August 19th, 2010 by asia

My original baby birthed in 1994 due to extraneous circumstances, no love for Bboy Bgirl culture. Can you imagine a time when Bboys and Bgirls were ridiculed by fellow Hip-Hop purveyors? Not allowed into the clubs? Mocked for classic attire including Kangols, fat laces, name plate buckles and pro-keds? Perish the thought!

Now 16 years later, Bboy Bgirl dance lifestyle is as popular and in demand as ever, gracing TV, and film in a no moves barred way!

But Hip-Hop as a culture and a lifestyle that includes street creed, ethics of paying dues and earning your respect the hard way, and respecting and acknowledging those who paved the way.. these beliefs are in short supply these days. An often misunderstood and over imitated culture, the time is now to actualize our potential, come together stronger than ever as a commUnity and work together for sustainability and global change. We truly live a charmed life, w/o judgement of others race, class or creed, soley based on character and skillz! Which brings us to the question “What u workin with?” and “What will you leave behind/be remember for?”

Bboy Summit 2010 Los Angeles

Bboy Summit 2010 Schedule of Events

For more info: www.bboysummit.com

July 17th, 2010 by asia

Waacking is making a steady comeback in the street dance scene. And why shouldn’t it? Its fun, flamboyant, and done to anything from old soul songs to disco to house and probably a lot of music in between, depending on the Waacker. Whats a trip is that a lot of guys are into it now that aren’t gay! haha! My mentor and good buddy Shabba Doo is my favorite Waacker ever, the depth of emotion that he exudes, and the strength of his movements are paramount in my eyes. Ana “Lollipop” Sanchez is my favorite female dancer in the world! This woman is the definition of Waacking to me. A true sensual beast, Lollipop owns Waacking, when she steps onto the floor. She is the best teacher I have ever seen for Waacking, as her focus is on the subtle nuances that truly make this dance what it is. This dance can range from sublimely sensual, teasing, to aggressive in your face, to over the top burlesque, stripper feel. Whose gonna tell a gay dude at the club what he can and cant do? Waacking comes from LA, circa 1970′s (the best years!), and was a club dance movement. “The name “Waacking“ originated from The Soul Train Dancers themselves. “Garbo” is another name given to the dance because of the posing element emulating glamorous women from the forties era.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waacking

Ana “Lollipop” Sanchez will be teaching Waacking this Sunday in LA! Here is her mini tour schedule! Come and join in, you will be glad you did!

ANA LOLLIPOP SANCHEZ: B-PASSION-ITT WORKSHOPS TOUR CALENDAR DATES JULY -AUGUST. Yesterday at 11:56am
Come and experience an opportunity to learn from a true pioneer and legend for her locking , waackin and punking styles , Dance Star of Breakin 1 and Breakin 2 : Electric Boogaloo, Ana Lollipop Sanchez

Sharing the roots of it’s origins through basic fundamentals & technique
Ana be showing you steps and patterns with elements of behavior from life through dance

Learn to use your emotions: B-Passion-itt – Build strength – Feel sexy & develop an understanding in musicality, this is just the first step of many more to come..

Sunday July 18th at 4pm-6pm
EVOLUTION DANCE STUDIOS
4200 Lankershim Blvd.
Universal City, CA 91602

Tel: 818-754-1760 818-754-1760
PRICE: $15

JULY 29-30th
ORIGINS OF HIP HOP AND FUNKDANCE STYLES
STUDIO ONE –
7925 W. Sahara, Suite #101 call for time
Las Vegas, Nv. 89117 702-205-8827
Price: $35
to register for this event go to www.facebook/lockadelic

AUGUST 2nd mon 8:30-10pm / 3rd tues 8:30-10pm
CULTURE SHOCK SAN DIEGO
Culture Shock Dance Center
2110 Hancock St
San Diego, CA 92110
Price: $15

COME ONE COME ALL
THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH ONE STEP-LAO TZU

July 16th, 2010 by asia

I was at Break Festival last year and really enjoyed myself. Maybe it was because it was at the Glass House in Pomona, a spot that use to have really gully Hip-Hop events, rather historic in a way.. Or maybe it was the vibe, or the music. Def not a typical boring jam put on autopilot with the DJ spinning the same lackluster jams putting the ciphers to sleep. Shit was hot! Battles in the Ciphers, old school heads and new jacks n jills catching wreckage. More of a club vibe and feel with the music and low lightening. The promoter Giovanni aka Barafuco aka Aztec Warrior has been repping in the scene for some time now, he is even loosing his accent so you can understand him better! haha! And no he isnt Mexican, fool! Lets let him grab the mic and drop dimes about his event.
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ABOUT US

It was July 10th, 1996 when Breakfest shook the city of Downey, California, one of the very first events that hosted the full form of what true heads know as “the elements” of what we now call “hip hop”. Breakfest became a focal point where break dancing, mc battles, dj’s, and art exhibitions could publicly meet and showcase talent, that up until that point, were the nation’s best kept secrets. When the event first launched, it was the only location that celebrated the full gamut of hip hop culture due to the lifestyle’s relatively young age.

Nearly a decade later, the second Breakfest took Eagle Rock, California by storm in 2008, boasting a capacity crowd that belied the initial event’s humble beginnings. This time a house battle segment was added to the list of elements represented, which brought talent in from all over the world.

Last year’s Breakfest was reintroduced for 2009 as Breakfestival, a core event that celebrates music, rhythm, and art in their most vivid and raw forms. While Breakfestival passionately preserves its “elemental” roots, the founder Giovanni Avelar, has decided to expand the event by bringing in a larger number of world-renowned MC’s, DJ’s, and artists than the usual in order to recognize and celebrate their talent and achievements.

Highlights of the festival include the infamous Crew vs. Crew (Must have a popper) Battle, the House Battle, and even a Power Move Battle that is sure to bring core dancers out of the woodwork. Bring your best; expect the best. Breakfestival is returning to California and dropping harder than ever.

Sincerely
Giovanni S Avelar

With yours truly judging along with Boogie Frantick, and Iron Monkey

5-12am Battles start @ 6pm The Glass House 200 W. Second St. Pomona 91766

June 25th, 2010 by asia

June 25, 2009, Will we ever forget that date? Never! A year later, and we are surprised how quickly time passed. We are just starting to get our MJ groove back on, especially the young ones. As traumatizeed as we all were by his passing, eyes closed in solace, the youth of today’s eyes were wide open.. Who was he, this strange man whom so many people had so many things to say about? Miss Asia they would ask me, “How did he dance like that?” We have an obligation to honor him through our children, the ones he truly cared about. As we went through our own private mourning, the music and dance that created his legacy beated on so strong, that the kids of today took hold of it, and wont let go! So a year strong, and Michael fever is alive and well. It came about at a much needed time in humanity when we really weren’t acting to humane anymore. He made us remember, we are all the same, and it’s our collective duty to see past the skin we are in and to love one another. MJ makes us strive harder for greatness, because at the end of the day, what we leave is all we will be remember for. What will you leave behind?

Michael Jackson tribute parties and family gatherings happening around LA and NYC:

Celebrating the Life and Music of Michael Jackon.. LA

Remember the Times.. Michael Jackson.. LA

Soulnic for Michael Jackson.. for families..LA

Forever Michael.. in Brooklyn

June 3rd, 2010 by asia

Just when i was over the artwalk scene.. lacma unleashes this beast! leave it to the museum of LA to do it up!
Looks like im gona have to gather the troops, lace up my boots and done my cool art spectacles and celebrate LA’s diverse art, dance and music scene!
Its free for the most part, except for the rooftop party, and the world cup thing, either way you slice it, it looks good… esp with Justin BUA, Mear One, Beat Freaks, and Mr. Wiggles doing their collective thing. Hip-Hop is in the building and out in the streets of LA!

ArtWalk 2010:
The Los Angeles Arts & Music Festival

Saturday, June 12, 2010
Miracle Mile
12 pm–12 am (World Cup event starts at 10 am)
Los Angeles is more than just palm trees, sand, and freeway mazes. Los Angeles is home to an incredible array of personalities and cultures, a diversity that can clearly be seen in the city’s art. For this year’s ArtWalk, Muse invites the unique local artists that make up our great city to the Miracle Mile to stand side by side in an impressive display of art, music, performance, workshops, activities, food, and more.

In addition to offering free general admission to all five museums on the row, ArtWalk aims to fill the Miracle Mile from Fairfax to Curson to create an engaging environment for guests of all ages.

The Art of the Rivalry: U.S. vs. England World Cup Match
Special Events Tent at Petersen Automotive Museum
Celebrating the art of the rivalry, U.S. and U.K. fans alike will fill the Petersen’s Special Events Tent for a live screening of the World Cup soccer game between the United States and Britain with the proceeds benefitting LACMA Muse. American and British soccer, photography, music, food, and drink will clash for this juxtaposition of sports and art.

Tickets (including open bar): $15 Muse members | $20 general public
Muse tickets on sale May 24; general-public tickets on sale May 31
Buy tickets online, call 323 857-6010 or visit LACMA’s box office.

ArtWalk After Party
Petersen Automotive Museum Penthouse
Culminating the ArtWalk 2010 experience is an after party in the Peterson Penthouse. The exclusive affair will feature an interactive musical performance by OJO, fashion concepts inspired by Gary Baseman, DJ, open bar, and dessert.

Tickets (including open bar and dessert): $25 Muse members
$40 General public; All tickets on sale May 24
Buy tickets online, call 323 857-6010 or visit LACMA’s box office

BUA’s Urban Art Studio
LACMA, Art of the Americas Building, Plaza Level
Renowned artist Justin BUA is conducting a series of interviews to explore the development of urban art. Select BUA originals will provide the backdrop for conversations with leading figures from graffiti writing, music, dance and more.

Urban Light Stage
LACMA, BP Grand Entrance
Following in the footsteps of last year’s sunset Bollywood performance, BUA and friends will take the stage to present an urban art performance, featuring DJ beats, live painting by Mear One, and break dancing by Mr. Wiggles and The Beat Freaks.

Insomniac Sculpture Garden
La Brea Tar Pits Park
With an assist from festival art curator Phil Blaine, the La Brea Tar Pits Park becomes a haven for large-scale art installations. The imaginative pieces create an experience that’s far from the usual walk in the park while providing an art preview of Insomniac’s upcoming Electric Daisy Carnival.

LAUNCH Presents: Meeson Pae Yang—Accumulations
5900 Wilshire Boulevard
Comprised of mixed media sculptures and installations, Accumulations offers a view of Meeson Pae Yang’s intriguing interpretation of our environment. Through the pairing and amassing of materials organic and synthetic, Yang creates intricate sculptures and installations. These pieces explore technology as it relates to the body and the natural world.

Accompanying the exhibition are six distinct sound artists from the SASSAS soundShoppe who will construct an evolving circuit of aural observations to interpret and reflect upon the physical space and its contents.

Latin Sounds: Scott Martin Latin Soul Band featuring Juliana Munoz
Hancock Park
The Scott Martin Latin-Soul Band has thrilled audiences around the world with their unique blend of Latin and soul music. The group has performed a tour of Japan, Canada, and at such festivals as the Hawaii International Jazz Festival, Mammoth Mountain Jazz Jubilee, Temecula International Jazz Festival, KSDS Jazz Live from the Seville Theatre, and other top clubs and concert venues.

Murals with Unification Theory and Friends
Preceding Latin Sounds, Unification Theory guides guests in creating murals inspired by LACMA’s Latin American collection, focusing on Latin American abstract/collage/text painting as well as Aztec/Mayan/Native American/Incan painting.

Food trucks
Gourmet food trucks from around Los Angeles are invited to set up shop throughout the block as official ArtWalk participants. A portion of all sales for the day will go to benefit LACMA! The Dim Sum Truck, Fishlips, Frysmith, India Jones, Nom Nom, and World Fare are already on board, with more to come!

And, oh wait, there’s more! Keep checking back here for updates every Wednesday and Friday up until the event.
http://www.lacma.org/membership/Muse.aspx

May 27th, 2010 by asia

My Swiss Miss, Miss Nicc from Switzerland, unleashes this event, as part of No Easy Props, Europe. Our plan is world domination (or at least the US and Europe) in pursuit of making everyone have..”Nothing But Flavor”! What else is there anywayz?

NoEasyProps Europe Presents:

there is… NOTHING BUT FLAVOR **FIRST EDITION**

May 29th and 30th 2010

*** /// 1ST PLACE Each Category SFr 500.- /// **

*** 1 vs 1 BATTLES ***
POPPING
LOCKING
HOUSE
HIP-HOP FREESTYLE

**** MORE HAPPENINGS ***

OCTOGON WORLD RUMBLE 2010!!
…. with Winner from all over the World
USA, Isreal, Poland, Spain, UK, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, France, Holland, Denmark, Russia, and more……

*** CIRCLE PRINZ SWITZERLAND ***

Hosts // Salah (F), MC Trix (UK)

AFTERPARTY 00:00 – 04:00
DJ‘s // Renegade (UK), Mr. Tee (IBE)

***WORKSHOPS WITH***
SALAH (F)
P.LOCK (F)
JR. BOOGALOO (USA)
LINK (USA)
CALEAF (USA)

NESS MZK (USA)

More infos and registrations, visit:
www.thereisnothingbutflavor.com
www.octogonworldrumble.com

Location // GZ Heuried, Döltschiweg 130, 8055 Zürich
Doors // 14:00 Prize // SFr 20.- / both days SFr 30.-
Public transportation from Mainstation:
Take tram 14 (direction Triemli), Exit: Schaufelbergstrasse

May 22nd, 2010 by asia

The Bay Area! Gotta love all my Bay Area representatives! Nobody does it like yall do! So, as duty calls, im SF bound to teach a Workshop and Host and Judge a jam called “A Dream Come True”.

My current workshop focuses on all types of goodies like “Styles Upon Styles of Go-Downs”, key transition moves to have, glides and reverse glides (big ups Alien Ness!), and the classic approach to learning Bboying/Bgirling (without missing key elements along the way).

Other teachers include: Pandora and Preying Mantis (Popping/Tutting), and Tiffany Bong (Wacking).

After some minor recoup, head over to the jam, where everyone will be really flexing skillz!

April 16th, 2010 by asia

The answer to the the age old question..”What is a Bgirl”.. Revealed!
Nice piece, short n sweet to the point. Funny how our opinions and feelings about what we do are so vastly different when we are all doing the same dance, essentially.. I say get in where u fit in, there is room for all of us.. Enjoy!

www.exposureroom.com/what-is-a-bgirl/

April 2nd, 2010 by asia

Dave Gonzalez is the man. A cool cat who admits:
1. That he isn’t a so called Hip-Hop head or a dancer
2. That he is a business man who helped put the infamous brand/lifestyle template called Hot Import Nights on the map. For those who know these events, they fuse car culture, hot women, music and party goers all together.
He plays his position, from marketing know how, and services a scene, in this case Dancers living that loco dance life. He brings in folks to make sure his event is aesthetically plausible and delivers. He listens to the community he serves and strives to meet their needs and desires. I respect that!
I have attended a couple of the WOD events in Pomona and have to say that its unique in the way that it caters to street dance from a team standpoint where you got like 40 mofos and mofoettes on the stage at once sweating it out trying to out do Hammer (won’t happen) to an outdoor marketplace vibe with cool music to bug out to concrete style, to a Funk Styles area to a Bboy/Bgirl area. Cuz you cant front on the hotness!
And im not just saying it cuz he reached out to me for support and input!
Respect the architects of this event producing dance game!
Since I am of G status in this, I got my own special promo code, that you can benefit from! See how I pass along the savings? Go head n register now for only $15 bucks using my promo code. Also if you got crew and want to register for the battle ante on up before the price goes up! See you there, cuz if you aint around then no one is checking for you!

ASIA 1 WOD Banner

Registration online is only $15 per person
promo code for discounted tix: asia1
promocode for Bboy/Bgirl registration: bboy2010

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: [url]https://wod.webconnex.com/exhibit/bboy[/url]

2 on 2 BBoy Pro Division Battling for
$1000, Trophies, Plaques, Giveaways

Featuring some of todays best crews as invites

Knuckleheads Cali (Bert & Shorty)
Undergroun Flo (Villn & Impact)
Footwork Fanatic Killers (Moy & Steelo)
Battle Born (Atn & Geom)
Unique Styles (Squid & Amok)
Squishydocious (Saewl & Green)
Bangurang (Ryan & Amon)
“Special Surprise TeaM”

New School Division Battle (3-5 Member)
$250, Trophies, Plaques, Giveaways

FIRST EVER WOD BGIRL INVITE ONLY BATTLE FEAT.

BGIRLS
PEPPA, BONITA, DELIGHT, VALPAL, GENESIS, CRISSY, FAE BOOGIE, CRYKZ

Judges: Flo master, Asia1, Rj (Super Crew)

HosT: UTMOS

DJ’S: FRANKY FLAVE, KID DRAGON, MEGATONE

WINNER WILL GET WOD TROPHIE, PLAQUE, GIVEAWAYS AND WATCH PROVIDED BY
MEISTER WATCHES

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March 3rd, 2010 by asia

Koolski, our favorite burrito, i mean Bboy reppin RSC will be hosting another Steady Rockin Jam. Come thru, and get nasty!