The casting process has already begun for the second season of America’s Best Dance Crew. This weekend tons of crews headed to the Big Apple for quite the East Coast showdown. I hung out with New Jersey’s “Fr3sh,” a crew that formed in 2003 at a Filipino Independence Day Parade. They’ve spent the last five years practicing for a chance in a lifetime like being chosen to compete for the title of America’s Best Dance Crew. “Getting to the finals would mean so much. It would make all the difficult times worth it — the late nights, fighting with our parents, dancing in studios with no mirrors…”
Fr3sh had to bail on trying out for the first season of America’s Best Dance Crew because none of the group members could take time off from school. Luckily this new season will be a summer affair: “When we found out about it, we were like, ‘Dude, this is it. This is our calling.’ All of our fears and worries about missing school were over and we could completely concentrate on dancing.”
The crew also has a “junior” sect of the company (ages 9 - 17), which they refer to as their inspiration for working so hard. “It has a huge effect on their morale, and they feel like they can do anything if we go for it.”
While Fr3sh admit they have a lot more to learn, they feel pretty confident about their skills and chances of making it to the finals. “We want it so bad. We’ve met a lot of dope people here — there are so many different teams on this one coast — but we think we’ll stand out because of our versatility.”
They did. Fresh got a call back to the next round. Stay tuned for more casting updates from NYC and other parts of the country.
