Video: Pat Garrett (Ghost) - "Fight That D*ck"

Pat Garrett of Ghost Crew (America's Best Dance Crew Season 5) holds workshops at Soundbox Studios in Houston every Friday. Here's a recent performance there: Pat choreographed and danced with others to "Fight That D*ck" by Beatking. From khoadratic Youtube. Thanks for the clip, Andrew!

Video: Pat Garrett (ABDC Ghost Crew) and the new Ghost Crew plus I.aM.mE's Chachi

Ghost Crew only appeared for a short time on ABDC5, but demonstrated originality and flair. Ghost's leader, Pat Garrett, has reassembled the crew and they MIGHT audition for the new season of America's Best Dance Crew. Here's some of their recent work from the HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel.  Thanks for the tip, Austin!

Video: Ghost Crew dancing at Move 2 Groove Hallloween Event

I guess it's more than appropriate that Ghost Crew (ABDC Season 5) would be tapped to perform at a Halloween event. Jokes aside -- it's great to see them again, albeit without their female crew members. Thanks for the link, Xerpent! From the HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel.

Video: Pat Garrett (Ghost Crew) class at Soundbox Studios

Pat Garrett from Ghost Crew (America's Best Dance Crew Season 5) teaches every Friday at Soundbox Studios in Houston. Here's recent footage of him and Brette dancing to Nicki Minaj's "Right Through Me" from the HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel. Thanks for the link, Xerpent!

Video: Pat Garrett (Ghost Crew) teaches workshop

Pat Garrett of Ghost Crew (America's Best Dance Crew Season 5) taught at Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio in Los Angeles in May 2010, with Mami and Ali from We Are Heroes (ABDC Season 4 winners) backing him up. Video from HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel. Thanks for the link, Xerpent!

New Conan O'Brien show to shoot on ABDC's stage at Warner Bros. starting November 2010

The Huffington Post reports: "Conan O'Brien will host his new TBS talk show from a California studio that most recently housed "America's Best Dance Crew."... His show begins in November, and will be recorded on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank...Warners' Stage 15 was where "All The Presidents Men," "Batman Returns," "Ghostbusters," "The Perfect Storm," "The Music Man," "Gremlins," "Blazing Saddles" and many other films were made."

What does this mean for ABDC? Who knows. They might start a Season 6 by summer so they could vacate in time, they could move to a different stage, or...

Videos from World of Dance Dallas: Poreotix, Static Noyze, Ghost Crew, Illovation (WOD Dallas winner)

World of Dance Dallas was held April 24, with dozens of crews performing in exhibition and competition. Competition results:
-1ST PLACE= ILLOVATION
-2ND PLACE= BROWN BAG SPECIAL
-3RD PLACE= MARVELOUS MOTION!
From  Airjsen23 Youtube Channel, here's the performance by Poreotix.  
Click here to watch the videos from Static Noyze, Ghost Crew, and Illovation.

Upcoming Events: Week of April 23, 2010

4/23: Royal Flush workshop at Jones High School in Orlando, FL, 4-6pm. Proceeds go to help the school.

4/23: Northwestern Best Dance Crew competition, with exhibition performance by Southern Movement, at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa

4/23: We are Heroes performance and Q&A at Drexel University in Philadelphia

4/23-24: Quest Crew at Disney Grad Night in Orlando

4/23 Kaba Modern 6 at Haute in Hollywood, CA

4/24: World of Dance Dallas with Poreotix, Static Noyze, Ghost Crew,  and many exhibition and competing teams, plus Ben (Super Cr3w) DJing on Shiekh Music Stage at the event

4/24 Super Cr3w at Festival 420 in Victorville, CA

4/25 Vogue Evolution at Black Gay Pride Extravaganza in Philadelphia

4/30: Poreotix workshop at Team Millennia Dance Studio in LaHabra, CA

• 4/30-5/1: Beat Freaks at Disney Grad Nights in Orlando, FL
• 5/1: DraZtik, Phunk Phenonomen, NIA, and many other crews at Prelude New England in Boston
• 5/1: Wyld Styl performs at 'East Meets West' VIII in Houston, TX 
• 5/1: Heavy Impact workshop at Team Millennia Dance Studio in LaHabra, CA 
• 5/2: Vogue Evolution at The Mezzanine in State College, PA

World of Dance Dallas 4/24: Poreotix, Static Noyze, Ghost Crew & more!

World of Dance hits Dallas on April 24. The lineup is still being developed but includes America's Best Dance Crew 5 winners Poreotix, as well as ABDC5's Static Noyze and Ghost Crew. In addition, there are at least 14 other crews performing in exhibition and competition. Some familiar names include Marvelous Motion, Footsoulgerz Krew, and Brown Bag Special. Click here for more details and to buy tickets. 

Here's a video from World of Dance Pomona from YAKfilms, to give you a feeling for the excitement at World of Dance events.

Ninjaboi's Reviews ABDC5 (aka Seasoned Fries) & key success factors for ABDC Champions

Another season come and gone.  Congratulations to Poreotix for being ABDC Champs of Season 5, and good job to Blueprint, and all the other crews for putting on a great showing.  One of, if not the, best seasons this show has seen.  This is the first real season which I followed from auditions to finale, and let’s just say that I can’t wait to do it again next season, with the BABDC fam.

What made this season so great?  Here are just a few high points.
-Great love between crews.  There’s already talk about making a crew of Season 5 members called Seasoned Fries, and there was little to no drama backstage that I picked up on.
-Amazing dancers. I will say that there was not a single bad dancer on the stage.  Even Saltare learned, and taught a few things of their own.  In reality any crew could have made it to the top.  Some would have had a harder fight than others, but that much talent on stage so evenly spread out among all the members… it was inspiring.
-Overall legitimate proceedings.  Yes, this was the season of intern screwups.  Yes, Blueprint didn’t deserve to be in the bottom so many times.  Yes, some say Saltare overstayed their visit, Ghost should have made it, and Poreotix may have been getting by more on fanbase than other crews were.  But if you look back at it, the eliminations made sense to some degree.  Even when people were crying over BreakEFX or Static Noyze, their injured members would have held them back in future weeks, or severely affected the careers of the dancers in question if they pushed on, and a timely exit on a strong note really would be a prudent action.  We ended up with the strongest top 4, imo, in ABDC history, one of the best top 2s, and one of the best top 3s.
-Champs Challenge.  Enough said.  That was probably the best episode in ABDC history. 

Click here to read the rest of the review, including a detailed review of the Champions for Charity Show and 19 key success factors that distinguish ABDC Champions from the other competitors. Thanks, Ninjaboi!

Video: Ghost shows their Lady Gaga Challenge performance

This week, Ghost took on VideoPhone from ABDC's Lady Gaga Challenge. This continues their series to show fans what they might have done if they had lasted longer on Season 5 of America's Best Dance Crew. You can see more at the HoustonGhostCrewYoutube Channel.

Video: Ghost shows what they really do

Instead of following the ABDC schedule and taking one of the numbers in the Video Music Challenge, Ghost posted a video showing 'what they really do'. Thanks Xerpent!

Video: Ghost's Nationals challenge offering - Imma Be

Ghost wants to show what they might have done on America's Best Dance Crew had they continued longer on the show, so they are planning to choreograph and perform to one song from each of the ABDC5 episodes. Here's their Ep. 4 Nationals Chart Topper Challenge offering: "Imma Be", the song performed to by Hype 5-0.Thanks Xerpent!

Ghost Week 2 video: inspired by Static Noyze

As they announced last week, Ghost from Houston, TX wants to show ABDC fans what they're missing because the crew was cut during ABDC Week 1. Each week, they will take the challenge or a song and show how they might have handled it on the show. This week, they were inspired by Static Noyze's performance and taped a routine just a few hours after the East Coast auditions aired. I am really looking forward to seeing what they do once the Nationals start and the challenges are announced. You can follow them on HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel.Thanks, Kevin and others!

Survey Results for ABDC5 Southern crews: X-treme Motion on top!

We received over 2000 entries for each of our surveys on your favorite and leasta favorite crews in America's Best Dance Crew Season 5's Southern auditions. Note that while each person is allowed only one vote, people have found ways around that, which may bias the results:

• Out of 2,335 votes, X-treme Motion was the favorite (32%), trailed closely by Royal Flush (29%) and Swagger Crew (27%). Click here to see full results
• Out of 2178 votes, Ghost was the least favorite (37%), followed by Jungle Boogie (27%). Click here to see full results.

Video: Ghost's original audition routine

On ABDC's Southern audition show, Ghost performed a routine different than the one from their audition. From their HoustonGhostCrew Youtube Channel, here's their original routine:

More Recaps of the Southern Auditions

• ACSlater.com  prefers Lil Mama over Omarion and Ghost over Jungle Boogie.
• It's My ABDC takes Ninjaboi's idea of a rating scale (without proper credit to this website and ninjaboi's post!), modifies it and proclaims Swagger Crew the winner, with Jungle Boogie and Royal Flush tied and close behind.

Ninjaboi's review & ratings of ABDC5's Southern audition show

Reader Ninjaboi reviewed America's Best Dance Crew 5, Week 1 - The Southern auditions. He created a 30-point scale to analyze each of the crews:

• "Intricacy/Choreo/Togetherness (Kaba would get a 10 here) - isolations, tutting, etc
• Wow/Tricks (Massive Monkees would be the best here) - mostly athletic moves
• Showmanship (Quest and Jabbawockeez would be the best here) - how well they use stage, showcase members, the energy, and such"

Based on this scale, his ranking for the routines (before the battle):  Swagger 24, Jungle Boogies 22, Royal Flush 22, Ghost 20,  X-treme Motion 17. Ninjaboi's review also discusses crew personalities (based on interviews), power rankings, recommendations to improve performances, and comments about the judges.


BE SURE TO CLICK HERE to read the detailed review. I personally would love to see Ninjaboi's scale (or suggested variants) used in reader comments to improve our discussions about the crews and the season.

Pressbox views + video: Chris Trondsen reports on backstage at Southern Audition taping

Chris Trondsen is back as one of our reporters for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5. Here, he shares the backstage perspective on the taping of the Southern audition show:

"ABDC is back baby! Season 5 is here! This season the TV audience gets to see a little of what goes on behind the scenes when the judges are selecting who makes it on the final show by not only showing you footage of the multi-city auditions but by watching as the judges also cut down from 5 crews to 3 to represent that region on the ABDC that starts Feb 18th."

Click here to read his full description of the press experience, including what Omarion was like, his impressions of the Southern Crews, a reason that Ghost may have been sent home early, and more. Thanks Chris! We look forward to reading more from you all season! 

Bonus footage: our press team for BloggingBestDanceCrew.com and dancetag.tv shot footage of what it's like when MTV finally kicks them out of the studio. They give some opinions about the crews (getting some names wrong -- sorry!!), and meet up with Beat Freaks, We are Heroes, and a drive-by by Pacific Rim. 

Video: Excerpts of all 5 Crew performances at ABDC 5's Southern auditions!

 Here are excerpts of the ABDC performances of Ghost Crew, Jungle Boogie, Royal Flush, X-treme Motion , and Swagger Crew at the Southern auditions show :

"ABDC 5" -- Swagger Crew
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