Exclusive interview with Elektrolytes before ABDC's Flo Rida taping: transitioning from stage to TV!

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb interviewed Elektrolytes before their performance on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7's Flo Rida Week. They talk about trying to bring their Hip Hop International intensity to ABDC, the difference between handling stage vs. TV, and how they hope their tricks, intensity and choreo will impress the fans.

Exclusive interview with Mos Wanted Crew before ABDC's Flo Rida week - their ABDC strategy!

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb interviewed Mos Wanted Crew before their performance on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7's Flo Rida Week. The members introduce themselves. They then talk about the pressure based on the hype about the crew before ABDC, how they'll blend all the different styles and talents, bringing Ian Eastwood into the group,their strategy for using Youtube  fanbases to get votes, and their dedication to the world dance community.

Exclusive interview with RNG before ABDC's Flo Rida Week taping: "We can go hard like the adults!"

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb interviewed RNG (Rated Next Generation) before their performance on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7's Flo Rida Week. The crew members introduce themselves and talk about being the youngest crew this season, how they are competing against some of their teachers, how their clean precision will appeal to fans, and how Bailey feels being on a crew with so many girls.

Brian Puspos | Can U Handle It & ABDC Announcement with Mos Wanted Crew

Apparently being in the ABDC hotels with slow wifi ("over 100 minutes to upload"), doesn't stop Brian Puspos from putting out a piece from the Movement Lifestyle Tour, specifically the piece he taught in his hometown, Houston. There's a bit of an announcement at the end of the video from the hotel, where he and the rest of Mos Wanted confirm that they will be on the April 18th episode.

ABDC7 Britney Week Recaps - Round 1

- Huffington Post has a short recap mostly focused on the sadness in D-Trix's pants
- Ology doesn't sound thrilled about anyone (highest grade is a B+) but thinks Lil Mama could have been a lot worse 
- AV Club goes into the psychology/sociology as"  the only show left on MTV that really has anything to say about how pop music is interpreted by its target demo". And they liked the group dance a lot.

Leave a comment if you know of other recappers for the show.

Pre-taping videos for next week's crews from PacRim

Pacific Rim just posted interviews with next week's crews done before the taping. (We'll have our interviews up soon). So if you want to size up the rest of the ABDC7 playing field, click to watch Elektrolytes, Mos Wanted Crew, RNG, and Funkdation. Here's Collizion Crew:

Video: VMAs -The first time 8 Flavahz members danced in Britney Tribute

Several readers have pointed out that this is the second time that some members of 8 Flavahz have danced professionally in a tribute to Britney Spears. Three of the California members of the crew (Charlize, Angel, and Kaelynn) were part of the Britney tribute at this years MTV Video Music Awards, along with IaMmE's Chachi. Thanks for the link, Aly3344!

What was your favorite performance in ABDC7's Britney Week?

poll by twiigs.com

What was your least favorite performance during ABDC7's Britney week?

poll by twiigs.com

Vote now and save your favorite crews from ABDC's Britney Challenge

The online voting is now open from now until 6:00am Eastern time. If you want to protect your favorite crew, act now! Click here to vote . Performance videos will probably be online after 11:00pm West Coast time, to aid in your choices. If you want to phone or text instead, the numbers are: Phone: 1-855-4CREW + (0 +number): OR Text: 22444 then (number):
* Fanny Pak  - 1 (so you would dial 855-4CREW01)
* 8 Flavahz -  2 (so you would dial 855-4CREW02)
* Irratik - 3 (so you would dial 855-4CREW03)
* Stepboys - 4 ((so you would dial 855-4CREW04)

After you vote, join us back at the party room!  There's a lot to talk about.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED 

The party room is now open! Come in!

The Party Room/Critics Corner for ABDC 7's Premiere -- the Britney Spears Challenge is now open! Join lots of other readers, fans (or not) as they vent on what they love and what they hate. IMPORTANT: If you want to write a long comment, write in in NotePad or Word and then paste it into the comments field. Otherwise, all your work may disappear if someone posts something new while you're in the middle of writing. ALSO IMPORTANT: NO SPOILERS on the episode that airs next week; we know it already taped, but if spoilers are posted here, we could lose our MTV press privileges.

After the show is over: The party has just started, so stick around for more action, reaction, and interaction. Will this be the best season EVER? Do you miss the Live Audition shows? how did this compare to the last time ABDC crews 'did' Britney?  Did the crews live up to their pre-show reputations? This is your party -- snark, humor, recriminations, nostalgia and almost everything else (except obscenity and abject disrespect) are expected and welcome!

ABDC7 Britney Spears Week Play-by-Play is now open -- join us!

Del, TBone, Ninjaboi and Nancy will be co-hosts of this live play-by-play of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7's opener -- the Britney Spears Challenge. Feel free to follow along (particularly if you cannot watch it until later). Please be aware that your comments might not be posted immediately (or at all) as we have to moderate them, watch the show, and type at the same time.If you want to leave longer comments and be sure they're used, go to the Party Room (the post above this one).

Site Policy Review

Hi guys, Ninjaboi here.

So ABDC 7 is finally upon us tonight, and hopefully we're in for a good one. However, since all the crews this season are so talented, and everyone has their own personal opinions as to who should have gone home, who shouldn't have and so on. Before you comment, the other moderators and I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you read the commenting policy linked at the top of the page in yellow. It's not that long, and for the most part uses what we think is common sense. However, they're important for facilitating productive, open conversation and discussion about this show. If an abuse of the commenting system occurs, we're going to have a three strikes policy, with warnings being given for bad behavior before pulling out the banhammer (which believe us, we'd rather not do). 

So for a quick recap real quickly
-Spamming: There's no point in beating a dead horse. If you've made your point once, then there's no need to paste it everywhere. Doing so only makes people less likely to believe you. Unless you have new information to bring to the table, think twice before posting it. And keep it relevant. If you want to discuss something new, put a new comment, don't hop on a thread about a certain topic unless it's related. And putting the same post under a different name counts (see next point)
-Aliases: The way our comment system works, people can change the name they comment under, or have no name at all. While we do allow you freedom in naming yourself (within reason...), if you're going to change your name, it should be clear that it's pretty much the same person. Trying to manage multiple personalities isn't accepted, since A) the moderators can see if you're using the same IP address and we will call you out for it, and B) trying to carry a conversation with yourself is borderline spamming. Keep the names clean, and keep them consistent
-Ad Hominem Attacks - We want you to share your opinions, even if they differ from our own. What we don't want to have you share are hurtful opinions of either crews on the show (it's happened...) or moderators/other commenters on the site. We will ban people for hurling names and insults at each other. Respect others if you want respect.
-Common Courtesy - Sort of related to above, but again, keep things clean, keep them fair, and if possible, keep it constructive. Crews do read this site, so if you want something to improve, give it in a constructive, rather than a destructive manner. 
-Spoilers - This relates mostly to postings on the nights/mornings just after they have tapings, but please please please keep spoilers (eliminations, bottom 2s, etc) off this site. If anything (even fake spoilers) are traced back to us, we could lose our backstage access. And posting emails/twitters asking for spoilers is likely to garner you spam of some sort from the more trollish of commenters. You have been warned. 
-Keep it Readable - Not necessarily a RULE per se, but more of a STRONG RECOMMENDATION. Well written, concise grammatically correct, properly spelled comments are must more likely to be read/believed than long, drawn out, barely understandable text. For the sake of having people understand you, run it through spellcheck at least before you post it. 

These rules also apply to moderators, so feel free to email Nancy at bloggingbestdancecrew@gmail.com if you think one of us have violated these policies. A full policy list can be found here

Let's try to keep things classy this season (not that we haven't in the past). Here's to an awesome ABDC season, and to the BBDC with the great community that I know can happen.

Peace, Love, Dance
-Ninjaboi

Get to know Irratik

8CountDance just released a video that hopes will help you get to know the ladies of Irratik a bit better. Clips from their demo reel are sprinkled in with individual segments that shine a bit of light on each member's personality.

Exclusive interview: Phillip (IaMmE) talks about returning to ABDC, Step Up Revolution & IaMmE plans

Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb interviewed crews backstage at America's Best Dance Crew Season 7's first tapings. Phillip talks to Chris Trondsen about what it's like to be back at the ABDC stage, what the crews are going through pre-taping, what it was like to film Step Up Revolution, and IaMmE's upcoming videos and shows.

Freeze's Review of World of Dance!

BABDC reader Freeze attended World of Dance LA this last week and has given us a write-up! Thanks Freeze!

Whats up BloggingBestDanceCrew! Its Freeze here back with another recap of World of Dance which took a stop at the Los Angeles Convention center this time around. Lemme say this, hands down the BIGGEST(Over 15,000 people showed up),BEST,and most expensive (MWC gear made me broke haha) World of Dance I’ve been too and I’ve been to every one in SoCal since 2010! 12 hours of being surrounded by nothing by good friends, sick merchandise, and amazing dancing was well worth the exhaustion.

Click here for the rest of his write-up, as well as pictures of the event!

Video: D-trix and JC Chasez - "The future is this Season 7"

MTV posted short interviews with America's Best Dance Crew judges D-trix and JC Chasez on their hopes for Season 7. It also shows dance footage for Collizion, RNG, Funkdation, and Elektrolytes. 

Get More: Music News

Join us tonight for ABDC7 Live Play-by-Play and Party Room!

Thank God it's Wednesday! Watch America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 Premiere with us tonight! The Party Room/Critics Corner opens at 9:45 ET and stays open as long as you want, so that everyone can comment on anything remotely related to ABDC. What did you think of the first five crews? Do you like the 'superstar' format enough to see it return? Is ABDC still fresh for you? 

At 10pm ET, I will be doing live play-by-play while watching the show along with Del, Mike, TBone, and maybe others so feel free to tune in and make fun of me or get a sneak preview of the action (for those of you from the West Coast or other ABDC-deprived zones). Afterwards, we'll have all the info on how to vote for tonight's favorites. Tomorrow morning, please vote in our polls on the best and worst performances. Plus we hope to have recaps, more videos and more coverage.   Join us!

Britney playlist for ABDC7 - who dances to what!

According to this interview from DanceOn, The line-up of Britney song's for tomorrow's ABDC7 Episode 1 is:
Group Number: "I Wanna Go"
8Flavahs- '3'
FannyPak- 'Womanizer'
Mix'd Elements: 'Til The World Ends'
Irratik: 'Hold it Against Me'
Stepboys: 'If you Seek Amy'

Video: Excerpt of ABDC group performance for Britney Night + playlist!!

Hollywood Reporter has a clip of the opening number for America's Best Dance Crew's new season. In it, the five crews competing that night dance to Britney Spears' music. The crews: Fanny Pak, Step Boys, Irratik, Mix'd Elements, and 8 Flavahz. The playlist includes:“I Wanna Go,” “3,” “Till The World Ends,” “Hold It Against Me,” “If You Seek  Amy” and “Womanizer.”  Can't wait! Thanks for the tip, grOOvealOOse and illGetaNameLater!

Interview with ABDC producers Howard & Karen Schwartz - expect surprises & high energy in Season 7!

Chris Trondsen interviews America's Best Dance Crew Executive Producers Howard and Karen Schwartz before the taping of ABDC7's premiere episode. Howard and Karen talk about the higher energy in this season due to the incredible level of talent and diversity, how they work to keep an element of surprise each season, the decision to bring back Fanny Pak, the superstars, and plans for 2012 Hip Hop International.

Video: Fanny Pak - "Be Different. Be You. Join the Pak"

Fanny Pak has a short video introducing each of the members. It's a great tool for people new to the group or who want to catch up on the characters. Looking forward to seeing them perform on tomorrow's show!. On FannyPakTV Youtube.

Video: Poreotics at World of Dance LA

One more video from World of Dance LA:  Poreotics' performance.  Thanks for the tip, Greg!

Step Boys at ABDC Episode 1: intros, stunts, Dtrix, and secret moves!

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman" Chbeeb interviewed Stepboys before the taping of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 Episode 1. The crew members introduce themselves and give their nicknames, and talk about where 'their minds are' and their nervousness, how they will up the ante on stunts (nudity as a secret weapon?), talk about their rehearsals, their relationship with Dtrix. And, they sing, perspire, and show Greg's secret move!

Fanny Pak at ABDC Episode 1: member changes, Britney Spears expertise + Matt lipsynchs!

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman" Chbeeb interviewed Fanny Pak before the taping of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 Episode 1. The members introduce themselves, talk about their excitement at returning to ABDC, their gameplan of storytelling/dancing/humor for their appearances, what's happened to the FP members who aren't returning to the show, their background with Britney (this week's superstar), and Matt demonstrates his lipsynching skills.

Mix'd Elements at ABDC Episode 1: intros + tutting battle with Pacman!

Chris Trondsen and IaMmE's Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb interview Mix'd Elements before the taping of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 Episode 1. The members introduce themselves and talk about the different elements they bring to dance, the role of their suspenders as a prop, how they got together, and how they think ABDC will change them. And, they have a popping battle against Pacman. Who won?

Video: 8 Flavahz at ABDC7's Episode 1 taping - introductions, joking, singing & picking up Pacman!

Chris Trondsen and IaMme's Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb talked to 8 Flavahz Crew before the taping of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 Episode 1. The girls introduce themselves and give their 'flavors', talk about fan support and their love for ICONic Boyz, how long they've been dancing, where they perform, their member split between Hawaii and California, and their love for the ABDC costumes. One of the girls physically picks up Pacman and the girls sing their song for the episode - Britney Spears' '3"!

Videos: More WOD LA performances: GRV, AOV, Beta 010,Chachi

World of Dance posted highlights from this weekend's WOD Los Angeles, including the three top competitors in the upper division, and exhibition dancers Chachi Gonzalez (from IaMmE), and Les Twins. Here's 1st place winner GRV. Click here to watch Academy of Villains, Beta 010, and Chachi.

Videos: We are Heroes and Outer Circle Crew compete at ElecTRONica

The last round of semi-finals at ElecTRONica in California Adventure Park was held this weekend. The competitors: We are Heroes (winners of America's Best Dance Crew Season 4) and Outer Circle Crew.  Video from Fantasmiceddie24 Youtube. Last week, Klaamation won the vote over Poreotics.Who do you think won this time?

Video: World of Dance LA - Les Twins performance; congratulations GRV!

World of Dance LA was held April 7, 2012. Congratulations to the winners:
- Upper Division: 1st Place - GRV; 2nd Place - Academy of Villains; 3rd place: Beta 010
- Lower Division:  1st Place- 3-23 Kids; 2nd Place Emanon; 3rd Place - APT
We'll post videos of the winners and the exhibition performancers as high quality videos become available. In the meantime, here's Les Twins' performance, from amp7542 Youtube.

Ninjaboi's Pre-Season Analysis

Greetings ya’ll. It’s a new season of ABDC, and you know what that means. Blogging Best Dance Crew is in all systems go, and that means that Ninjaboi’s reviews are making a return. For those of you who don’t know me/what my reviews are, or you just want something to read while waiting for leaks from the first episode, keep on reading.

In case you couldn’t tell, I’m Ninjaboi, one of the moderators/admins here on BBDC. College student by day, I’m also a dancer. I won’t make any promises as to my skill level, but I have exposure to popping, breaking, locking, house, newstyle and krump, as well as traditional Filipino folk dance. I got my start dancing because I was encouraged by the community here on BBDC, so one of the ways I give back to the community is my reviews to encourage smart discussion of dance.

Whereas a lot of the reviews we see from the judges on ABDC are limited to only a couple of aspects of the routines, I try to give a more holistic, relatively objective review of each routine according to a rubric. It’s not perfect, but I still think it gives a good approximation on how each crew does each week. If you know of Bboy Dyzee’s OUR judging system, this is similar to that, in that each crew is judged in one of five different categories. To try and compensate for any biases I have for or against a certain crew, I add or subtract points to even out my biases.
UPDATE FROM NANCYT: There has been a lot of heated comment about of this post and about opinions of one commenter. I've modified the comments to reflect the original post of the person who disagreed, but deleted most of the subsequent debate, which was disrespectful and distracting from many sides.  From now on, please just focus on the dance here!!

Click here for Ninjaboi's quantitative breakdown of each crew for this season!

Early pre-interviews from PacRim: Mix'd Elements, Irratik, Fanny Pak, StepBoys

As always, Pacific Rim is the first to post interviews at the ABDC tapings (we'll have our own crew interviews posted soon, conducted by Chris Trondsen and IaMme's Pacman). Three ABDC7 crews interviews before the first taping are available so far: click here for StepBoys, Mix'd Elements and Irratik, with Fanny Pak below:

ABDC Season 7 Taping TODAY!

America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 (aka the Return of the Superstars Season) Episodes 1 and 2 will be taped today. Each of the tapings will introduce 5 crews and have one elimination decided by the judges. At the end of today, only 8 (or maybe 9) crews will remain in contention, though the viewing audience won't know the results until they watch the shows on April 11 and 18.

 If you attend the tapings, leave a comment and let us know what it was like -- who dances to what songs, the crowd, the crews, the costumes, celebrities, odd non-spoiler moments, etc. . EXTREMELY IMPORTANT -- NO SPOILERS. DO NOT TELL THE RESULTS FROM THE SHOW, INCLUDING WHICH CREWS WERE IN THE BOTTOM OR ELIMINATED! IF YOU IGNORE THIS RULE, MTV COULD PULL OUR ACCESS TO BACKSTAGE INTERVIEWING!!

World of Dance LA: TONIGHT!

ABDC Season 7 premiere taping may be tonight, but it's not the only major dance event taking place in California, or even LA, this evening. World of Dance LA is tonight at the LA Convention Center, with doors opening at 1pm, competition at 2pm, and lasting until 11:30pm.

Featured performers include
-Les Twins
-Poreotics
-Chachi Gonzalez
-ChiTowns Finest Breakers
-Daniel "Cloud" Campus
-Movement Lifestyle
As well as a long list of competitors/showcases, including favorites Academy of Villains, CADC, GRV, Team Millenia, Academy of Swag, Urban FX, Miniotics, and Emanon. Also, apparently Lil Mama will be heading to WOD sometime during the evening to do a musical performance as well.

If you're not at ABDC auditions, and you're in LA, you better be here. Let us know your impressions of the night here!

Video: Emilio (IaMmE) - "Closure"

Emilio Dosal (from America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 winners IaMmE) created an autobiographical dance video. From his description: "This was actually one of the hardest decisions I had to make, and the whole concept is just showing that my whole right side of my body would represent Love, and the left side represents Life. Throughout the piece, you see my constant struggle with myself and the decision I must make, and in the end, I had to make my choice..." From IaMEmiliodosal Youtube. Thanks for the tip, Greg and Ian!

Let us know if you attend the ABDC tapings tomorrow!

Just a reminder (or news to new readers), if you attend one (or both) of the two tapings of America's Best Dance Crew tomorrow, let us know about it. We'd love to hear your impressions of the dancers, sets, judges, music, etc -- BUT NO SPOILERS ABOUT WHO IS ELIMINATED!!  Anyone ready for Season 7?

Even more photos of the ABDC 7 Crews

I imagine that the tension is high among the 10 crews of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7, since all of them perform tomorrow, and 2 are eliminated. You wouldn't know from the photos that they're posting on Twitter:
Fanny Pak in makeup:

Click here to see more photos of Stepboys, Irratik, Mix'd Elements, and Funkdation.

Video: Mos Wanted Crew talks to supporters and ABDC fans

The members of Mos Wanted Crew sit together and talk to fans about the upcoming season of America's Best Dance Crew, what to expect from the group, and how to stay in contact with them

Video: Week 1 of D-trix presents Dance Showdown

The first week of Dance Showdown is online. In this episode, six of the contestants meet the choreographers (including 
Bryan Tanaka, Kherington Payne, 

Lauren Froderman, and Ian Eastwood) and start rehearsing. Any favorites here? Thanks for the link, PerezOverride!

More Photos from ABDC7 Crews

The crews for ABDC are rehearsing...and taking more pictures. Here's 8 Flavahz in the hotel lobby. Click here for new photos of Mix'd Elements,  8 Flavahz on the set, Irratik, RNG, and Stepboys.

Concept video from Sal (Elektrolytes) - "Shot for me"

Just before going out to California for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7, Sal 'Swerve" Banuelos of Elektrolytes Crew created a concept video to Drake's "Shot for Me". From Salgroovefactory Youtube..

Video: Freshh in Canada's Got Talent Semi-finals

Freshh (a crew that auditioned for America's Best Dance Crew Season 6) made it to the finals round of Canada's Got Talent. Click here to watch. Thanks for the tip, Greg!

'Dance': ABDC Season 7 preview and predictions

BloggingBestDanceCrew.com reader 'Dance' will be reviewing the episodes of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. To get us ready, she's written a preview with information about the crews, with some predictions based on what she's seen of the crews:

Everyone competing during this season of ABDC is going to have tough competition! This season is packed with crews with hard hitting soulful choreography vs. crews with acrobatic tricks and flips. Personally I feel that the hard hitting and soulful crews are going to outshine the other more traditional crews. Anyone can easily go home this season if they don't bring their best each week, so good luck to all of the crews. In order to ring in the new season, I've made a short description of each crew. Let me know what you think about each crew in the comment section. I also give my top 6 crews at the end of the list. Will a powerful all female crew overtake a dominant male powerhouse or will the two child crews run things this season? Let me know in the comments section! Good Luck to all of the crews!

Click here to read the full report. Thanks, Dance!

Video: Uli, winner of Juste Debout's experimental dance competition

Uli from Germany won Juste Debout's experimental dance category with this performance. From JUSTEDEBOUTPROD Youtube.

New video from Stepboys - "Watcha gonna do today"

Stepboys (America's Best Dance Crew Season 7) have a new video showing their attitude, humor, and individual dance skills. This is going to be a tough season! From SBvdo Youtube.

Video: Can (Poreotics) teaching at Quest Learning Center

The latest solo from a Poreotics member: Can demonstrating upper body moves at a Quest Learning Center session. From PoreoticsHD Youtube.

BloggingABDC.com - now with contact info and discussion boards for the ABDC7 crews

We're gearing up for the next season of America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. Our home page has Facebook, Twitter, and website/Youtube info for all the new crews, as well as discussion boards for the crews. So, start the discussions or contact your favorites now!

Video: Tim the Pitt (Massive Monkees) in finals at The Northwest Sweet 16

Tim The Pitt of Massive Monkees (America's Best Dance Crew Season 4) made the finals at the Northwest Sweet 16 on March 31, 2012. Video from Youtube, which is a great source for dance news. Thanks for the tip,Josh!

Video: Mike Song - "First of the Year"

Mike Song's  (member of ABDC1's Kaba Modern and Kinjaz)latest performance video is half choreo and half freestyle, danced to Skrillex's "First of the Year. From MIkeosong Youtube. Thanks for the tip, Greg!

Video: Steve Terada (Quest) on his major neck surgery today -- get well soon!

While readers of this site admire fabulous dancers, we are mindful of the health risks of some of the moves. In this video, Steve Terada of Quest Crew (America's Best Dance Crew Season 3 winners) talks about his neck surgery scheduled for April 2, 2012 and later treatments that are needed for ACL knee reconstruction. We wish Steve well in these treatments and hope for a speedy recovery! If you want to send him a message, watch the video, then get in touch via his Twitter account or Facebook page

Videos: Geo (Instant Noodles) at RedBull BC One San Diego

Some bboy competition with an ABDC alum: Geo from Instant Noodles (ABDC6) battled at RedBull BC One Cypher in San Diego. Click here to watch his first round against Starvin Saewl . Here 's his second round against Lancer:. Videos from bboyhuesos Youtube. Thanks for the tip, Greg!

Pictures from the ABDC7 crews!

The competitors for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 have been tweeting photos. So, while we're waiting for some action, we have some views behind the scenes:
StepBoys at the airport to go to Los Angeles:

Mix'd Elements on a food break:

Mos Wanted Crew on the bus:

Fanny Pak hanging out by the tree:

We'll post more over the next week or so.

Videos: Poreotics Vs. Klaamation competiton at ElecTRONica -- who do you think won?

As reported earlier, the Tron City Dance Crew Challenge at Disney's California Adventure Park moved into the semi-finals round. This weekend's matchup wasPoreotics (winners of Americas' Best Dance Crew Season 5) vs. Klaamation. Here are videos of the two performances. Which one do you think is the winner and should move to the finals round? Video fromFantasmiceddie24 Youtube.

Video: Phunk Phenomenon at Overdrive 2.0

The full Phunk Phenomenon (including many who were members of the ABDC6 crew) performed at Overdrive 2.0 in March 2012. From bulletproofunk Youtube.

Video: Marcus "TK" Jones of Elektrolytes solos

BBoying will be well represented in America's Best Dance Crew's new season. Case in point: this video from Marucs "TK" Jones of Elektrolytes. From ElektrolytesHD Youtube.

Video: Moon (IaMmE) - Scenes from their tour & announcement of IaMmE store

Di "Moon" Zhang from IaMmE (America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 winners) compiled clips from their recent international tour. The video also announces their new store at IaMmEdancestore.com and his new DiMoonZhang Youtube channel

Step Boys interview, dance lesson and demo on Good Day Sacramento

Good Day Sacramento interviewed hometown dancers Step Boys about their upcoming appearance on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. They talk about their comedic hip hop style, demonstrate some absurd moves for the host to learn, and demonstrate why they were chosen for ABDC.

New Trailer for Step Up Revolution movie

Step Up Revolution opens in theaters on July 27, 2012. Plot:Emily (Kathryn McCormick) arrives in Miami with aspirations of becoming a professional dancer and soon falls in love with Sean (Ryan Guzman), a young man who leads a dance crew called "The Mob." When a wealthy business man threatens to develop The Mob's historic neighborhood and displace thousands of people, Emily must band together with Sean and The Mob to turn their performance art into protest art, and risk losing their dreams to fight for a greater cause. Thanks for the link Chris and PerezOverride!

Dance battle at Disney ElecTRONica this weekend: Poreotics vs. Klaamation!

The Tron City Dance Crew Challenge at Disney's California Adventure Park is now moving into the semi-finals round. This weekend's matchup: Poreotics (winners of Americas' Best Dance Crew Season 5) vs. Klaamation. The winner of this match-up will be announced on April 1. The other semi-final match-up has two ABDC alum families: Kaba Modern (ABDC Season 1) vs. TM Juniors (member of the Team Millennia family of ABDC Season 2), battling on April 12. Read all about it at the Disney Parks Blog. Thanks for the tip, PerezOverride and Greg!

Another promo for ABDC season 7, promoting the superstars

MTV has yet another promo for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7, naming 7 of the superstars whose music will be featured: Britney Spears, Madonna, LMFAO, David Guetta, Pitbull, Flo Rida, Rihanna, and "more". This promo uses similar graphics of past ABDC crews as their first teaser of the season. I wonder who "more" is?
 

MTV Shows

D-trix presents Dance Showdown -- will YOU watch?

Dtrix presents Dance Showdown will premieres Thursday April 5.  Twelve dance-challenged YouTube stars pair off with four professional dancers to train, sweat, fail, and ultimately perform in an epic dance battle to win $25,000 CASH. The audience votes for the winner.  The show will air on-line on DanceOn Network. Interested?

Video: Quest Crew appears with LMFAO on Fashion Star

A new fashion competition called Fashion Star featured LMFAO and Quest Crew on their most recent episode. I'm not quite sure why they were included, but here's the segment:

Skool Rascals Audition Video

Yet another audition video from a crew that didn't make this season. From Hawaii's Skool Rascals, reppin' the Skool District, and featuring viral stars Sasha, Sienna and Bell from Hypersquad Studios! Let's hope they have a season 8 to let them compete!

Video: 8 Flavahz dance all together at Wildebeast's IDA Class

Wildabeast (from ABDC6's Eclectic Gentlemen) teaches a class at IDA in Los Angeles. The full 8 Flavahz crew who will be appearing on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 came and danced at a recent class which featured Wildabeast's choreography to "Like a Pimp". From beast9688 Youtube. Thanks for the tip, Aly3344!

Instant Noodles @ Red Bull BC One Cypher

Red Bull BC One is one of the biggest bboy events in the world. But ever wonder how someone gets up there? There are National Qualifiers. However, to even make it to the National level, you need to dominate your local Cyphers. 


This Saturday, there will be a San Diego Qualifying Cypher to determine who will go to the US Nationals at Chicago. Instant Noodles's Geo has been invited to compete for this chance. Ronnie from Super Cr3w (ABDC2) will be one of the judges. If you're in the area, be sure to check it out. More details on the Facebook Page.

Mos Wanted Crew: Ian Eastwood's Announcement Video

It would seem that Ian Eastwood is not just an additional member of Mos Wanted Crew for ABDC7, but a full time member, who the rest of the crew have been waiting to publicly announce for quite some time. Here is Ian's own video about this next big step in his career, featuring choreography to Ryan Leslie's "Wanna Be Good". Enjoy:

World Of Dance: Los Angeles (10 Days Away!)

It's that time of year again! WOD LA is one of the biggest shows of the year, and it's not too late to be a part of the experience. Click [Here] to purchase tickets, and view the official event flyer with all of the information to the show. Hope many of you readers can make it to this event!

Rumble in the Jungle

I host two 'viewing parties' each year... the ABDC finale and Wrestlemania! The entire world is buzzing about this year's main event: John Cena vs. The Rock. Hahaha. Okay, so maybe not the entire world... But I'm getting hyped! Check out this Wrestlemania routine and 'dance studio brawl' from Jungle Boogie (season 5) as they get kranked up for this Sunday's big event.

Video: Instant Noodles members dance in Meegan Henry's "Crash a Party"

Pop/dance artist Meeghan Henry's new single, "Crash a Party"  features members of the Instant Noodles, BBoy OG Krazy Kujo, and 2 new great teams - Collisions Crew out of Torrance and The Prototypes. 

New ABDC 7 trailer naming superstars, showing auditions and crews

MTV released a second trailer for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. This one names some of the superstars whose music will be used (including Britney Spears, Madonna, Rihanna, Flo Rida and Pitbull), shows some of the auditioners, and spotlights Fanny Pak as a returning crew.

Videos of: Breakthrough 2012 winners - Congratulations Main Stacks

Breakthrough 2012 was held at the San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, CA on March 24, 2012.  Pacific Rim captured much of the action including dancing by the teams including first place winner Main Stacks.  Click here to watch the second winner - Hungry Bumz and the third place teams that tied - VIP San Jose, That ONE Company. Thanks for the links Xerpent!

Video: JabbaWockeeZ freestyle

JabbaWockeeZ released a freestyle video to a remix of Robot Remains. From thewockeez Youtube. Thanks for the tip Greg!

Video: Dancing and interview with the Hawaii half of 8 Flahvahz!

Here's more on 8 Flavahz: Fox News Hawaii interviewed the 4 girls in 8 Flavahz who live in Hawaii. The segment shows them dancing, talks about how they feel about competing, how they'll fit school into the schedule, and why they want to win.

Video: Vinh Nguyen (SGBM) - "Jada Fire"

Vinh Nguyen (Super Galactic Beat Manipulators) choreographed this video and dances with fellow SGBM members Ryan Estacio and Mikey Mesina. From v1nhguyen Youtube.

Video: Les Twins dance to promote New Era Shoes

New Era Shoes hired Les Twins to promote off Major LeagueBaseball 9FIFTY Snapbacks. Here's the new advertisement.

Video: Krumping from Side Street

Side Street is a krump trio composed of Russell 'Gutta' Ferguson (winner of So You Think You Can Dance), Grudge, and Stackz. From guttaakabigrazor Youtube.

Video: Keone Madrid - "The Way You Make Me Feel"

This latest piece comes from Keone Madrid & Mariel Martin's new Youtube Channel together, where they will be uploading all of their latest works. If you haven't done so yet, subscribe now!

MJ would be proud:

Video: Kyle Hanagami - "Unthinkable"

Kyle Hanagami choreographed to Alicia Keys' "Unthinkable", and dances with Brandon Dumlao, Gina Starbuck, Morgan Burke, and Lauren Garrett. The description talks about his recent concerns about posting videos of his original choreography. I've followed Kyle's work for years, and find it hard to believe that he could have active haters. Beautiful original work here! From Youtube.

Video: Steve Terada (Quest Crew) Double btwist to split

Just watch this move from Steve Terada (from America's Best Dance Crew's Season 3 champs Quest). Wow. From SteveTerada Youtube.

Video: Ajaye (Purple Elephant Society, Swagger Crew) & Cody (Jungle Boogie) collabo

Allan 'Ajaye' Skeene Jr. (now choreographer and artistic director for Purple Elephant Society, and member of ABDC5's Swagger Crew) collaborated with Codie Wiggins (member of ABDC5's Jungle Boogie) at a recent Dance 411 workshop. From AjayeSjr Youtube. 

Video: Jeremy Strong (Collizion) - "The Weekend"

Jeremy Strong is a member of Collizion, one of the crews that will soon appear on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. This video shows some of Jeremy's recent workshop choreography and dancing. From all appearances, ABDC7 is going to be fierce! From jeremySMOOVEstrong Youtube.

Dance Hero Japan - Season 2 Episode 3

Yesterday we reviewed the episode we missed of Japan's version of ABDC, Dance@Hero Japan! Today we'll go over the most recent episode, episode 3 for this second season.


With this episode we have the final results of the season, with Beat Buddy Boi taking 1st place this season, after finishing 2nd in season 1 to Time Machine. 


-Beat Buddy Boi (430 points total) swept the compeition with winning first place each week. This performance showed their determination to win, using the trophy as a prop, similar to the ABDC3 collab between Quest and Beat Freaks, and presented in a style similar to Super Cr3w's final performance in ABDC2. However, the musical selection here was very unique, especially for a crew of their style.
-ISOPP (270 points total), while in a distant second place, had probably my favorite performance this season. They not only had excellent moves, they also incorporated live beatboxing from one of their own crew members and danced to that. Very impressive. 
-Vigorous Ladies (200 points total), while not the first impressive all female crew we saw, proved they can get BUCK and GRIMY for sure. Be sure to check them out.
-Ms. Creative (120 points total), while also an all female crew, they have a very different feel from Vigorous Ladies, more similar to the smooth Jabbawockeez than the buck Street Kingdom or Request. 
-Tokyo Beat Surf (120 points total), concludes their story with some dope choreography, and a bit of a twist, both in plot and music choice. While I think they could have danced more, it was entertaining nontheless to see this story come to its conclusion.
-Bear Knuckle (90 points total) unfortunately didn't do much better than last season, and while their routine concepts are relatively bland, they still have solid dancing, going with a full out ninja theme. 
-Aerstix (10 points total) may not be understood by all, but their contortionist bboy choreography is nothing to sneeze at. 

Video: 787 Crew Practice

787 Crew(America's Best Dance Crew Season 6)  is still very active with workshops, shows and preparations for Hip Hop International 2012. Here's footage from a recent practice. From gopdance Youtube.

Today's the Day - Daniel Cloud Campos Feature Film Kickstarter

For those of you who follow this blog in the off season, you probably know we're big fans of Daniel "Cloud" Campos. Member of Skillmethodz crew, LXD member, Step Up dancer, and filmmaker, he's produced entertaining videos such as "The Music Box," "Like Mike," and "Welcome Home." Now, he's ready to take the next step and make a full length feature film, titled "Today's the Day", in the style of a Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Charlie Chaplin. In order to pitch this film to studios, he's planning on making a short film. You can check out the plot details in the video below. They're planning on raising $25,000. As of writing, they are at about $15,000. 


Check out the video below, and Make a donation to his kickstarter here! 

Dance Hero Japan - Season 2 Episode 2

While we have 21 days left until ABDC7 premeires (not that anyone's counting down...), dance goes on. Specifically for this post, in Japan! Japan's version of ABDC, called Dance@Hero Japan! features 9 crews who compete in a pretty different style than ABDC. Crews have 2 minutes of free choreography, and get points based on judges's rankings, as well as video views on social media sites. The crews with the highest cumulative score at the end of the season wins!


We covered the first episode of Season 2, but episode two seems to have slipped past us somehow. Today we'll have a quick recap of what we think were notable performances form that episode:
-Bear Knuckle's swing music routine showed a combination of story telling, swag, and crazy bboy-capoeria fighting.
-Tokyo Beat Surf has some hard hitting popping choreography while telling part 2 of their Karate Kid-inspired story.
-Beat Buddy Boi, playing off their name, dances to a mix of Queen with a bit of Team iLuminate, and showed why they continue to be one of the top contenders, since season one.
-Ms Creative shows how they are a mix of We Are Heroes, Request ,and Jabbaawockeez, and continue their recurring theme of grimy all female choreography in a dreamscape. 
-Aerstix Side demonstrated their contortionist bboy choreography to a classical music theme. 
-ISOPP were decked out in traditional Japanese garb, and danced to what appears to be Naruto music, a la Kinjaz


Check back tomorrow for a review of Round 3!

Video: Bionic showcase for Movement Lifestyle Houston

Jonathan 'Bionic' Bayani solos at the Movement Lifestyle tour stop in Houston. From MovementLifestyle Youtube.

Video: Instant Noodles dance at ElecTRONica

Instant Noodles (America's Best Dance Crew Season 6) performed at Disney's elecTRONica at California Adventure as part of the Tron City Dance Crew Competition in March 2012. As described earlier, you can help them extend their gig there -- click here for details.And thanks for the link, PerezOverride!

Watch MTV's new promo for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 now!

MTV just posted a promo/teaser for the new season of America's Best Dance Crew.Thanks for the link, Flow!

Get More: America's Best Dance Crew (Season 6), Full Episodes

Video: RNG glee at being picked for ABDC7 & asking for your vote

The crews chosen this season of America's Best Dance Crew seem much more enthused than in previous seasons. From RNGDancers Youtube, here's RNG talking about being picked for ABDC7 and asking you to vote for them.

Video: Ellen Kim - "You'll Find a Way"

Here's another solo effort from Ellen Kim that manages to be both beautiful and raw. From ellenkimCHEEE Youtube.

Help Instant Noodles Keep on performing at ElecTRONica!

Instant Noodles had a performance tonight at ElecTRONica in Disneyland, and need your help! They seem to be part of some competition to see who will keep performing at this venue, and it's based on votes, so please show your support!

1)Text "Tron" to 347639
2)Select Option 2 for Instant Noodles

Thanks! Keep on Noodling!

Video: Jaira Miller (8 Flavahz) - "Gotta Have It"

We haven't yet seen much from 8 Flavahz, one of the younger crews that will perform on America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. Here's a solo from one of the members -- Jaira Miller. On jairadance00 Youtube.

Elektrolytes -- the documentary, featuring new dance footage and interviews

Phoenix Banuelos created a short documentary about Elektrolytes, one of the crews that will be competing in America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. The video has some stunning new footage of group and solo dancing as well as interviews with the crew members on their philosophy on dance (including the persistance in auditioning for 4 years for ABDC), how they create dance, their aspirations for ABDC and Hip Hop International. From ElektrolytesHD Youtube. 

Video: Riquel Olander (We Are Heroes) Highlights Reel

Ricquel Olander (member of ABDC4 winning crew We Are Heroes) just created a highlights reel from her television appearances, on Riqdiculous Youtube. In the next few weeks, she'll be teaching in Paris with 9-1 Pact Crew, one of the non-US crews that reportedly had a standout audition for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7.

Video: Hip Hop International 2011 Highlight Video

Hip Hop International just released a video showing highlights from the 2011 competition. It's not too early to start planning to attend (or compete) in the 2011 event to be held in Las Vegas from July 31-August 5 - click here for details and signup

Latest from Yak Films: Deva waacks in Copenhagen

Eva 'Deva' Schou demonstrates how to waack in style, in this new video from YAKFilms called "Werkaholics"

Video: King Charles (FootworKINGz) at UK Workshop

Charles “King Charles” Parks -- Artistic Director for FootworKINGz (America's Best Dance Crew Season 6) held a workshop in the UK teaching footwork; taught in the form of a routine, demonstrating the style can be applied to any type of music style, even slow R&B music. From yoshiSCTV Youtube. Thanks for the link Greg!

Video: Making of Far East Movement/Bieber video "Live My Life" with Quest Crew and Redfoo

Far East Movement is collaborating with Justin Bieber on the new single "Live My Life", to be released May 8, 2012. There's a making-of the-video video for the song showing Far East Movement partying and dancing in Amsterdam with Quest Crew members and LMFAO's Redfoo. Bieber is nowhere in sight. From FMonyourdial Youtube.

Videos: Meet Sohey Sugihara, newest member of Fanny Pak

Fanny Pak was already one of the early favorites for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 due to their skills, choreography, and humor. Now, there's another reason to love them -- Sohey Sugihara is their newest member. I haven't seen any videos of him dancing with Fanny Pak, but here are two videos of his earlier work. Thanks for the links Koopa and Chu! You can follow Sohey on Twitter @Soheyheyhey

Video: Scott (PRAISE team) with Jane and Carmen (Diamonds in the Rough) - "Watermelon Sundae"

Here's a fun "Watermelon Sundae" for Sunday - Scott Forsyth from PRAISE Team choreographed and danced with Jane Marlinga and Carmen De La Santos of Diamonds in the Rough. From 4syyth Youtube. Thanks for the tip Scott!