ABDC Audition Changes for Season 5: crew size, callbacks with ABDC judges and alums!

America's Best Dance Crew audition judge Michelle McNulty alerted us to two changes in the rules and procedures for ABDC Season 5 auditions:

Crew size: While crew sizes of 5-7 members is preferred, this season they will consider allowing a crew to bring up to 10 members. Contact them AHEAD OF TIME using the info at the bottom of this poster if you want to bring more members

Next day call-back and challenge: Some of the auditioning crews will be invited to perform in a call-back. As part of the process, they will be given a challenge and about 30 seconds of a song and asked to prepare a performance. THE NEXT DAY, they will perform their audition routine and their challenge routine before a new panel of judges consisting of America's Best Dance Crew judges and members of ABDC's winning crews:

• In Atlanta and Houston, the callback judges will be JC Chasez, Lil Mama, and Hok (Quest)
• In Denver and Los Angeles, callback judges are JC Chasez, Shane Sparks, and Nichelle (We Are Heroes)
• In Boston and New York, callback judge are Shane Sparks, Lil Mama, and a member of JabbaWockeeZ
  

Video: Neverland performs at Elements X

Melissa of SuperCr3w.com attended Elements X on November 14, 2009 and shot some fantastic videos. Here's Neverland, with members of L0st Kids, Boxcuttuhz, and other West Coast crews:

Video: Bboy Battle between Ben (Super Cr3w) and Wing (RedBull Champion)

From Strife TV, here's the bboy battle that took place at Maxt Out on November 14, between Ben (Super Cr3w and Knucklehead Zoo) and Wing (RedBull BC One winner and member of Korea's Jinjo Crew). Thanks for the link, Adobostreak!

Mailbox: Mario as Shirtless Werewolf, Beat Freaks petition: Lady Jules radio interview

• As part of Mario Lopez' interview with Bronson Pelletier on Extra, the show Photoshopped Mario into the New Moon poster. Click here to watch Mario posing for the shot.
• If you want to see the Beat Freaks on The Ellen Degeneres show, click here for strategies to carpet bomb the show with emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, ning, snail mail, and signing a petition. Here's a direct link to the petition on Twitter.
• Beat Freaks Lady Jules spoke to LA Talk Radio about dancing and "BGirl Movie". Click here to listen; the interview starts at 14:00. Thanks Ravoo!
  

Video: SoReal Cru at Elements X

From MoreDentsPlease Youtube channel, a front-row view of SoReal Cur at Elements X. Thanks Den!

Elements X Results: Congratulations Static Noyze!

At the Elements X competition on November 14, Static Noyze won first place, Project D came in second, and Ridonkulous took third. We'll post videos of the winning crews and the exhibition crews (Rhythm City, Fr3sh, SoReal Cru, Neverland) as soon as good-quality videos become available.

New BABDC Banner -- Thanks Shahin!

Shahin created the new banner for our BloggingBestBestCrew.com website (shown at the top of this homepage). We love it, and plan to run it in rotation with the excellent banner created earlier by Zatzz. Click here to see the designs that Shahin also created for our crew logo contest.

Video: Preview of Super Cr3w on For the Love of Ray J 2

Super Cr3w will appear on VH1's For the Love of Ray J 2. The episode will premiere on November 16 at 11AM ET/PT. They appear in this preview at 1:21.

New BGirl Movie Trailer!

The new B-GIRL Trailer is online and it is beautiful! At the BGirlmovie.com, check out Director Emily Dell's blog reports, with the inside scoop on everything happening with B-GIRL. Also, B-GIRL is visiting cities around the US in December and January and details will be released soon. Thanks Ravoo and others!

Shane Sparks: Advice to aspiring dancers, part I

Gendance is running a Five Part series on advice from Shane Sparks for aspiring dancers. Here's part I. The next installment will be posted Thursday November 19.

Video: Behind the Scenes at ABDC's Martial Arts Challenge

From WhiteLotusVideos (home of the school that helped with America's Best Dance Crew Season 4's martial arts challenge), this video shows Steve Terada (Quest) and Travis Wong (L0st Boys) demonstrating the moves to each of the crews. It then cuts to backstage at the ABDC taping and Steve and Travis showing off some moves on the MTV stage. Thanks for the tip, Snoop DoggyStyle!

JabbaWockeeZ, Kaba Modern, Fanny Pak Interview at KMLegacy.com launch party

Pacific Rim spoke to Yuri Tag (Kaba Modern), Beau Fournier (Fanny Pak) and Ben Chung (JabbaWockeeZ) at the launch party for the KMLegacy.com website. They talk about all manner of things -- from their upcoming performances to Gatorade to to web presence to Halloween costumes.

Videos: Artistry in Motion

Artistry in Motion (America's Best Dance Crew Season 4) has a new Youtube channel -- Aimcrew -- to show off their live performances. Recent videos include a Children's Hospital Benefit Part I and Part II, and this boisterous costume dance. Thanks for the tip, Ariel.

Exclusive Video: Interview with Quest's Feng

After teaching a workshop at EPIC Motion on November 7 (video of the workshop here), an exhausted Ryan Feng (from America's Best Dance Crew champions Quest) sat down to talk to me about choreography, why he likes teaching workshops and wants to do more, and Quest's upcoming plans.

Video: JabbaWockeeZ, Chris Brown, Chris Tucker Freestyle

From Yuri Tag's Youtube Channel tagalicious, video of a celebrity basketball game, with JabbaWockeeZ performing, Chris Brown doing flips and bone breaking, and other freestyles by Chris Tucker and Common. Thanks for the tip, nwofu!

Videos: Vogue Evolution on PopLab

Better late than never:Vogue Evolution hosted a Halloween takeover at NewNowNext Poplab at Logo.com. There are interviews with each of the America's Best Dance Crew members including Leiomy. In this intro segment, they define vogueing.

Upcoming Events: Week of November 13

This is a major week for live dance, with Elements X, Redbull BC One, and many other performances and workshops:

• 11/13: Phil Collins (Fanny Pak) teaching workshops in Vancouver
• 11/14: Rhythm City, Fr3sh, SoReal Cru, and Neverland and MANY other crews performing and competing at Elements X in Boston
  
• 11/14: Super Cr3w's Ben will battle Wing (the current RedBull BC One champion) in Los Angeles
• 11/14: Southern Movement performing in Warner Robins, GA
• 11/14: Beat Ya Feet Kings performing at University of Maryland Eastern Shore
  
• 11/14: Quest performing at Home Nightclub in St. Louis, MO
  
• 11/14-15: Afroborike performing in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
• 11/15: Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttuhz, Neverland) teaching master class in Providence, RI
• 11/15: Matt Cady (Fanny Pak) teaching workshop in Santa Clara, CA
• 11/15: Adrian Causing (Fr3sh), Andrew Batarina (SoReal Cru), Brian Puspos (SoReal Cru), and Lando Wilkins (Boxcuttuhz) teaching workshops at Elements X in Boston
• 11/16: Leslie Hubila (Fr3sh), Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttuhz, Neverland), Kyle Hanagami (L0st Kids, Neverland) teaching workshops at Elements X in Boston
  
• 11/16: Super Cr3w on VH1's For the Love of Ray J, 11AM ET/PT
• 11/18: Redbull BC One in New York
  
• 11/19: Kaba Modern perform and party in Lake Forest, CA
  

Video: Beat Freaks Featured in Diddy/Dirty Money's "Love Come Down"

Beat Freaks dance in "Love Come Down", a new video from Diddy and Dirty Money. You can see the ABDC3 crew starting at 1:15.

Exclusive video: EPIC Workshop by Quest's Feng, with step-by-step demonstrations

Ryan Feng from ABDC 3's Quest Crew visited the East Coast to teach workshops to area dance groups and studios. We attended his workshop for EPIC Motion Dance Company in New York City on November 7, 2009, where he showed his taught his original choreography for Raphael Saadiq's "Take a Walk".

This video is long because I wanted to show the full routine, then follow up with demonstrations of almost every step. It's challenging, but there are some marvelous explanations of ways to take ordinary steps like ball changes and slides and make them extraordinary. Very soon, I'll also post videos of Feng's advice to the class and an interview. Thanks EPIC Motion and Feng!

Video: Quest's Dtrix on So You Think You Can Dance Season 6

Dominic Sandoval (Dtrix) of Quest briefly returned to So You Think You Can Dance on November 11, 2009. As part of a promotion for Kmart, he challenges audience members to perform dance steps, then rides a scooter.Thanks for the link, Adobostreak!

Send some love to Pauline Mata - leaving SYTYCD

Pauline Mata was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance last night. She was one of the most versatile female SYTYCD dancers, strong in both hip hop and jazz. Her creativity and charm will be missed this season.

Interview with Hiro: WAH to help judge ABDC5 auditions

Chris Trondsen conducted interviews for Pacific Rim with Hiro of We Are Heroes in Los Angeles on November 8. In the interview, she mentions that We Are Heroes will have a role in helping judge the auditions for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5.

Video: Brief We are Heroes Appearance in Omarion's "I Get it In"

ABDC4 winners We Are Heroes appear briefly (starting at 2:42) in the new Omarion video "I Get it In". Thanks for the tip, Elise10!

Video: SoReal Cru and Drake

The latest installment of SoReal Cru TV shows Drake and the crew performing to a standing room only crowd.

Quest and Groovaloos to appear in "Celebration of Dance" benefit

It was just announced on So You Think You Can Dance that Quest and Groovaloos will be among the performers at the "Celebration of Dance" benefit for Dizzy Feet Foundation on November 29 in Los Angeles. The announcement lacked many details, but it sounds like there will be a raft of dance performers from So You Think You Can Dance, America's Best Dance Crew, Dancing with the Stars, Alvin Ailey, the Step Up movies, and more. You can get tickets now at Ticketmaster.com. Learn more about Dizzy Feet Foundation here.

Video: Groovaloos on Jimmy Fallon Show

Groovaloos danced on the Jimmy Fallon show on November 9. Here's the video, starting at 36:40. The crew will be at the Union Square Theater in New York from December 1 through January 3. Thanks, Karen Chu!

Dancers: Chance to choreograph a big-time music video!

Kwame is looking for dancers to choreograph a routine for a new music video, and would love to have some of our readers submit routines. Kwame is best known for producing Lloyd Banks' break-out single "On Fire," Will Smith's international smash "Switch," and working with LL Cool J, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, & Christina Aguilera. In addition to producing hit records, Kwamé has also scored scenes for the films "Step Up," "Step Up 2 - The Streets," Dancing in September," and "Stomp the Yard."

All applicants must be 18+, and must be available to be in the NYC area in December for the taping. To be considered, download the song at this link, tape their routines, upload the footage to youtube, and email focus282@aol.com with the link.

For further details, please contact Greg P at Make Music Enterprises at artist.rep@gmail.com. Good luck!

Shane Sparks video series on "Making it Big in Dance"

Gendance will run a series of video interviews with Shane Sparks, offering advice to aspiring dancers. The five-week series begins Thursday November 11.

Video: We Are Heroes Rihanna Tribute performance

From MTV's "It's On with Alexa Chung" on November 9, 2009. Thanks for the link abdc!

Mailbox: Fly Khicks logo, We Are Heroes interview

• Fly Khicks have a new logo
• Fly Khick's Karelix is also featured in a photo spread on the Miami Heat. She's on the first page on the left
  
• Antboogieworld.com conducts an audio interview with We Are Heroes, talking about their background and trying to get them to talk trash about other crews.
  

Photo: Quest members lose their shirts

I feel like a panderer, but knew I had to post this for a certain segment of my loyal audience. So, here's Steve, Andy Luo, Brian, Victor, and Hok showing some Quest chest. You're welcome.

Report: We Are Heroes perform Rihanna Tribute

As a tribute to Rihanna's appearance on MTV's "It's On with Alexa Chung", America's Best Dance Crew champions We Are Heroes (minus Hero) danced to 5 of Rihanna's hits: 'Pon de Replay', 'SOS', 'Umbrella', 'Run this Town', and 'Hard'. Their routine was primarily group choreo with a few flips, and reportedly took 3 days to choreograph. If there's footage or photos, we'll post them later.The show also featured a Rihanna fan makeover and a look at Rihanna's more outrageous accessories (shoes, sunglasses, gloves, and eyepatch.)

Update on "Bgirl Movie" - Straight to DVD January 2010

In answer to multiple questions: "B-Girl the Movie" will be go straight to DVD, and skip theatrical release. The DVD release date: January 26, 2010. The movie stars Beat Freak Lady Jules as well as Legacy Perez, who is currently competing in So You Think You Can Dance. Visit Bgirlmovie.com for all the information.

We are Heroes 'On with Alexa Chung' today, 11/9?

From a Facebook entry for We Are Heroes' member Nichelle: "gonna surprise Rihanna at the Hanging with Alexa Chung show on MTV." That program airs today, Monday November 9 at 3:30 ET/PT. Thanks for the tip, abdc!

Video: Vogue Evolution performance at Miss Riis Park Universe Pageant

Vogue Evolution (minus Leiomy, who no longer performs with the ABDC crew) were special featured entertainers at the Miss Riis Park Universe Pageant on November 7, 2009. The event is a fundraiser for AIDS/HIV awareness and education. The video comes from Dancing4Ever's Youtube Channel. Thanks, Erica!

Video: New Artistry in Motion performance!

Short but very sweet -- more from Artistry in Motion. Thanks for the link Ariel!

Call in to talk to Beat Freaks Lady Jules on LA talk radio November 9

Beat Freaks Lady Jules will be on LA Talk Radio’s Eddie Conner “High Frequency Living!” Monday November 9th 8pm PT! You can call in and ask questions too about the crew, their activities or whatever! She’ll be talking about the Beat Freaks, and 'B-Girl the movie' which will be out all over the US January 26th, among other things. You can check it out on line at: http://www.latalkradio.com/

You can call in at: 1-323-203-0815 and ask your questions LIVE! Thanks again, Ravoo!

Video: Sky Blu of LMFAO talks about their work with Quest Crew

From Pacific Rim Video:

Beat Freaks stage their own 'Paranormal Activity'

From Beat Freaks TV, a dramatic work from the ABDC 3 favorites. I found this about as funny as Paranormal Activity. Thanks for the tip Jessica!

Video: Beat Freak Rino choreographed performance by f(x)

F(x) is a highly popular Korean girl group. Beat Freak Rino Nakasone helped choreographed this video and this live performance. Thanks for the tip, Ravoo!

New Kaba Modern Legacy website and performance

Kaba Modern Legacy just launched their new website kmlegacy.com. The site will provide news about the America's Best Dance Crew group and the rest of their troupe, a blog, events, and press coverage. To celebrate, they gave a brand new performance on November 6:

Video: ABDC4 'Sudden Death Battle' practice for Vogue Evolution, Massive Monkees, Afroborike

On the first episode of America's Best Dance Crew Season 4, the bottom 3 crews had to dance in a short 'sudden death' battle. All nine crews had to prepare for this sudden death challenge and rehearse it. Dashaunevisu's Youtube Channel (Dashaun from Vogue Evolution) has a tape of the rehearsal for Vogue Evolution, Massive Monkees, and Afroborike. Thanks for the link, Itz Kyle!

Mailbox: Mario Lopez, Beat Ya Feet Kings, Round One

• Congratulations to Beat Ya Feet Kings who signed a contract to perform at home games for NBA'S Washington Wizards. Thanks for the tip, abdc!
• Beat Ya Feet Kings also appeared at the 2009 Go Go Awards. Watch it here (warning - bad sound quality)
  
• Mario Lopez will host the Miss America Pageant again on January 30, 2010. The event takes place in Las Vegas.
• Round One (a crew that had some great auditions for America's Best Dance Crew Season 3 and Season 4, and recently performed on 106th and Park) opened for Young Steff
  

Congratulations Layla Kayleigh on your baby girl!

Layla Kayleigh (America's Best Dance Crew hostess/mama bear) and her boyfriend, Steve Covino, welcomed their daughter Melody Rain Covino into the world on November 2, 2009. Her tweet on November 4 reads: "On cloud nine. cherishing, savoring, taking in every single moment." Congratulations!!

Beat Freaks Behind-the-scenes Video at Beat Freaks World

The next best thing to hanging out with Beat Freaks: this video called "Welcome to Beat Freaks World" from BeatFreaksTV. Thanks Ravoo!

Ringmasters, Rhythm City, and Status Quo to perform at Autumn Fest 09

America's Best Dance Crew alums Status Quo, Rhythm City, and Ringmasters will all perform at Autumn Fest 09 in Kingston, Rhode Island on November 20, along with Fabolous and Jadakiss. Click here for more information and here for tickets.

Videos: We are Heroes on 11/5 Ellen Show - both onstage & behind the scenes

Here are two videos from We Are Heroes appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show on November 5. First: the televised appearance, starting at 4:10:

And, We are Heroes backstage and behind the scenes. Thanks abdc!

Performances & Workshops, Week of 11/6: Quest, Fanny Pak, Kaba Modern, BYFK

-11/6: Kaba Modern Legacy Website release party in Hollywood, CA featuring a never-seen before performance
-11/7-8: Matt Cady (Fanny Pak) workshops in Indianapolis and Carmel, IN
-11/7: Quest performing with Far East Movement in Los Angeles
Quest's Ryan Feng is teaching 3 workshops in the NY area this weekend:

• 11/6: Boogiezone in Roselle Park, New Jersey;
  
• 11/7: at Epic Motion Studio in New York City -To pre-register, please e-mail your name and phone number to epic.m.dance@gmail.com. SPACE IS LIMITED SO REGISTER EARLY.
• 11/8: Fr3sh's studio Arts in Motion in Matawan, NJ. Here's a sample of what you can expect from Ryan's workshops:

• 11/11: Fanny Pak performing in Pop Goes the World in Hollywood

Report: We are Heroes on Ellen Show

On the November 5 Ellen show, America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 champs We are Heroes (minus Mami) danced to "Sex Machine". The crews wore coordinated workout jackets and kicks, performed flips and some basic choreo, and danced in the audience (getting confused looks from some audience members!). We'll post a video if it becomes available. If you saw the show -- what did you think?

Video: Beat Freaks on the Really Awards Red Carpet

Beat Freaks won the Best Live Performance Award at the Fox Reality Network Really Awards. Here's the group on the red carpet giving thanks where thanks are due.

Exclusive Video: Shane Sparks Workshop, with moves he isn't allowed to choreograph for TV!

Shane Sparks taught a workshop at Hip Hop International this past summer, showing some steps that really represent how he thinks of dance. It starts with some dancers doing the full routine, then breaks down each step, in case you want to learn the moves. Shane asked me NOT to put it on Youtube, but allowed me to post it (with limited copying rights) elsewhere.

Shane also told me that many of the moves are considered too racy for So You Think You Can Dance. However, I think that Afroborike's performances during America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 make this look like a church social!

We are Heroes on Ellen Show Thursday November 5

ABDC4 winners We are Heroes will appear on the Ellen Degeneres show tomorrow, November 5. Their appearance will be similar to the one by Quest's Hok and Dtrix earlier this week -- dancing but no interview. Check your local listings for time and channel. And, we'll post a report and video when we can!

Video - Dtrix rapping

We've seen Quest members play guitar, sing, and perform martial arts. Today's non-dance Quest stunt: Dominic rapping. So, is the world ready for a Quest show where dance is a small part of the performance? Thanks for the link, Adobostreak!

Rocko Luciano interview - Boxcuttuhz, Neverland, L0st Kids & choreo

I spoke to Rocko Luciano after he taught a workshop at Fr3sh's dance studio, Arts in Motion. He talks about the world debut of his new crew Neverland at Elements X in Boston on November 14 , his involvement in Boxcuttuhz, his choreography style, and whether L0st Kids or Neverland will audition for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5.

Video: Inside the Box takes first place at Maxt Out 2009

Inside the Box won the major choreo competition at Maxt Out 2009. They auditioned for America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 and will probably audition for Season 5.

Video:Dtrix & Hok on Ellen Degeneres Show

Here's the performance by Quest members Dtrix and Hok on the November 3 Ellen Degeneres Show. Thanks, Ravoo!

Dtrix and Hok on Ellen Show today

I just learned that Dtrix and Hok from Quest crew will open today's Ellen Show. Check your local listing. Thanks for the tip, Snoop Doggystyle.

Report -- just watched it in NY. After 5 minutes where 2 women try to win large-screen TVs by rolling around in sumo wrestler suits, the boys came out from the top of the audience, danced a little with some audience members, did some bboy tricks (how does Dtrix do headspins without a hat and without his hair going flat?) and left. Too bad Justin Bieber is going to get twice the amount of time and got 10 times the amount of publicity for his appearance. If there is a video of this appearance, I'll post it.

Question: What would be an ABDC Dream Team?

Now that auditions for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 begin in less than a month, some new crews might be forming. So, here's a thought experiment: if you could form a new crew with people who already performed on ABDC, who would you use? Your new crew has to have 5-7 members and cannot just be an existing crew (e.g., don't just add Boxcuttuhz/Quest member Lydia Paek back to Quest). They have to bring something different enough to overcome the haters who 'have already seen it,' so consider adding underappreciated members of crews that weren't top 4. Extra credit for an appropriate and catchy crew name!

ABDC4 Video flashback: new behind the scenes footage at Finale Week

Southern Movement created a Youtube channel called SoMo TV. Their first entry is this behind the scenes view of all the crews rehearsing, hanging out, and talking before and after the taping of the America's Best Dance Crew 4 finale. They also conducted onstage interviews after the finale, and show the craziness of all the crews, media, and ABDC personalities crowding the stage to talk. So if you miss Southern Movement, Vogue Evolution, Afroborike, Fr3sh, Artistry in Motion, We are Heroes, Randy Jackson, etc., this one's for you.

Video: Royal Flush performance in Atlanta

Royal Flush crew received some attention for their audition for America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 and there's speculation that they're planning to audition again. Here's some recent work, some freestyling, and a performance in Atlanta at a benefit for breast cancer research. Video courtesy of TheJoygar's Youtube Channel.

TV Dance Video of the Week: Globetrotters on The Amazing Race

Say what you will about So You Think You Can Dance or Dancing with the Stars. To my mind, the kickass dance clip of the week comes from The Amazing Race that aired on November 2. Flight Time and Big Easy --the Harlem Globetrotters team -- choose a detour where they learn Dutch dancing and eat some herring. I just hope this doesn't inspire any America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 challenges! Watch here, starting at 1:13.

Quest x Snoop Dogg x Far East Movement in Malice N Wonderland video

Far East Movement describes their surreal experience working with Snoop Dogg and Quest Crew to shoot a video for a song on Snoop's latest album 'Malice N Wonderland." It was filmed on the set where some of the 'Saw' movies were shot. "The theme for the video was like the movie Sin City with some crazy cameos from Soulja Boy Tellem, Xzibit, Jamie Foxx and a grip of of west coast artists. Our scene was going to be a crazy dance battle in an alley where Quest Crew goes crazy battling each other."

Speaking of Far East Movement: don't forget to audition to dance with them on their tour (Quest will be there on the LA stop) and buy tickets for the event. Details here.

Video: Hollywood Bash with Kaba Modern

From lalalalatechno's Youtube Channel: Performances by Kaba Modern and violinist Jason Yang at a Halloween show in Los Angeles.

Reader Halloween - JabbaWockeeZ

Halloween memory: reader Stephen as a JabbaWockeeZ. Nice costume!

Music Video of the day: "Businessman"

No dancing here and it's not new, but I want to share this anyway as a post-Halloween mood piece. And no, that is definitely not me in the video.

Video: Super Cr3w's Ronnie on the Bboy circle and his first cypher battle

To publicize Redbull BC One on November 18, Redbull released 4 short videos on the four elements of hip hop. They have an original approach to keep it fresh -- relating each element to a concept: Bboy as circle, graffiti as line, deejaying as spiral, and MCing as voice. Super Cr3w's Ronnie talks about the bboy circle. Thanks for the tip, Supercr3w.com!

More on Elements X - workshop schedule

As reported earlier, Elements X will be THE East Coast destination for people who want to see good live dancing by America's Best Dance Crew alums and hopefuls, including Fr3sh, SoReal Cru, and the World premiere performance by Neverland (a L0st Kids adjunct crew. They have also announced dance workshops on Sunday November 15 and Monday Novmber 16 to be taught by Fr3sh members (Adrian Causing, Leslie Hubila), Boxcuttuhz (Lando Wilkins, Rocko Luciano -who is also with Neverland), SoReal Cru (Brian Puspos, Andrew Baterina), and L0st Kids/Neverland (Kyle Hanagami). Click here for details and tickets.

Email us your ABDC-related Halloween pictures!

Did you dress up as a America's Best Dance Crew member or judge? Did you go to any parties with superb crews? Email us photos or video links and we'll post them! Address: BloggingBestDanceCrew@gmail.com.

The Zombie Dance Crew shirt is available at Zazzle.com.

Jia Huang (Kaba Modern) in Britney Spears new video '3'

Click here to watch Britney Spear's latest video '3'; Kaba Modern's Jia Huang is one of the backup dancers. Thanks for the tip, Michael!

Video: Dellalicious (ASIID) and Pixie Dust dancing to Lady Gaga

From Della Hamby's Youtube channel, here's a video of her and others in the Pixie Dust Crewdancing to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance".

JabbaWockeeZ Halloween Interview

Gendance posts a Halloween issue featuring seasonal questions for JabbaWockeeZ including their favorite candy, how they'll dress for Halloween (hint: it involves masks), favorite Halloween songs, and a Halloween poem: "Ho ho ho, Trick or treat. No matter the season, We’re gonna “DANCE” and move our feet!"

Beat Freak Shorty: "Jonas Brothers & Demi Lovato are the coolest people I ever met"

More from the Pacific Rim Birthday party: a clip of Beat Freak Shorty talking about working with the Jonas Brothers:

Video: We are Heroes at the Really Awards

America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 winners We are Heroes were interviewed by Lance Bass on the red carpet at Fox Reality TV's Really Awards. Thanks for the link, abdc!

Video: JC Chasez at "This is It" Red Carpet

Reelzchannel.com hit the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of the Michael Jackson documentary "This is It." They talked to ABDC judge JC Chasez about his experience working with Michael (at 1:05).

Universal Mind Control (UMC) Video with Beat Freaks Maryss and Rino

Video: Victor Kim and Mike Song Free-styling

On October 24, 2009 Victor Kim (Quest) and Mike Song (Kaba Modern) judged a dance competition called The Beat Down in Toronto. They also free-styled at the event. Video from Beenchenz0's Youtube Channel.

Mailbox: Super Cr3w on TV; WAH and Omarion; Beat Ya Feet Kings

• Super Cr3w will appear on the Selena Gomez show on Latination TV the weekend of October 31. Click here to find your local station and times.
• Kharma's World has an interview with Beat Ya Feet Kings member Porche about their experience on America's Best Dance Crew and what she thinks about the judges
• We Are Heroes will appear in and/or choreograph Omarion's upcoming music video for "I Get it in". Here's a preview of the video without the ABDC4 winners. Thanks for the tip OHAYO and abdc!

Upcoming Events - Week of October 30

• 10/30: Kaba Modern perform in LA for Philippine Disaster Relief. Details here and in video

• 10/30: We Are Heroes perform in IDA Hollywood Showcase. Details in video:

• 10/30: Pony (Vogue Evolution) teaching class at BoogieZone NJ
  
• 10/30-31: Beat Freaks. Tripl3 Threat and Academy of Villains perform in Bedtime Stories in Vacaville, CA
  
• 10/31: Status Quo perform in New Bedford, MA
• 10/31: Massive Monkees perform at Utah State University
• 10/31: Lady Jules (Beat Freaks) appearance in Parlier, CA
• 10/31: JabbaWockeeZ at Knicks game in New York
• 11/1: We are Heroes performing at Maxt Out Dance Competition in San Gabriel, CA
  
• 11/5: L0st Kids, Supreme Soul members and many other crews at Vivo in San Francisco.
  

Randy Jackson and We Are Heroes on Oprah

I just watched Oprah's show on reality TV. About 10 minutes of the show was devoted to America's Best Dance Crew, with Randy Jackson talking about his reasons for producing ABDC and We Are Heroes dancing with pyrotechnics. Here's the only clip available at this time.If you watched and want to discuss the show, please leave comments!

JC Chasez movie "21 and a Wakeup" premieres tonight!

JC Chasez appears in the movie "21 and a Wakeup" which has its world premiere in Chicago on October 29. The movie is the first American motion picture about the war ever allowed by the Communist government to be filmed in Vietnam at real locations where the war took place. Unlike most war movies showing the devastation of war from a foot soldiers grunt's-eye view, 21 and a Wake Up dramatizes the real life story of three young nurses' just days from returning home at the 24th Evacuation Hospital, the last major Army Hospital still operating in Vietnam. Click here to learn more about the movie and to view lots of JC Chasez photos and a movie trailer featuring JC.

Video: Shoeture Photo Shoot with Fanny Pak, Beat Freaks, Kaba Modern

From Rhodaboat56's Youtube Channel. Visit the Shoeture site too! Thanks for the tip, Jessica!

Poreotics performance at Fanny Pak, Beat Freak, PacRim Birthday party

Pacific Rim Video threw a birthday party for their Angelica Alumia, Fanny Pak's Matt Cady and Glenda Morales, and Beat Freak's Shorty. Of course, they covered it! They have interviews with Beau Fournier (Fanny Pak) and Hiro McRae (from ABDC 4's winning We Are Heroes); assorted partying and talking among ABDC alums from Beat Freaks, Fanny Pak and Ringmasters; partying with Ringmasters; Shorty interviewing Super Cr3w's DoKnock (costumed as Charlie Chaplin); Victor Kim (Quest) and Lydia Paek (Quest, Boxcuttuhz) performing a Michael Jackson medley; Lydia singing Happy Birthday; and this Poreotics performance:

Far East Movement Seeking Dance Crews for their Party Rock Tour

The Far East Movement is looking for dance crews around the US to dance with them while we perform "Girls On The Dance Floor" (featured on ABDC's Finale; watch it here at 6:36) during the Party Rock Tour with LMFAO, Far East Movement, Paradiso Girls, Shwayze and Space Cowboy. Quest Crew will be teaming up with FM for the LA show at the Hollywood Palladium, and they'd love to rock with your crew in your city. They're looking for

• Minimum 2 girls and 2 guys in a crew (though exceptions may be made)
• Fresh/Flashy Clothing
• Freestyle dance skills and a routine to "Girls On The Dance Floor"

Please submit the following info to info@fareastmovement.com. You MUST make your crew's submission 5 days before any city in which you'd like to appear.

• -Photo
• -link to crew's website or myspace
• -Video of a dance routine or routine to 'girls on the dance floor'

Click here for the tour schedule; early dates are West Coast.

Videos: SoReal Cru's Brian Puspos

Short but very sweet: a clip of SoReal Cru's Brian Puspos working on some choreography, filmed at a Toronto dance studio. Courtesy of LetRyGuyIn's Youtube Channel. And click here for the final version of this dance and more Brian footage from SoRealCru TV.

Video: Fanny Pak spoofs Little Mermaid

Matt Cady is at it again -- some bizarre and inspired Fanny Pak choreography for the birthday bash sponsored by Pacific Rim Video.

Interesting B-boy Crew: Rugged Solutions

One of the outstanding crews at the UK B-Boy championships was Rugged Solutions from the Netherlands. Watch this viewer to see some of their performance. And, you can learn more about them at their Myspace page.

Give some love to Brandon Dumlao - Leaving SYTYCD

Brandon Dumlao was eliminated from So You Think You Can Dance last night. We barely got a chance to see all that he can do. We hope he auditions again for the next season. Click here to watch some video of performances outside SYTYCD.

JC Chasez reminisces about Michael Jackson

MTV.com interviewed JC Chasez at the premiere of "This is It" about meeting Michael Jackson and how the Jacksons influenced America's Best Dance Crew. "What Bach is for Classical Music, Michael Jackson is for pop music."

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Video: Fr3sh 'Paparazzi' workshop taught by Adrian Causing

Fr3sh has hip hop workshops every Sunday at their Arts in Motion studio in Matawan, NJ. On Sunday I attended the workshop guest taught by Rocko Luciano (Boxcuttuhz, Neverland), and will post a video and interview soon -- it's perfect for Halloween! In this video, the class performs a "Paparazzi" routine choreographed by Fr3sh's Adrian Causing.

ABDC 5 Auditions -- all the info!

America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 auditions will be held in six cities, with callbacks the following day. Call 1-888-505-ABDC to schedule a priority audition. As in earlier seasons, crews must contain 5-7 members, with all dancers 18 years and older. The audition schedule is:

• Friday, November 20 - Atlanta
• Saturday, November 21 - Houston
• Friday, December 4 - Denver
• Saturday, December 5 - Los Angeles
• Friday, December 11 - Boston
• Saturday, December 12 - New York
  

Contest: Win a trip to Hollywood to Hang Out with We are Heroes

To commemorate their new website WeAreHeroesonline.com, America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 winners We Are Heroes are running a contest. Win a trip to Hollywood to hang out with the crew by filling out a form on their website or by texting Heroes to 422247 (one call per cellphone).

Mailbox: Vogue Evolution, We are Heroes, SoReal Cru

• Leiomy has split with Vogue Evolution, according to her Twitter Feed. Thanks to many for the tip!
  
• The Oprah show on October 29 is called The Biggest Stars of Reality TV. It will feature We Are Heroes, Christian Siriano, Adam Lambert, and more. Click here for a screen shot for the show
• SoReal Cru is opening their own dance studio in Houston, TX on November 7. Click here for more info. Thanks for the tip, Dominique
  

Congratulations Brandon Dumlao - So You Think You Can Dance Top 20!

Brandon Dumlao is now in the top 20 on So You Think You Can Dance, replacing Billy Bell who dropped out due to illness. Brandon is a member of Funkanometry SF and Neverland. Here's a recent solo video from his Youtube Channel:

and a collaboration with Ellen Kim (L0st Kids, Funkanometry SF):

SYTYCD photoshoot video featuring this season's hip hop dancers

In this video of the So You Think You Can Dance top 20 photoshoot, you can see a little of the style for this season's hip hop dancers -- Legacy Perez, Russell Ferguson, Kevin Hunte, Paula Mata. The video is already obsolete -- Billy (a contemporary dancer who many readers also considered hip hop) had to drop out, and was replaced by hip hop dancer Brandon Dumlao.

Video: Rhythm City at Heroes of Art

Rhythm City (America's Best Dance Crew Season 4) performed at Heroes of Art in Newark, NJ on October 17, 2009. Video courtesy of theYuriandtaekoshow Youtube Channel and Koifysh.com.

Design-a-logo results: Congratulations, Karen Chu!

Thanks to everyone who entered our contest to design a logo for a dance crew. We loved the entries, and had a tough time choosing a winner. Judges included BloggingBestDanceCrew.com staff, some graphics artists, and family members. Chief criteria used included: originality, fit with the crew's personality and style, distinctiveness, and how it would look on a banner or Tshirt.

First place: Karen Chu's logo for Philippine All-Stars.
Second place (and hotly favored by several for first place): Anthony's logo for Point Blank.

Click here to see all the entries, and let us know what you think.

Video:: Fanny Pak together and solos

Fanny Pak (minus Glenda and Meg) performed in Hollywood on October 24 at Kress Club. Video from Exam08's Youtube Channel. Thanks for the tip, ABDC!

Video: Beat Freaks perform at Pumpkin Fair

On October 24, Beat Freaks performed at the Dixie Canyon Pumpkin Fair, mixing their America's Best Dance Crew highlights with some new materials. Thanks for the tip, Jessica!

Exclusive video: Fr3sh perform at Arise benefit (and go a little Afroborike!)

The Fr3sh members who appeared on America's Best Dance Crew Season 4 (minus Adrian Causing) performed at Arise on October 24, 2009. The performance was part of a benefit hosted by Columbia University's Kappa Phi Lambda to stand up against domestic violence. The performance was VERY different than Fr3sh's ABDC4 persona as happy-go-lucky Jerseyites -- fiercer and much more sexual. The crowd loved it!

Video: workshop with Rhythm City and Beast Mode

Members of Beast Mode and Rhythm City danced together in a workshop on October 18, 2009. Video courtesy of theYuriandTaekoshow