Project 4
Project 4: "Floor The Love -Battles"
competition
After a year away from Singapore, Korea Singapore Dance Project is back for 2007 with Project 4!
Man, it feels good because this time, I am actually going to BE IN SINGAPORE for it! And this Project is going to be the jam~
I wanted to make a dance event in Singapore that wasn’t a showcase competition because there are soooo many around already. Wanted to push for something new.
‘Battle Competitions’ are where 2 teams or 2 solo dancers take equal rounds on stage (or in a circle ^^ ) to compete to see who has the best flava. It is the usual format for Streetdance Competitions around the world and you probably already know of many such as Just Debout in France, Dance Delight in Japan and the bboy Freestyle Session jam in the US
Well, I’m happy to announce I think is the first Battle Format competition in Sg in Project 4…. ‘Floor The Love-Battles!’
Check out the poster….^^
I made it myself. Very proud.
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Project 4: Floor The Love-Battles
Where: Oboxx Studio, Kallang
When: Sept 22nd, 2007.
5pm - 9pm
What: 2-2 Locking, 2-2 Popping, 2-2 Hip Hop, 1-1 Breaking comp
Jury: 3 judges from ‘Next Level’ Crew, Korea.
Jin Ah, Freestyle Ali and Jinu
Judges Criteria: Costumes 0% Crowd Response 0%
Make Up 0% Rhythm and Timing 100%
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The best choreography and routines rarely win a battle format competition, simply because the judges are looking for the people who dance to the music the best in their sets.
If a person does a pre-planned routine, then the likelihood of that routine exactly matching the song that is being played is pretty small. It won’t score high.
But if someone freestyles to the music and in doing so, can create dance spontaneously in improvisation, and with real flow and technique, then that scores high. Example, this video, which has P-Lock (France) and Khan (Korea) in a Locking Battle in Europe.
So I hope that you all come and enter in Floor The Love-Battles, especially people who have been dancing for more than a year…..its time to push yourself to see how wide your dance vocabulary can be in matching the music.
To enter Floor The Love, go to the website http://floorthelove.blogspot.com and leave a comment on the blog. State the category you want to enter in (Popping, Locking or Hip Hop) , who your team members are and what your team name is.
Also….we are having Street Dance Workshops after the event as well! Click on the posters to enlarge them.
The judges are having a series of workshops at dance on us studios near orchard mrt. Full details at the website http://floorthelove.blogspot.com
There will be 3 classes for each style (Popping, Locking, HipHop, House, Wacking and Girls Hip Hop).
Cost:
1 class - $40
2 classes - $60
3 classes - $75
each additional class is another $15 more
Videos of the judges up soon, but you can see Ali’s battle video against Sally Sly from France here and a wacking show by Jin Ah here.
If any of you guys have blogs or websites, can you help promote this jam by linking a poster to your site…? Thanks!
