Today's must-watch video: Dtrix gets both the comedy & dancing right in "Now add a Dancer"

Dominic 'Dtrix' Sandoval (member of ABDC Season 3's Quest) is a Youtube megastar, usually with emphasis more on his personal style of humor. This time, Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb (ABDC Season 6's IaMmE) took the lead on the choreography (with help from many friends) and the results are wonderful, particularly IMO for the table setting, and pool party.

Video: SYTYCD Atlanta audition hiphop highlights - Dynamic and Mr. Strange

This season's So You Think You Can Dance Atlanta auditions yielded great dancers in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and hiphop. My two favorite hiphop auditioners from the episode were Christopher 'Mr. Strange' Griffin (the founder of Dragon House) and Taveous 'Dynamic' Woods. Both made it to the next round, though it's unclear whether each can meet the multi-style challenges of the competition.

Video: Vote for this week's favorite crew - Jungle Boogie vs. Control Freakz

The final crew vote-off  for SYTYCD will be between Jungle Boogie (ABDC Season 5) vs. Control Freakz, two very capable and engaging crews with very different styles. Watch below and vote for your favorite, either by tweeting @SYTYCDboogie or @SYTYCDfreakz, or by going to the So You Think You Can Dance website.  Last week's winner was Wanted Ashiqz.

Tonight on So You Think You Can Dance: Jungle Boogie

So You Think You Can Dance auditions wrap up tonight, so this is the last night for crew dance demos. The show is in Atlanta, so Jungle Boogie (ABDC Season 5) are one of the two crews to watch and vote for. Here's the trailer:

Must see video of the day: Ian Eastwood X2 takes on Jame Brown

Ian Eastwood (member of ABDC Season 7's Mos Wanted Crew) goes 'concept' and clones himself to dance to James Brown's "Get On Up."  One of the best pair dances I've seen in a while.

Another video highlight from Body Rock 2014: Kinjaz

Kinjaz (including Mike Song from ABDC's Kaba Modern) were one of the highlights of the 2014 Body Rock. Thanks again Greg!

Video: Choreo Cookies win Body Rock 2014

Choreo Cookies continue to win in major West Coast competitions. The latest: a stellar performance at Body Rock 2014. Thanks for the link, Greg!

Video: 8 Flavahz | Practice and Interview

Since the show, the girls of 8 Flavahz are reunited [...and it feels so good!] in this practice and interview short film.  Shot before their WoD:Los Angeles  performance, they talk about what they miss most about ABDC and give thanks to their supporters. From FLAVAHZ Crew YouTube.
 

Latest dance video from BABDC regular Greg: "Sweatpants"

Longtime Blogging Best Dance Crew contributor Greg S. has returned with his latest video: a duo concept video created by him and Katya Soloviova, danced to Childish Gambino's "Sweatpants". Love seeing the progression in his dance and video techniques!

So You Think You Can Dance: video of Mix'd Elements and Wanted Ashiqz - VOTE!

The crew competition on the third So You Think You Can Dance audition show was between Mix'd Elements (ABDC Season 7) and Wanted Ashiqz. To vote for your favorite between now and Tuesday June 17, either click here or tweet #SYTYCDwanted or #SYTYCDmixd

Wanted Ashiqz

Mix'd Elements

Video: Tonight on So You Think You Can Dance: Mixed Elements, Wanted Ashiqz & a bunch of solo dancers

Tonight is the third installment of the So You Think You Can Dance auditions, including a competition for tweets between two dance crews. The faceoff tonight is between Mixed Elements (ABDC Season 7) and Wanted Ashiqz, a Bollywood fusion dance group that has done well at World of Dance and other competitions. Here's a preview some group dance teasers:

Must-see Video: QuicKingz Perform in Tokyo | S**T Kingz x Quick Crew

Not much info on how this came about, but check out this ultimate fantasy collaboration come true when Quick Crew and the S**T Kingz dance together in the Palette Theater in Tokyo Japan.  Too much fire!  From TheQuickStyle YouTube.

Andrew Baterina - 1998: The Choreography Album

It's here!  SoReal choreographer, Andrew Baterina, (along with some friends) bring to us this new concept of a 'choreography album' entitled, 1998.  From the description, that was the year SoReal was founded in a little garage by Andrew's brother....  Now, it's amazing to see how far the company has come along since.  Enjoy!  From Andrew Baterina YouTube.

SYTYCD hiphop video highlight: allstars Fik-shun, Cyrus & Legacy battle auditioner Kyle

Kyle Taylor auditioned on the June 4 So You Think You Can Dance. After his solo, Nigel Lithgoe suggested that he should be doing some hiphop battling. This set up a fun battle between SYTYCD all-stars Fik-shun , Cyrus, and Legacy. Unfortunately, Kyle will not be going through to the next round.

SYTYCD Hiphop highlight: Marie 'Poppins' audition with Fik-shun

In the So You Think You Can Dance auditions show on June 4, there were 2 instances of the hiphop auditioners working with SYTYCD Allstars. Marie 'Poppins' Bonnevay started out solo, but Fik-shun (winner in last season's SYTYCD) hopped onstage to dance with her. Mary won dance awards at Hiphop International, and was supposed to be a member of We Are Heroes (winner of ABDC Season 4) but had to drop out because of some logistical and timing issues. TV viewers will get to see more of Mary, as she easily made it to the next round on SYTYCD.

So You Think You Can Dance video highlight #2: Jaja Vankova

Will a third member of IaMmE (winners of ABDC Season 6) make it to the top 20 of So You Think You Can Dance? Phillip 'Pacman' Chbeeb made it before he was on ABDC, Emilio Dosal made it last season (but dropped out because of an injury). Is it Jaja Vankova's turn? Her audition in Los Angeles was so powerful that she scored an almost-unheard of standing ovation from the judges and made it directly to the next round.

Tomorrow, we'll post two more hiphop highlights from this week's SYTYCD so stay tuned!

So You Think You Can Dance hiphop video highlight #1: Academy of Villains v. Breaksk8

The two crews facing off against each other this week are Breaksk8 (ABDC Season 1) vs. Academy of Villains (founded by Chris 'Pharside' Jennings of ABDC Season 2' Supreme Soul). You can still vote for your favorite by tweeting #SYTYCDsk8 or #SYTYCDvillains until 8pm EDT on Tuesday June 10.

So You Think You Can Dance Match-up: Breaksk8 vs. Academy of Villains

Tonight on So You Think You Can Dance, there are two crew contenders that should have appeal to America's Best Dance Crew fans: Breaksk8 (ABDC Season 1) vs. Academy of Villains (formed by ABDC Season 2's Supreme Soul member Pharside Jennings, as well as Krystal Meraz). Watch the show, then vote for your favorite either on the SYTYCD website or by texting #sytycdsk8 or #sytycdvillains.

We'll have the video tomorrow when available (as well as a post and video of Jaja Vankova (member of ABDC's IaMmE) who had an amazing krump audition and got a standing ovation from the judges AND a video of a popping battle with SYTYCD allstars Fikshun, Legacy, Cyrus and an auditioner from Wichita.

Unfortunately, Poreotics did not win the popularity battle last week and will not be appearing on the show. 

Tonight on So You Think You Can Dance: watch & support Academy of Villains!

Academy of Villains will be one of the two dance crews featured on the June 4 So You Think You Can Dance audition episode. If you want great hiphop crews to advance, you've got to support them with tweets and on-line votes.  As a reminder of why AoV deserves your support, here's their 1st place performance at the 2014 VIBE XIX competition:

Videos: Elektrolytes - "Not A Bad Thing" & "Drink You Away"

It's been several months since we've seen anything from the championship crew, The Elektrolytes... but it was worth the wait!  Here are the Banuelo Boys - Nico and Sal - with these fun productions to Justin Timberlake's "Not A Bad Thing" and "Drink You Away".  From Elektrolytes Dance crew Youtube.