The New York auditions for America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 had a record crowd of about registered crews. Over 25 were invited back the next day for call-backs consisting of another performance of their audition routine, plus a call back challenge where they had less than a day to create a new routine using a District78 master mix of Nicki Minaj.
Based on communications from various sources and our own observations, here's a list of most (probably not all) of the crews called back in New York. Leave a comment or email me if we missed some names, and we'll add them to the list. Note: a much smaller group went from the callbacks to the 'short list' for further consideration. While we've heard about many of these, MTV wants to keep this information confidential, so we won't post it. Congratulations to all these crews, as well as the other talented crews that auditioned!
Based on communications from various sources and our own observations, here's a list of most (probably not all) of the crews called back in New York. Leave a comment or email me if we missed some names, and we'll add them to the list. Note: a much smaller group went from the callbacks to the 'short list' for further consideration. While we've heard about many of these, MTV wants to keep this information confidential, so we won't post it. Congratulations to all these crews, as well as the other talented crews that auditioned!
- Many callbacks went to crews that we've heard of through competitions and local dance studios. These include: Irratik (a Canadian crew that did well at Hip Hop International), Point Blank, Ridonkulous, Phunk Phenomenon, Phunk Snap (a crew related to Phunk Phenomenon), WRT, ICONic Girlz and ICONic Boyz
- Crews we knew from prior auditions or recent Youtube videos announcing their ABDC intentions: Illmatic Force, JHHA Droppas, 8 Count (from MA, not Canada), Da Emperorz, The Movement
- Two non-hiphop crews: Boston Tap Company and XDC (cloggers)
- More Canadian crews: D Code, Rockwell Family, Moonrunners (as well as Irratik and JHHA Droppas)
- Groups that are new to us: Stryke Force, Systematic, Venom, Fast Forward, Uneek EFX, POSH, Motion Picture, Hipnotic Phlava, Streetz
- We've heard that none of the New York crews that were called back had members that looked like they were younger than 15 except for ICONic Boyz, ICONic Girlz, and JHHA Droppas.
