Vote in our Blowup Tie-breaker: favorite ABDC alum video from BEFORE their ABDC Season

Three people -- Jai, JabbaJake, and PerezOverride -- tied for first place in our ABDC Blowup contest. To break the tie, we threw down the following challenge to them:  send your favorite video of an ABDC crew member (dancing alone or with any group) from BEFORE their ABDC season. 

Now it's your turn to decide: Vote in this survey for your favorite of the three (shown just below the survey). The survey closes at midnight Monday December 12.

poll by twiigs.com

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Here are the choices (shown in chronological order):
Option A: Kevin Brewer (JabbaWockeez member) Freestyle from November 2005
 
Option B: Poreotics Night at the Apollo, from April 2008

Option C: ReQuest "Haters" from November 2010
 

Recent videos from The Rockwell Family

The Rockwell Family (winners of 2011 World of Dance New York) are a crew to watch for, and I hope they're auditioning for the next ABDC season. Here's two recent videos of 2011 performances that show their skill and range.

New video from Beat Ya Feet Kings

Not a lot of information available about this video, but I think it shows the full Beat Ya Feet Kings family in a workshop. They still have the energy and originality that got them a spot on ABDC. From joseafootz Youtube.

Video: Trenton Tabak choreography out of SoReal Studios (with a SoReal alum)

Trenton Tabak is a 17-year old dancer and choreographer out of SoReal Studios and a director for Homegrown, a crew out of that Studio. This video shows some of his choreography and includes Jackie Lautchang, an alum of ABDC2's SoReal Cru.  I continue to be impressed by some of the talent emerging from the Houston studio and hope Tabak and others audition for next season's show! From Youtube.

Video: Chris Brown and Bboy battle in Hollywood

From TMZ: Chris Brown and his dance crew took the stage at Beacher's Madhouse in Hollywood in December 2011, staging an impromptu battle.

Video: Mark (Architeks) & Kyle (Riot Squad) - "Lingerie"

From Soundbox Studio in Houston, Mark Fucanan of Architeks choreographed these smooth moves, danced with Kyle Buenconsejo of Riot Squad. Hoping to see more major talent come out of the Houston auditions for ABDC next month! FromCatchmeiFuCanan Youtube.

Videos: The Bridge Competition 2011 - Instant Noodles, Choreo Cookies & some winners

At the 2011 Bridge Competition held on December 3, the winners were: 1st place - GRV; 2nd place - Barkada Modern; 3rd place - Common Ground.  We haven't found video yet for GRV, but here's the Instant Noodles performance. Click here to watch the work from Choreo Cookies, Barkada Modern, and Common Ground (no video found yet for GRV's performance here). 

Video: IaMmE members dancing on the Queen Mary

We're on a boat -- specifically the Queen Mary -- with Moon, Emilio, Jaja and 747 (ABDC6 winners). From WORLDOFDANCETOUR Youtube

Video: Vinh Nguyen - "Lotus Flower Bomb"

Here's the newest video from the Youtube Channel of Vinh Nguyen, director of SGBM and cast member of Jabbawockeez' Mus.I.C. show. Check it out:

Answer to ABDC Blowup Week 8 and a challenge tie-breaker announcement

Thanks to all of you who entered our last week of the Return of the ABDC Blowup Contest. The mystery crew was Jungle Boogie. The clue: "Crank that Soulja Boy" alluded to cranking, their signature dance style. Here's the original blowup:

Here's the full photo, from the Lil Wayne Challenge:

Three people -- Jai, JabbaJake, and PerezOverride -- are tied for first place. Their tie-breaker: send ABDCContest@gmail.com your favorite video of an ABDC crew member (dancing alone or with any group) from BEFORE their ABDC season. Please send it by midnight December 8. I'll post all three on December 9, and let people vote for their favorites. The top vote getter wins the prize.

More Prelude EC videos:The winning crews - Concept Artists, Midas Touch, UFP

The three top crews competing at Prelude EC on December 3, 2011 were: Winners - Concept Artists; 2nd place - Midas Touch; 3rd place - UFP. I hope all these crews are auditioning for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 -- we need the East Coast represented! Videos from RhythmAddictsTV Youtube. Click here to watch the winning performances from Midas Touch and UFP.

Prelude EC videos: Exhibition performances by Static Noyze, Phunk Phenomenon, ICONic Boyz & Girls

Prelude EC was held on December 3, 2011 in New Jersey. Some of the exhibition highlights -- a performance by Static Noyze (including members of  the ABDC crew) and a collabo between members of ABDC6's Phunk Phenomenon and ICONic Boyz along with ICONic Girlsz). Thanks for the links Emo!

More on ABDC7 auditions: crew size, crew member ages, audition routine specs

We received many questions on the America's Best Dance Crew Season 7 auditions. As posted earlier, there auditions will be held in January 2012 in Houston, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles (specific locations to be announced soon) and you can sign up at abdccasting.com. Some info from the FAQs on that site:

• ALL ages are invited to audition -- no minimum age
• Crews should have 5-7 members. If you want to audition with more,contact 1-855-777-ABDC or abdc@mtv.com
• Audition routines should be no longer than 1:30
• You can dance to any type of music
• If you are picked for a call-back, you may be given a challenge or need to come up with a new routine on short notice

Video: Nikodemus (Machine Gone Funk) popping

Nikodemus (member of Machine Gone Funk) goes solo in this video, demonstrating both classic and original popping with an admirable clean style. From Nikodemus Youtube

Video: RNG & CollectiveUTH Seattle - "Butterflies"

Some of our readers have been very excited by RNG and rooting for them to be chosen for America's Best Dance Crew Season 7. Here's a RNG collaboration with CollectiveUth Seattle. What do you think? You can see more of their work at RNGDancers Youtube.

Video: Jun Quemado (feat. Ian Eastwood) - "Half Time"

Here's the newest upload from Jun Quemado's official Youtube Channel. The video was taken from Jun & Ian's workshop in Chicago. Check it out:

Watch "Mobbed" dance segments here with members of Fanny Pak, AIM, Blueprint Cru, SYTYCD, Femme 5

"Mobbed" is a Fox series that is co-directed and choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo. It features very emotional plots of people trying to dramatize major life events (marriage proposals, pregnancy announcements, reveal of birth parentage) via flash mobs, as well as exposition on how to use flash mobs to make the occasion even more fraught with emotion and drama. Many of you will want to skip past the tears and staged drama (not to mention the ads) to get straight to the dancing. You're in luck, we watch it all for you!

The latest episode involved an 'accomplice' named Ion trying to make up to 'marks' (also his daughter and wife) for abandoning them with a flash mob apology. Really. The professional dancers include alums of America's Best Dance Crew: most members of Fanny Pak, plus members of Blueprint Cru, Femme 5, and Artistry in Motion. There are also alums from So You Think You Can Dance including Neil Haskell, Jason Glover and Lauren Gotlieb. So, if you want the full episode, click here. Here are the two full dance sequences.

Video: Parris (ReQuest) & Rie Hata choreo workshop with S**t Kingz

A rare collaboration: Parris (ABDC6 ReQuest) and Rie Hata held a workshop in Japan for BoogieZone and the Beat Box Street Dance Studio. Among the dancers: S**t Kingz. From BGPOPA Youtube.

NAOTV Episode 4: Astro Breaks the Universe

Is that Michael Jackson...bboying? Nope! It's B-boy Astro, as he stars in the latest production of JuBa Films: "Da Capo". His bboy skills mixed with the filmmaking genius of JuBa results in one of the most beautiful dance videos of the year. See for yourself:

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! As usual, it was another great week in dance. Check out these dope videos below (or in the playlist here).

---Other Dope Videos from This Week---

David Truong-"Slow Dance"-The David half of Houston's famous Truongs is back again, with a video of his choreo to Keri Hilson's "Slow Dance". He shows us a different side of his choreographing abilities by dancing to a slow jam. Dope stuff.

Mike Song-"Lights (Shook Remix)"-Mike Song never disappoints with his choreography, and this video is no exception. Another song with a slower tempo (guess this was a slow jam kinda week). Joining him are fellow KM6 members Yuri Tag and Cindy Minowa.

World Of Dance Chicago-Sikat-It's always impressive when a crew is really clean and really high energy at the same time. These guys definitely deserved first place at WOD Chicago. They have been drawing a lot of comparisons to GRV, which is a great honor.

Red Bull BC One-Neguin vs Roxrite-How could I not include a video from Red Bull this week? In one of the closest battles of the night, eventual champion Roxrite knocked out 2010 champion Neguin in the semifinals. Roxrite's clean, controlled style and incredible freezes really contrast with Neguin's explosiveness and aerial prowess.

**If you have any submissions for NAOTV, please send them to my account here.**

That's it for this week's episode of NAOTV! Thanks for reading and watching! - NAO

Video: Poreotics' latest show at ElecTRONica

Poreotics (ABDC5 winners) performed again at Disney's ElecTRONica over the Thanksgiving weekend. Here's their latest show, from SoCalDork Youtube.