Looze Control will be coming to Melbourne for the first time in 2008! Looze Control is one of Australia’s premier hip hop showcase competitions organised by Nojon Entertainment from Sydney.
The first Melbourne heats are set for April 12 at Prahran Town Hall. Registrations are now open and you may register through Groovedance! The rules, terms and conditions are also up!
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The first major event next year is Freestyle at Fed Square, set for February 2nd. This event is one of the largest events for the year and holds hip hop battles, bboy battles, popping and locking battles, MC battles, beatbox battles, and a host of other activities and workshops… all for FREE!
Visit our Freestyle @ Fed Square page for more info about the day and registration information. More details will be confirmed closer to the date including a list of the judges and competitors.
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Just a heads up that Yosshi from Mortal Kombat Crew (Japan) arrived in Melbourne 3 days ago and is here for the next 3 months!
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Information about the Australian Hip Hop Championships to be held early next year has been released and registrations are now officially open.
The first Melbourne heats are set to be held on the 23rd of February at Melbourne Music Academy.
For more news and info about the competition, visit the United Entertainment Group website.
There have been a few people asking about the events occurring early next year. We’re currently waiting for a few more event organisers to confirm their dates and venues but the official calendar will be out soon! The first big event however, will be Freestyle at Fed Square on February 2nd, with another nine events following in the 5 months after that (not including the bboy and krump events).
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The long awaited Step Your Game Up 2 is happening in just a few days time and the bboy scene will come alive starting TONIGHT!
Tonight: Australian Bboy Championships DVD Launch @ First Floor
Thursday: International Guests for SYGU2 arrive in Melbourne
Friday: STREET RUN + Intl Bboy Workshops
Saturday: Step Your Game Up 2 <– Don’t Miss This!!!
Melbourne Street Run 10
Date: 14 December
Time: 7pm start
Location: State Library of Victoria (then moving to ChinaTown Arcade (formerly Village Cinemas), The Aristocracy (Cnr Little Collins + Russell St), Melbourne Town Hall (Cnr Collins + Swanston St)
Cost: FREE!
Some of the International Guests include: Taisuke (Zulu Kingz, Japan), Katsu (Zulu Kingz, Japan), Greatman (TG Breakers, Korea), Beast (TG Breakers, Korea)
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For any of the dancers that have read the news about the contract for SYTYCD contestants (Adelaide Now, Daily Telegraph), or anyone that has received the email going around about the show, I just wanted to clear up any rumours or misconceptions the media is trying to play.
The contract does not ban membership of any unions, but it does provide a clause that any services supplied by the contestant are independant of union membership. The contract does allow contestants to continue working before and after the show. The clause implying this is concerned about television and media appearances on other networks. This was very clearly explained to all contestants in Sydney, and is enforced to protect the integrity and publicity of the dancers. This is a completely normal clause and applies to all television personalities in the industry.
Any offending provisions in the contract would be read down or severed, but otherwise the contract is definitely not illegal as it has been purported to be. Dancers shouldn’t be put off by what has been said in the media about this. The experience that SYTYCD offers is priceless and life-changing so keep training for it!
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Alister from Dziah (2nd Place World Hip Hop Championships 2006, 3rd Place Battlegrounds) will be teaching class at Unitd Styles tonight 730-9pm. These guys are sick. Don’t miss it!
Watch Dziah - World Hip Hop Show, and their Battlegrounds Show
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Battlegrounds coverage is complete with links to all the videos, results, and a quick review!
Junior Category:
1st - Kstar (Melbourne)
2nd - Lil Saints (New Zealand)
3rd - Street Funk (Melbourne)
Open Category:
1st - Xtatic (Phillipines)
2nd - Beatphonik (Melboune)
3rd - Dziah (New Zealand)
Click HERE for the Full Coverage.
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The last few people to join the top 20 for So You Think You Can Dance in Australia is still being announced but in about 3 hours time the top 20 will be complete.
Groovedance would like to congratulate everyone that made the top 100 in Sydney, and everyone that survived all the grueling days to make it all the way to the top 39 yesterday.
Out of respect for the competition, we won’t be announcing any names of the top 20 or who made it how far in the top 100 week so you’ll have to wait until the show airs in February or find out from somewhere else :).
We can say however, that the people that have been chosen for the top 20 so far are absolutely AMAZING and WORLD CLASS, and So You Think You Can Dance will be the television event to look forward to next year.
We may be posting a separate blog entry of the experience in Sydney (with NO spoilers) so stay tuned! Congratulations again!
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