This weekend was filled with dancing and music as I attended an event called "The Expo." It was a charitable event to benefit Culture Shock LA. Guests included former dance crews and dancers of "Randy Jackson Present America's Best Dance Crew," "So You Think You Can Dance," "America's Got Talent" and two actresses from the Disney Channel's "Hannah Montana."
They were all there to lend their support and awareness for the Los Angeles Chapter of Culture Shock.
Culture Shock® is a non-profit 501(c)(3) hip-hop dance troupe dedicated to cutting-edge entertainment, dance education and outreach to diverse communities. Founded in 1993 by Nike Dance Trainer Angie Bunch, Culture Shock has grown from its home location of San Diego to cities across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Take a peek and some of the interviews I had my other correspondent Elmer do with the various celebrity dancers plus performances from Kaba Modern, Culture Shock and Future Shock....
Romi Dames of "Hannah Montana"
Katerina Graham of "Hannah Montana" fame and upcoming film "17 Again"
Yuri and Taeko of the Yuri and Taeko Show
Culture Shock LA's performance
Future Shock's performance
Kaba Modern
Do Knock Cruz of Super Cr3w interview
Super Cr3w at The Expo
Fanny Pak interview
Ryan Conferido of "So You Think You Can Dance" and dance crew Quest
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Fanny Pak shows their support for SoReal at the Kasiyahan Event
This past Sunday, SoReal Cru performed at the Kasiyahan's 10th Anniversary Best In the West Show held at Pacifica High School in Oxnard,CA.
A big surprise for the audience was the introduction of SoReal by Tiffany and Phil of Fanny Pak.
Check out Tiffany and Phil's interview after the show. Fanny Pak talk about their experience on the America's Best Dance Crew tour, why they came out for SoReal and ABDC's Season 3.
A big surprise for the audience was the introduction of SoReal by Tiffany and Phil of Fanny Pak.
Check out Tiffany and Phil's interview after the show. Fanny Pak talk about their experience on the America's Best Dance Crew tour, why they came out for SoReal and ABDC's Season 3.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Fanny Pak gets their Freak On
Fanny Pak Gets Their Freak On
By Peter Gonzaga
Fanny Pak strike a pose after their performance of "Get Ur Freak On."
Burbank, CA - Looking back at the last episode (Thursday, July 31, 2008) of "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew," Fanny Pak definitely wowed Missy Elliott with their challenge of recreating her "Get Ur Freak On" video. All the judges were blown away by Fanny Pak as they stepped up their game and showed that they are a definitely a dance crew to contend with. After their performance, I was able to join in their celebration of their triumphant success of their challenge and sneak in a few questions.
PG: Hey guys, how's it going?
Fanny: Great! (Megan Lawson sticks out her tongue)
Great tongue action Megan.
PG: Missy Elliott is creative as anyone can get. How were you guys able to take the creativity of her video and make it a Fanny Pak video?
Matt Cady: Especially that it was Missy Elliott, we had to push ourselves creatively as we've never pushed ourselves before. We listened to the song, got the feel for the song and we got the video that we wanted. It's very dark. We never went that route before. We haven't gone that strictly modern almost hip-hop number and that's where we pulled our inspiration from this video.
PG: Shane mentioned about the crawling backwards move on the hands and feet. Who came up with that?
Cara Horibe: That was from "The Exorcist."
Cara Horibe and Phill Collins mesmerize you with their freaky eyes!
PG: Did it just come into your mind?
Cara Horibe: We were all trying to brainstorm and come up the weirdest f**kin blank. The first thing that came into my mind was Exorcist so I was like, "It would've been amazing if we came down some staircase." I think that would have been a little scary and a little short for time.
PG: With all the moves of this performance, what was the hardest to execute?
Matt Cady: Glenda's flips.
Glenda Morales: Nah, not that.
Fanny Pak: The tape!
Phill Collins: You can't tell if the tape falls off. If you're sweaty, the tape falls off before you start pulling it off.
Beau Fournier: Girl, then we got a free wax job. I think some of my hairs were on it. My lips were burning.
Beau Fournier and Matt Cady before their performance.
PG: So the whole time with the tape, you had trouble with that?
Beau Fournier: Well, I learned to tuck my lips to do it. It still hurt.
Matt Cady: He has a nice mustache and it tugged a little.
PG: Did you notice Missy Elliott get into your routine? It was like you did your own video and she was awed by it. How did you guys feel about it when she gave you all those props?
Matt Cady: That's the best feeling in the world!
Glenda Morales: It's Missy Elliott!
Megan Lawson: It's an honor because we were definitely excited about that video.
PG: Imagine if she did a remix of the video and had you guys star in it!
Fanny Pak: Aargh. Yeah!
Megan Lawson: I would probably die.
Phill Collins: Missy Elliott is one of my favorite artists.
Cara Horibe : If that happened that would be the best thing we got out of this even if we won!
All photos by Sthanlee B. Mirador/Pacific Rim Photo Press.
By Peter Gonzaga
Fanny Pak strike a pose after their performance of "Get Ur Freak On."
Burbank, CA - Looking back at the last episode (Thursday, July 31, 2008) of "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew," Fanny Pak definitely wowed Missy Elliott with their challenge of recreating her "Get Ur Freak On" video. All the judges were blown away by Fanny Pak as they stepped up their game and showed that they are a definitely a dance crew to contend with. After their performance, I was able to join in their celebration of their triumphant success of their challenge and sneak in a few questions.
PG: Hey guys, how's it going?
Fanny: Great! (Megan Lawson sticks out her tongue)
Great tongue action Megan.
PG: Missy Elliott is creative as anyone can get. How were you guys able to take the creativity of her video and make it a Fanny Pak video?
Matt Cady: Especially that it was Missy Elliott, we had to push ourselves creatively as we've never pushed ourselves before. We listened to the song, got the feel for the song and we got the video that we wanted. It's very dark. We never went that route before. We haven't gone that strictly modern almost hip-hop number and that's where we pulled our inspiration from this video.
PG: Shane mentioned about the crawling backwards move on the hands and feet. Who came up with that?
Cara Horibe: That was from "The Exorcist."
Cara Horibe and Phill Collins mesmerize you with their freaky eyes!
PG: Did it just come into your mind?
Cara Horibe: We were all trying to brainstorm and come up the weirdest f**kin blank. The first thing that came into my mind was Exorcist so I was like, "It would've been amazing if we came down some staircase." I think that would have been a little scary and a little short for time.
PG: With all the moves of this performance, what was the hardest to execute?
Matt Cady: Glenda's flips.
Glenda Morales: Nah, not that.
Fanny Pak: The tape!
Phill Collins: You can't tell if the tape falls off. If you're sweaty, the tape falls off before you start pulling it off.
Beau Fournier: Girl, then we got a free wax job. I think some of my hairs were on it. My lips were burning.
Beau Fournier and Matt Cady before their performance.
PG: So the whole time with the tape, you had trouble with that?
Beau Fournier: Well, I learned to tuck my lips to do it. It still hurt.
Matt Cady: He has a nice mustache and it tugged a little.
PG: Did you notice Missy Elliott get into your routine? It was like you did your own video and she was awed by it. How did you guys feel about it when she gave you all those props?
Matt Cady: That's the best feeling in the world!
Glenda Morales: It's Missy Elliott!
Megan Lawson: It's an honor because we were definitely excited about that video.
PG: Imagine if she did a remix of the video and had you guys star in it!
Fanny Pak: Aargh. Yeah!
Megan Lawson: I would probably die.
Phill Collins: Missy Elliott is one of my favorite artists.
Cara Horibe : If that happened that would be the best thing we got out of this even if we won!
All photos by Sthanlee B. Mirador/Pacific Rim Photo Press.
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