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‘America’s Best Dance Crew’ season 2 auditions in Houston
While most of my time over the past couple months has been consumed with Austin’s biggest music event of the year, my secret obsession has been the latest venture of ‘Idol’ big dawg Randy Jackson, ‘America’s Best Dance Crew.’ I started watching out of curiosity, but quickly found myself roped in by the raw skills and pure heart of the dance crews who were competing. Last night during the season finale my boys, Jabbawockeez (in the video above) took the title. I loved this crew for a lot of reasons, beyond their technical prowess and mad flava, there was something really profound to me about the crew’s choice to perform in white masks. Apart from the dramatic stage effect, it signaled to me a surrender of individual ego for the good of the team.
I’ve been a huge fan of breakdance crews since being blown away at a B-Boy City dance competition in 2001. B-Boy City, produced twice a year by Romeo Navarro and crew, provides an excellent opportunity for Austinites to get a glimpse into the gritty and intense world of urban street dancing. The video above is a crew on crew battle featuring Jive Turkeys vs. Masterz of Mayhem in the B-Boy City 13 finals last year. The excellent instrumental funk the dancers break it down to is provided by local powerhouse Brownout. The next B-Boy City competition is coming up next month at the Parish. The dates are April 24-27 and the event being billed as a 10-year Anniversary Hip-Hop Festival. This has become an important institution in Austin’s urban music scene and I highly recommend local hip-hop fans check it out.
Also, this season of ‘ABDC’ featured crews from the South, East Coast, West Coast and Midwest but none from the Third Coast. I have this great dream that when I tune into the next season I’m going to see a Texas crew on the lineup. Apparently the show’s producers share my sentiment. There’s an open call audition for the next season of the show on April 22 in Houston. More details here. Represent, y’all!
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