Yesterday I introduced you to one of my East Coast picks, Fresh. But here are a couple of other cool crews that caught my eye at this weekend’s NYC casting call:
Illusions from Brooklyn, NY: “We always dreamed of a show like this. When we saw it last season, we couldn’t believe we weren’t on it. Dancers have always been looked at as the bottom, the background. And now dance is working its way up. It’s our time to shine.”
Next Level from Queens, NY: “We want to get married to dance. We’ve got so much love and passion for it. God comes first, and then dance. It’s in our heart, it’s in our soul.”
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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.
Like you didn’t know.
JABBAWOCKEEEEEEEEZ!
Out of an astonishing 38 million votes, the jibba-jabbas stole the majority and walked away with 100K. It was a rockin party – crews representing different regions squared off, Shane Sparks told the audience to bug off, and Lil Mama got her rocks off (hellooooo rhinestones!).
For the final number, America’s Best Dance Crew ditched the masks and boogied underneath a free fall of confetti. And for a moment, all was right in the world.
Click here for info on how you can audition this summer for America’s Next Dance Crew: Season 2!
MTV isn’t wasting a second with the audition process for America’s Best Dance Crew Season 2. Time to retool your Chinese Typewriters and get with the program. To find out when ABDC will be in your hood and get your application info, click here.
There was a whole lotta cheerin’ going on last night when ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’ finalists JabbaWockeeZ and Kaba Modern squared off for the last time. I’m seriously in awe of these guys. A 3-min head spin? Even tough-love judge JC was blown a way. Which brings me to the real reason I’m mentioning the show… The bowtie. Sorry JC, but I think YOU might need a little tough love this time. What’s with the Ask Jeeves ensemble? Granted NSYNC never quite hit the mark with their on-stage styling, but this was a serious fashion emergency. Take note: Bowties don’t mix well with urban dance-offs. Unless you’re performing the White Man’s Overbite as an encore.Tune in next week (Thursday, March 27th at 10pm EST) for the ‘ABDC’ live finale!
You watched the premiere of Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew and then you went online at MTV.com to vote for your favorite. But after you pressed that “vote” button, the screen just turned kinda grey and now you don’t know if your vote counted, right? Rest assured, it did!… Read more…
