Collizionz 2009. Here's their recent trailer reel: 



Click here for the information and videos on Heavy Impact, Hype 5-0 and Poreotix.