Report: AJ's Close Crew Encounters at World of Dance NY and ABDC crew workshops (with video)

AJ reports on his unique experiences at World of Dance NY, dance workshops with Blueprint Cru, Heavy Impact, Static Noyze and Poreotix, AND Poreotix performing at Amnesia Night Club. Thanks for the write-up, AJ!

Saturday was an awesome experience at the World of Dance NY.  I got to spend a good amount of time hanging out and chit-chatting with Poreotix, Blueprint Cru, Jungle Boogie, and Static Noyze.  In fact, seated right behind us were the members of Blueprint Cru, Leon from Heavy Impact, and Gustavo from Static Noyze.  Everyone was easy to approach and being so nice to their fans.

Poreotix were especially cool.  I mentioned to their manager that I had made a JC "Tic Tic Tic" video and thanked them for sending me a free shirt for it.  When they found out that it was me who made that video, they wanted to meet and take pictures with ME (which was awesome).  And then, Dumbo gave me ANOTHER free shirt.  In a nice gesture, they said that my video was what inspired them to make their signature "Tic Tic Tic" shirt (real talk?).

As far as the performances.  All ABDC exhibition routines were awesome.  The crowd was the definitely the loudest during Poreotix.  Near the end of their set, the music got muffled, but they kept on dancing, and as you can hear from youtube videos, the place ERUPTED when Dumbo started air humping.  Competition wise, it was all about Australia's PSYDE PROJECT.  They had difficulty getting their music started, so anticipation was building up.  I remember saying, "aw man, these guys better kill it...".  And luckily, they DID!  Choreo was clean and tight - stunts/tricks were highly entertaining - and their music selection was great.  Then near the end of their routine, their music CUT OUT!  The crowd started giving them sympathy cheers, but in an act of TRUE PROFESSIONALISM, they continued their routine without the music (still remaining clean and tight).  When they finished, the building nearly shook by the crowd's applause. Of course, at the end of the night, they took home the 1st Place prize and it was a truly beautiful moment at the WoD.  All in all, it was a great night.

The next day, I attended three ABDC workshops at Pearl Studios in NYC.  First was Blueprint Cru's Lorena.  The best part of it was that all of Blueprint Cru took the class too.  Right next to me was Derek and Nick and they were just killing the routine with so much energy and passion.  It was awesome.  Leon from Heavy Impact showed up (his workshop was next) and members from Jungle Boogie even dropped in to say 'hello'  After their workshop, they were all happy to take any and all pictures with us.  They're all really nice people. 


Here's his video of the Blueprint workshop, from his DirtfaceX Youtube Channel. Click here to read the rest of his report on the workshops and Poreotix at Amnesia Nightclub.