The year 2013 marks the fourth year of Singapore Dance Delight Vol. 4. Proudly presented by F&N Sparkling Drinks and organised by O School, the winning team of Singapore Dance Delight Vol. 4 will represent Singapore in Dance Delight Vol. 20 in Osaka, Japan.
Dance Delight Vol. 20 is the 20th installment of the international street dance competition created by Mitsuhiro Harada a.k.a Machine. This events brings together the slickest and most dynamic street dancers from all over the world with their best moves to compete with one another. The event attracts about 10,000 audiences each year and winning this competition is one of the biggest glory for any street dancers.
Website for Singapore Dance Delight : http://dancedelight.sg/
Tonight, at the Kallang Theatre, the region's top 22 dance crews will battle it out with their slick choreography, high flying dance moves and vibrant costumes. Out of the 22 dance crews, 14 teams are from Singapore and they have won their spots in this final competition after a tough battle of 38 teams at the Singapore Dance Delight preliminaries held on 30th March 2013.
I'm really excited to receive a pair of tickets and media invitation to cover this exciting competition on my blog and I brought bf along as he enjoys watching dance performances like this. Big thanks to the kind people from F&N!
The cool flavours from F&N Sparkling Drinks. With flavours such as F&N Outrageours Orange, F&N Groovy Grape, F&N Cheeky Cherryade, F&N Clearly Citrus, F&N Cool Ice Cream Soda, F&N Sarsi and F&N Flashy Fruitade, there is a drink for every mood and occasion!
Website for F&N : www.fnn.com.sg
Ready or not, here we go!!!
THE JUDGES
In every competition, there bound to be judges, and for the judges of Singapore Dance Delight Vol. 4, they are all very good dancers themselves.
Machine, real name Mitsuhiro Harada is the creator of Dance Delight. He is also the leader of the legendary break dance team 'Angel Dust Breakers' in Japan. In 1992, he founded the street dance promotion company 'Adhip' and started 'Osaka Dance Delight' which created a new wave of street dance culture from Osaka and the origin of all dance delight competitions. In 1994, the first nationwide street dance competition took place in Japan and that was the 1st Japan Dance Delight.
You Tube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV3W7Q4oRJ0
Loose Joint, real name Jamel Brown is a hip hop dancer from New York with 30 years of experience in dancing. He's a dancer with many different style like Popping, B Boying, Locking and even Kung Fu and he got this nickname from his originality and flexibility as a dancer. Till today, he is still a highly sought after back-up dancer and choreographer. He also co-founded the Elite Force Crew with renowned artists such as Michael jackson, Mariah Carey, Will Smith and TLC inside.
Ryan Tan only discover his gift in dancing at the age of 23 but after that he became a well-known face in the local dance industry. Not only that, his desire to continuously challenge himself brings him to explore many dance forms in New York, Los Angeles, Japan, korea and Taiwan. His dance style includes Hip-Hop, Jazz, Lyrical and contemporary. He represented Singapore for the World Planet Dance Competition and came in 5th out of 26 countries.
You Tube : (O School Dance Recital 2010 - Lyrical Jazz choreographed by Ryan Tan)
Tony Tzar was raised and born in Washington D.C. to a military family where his parents both worked in the Air Force. He was influence to dance by his mother and moved to Los Angeles with only $600 and a bag of clothes. He was inspired to pursue dancing after watching the hip-hop group, Culture Shock perform. He joined their group at the age of 16 and as a dancer, he toured with Ginuwine and as a singer, he did backup for Yolanda Adams and P.Diddy. He is currently working as a hip-hop and house instructor at Debbie Reynolds, International Dance Academy and EDGE Performing Arts Center In Los Angeles. Recently, he also started his own Company called Urban Empire.
You Tube Video
Madoka You Tube Video
Alright, I've finished with the introduction of the judges in this post.
For more information of the different dance crews, please read my second post here.
For the results and contest details, please read my third post here.
Thank you for reading!
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