CEBU CITY- It's been 2 years now since I was part of Dance Fest 2012, where I took my seat amongst colleagues and helped adjudged the final five crews to battle it out in the finale. Now GMA Network Channel 7 Cebu and SM Supermalls are once again looking for the best dance crew in Metro Cebu. Calling out once again for Dance Crews who got what it takes to join the most awaited Dance Fest 2014 at SM City Consolacion.
Auditions will be held tomorrow, July 11 at 4 p.m in SM City Consolacion. Like last year there will now be two categories: Open and School-Based Category.
The Open Category is open to groups with 8 to 10 members, 14 years old and up. The School-Based Category is open to groups with 8 to 10 members, 14 to 24 years old and must come from one school or university in Cebu. Both allows an all-male, all-female or mixed groups.
To those interested to join, they must submit the following on or before July 10, 2014:
Duly-filled up application form (available at the Marketing Department of SM City Consolacion),
Photocopy of Birth Certificates of all the members,
P1,000 single or accumulated receipt from any store in SM City Consolacion between the period of June 1-July 11, 2014,
One clear colored 5R picture of the group,
Signed Release of Liability form and Waiver for each member.
Application forms, as well as the complete mechanics, are available at the Marketing Department of SM City Consolacion.
For inquiries, call 260-0136/09434388088. (PR)
Also check the following Facebook Pages for updates:
Hip Hop International Philippines Grand National Finals will be on May 4, 2014 in Manila. Listed below are the regional qualifiers to come out from Visayas and Mindanao.
CEBU CITY - Courageous All Men's Kenn Mijares & Michaelo Mendoza are back for another session full of knowledge, skill development and of course to have fun! But this time with fellow C.A.M. member and brother Jehiel Miranda. This will all go down at Club Ultima – Power Gym (15th Floor, Tower 2, Fuente Osmena Blvd.) Cebu City.
Class is open to everyone who’s interested to learn Hip Hop and Urban Style dances whether you're a beginner or advance dancers this is for you guys to share, explore, inspire and challenge yourself to help you better your craft. Class will also tackle some discussions about dance, dance classes, old school, middle school and urban choreography.
Kenn Mijares "Body Parts" Choreography
Keloy Mendoza "Can't Back Down" Choreography
Jehiel Miranda + Keloy Mendoza "Freedom Song" Choreography
Registration:
November 9, 2013 Saturday 3pm
November 10, 2013 Sunday 12noon
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CEBU CITY - Courageous All Men's at it again, catch the dance classes this weekend at the Club Ultima, Power Gym, Fuente Osmena Boulevard. Classes will be by Keloy Mendoza and Kenn Mijares.
This event is open to everyone who’s interested to learn a different style of dance, from beginner to advance dancers this is for you guys to explore, to inspire and to challenge yourself to help you better your craft. Discussions about HHI, Hip-hop basics, urban style & choreography
Registration:
October 12, 2013 - 3pm
October 13, 2013 - 12noon
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CEBU CITY - September 14, 2013; After all the campus screening and the successful launching with free Hip Hop workshop last August 25, 2013 at Parkmall, Mandaue, Dance Carnival 2013 judgement day is upon us. In cooperation with Sun Cellular and CITIGym, with 11 campus dance crews, including defending champions Kinesyx from the University of San Carlos - Tech. Center (USC TC), and 18 solo contestants battling it out for this year's title, Dance Carnival 2's turn out was a huge success, with quite a number of newcomer school campuses joining in the competition. Esteemed judges were of world class caliber, Hit Master Fish from Juste Debout, legendary Hip Hop /Popping dancer, teacher and choreographer, and Team Vibe choreographer Melvin Jansen Ang, and Vanessa Samson. Winners were awarded Trophies plus cash prizes; Crew Category Champion: P20,000, 1st Runner-Up P15,000, 2nd Runner-Up 10,000; Solo Category Champion P10,000, 1st Runner-Up P5,000, 2nd Runner-Up P2,500.
Winners Crew Category:
Champion: Watch Your Step (University of Cebu Main) - From being just one of the entry in the 1st ever Dance Carnival in 2011 to bagging the grand Champion, Watch Your Step has come a long way. They have proven they are a team of dancers to beat. This is the same team that represented Cebu in the nationwide dance competition SMART JUMP-IN Dance Off, by SMART Telecommunications held in Manila in July of this year, in which they won 3rd Place over all.
We have been waiting for Dance Carnival to be back because we want to compete again, these are the words of Watch Your Step Leader (WYS), Bernard.
WYS failed to make it to the top 4 in the first Dance Carnival in 2011. After 2 years, they are back a lot stronger and with more experience, will and attitude to make it this time. - Dance Carnival
Photo from Dance Carnival
Watch Your Step - UC Main
1st runner-up: Stingers (South Western University) - A newcomer for Dance Carnival, these dancers composed mainly of the students from the Dentistry Department, gave tribute to the the King of Pop, the late Michael Jackson. The group also won an extra P5,000 prize for garnering the most text vote (700+) which was 20% of the over all score.
2nd runner-up: Kinesyx (USC TC) - Setting the bar back in 2011, the very first Dance Carnival Champion, they came prepared and gave the other teams stiff competition. Although finishing 2nd Runner-Up this year, they have proven to be one of the crowd favourites, easily commanding the audiences' attention and cheer.
Solo Category: For the solo category, the 18 contestants were divided into their respective genres (Swag / Bboy & Breakdancing / Lyrical / Ballet & Contemporary / Popping ) and competed among themselves with a common material provided by the organisers. One winner from each genre moved on to compete in the final round against the other winners using their own prepared pieces.
L-R : (Partly seen) Dance Carnival Organiser Lasser Rigor, Judge Vanessa Samson, Sun Cellular Brand Activation Manager, Diet Lagura Solo Category Champion Carl Barcelo, Host Doyzkie Buenaviaje, 2011 Solo Category Champion Christian Moscoso, 2nd Runner-Up Blue Lleva, 1st Runner-Up Gerald Conde and Dance Carnival Organiser Junex Montinola
Winners:Champion: Carl Barcelo - Lyrical (University of San Carlos Main) - who also won the most number of text votes, which comprised 20% of the total score.
Congratulations to all the winners and to the organisers of Dance Carnival for bringing together some of the best campus dance crews around this side of the metro. Bringing to the fore the battle for the most wanted university crews and dancers. Here's to seeing more crews joining and battling it out in the upcoming Dance Carnival. Keep it here.
------- 2013 - Rafi
CEBU CITY - After the successful Launch of Dance Carnival 2013 last Sunday, August 25 at Parkmall, where a free Hip Hop workshop was given and the finalists were presented, The crews and soloist dancers are all hyped for the upcoming battle, aren't you? Inviting all Cebuanos to go and cheer for your favourite team and soloist bet for this year's Dance Carnival Champ.
Tickets are now being sold at P200 each, grab yours now and you get free Sun Load (P25). Contact number 0943-275-0495 for ticket reservation. Tickets will also be available to buy from the dancers/crews. Dance Carnival Competition will be happening at the Waterfront Cebu Hotel & Casino in Lahug, on September 14, 2013 at 3PM.
To spice things up here's a little something from Dance Carnival: A dance mini-series by Arcos Lineage starring Mike Mendoza, Junex Montinola and Ken Dxe Caluya.
CEBU CITY - Courageous All Men has set up the third installment of Hip Hop Dance classes for this year. Coming to you this Sunday, August 11, 2013. Classes will be conducted by Mike Mendoza and Joseph Catingub, for the first part (1:00pm - 2:30pm), Keloy Mendoza and Jehiel Miranda for the second part (2:45pm - 4:15pm). Registration will promptly start at 12pm. It's a first come first serve basis and slots are limited to 40-50. Workshop will be at Mango Square Dance Studio.
CEBU CITY - SM City Consolacion in partnership with GMA Channel 7 Cebu brings back DANCEFEST. The search for the best crew in Cebu is on for 2013. This time competition has two categories, Open and School Category.
Dance Fest is a Hip Hop dance competition featuring the regions’ best dance crews who will take center stage via a series of tough elimination rounds for a chance to become this years’ Grand Champions with more than P80,000 worth of Cash and SM Gift Certificates up for grabs.
- SM City Consolacion
The competition is open to all dance crews with 8-10 members aged 14-24. Members belonging to the same School/University may join the School Based Category. Application Forms and Contest Mechanics are available at the Marketing Department of SM City Consolacion. For more information, feel free to call the SM City Consolacion Marketing Department at (032)260-0136.
I have to admit, this competition is special for me since it was in this very competition about the same time last year where I met a bunch of amazing dance crews. The experience had opened the doors to a different subculture of dance and competitions, that I would not have been able to immerse in had I not been part of the event. It also paved the way for several opportunities, including writing and covering dance events for blogs such as DanceManila.com :) So I'm truly grateful to have witnessed it all and am looking forward to what this year's competition has to offer - Rafi
CEBU CITY - On June 2, 2013 , Take the 544 Session with Watch Your Step Alumni members, repping their current crews: Courageous All Men with Jehiel Miranda and Project Element with Bernard Secuya. Workshop will be held at the Baseline Recreational Center, 7pm - 11pm. registration starts at 6pm. All for P100. Sign up now, only 50 slots will be allotted and it's first come first serve basis.
CEBU CITY - If you can't get enough of the CAM Workshop last Monday, here's another workshop from one of the Courageous All Men's pioneers, Johnrey Tabaloc along with Project Element's Kenn Mijares. This coming Tuesday, that's May 28, 2013 still at Mango Square Dance Studio. Registration starts at 12noon and workshop proper starts promptly at 1pm until 4:15pm, all for only P150. You can pre-register and reserve your slot -as they can only accommodate up 40 participants, by contacting the number: 0922-764-8625.
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This event is open to everyone who’s interested to learn a different style of dance, especially for beginners, this is for you guys to explore, to inspire and to challenge yourself to help you better your craft. So come and join us as we move and defy limitations as we present: GAME OVER. - Johnrey Tabaloc & Kenn Mijares
TACLOBAN CITY - With a plethora of achievements, including: being finalists in nationwide talent shows such as Showtime and Pilipinas Got Talent; Securing slots as finalists in nationwide qualifying dance competitions for Dance Off and World Supremacy Battlegrounds; Numerous wins in regional and local dance competitions, notably their winning streak and consequently making them the grand slam Champions of Dance Wars -an annual regional dance competition held in Tacloban City, Zero Gravity has indeed made a name for themselves and has cemented their being one of the best dance crews to come out of Tacloban City.
And now they will be conducting their second summer workshop, Heat Up ! Hip Hop, to impart some of their knowledge to fellow dancers and dance enthusiasts alike.
For P1500, students get to learn some of the basics and foundation of Hip Hop styles, such as Popping, House, Krumping, Waacking & Vogue, Bboying and Break dance, and also new contemporary styles such as Urban, Flavor and L.A. Style. Fee is also inclusive of certificate and a shirt. So all those of you in the area, there is still time, sign up and learn from some of the best.
CEBU CITY - There's a new avenue for dance crews in Cebu to show the rest of us what they've got. The first ever "Battle Royale Hip Hop Competition" happening on *May 11, 2013May 26, 2013 is a joint project of J Centre Mall, Gold's Gym Cebu and one of Cebu's premiere dance crews, Project Element.
Dance Crews must have at least 5 and a maximum of 10 members, ages 14-30
Registration will be from *April 26, 2013 until May 10, 2013. To register Dance Crews must have an accumulated receipt worth or purchase of P1000 from any tenants of J Centre Mall, from any date.
The Launching and Audition of the competition will be on *April 27May 11, 2013.
Material (Music) must not be more than 2 minutes (for the elimination).
There should be a minimum of 3 Hip Hop styles.
Performance must be original.
Aerial stunts and tricks are strongly prohibited and any lifting shall be limited to a 2 level standard.
With P15,000 worth of prizes in products/GC for the Champion, P10,000 worth of prizes in products/GC for the 1st Runner-Up and P5000 worth of prizes in products/GC for the 2nd Runner-up, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
For more information contact Kristelle of J Centre Mall, (032)266-8888 local 212. Or visit J Centre Mall's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/jcentremall
CEBU CITY - Over the last weekend I PEEd 3 happened (full post about the event to follow) and now to showcase what went on during the workshop, Project Element in cooperation with J Centre Mall presents "Finding your Element : Which Element are you?" Dance Concert!
It's the student's time to shine once again. Featuring the I PEEd Family, Project Element, Courageous All-Men, Understatement, and Lollipop Dance crew.
Join in, on an afternoon of pure dancing and partying! Concert is on April 21, 2013, Sunday, 4-6pm, J Centre Atrium. Registration is for FREE!!!
Also catch Project Element every Fridays of April at J. Centre Mall and Gold's Gym's Fit & Fab Friday. Dance your way to a fitter you! 6:30pm at the J.Centre Atrium. Registration is for free.
And lastly there's still more to this partnership of Project Element and J.Centre Mall. Stay tuned for follow-up post of something that may involve a little bit of Hip Hop showdown and more dance crews!
APRIL 13 & 14 - from 12pm -6pm ,2 days of learning new dances, moves and styles. Be sure to register and be part of dance workshop, hurry for there will only be 200 slots. This is Project Element's 3rd season of sharing their talents to their students and all dance enthusiasts here in Cebu.Workshop will be at the Cebu Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
For more information on how to register for the event please click through this link:
DAVAO CITY - On February 17, 2013 Groove Unlimited Dance Community (GUDC) came together as one family to celebrate yet another milestone for their Dance School for the year (SY 2012-2013). A year of training classes and workshops, it's that time again to give recognition to all the teachers, staff and most especially the students. Event was held at the NCCC Mall of Davao, Matina Crosssing Ma-a Road.
THE CULMINATION is an annual event to officially end another great school year. It is a day to recognize works, individuals, talents, dancers, choreographers, crews and groups of their achievements, accomplishments and contribution to GUDC and to the community.
The Culmination replaced the February/March Groove Stylz event. Groove Stylz formally became a summer event of the GUDC starting 2010. - GUDC
Most Improved Dancer
1. Stephen Rey Estilo (JAZ Up Danz Crew)
2. Harvey Mateus (Alternative Groove)
3. Jan Aleksei Larion (Bandila Fusion)
4. Kyle Galvez (D12)
5. Kleizer Gata (Distinct Feature)
6. Joseph Joshua Franco (Allianz)
7. April Janine Uyan (FACES)
8. Dexter Guibone (Groove Unlimited)
9. Jed Sumampong (B-side Tribe)
10. Alfred Jett Grandeza (Thesis)
Most Improved Crew:Alternative Groove Special Awards:
1.Groove Unlimited for being the first to represent Davao City in an international hip-hop dance competition.
2.KZ Tandingan for winning the 1st X Factor Philippines.
3.Gerald Manangan for sharing his knowledge and expertise in the field of dance.
4.Dan Salvana for sharing his knowledge and expertise in the field of dance.
5. The Academy as the most promising crew of Davao City.
6. NCCC mall of Davao for the support given to GUDC for the entire school year.
7. Smashville Fitness Center for the support given to GUDC for the entire school year.
Recognition:
1. Mediamen, photographers, bloggers for the support given to GUDC
2. Incoming Graduates and Board Passers
3. All GUDC abroad
4. All visiting dance teachers
5. All crews who represented Davao City in regional and national competitions\
Kool-Lab Project Awards:
Most Attended Class : Ian and Keeshia (56 students)
Best Select Group : Ian and Keeshia's Class
(Kyle Galvez, Kim Fong, Bon Vidoy, LP Solarte, Merlyn Alair)
Faculty of the Year : Kevin and Pax
Duo Competition Champs: Jan Carlo Jabonete and Sarah Jessica Bravo
Special thanks to "The Respect" by GCC clothing line for the prizes
Judges:
1. Dilam and Nikki (2007-2008 Champ)
2. Lex (2009-2010 Champ)
3. LP & Tzum (2010-2011 Champ)
4. Kareena (2010-2011 Champ) Guest Performers: One of GUDC's commitment is to help give the much needed exposure to groups who are just starting by offering them intermission spots in the programs.
1.The Comeback
2. Southpoint School Dance Club
3. Fresh Lips
4. Reverent Knack (Kidapawan city)
5. The Academy (Awardee)
Photo of the Year: "the Prayer" by Sarah Dayrit
Video of the Year: Aike Putian -- How Many Drinks by Miguel
3. Freestyling -- Gats Lopez, Alfred Jett Grandeza, Josh Abella, Jan aleksei larion, Karl Jarabello
4. Waacking & Vogueing -- Jhoey Zulueta, Kevin Jan Fruto, Brian Berenguela, Stephen Estilo, Kenneth Alquirez
FACULTY -- for offering their expertise by sharing their talents, skills and experience to the dance community
CREWS and TEAMS -- for helping out in keeping our events and activities worth attending
Photo credits to Gianne Carlo Chua and Reverent Knack
We also would like to congratulate and wish everyone, who qualified for the Dance Delight Philippines Volume 1 which will be held this March in Manila, all the best. Most especially to all Mindanao Crews, Exquizyth, Crossover, XI Region and Urban Myx
