Video: Vibes Juniors Competition: Congratulations IDK!

The First Vibes Juniors Competition was held December 17, 2011. First place went to IDK, second place to TM Jr. and Third place to The Organization. Congratulations and hope you audition for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7! Thanks for the links Xerpent!

Video: Maxt Out - Congratulations to Inside the Box (with help from Poreotix, KM Legacy, Choreo Cookies & More)!

At the 2011 Maxt Out, first place in the Major Choreo division was taken by Inside the Box. In that division, a choreographer is able to showcase their work (a full set/routine) with whoever they'd like, so Toy Box decided to round up Inside The Box and a lot of other dancers that he's close to with from different teams and crews, including Breed, Poreotics, Choreo Cookies, Common Ground, Kaba Modern, Team Millennia, The Ivy League, CADC, Pac Modern, Culture Shock LA, Mischief Makers, KM Legacy, Prime D and more. Video from toybox Youtube. You can follow Toy Box on Twitter at @box_toy.

Barkada took first place in the Major Crew division (mostly for collegiate crews). Video from dsouthrotation Youtube.

Mailbox: ABDC alums at LA County Fair, register for The Bridge Dance Competition

• October 1 - Fanny Pak, We are Heroes, and Instant Noodles performing at L.A. County Fair. Details here
• Team Millennia is hosting the upcoming Bridge Dance Competition on December 3, 2011 and is looking for the hottest competition and exhibition teams to apply to perform at the competition, . Any teams looking to apply should contact registration@tmdance.org and an application will be sent to them.

Video: Bam Martin - "Green Goblin"

Here is Bam Martin's (Mos Wanted) piece for the Summer Intensive 8, hosted by Team Millennia.

Check out more of his amazing choreography at his official Youtube channel, [brianBAMmartin]. For more information on TM's Summer Intensive, click [Here].

Video: Can (Poreotics) Teaching at TM's Summer Intensive

Yes, Team Millennia Dance Studio's Summer Intensive 8, has been well underway. This recent upload from their Youtube channel, [TMDanceStudio], shows Can Nguyen (Poreotics) demonstrating one of his more recent pieces of choreography:

The Bridge TM Juniors Dance Competition 2011 ft Instant Noodles

Last year, Poreotics hosted Bridge Juniors Dance Competition.  This year, Team Millennia Productions intends to bring it back again, on Saturday June 18th, at the Cal State Fullerton Titan Student Union, from 6-10pm. The exhibition lineup for this year is pretty impressive, with Team Millennia crews (adult, Juniors, Juniors Alum and Mobz), Miniotics (Junior crew of Poreotics ABDC5 Champs), and JUST ADDED: Instant Noodles Crew from ABDC6. Tickets are $15 regular, $20 VIP, which includes an Instant Noodles Meet n Greet. Check out the promo put together by Instant Noodles for this event!

If you're in the area, definitely check it out!  Click here for details on the Facebook Event Page.

Upcoming Events featuring ABDC alums: Kenya Dance, IamPhresh showcase

Some upcoming live dance events for fans of America's Best Dance Crew. Reminder: watching dance live is ALWAYS better than on TV!

• Ken-ya dance SoCal will be held May 24 with headline performances by Quest, Beat Freaks, Team Millennia, Kaba Modern, and Fanny Pak. There are also showcases with Miniotics, Boxcuttuhz, Sheroes, and over a dozen other groups. Here are the details
 

• I am Phresh 2nd annual hip hop showcase (hosted by ABDC2's Phresh Select) will be held May 14-15 in Philadelphia. Click here for details and tickets 

April 2: Prelude New England and World of Dance LA -- both featuring major competitors and exhibitors

April 2 is a stellar day for dance on either Coast:

• Prelude New England will be held in Lynn, MA. The exhibition crews are Phunk Phenomenon and Ridonkulous. Among the competitors: Chaos Theory, NIA, and Thee Slap Bracelets. Click here for more information and for tickets
• World of Dance Los Angeles has Mos Wanted Crew, Quest, Hype 5-0, Heavy Impact, Jalen, and Future Funk, and many more groups and individuals in exhibition, as well as dozens of competitors including GRV, The Company, The Hype, Pac Modern and Team Millennia.  Info and tickets here. If you buy your ticket online by April 1, use the discount code WODLA to save $5.00

ABDC6 auditions spotlight - LA Pt. 3: Marvel Inc., Mos Wanted Crew, Oceans 11 (Eclectic Gentlemen), Proteges, ReQuest

Time for more attention and information on the crews that did well at the America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 auditions and might be chosen to appear on the show.  We know names for most of the crews that did well during their auditions.  We will soon run a contest to let you 'cast' which of the crews you think should make it to ABDC6 Top 10.  To help you choose and give these crews some exposure, we'll spotlight each of them and show any recent performance videos we can find. 

Today: Part 3 in our coverage of the Los Angeles auditions, featuring five more crews that made it to callbacks during the LA tryouts. Tomorrow: Part 4 of 5  on our coverage of the LA crews.

• Marvel Inc. is a Los Angeles group with an established fan base that loves  their jerkin' style. You can follow them on Twitter and TheMarvelInc Youtube.The videos don't show much group dancing, but here's a recent one showing some group moves and the individual members' skills, starting around 2:28.

• Mos Wanted Crew is already phenomenally popular, though almost nobody has ever seen them perform together. The members have been leaders in the Hip Hop dance community and have been part of 29 other dance groups including ABDC alumni SoReal Cru. Supreme Soul, Team Millennia, and Boxcuttuhz. Click here to hear MWC's creator Myron Marten explain how and why the group formed, their working style, and their feelings about ABDC. Follow them on Facebook and Twitter. So far, there is no video to show Mos Wanted Crew dancing together, but here's Koopa's unofficial demo reel that demonstrates the amazing individual dancers.

Click here for info and videos on Oceans 11 (aka Eclectic Gentlemen), Proteges, and ReQuest.

Mos Wanted Crew: How and why 10 veterans representing 29 groups came together as a crew, how they'll work, what they'll bring

There's been major buzz about Mos Wanted Crew, a group that auditioned for America's Best Dance Crew Season 6. As described in this video the members have worked in 29 different hiphop groups including ABDC alums Boxcuttuhz, Supreme Soul, SoReal Cru, and Team Millennia.
Because  there's curiosity about the group but very few people have seen them dance together, MWC creator Myron Marten volunteered to answer questions about the crew including:
--why they formed to honor and represent  the dance community
--how they chose members for Mos Wanted
--their goals
--their style ("grimy")
--how they will work together as a team
--why they auditioned for ABDC (it's not about winning but the opportunity to share their style with a wide audience)
-- what the name Mos Wanted means
-- how to get their shirts. 
Myron's interview is long but watch-worthy as a superb introduction to this unique group and to how the hiphop dance community may be evolving. I hope we can see their 'grimy' dancing soon! Thanks Myron for this and for all your excellent work at World of Dance!

In Case U Missed It: Kaba Modern vs. Poreotics

Waaayyy before ABDC was on the air, Team Millennia held an annual event called "In The Spotlight"- showcasing all sorts of local dance/hip-hop styles. Although, the exact dates of these events are unknown, these videos were posted as early as 2007 (courtesy of tovu & onynn) Here's a battle featuring Kaba Modern's Tony Tran going up against Poreotics' Dumbo from ITS2. My my, how they've grown so much! ::tear:: Check out some more ABDC related battles from ITS events below.


ITS: Mike Song vs. Twitch
ITS2: Mike Song vs. Jet Li
ITS3: Tony Tran vs. Jet Li
ITS3: Mike Song vs. Tony Tran

Answer to ABDC Trivia Contest Week 7: Lady Gaga

Thanks to everyone who entered Week 7 of our ABDC Trivia Contest. At this point, we have a 3-way tie between AnotherCreator, Florian, and VivalaVix with 7 points each, and quite a lot of people just one point behind.  If we still have a tie after Week 10, I'll announce a tie-breaker challenge (if anyone has some superb ideas on this, please email me at BloggingBestDanceCrew@gmail.com).

This week's question:What musical artist has been performed to by the most crews? Answer: Lady Gaga's songs were danced to by 17 America's Best Dance Crew competitors,  beating out close contenders Beyonce (15), Chris Brown (12), Britney Spears (12), Black Eyed Peas (12), and Lil John (12). An interesting factoid mentioned by 3 entrants: Ke$ha is the only artist who has been danced to by 7 crews in a single season without having her own artist challenge. Here's the enumeration for Lady Gaga (thanks, Ninjaboi): 

• Season 3: 6 crews -- Quest, Beat Freaks, Fly Khicks for Hip Hop Decathlon; Dynamic Edition Illusion Week; Team Millennia and Boxcuttuhz (along with Beat Freaks who are already counted) in the reunion
• Season 4: 4 crews --We Are Heroes, Afroborike, Massive Monkees for the top 3 challenge;Beat Ya Feet Kings for Martial Arts Week
• Season 5: 7 crews performed during Lady Gaga week

  The next trivia question will be posted tomorrow!

Upcoming events: December 10-31, 2010

• 12/11: Reunion dance of many America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 crews (Poreotics, Hype 5-0, Static Noyze, Swagger Crew, Heavy Impact), plus Future Funk and many competitors at World of Dance Hawaii
• 12/11: Team Millennia and their related groups perform at The Bridge Competition in Lakewood, CA
• 12/11: Fanny Pak's Meg Lawson and Twitch at Premeditated Dance in Baton Rouge, LA
• 12/17-18: Blueprint Cru perform in Trinidad
• 12/18: Beat Freaks members Lady Jules and Bonita battle other B-girls and Beat Freaks perform at Rock City in Fullerton, CA 
• 12/20-30: Poreotics at Disney California Adventure Park in ElecTRONica
• Ongoing: JabbaWockeeZ (with members of Super Cr3w) in MUS.I.C. in Las Vegas

Please leave a comment if you want us to add something to the calendar (or want to notify us about an upcoming event).

Friendship Games Video#1: Team Millennia, TM Juniors and TM Tots

The full Team Millennia entourage (Team Millennia, TM Juniors, TM Tots) took the stages at the Friendship Games at Cal State Fullerton on October 30, 2010. From the TMDance123 Youtube Channel.

ABDC Master Mix Week 12 answer: Team Millennia dancing to 'Disturbia'

The main event for our ABDC Master Mix contest is over! The answer for the Week 12 challenge: Team Millennia  dancing to Rihanna's 'Disturbia' for America's Best Dance Crew Season 3's Fit Test Challenge. The master mix was created by District78.com, and this contest was completely created by reader DirtfaceX. Here's the song clip again, along with the original routine

There are still 35 people with perfect scores of 24 and  12 more with 22 points. So, we've devised a process to try to get down to 1 winner:

1. Tomorrow I will post the names of the 47 people who have 22+ points. If you're on that list, you are eligible to compete in our Sudden Death Round. If your name is not on the list, you will need to email me ASAP so that we can resolve any scoring disputes.
2. On Wednesday October 6, I will post the Sudden Death video that contains 30 3-second clips with no judges' comments, each worth 1 point. You'll have one week to send me your answers. The scoring will be cumulative with the prior round, so that a perfect score for the contest will be worth 54 points
3. If we STILL have a tie, DirtfaceX and I have come up with some tie-breaker ideas.

Video: Poreotics and Boogaloo Shrimp at Team Millennia Summer Intensive

Poreotics worked with hip hop pioneer Boogaloo Shrimp at the Team Millennia Summer Intensive Showcase on September 2, 2010. From PoreoticsHD Youtube Channel. Thanks again for the tips, Draz!

Special event alert: Poreotics and Boogaloo Shrimp collaboration at Summer Intensive Showcase September 2!

We wanted to make sure that people in the Anaheim area were aware of a pretty special event in the dance community tomorrow, September 2:  the Summer Intensive (SI7) Showcase. There will be a special group number from Poreotics along with Boogaloo Shrimp, whose performance in Breakin 1 and Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo helped usher in the hip hop dance movement. Other featured performers include The CJ Edwards Project (from ABDC's Heavy Impact), Pauline Mata's Evolve, and Team Millennia. 

The event will be held at the Pearson Park Amphitheatre in Anaheim, CA. Doors open 7pm, with a special Meet-&-Greet with Poreotics and other headliners at 7:30 for VIP Section customers ($20 seats). General Seating: $15. You can purchase tickets at TM Productions (714) 773-1077

Videos: Beat Freaks and Team Millennia performances at OC Foodfest

Pacific Rim covered the OC Foodie Fest, including following around Beat Freaks as they sampled at the food booths and performances by the 2auce Project, BoogieZone's Breed, Team Millennia, and Beat Freaks.

Upcoming events: August 27, 2010 and beyond

8/27: Kaba Modern and Quest Crew at Rutgers University
8/28: Quest Crew, Lydia Paek, Wong Fu Productions among the many performers at ISA in NY 
8/28: We are Heroes and Blueprint Cru at World of Dance San Diego
8/28: Poreotics and Hype 5-0 at The Movement in Oahu, HI
8/28: Justin Bieber's tour dancers teaching workshop at ICON Dance Complex in Englishtown, NJ. One attendee will win 2 tickets to Bieber's show that night
8/28: Beat Freaks at OC Foodie Fest in Anaheim, CA 
8/28: Quest Crew perform at Times Square Arts Center (after ISA show)
8/28: Super Cr3w at Looze Control in Liverpool Australia
8/28: Jason Croom (Swagger Crew) teaches workshop in Atlanta
8/28: Kaba Modern and Super Cr3w at Urban Funk in Melbourne Australia
8/29: Quest Crew  at Swack! in Lake in the Hills, IL (they are getting around fast this weekend!) 
9/2: Poreotics, Team Millennia, Sheroes, Boogaloo Shrimp and others at TM Summer Intensive Showcase in Anaheim, CA

9/3: Super Cr3w at Harrahs in Atlantic City, NJ
9/3-5: BoogieZone University taught by members of Quest, Beat Freaks, Kaba Modern, L0st Kids, Fanny Pak, and many other crews, in Irvine, CAL
9/5: Poreotics and Jay Park among many performers at ISA in Los Angeles

Leave a comment if you want to add to this calendar for this period or in the future. Thanks!

Video: Jun Quemado (Team Millennia) and Ian Eastwood's "We are Fighters"

From DJIcon's Youtube channel, Ian Eastwood and Team Millennia's Jun Quemado dance to "We are Fighters". Beautiful Roman surroundings, beautiful dance! Thanks for the link, AG!