Friday, May 14, 2010

JabbaWockeeZ Interview: ABDC should "change up the format" - a Real World or Road Rules Challenge?

LA Times talked to JabbaWockeeZ in Las Vegas as they prepare to open the MUS.I.C. show. They talk about what it's like to do a 30-minute show, the highlights of their crew career, and what it was like to return to the America's Best Dance Crew stage for the Champions for Charity show. 

Most intriguing quotes: they talk about whether ABDC has 'jumped the shark', whether the good crews have all been exhibited, and what it would take to make the show pop again: 
"There are definitely some great crews out there that represent for the dance scene, and then for the underground dance scene, too, that a lot of people don't know about. A lot of them do audition, but some of them just don't get kept. Whether they don't go with the show's themes or whatever, I do think that having this show has helped a lot of crews evolve and want to learn other styles of dance.... As far as the future of the show -- it still has a good chance of being great again because there are still a lot of crews out there that strive for excellence and want to be on that plateau. I think the main thing that I would add is to maybe change up the format a little bit. Maybe doing the show in a different location or something where they could give the dancers an even greater challenge... Maybe kind of like a "Real World" or "Road Rules" type of challenge.  But as far as dance, it always evolves and gets better -- you can see it throughout the past five seasons -- that there have been so many different styles."