Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Second field report on the Houston ABDC auditions - callback crews, experience inside the auditions studio

Art reports back on the action inside the studio where the Houston auditions were held:
I attended the Houston audition. At first all the crews were standoffish to each other. The producers and cameraman had all the crews join together in the street in a big freestyle circle. I have videos that I can post if you guys like. The vid shows PacMan and a couple members of his crew freestyling. All kinds of crews were there, and all ages, from little girl crews who looked like they were 5, to crews with a ton of experience. 41 crews auditions and 18 received call backs. Didn't really have time to walk around since my crew was auditioning itself, because they wanted everyone to stay in a certain area after you received a call back so they could find you.  

A couple of the crews who received a call back were: 
--Wreckless - crew from Florida, which you might remember on America's Got Talent season 5 
--I.Am.Me - PacMan's all star crew  
--TRAFFIKjam - an Austin based crew with an interesting style close to Fanny Pak's   
--Second 2 None- didn't really get a chance to talk with them  
--U4ria Dance Crew - featured on 106 N Park, along with other shows  
--Mad Skills Dance Crew - a portion of a much larger dance company who have a down south swag type of style  
--Alien Tactics - an Austin based crew with clean hard hitting choreo  
--STAK'D - another Austin crew whos have a down south swag style to them with hard hitting choreo  
--Beat Junkeez - didn't really get a chance to speak with them  

--Illovation

Click here to read the rest of his report. Thanks Art!