Here's your chance to join Australia's #1 ranked Melbourne-based Hip Hop dance crew, Beatphonik. Winning the 2008 Australian Hip Hop Championships earlier this year, the crew is holding auditions for male dancers only, this coming weekend in Melbourne, so you can have a chance to be part of an amazing group of talented dancers.
Become a part of the Australian Hip Hop Championship Crew of 2008 - BEATPHONIK!
Auditions are being held THIS SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER for male dancers only.
We are based in Melbourne, Australia and are only accepting applications from male dancers who live in Melbourne or are planning to re-locate within the area.
Time: 3pm Sunday 16 November. Call backs 8pm Wednesday 19 November
Venue: Unitd Styles Dance Studio, Cnr Chapel St & Brighton Rd, St Kilda East.
Your chance to join Australia's current Hip Hop Champions as Beatphonik are currently holding 2009 auditions for Male Dancers only. We are based in Melbourne, Australia and are only accepting applications from dancers who live in Melbourne or are planning to re-locate within the area.
Please allow 2 days for the Audition process.
DAY 1: First round of auditions
DAY 2: Call backs
DAY 3: Final call backs
Auditions dates & times:
Registration at 3pm on Sunday 16th of November & call backs at 8pm, Wednesday 19th of November
Venue: Unitd Styles Dance Studio, Cnr Chapel St & Brighton Rd, St Kilda East.
To register: WWW.BEATPHONIK.COM
Skipped a few episodes before settling on the first live show with the Top 20, there wasn't really much to talk about because there was so much damn crying, about an hour of each ninety minute episode that it became ridiculous, especially if you watched The Biggest Loser before SYTYCD (although they have more believable sob stories). Obviously they think that the audience like hearing sob stories and seeing drama, but we've seen the American season, we just wanna see more dancing. Let's just remember that there's no such thing as reality tv, so no surprises with at least one of the dancers in each partnership doing their own style.
First up is Rhiannon and JD doing Hip Hop, which is their forte and probably could've been done a bit better if JD took control over the choreography (obviously didn't get along well with with guest choreographer, Manuela). Chris Brown's 'Kiss Kiss' is being smashed by all the Hip Hop classes around Australia at the moment, so not surprised with the song choice. It was so interesting when Jason noticed they weren't completely in unison, hitting either the beginning or the end of the beat. Not many people even realise this is possible, it's either hit the beat or don't. What was up with Natalie's question: "Have you arrived?" I mean aafter performing and still on a high, what would you say to that, "umm yes I just came".
Courtenay aka crybaby is doing lyrical street jazz with Hilton, a crowd favourite, in a Romeo and Juliet inspired routine. I typed through most of it and hope Hilton stays until the top 4 at least and Courtenay leaves after this week. They seemed a bit unstable, doing a couple of lifts. Matt comments that Courtenay is likeable (gag) but fakes her technique well and Bonnie noted that Courtenay cried a lot.
The cute ballerina with the really high pitched voice, Vanessa has teamed up with finance student Henry for Salsa, his forte. It was nice to see that neither of them had opted for fake tan, seeing how much skin they were both showing so hopefully a large part of the audience will remember there's nothing healthy about a tan, and you don't need one to look sexy. [EDIT: so far I haven't seen anyone with an unhealthy tan] Lots of flashy moves and tricks.
Camilla and Seramsah do Musical Theatre. Seramsah is so insecure, so unsure and never satisfied with himself. But that routine was HOT and he's one of my favourites now, even though he majorly stuffed up on the lift. They work really well together, nice partnership.
Jemma and Rhys get the Waltz. Rhys' dad is so cool, what a great supporter. Their routine feels really magical with the gorgeous white dress and sparkly white lights, wow. A nu skool waltz to Celine Dion, so beautiful. Jason and I share this routine as our favourites.
Laura and Anthony doing Contemporary Lyrical. It was a nice, real routine, in that it was something that a lot of people 20y/o in a relationship could relate to, signified by the matching black slip and pajama pants as though they were just any other couple with issues.
Stephanie and Marko will be Jive-ing in some punk gothic outfits. There seems to be a flip in nearly every routine. Matt has to stop pointing because his hand covers his face a lot (although a lot of people I know would prefer that). I agree with Jason in not getting the costumes and music with the style of dance, Bonnie disagrees with him but doesn't say how.
Kate and Khaly doing Jazz, and I agree with Jason again, wondering what the routine was about... it seemed like less of a partnership throughout the whole routine and more about showing each's own strengths but Khaly still has my vote because he's a good friend of mine and I hope he gets a lot of support. I really want to see him progress and do other styles (I wish Don was still in the competition though!)
Demi! My favourite bgirl (the illest bgirl in the country) and Jack are doing Boogaloo. It's interesting that they're calling it Boogaloo and not just Popping, probably because Nacho told them so (he's not a Hip Hop dancer, he's a Popper-Boogaloo style, just to get it straight). For those who have seen Nacho perform many times before can recognise his favourite tracks and moves and they pulled it off with their pimp 'fits. At least people are learning more about funk styles. I hope they do some (proper) locking routines in the future.
One more routine before we switch off the tv, Kassy and Graeme doing lyrical Hip Hop which is Kassy's style choreographed by Yannus... and lyrical Hip Hop is becoming more like contemporary lyrical but danced to R&B.
I wish they brought Cat Deeley, host of the American version down here to host the show.
Goodnight.
WARNING: This is a mild hating rant post on the show, so if you get offended easily please keep reading.
After watching the second episode of SYTYCD, with auditions in Melbourne and Adelaide, I relived the passionate cries and rants of fellow dancers, frustrated by the nature of the "reality" show. Let's get it straight - there's no such thing as a "reality show", everything is orchestrated because there's too much money to be made or lost on letting go of your control on the puppets below.
When a friend of mine Geoff, aka Drumstick, was at the microphone for his verdict, and Matt asked if he had any tricks, I cursed like a m*****f***** and stomped my foot on the ground. Well, you gotta be entertaining, have personality, some tricks, good looking and be a relatively good dancer. It's just showbiz, that's the way it is. I'm not hating on the show, they don't claim to be looking for Australia's Best Dancer, but Australia's Favourite Dancer.
Watch out for my boys Luke, Don, Kharly, Johnny K, Josh... and many more talented Sydney dancers on Wednesday night.
With the close of Groove Melbourne’s first chapter tonight, there are no more confirmed dance events on the roster as many of the dancers will be taking a break to prepare for their mid-year exams.
To reflect on the half-year that was, here’s a snapshot of what has happened in the past five months!
FREESTYLE FED SQUARE - 4th February
The year kicked off with a free event at Federation Square. Melbourne saw the new crew ‘Jigsaw Sneakers’ in action for the first time and also witnessed Fresh Sox place something other than first. The crowd also got to see one of our best ‘imports’ from Japan so far, Ryusuke.
Hip Hop Solo Battles
1st Place - Ryusuke (Jigsaw Sneakers)
2nd Place - Jester
Hip Hop Crew Battles
1st Place - Jigsaw Sneakers
2nd Place - Urban Force
Bboy Battles
1st Place - Hybrid Formz (Sydney)
2nd Place - Fresh Sox
Powermove winner - Simon (Subsonic)
THE GAME - 24th February
Australia’s FIRST official Krump Competition was by far one of the most hyped and energetic comps ever held in Australia. Almost the entire Krump scene was present at Melbourne Music Academy to see everyone get BUCK!
GET KRUMP’D - 13th April
This was the first hip hop showcase competition for the year, and there were a few new things in store for Melbourne. K-star was split into an overage and underage crew for the first time. A new crew by the name of ‘The Project’ was formed by some members from Funkey Fresh and other dancers around Melbourne, and Vikings wow-ed us with a new line-up of strong dancers and a great show that many thought should’ve won the competition. A new crew by the name of Nomadic Funk also showcased and features the best poppers in Melbourne.
Overage Division
1st Place - K-star Senior
2nd Place - The Project
3rd Place - Vikings
Junior Division
1st Place - K-star Junior
2nd Place - Baby Bling
3rd Place - Street Funk
RAW ON THE DANCEFLOOR 2007 - 28h April
Vikings hosted their third installment of Raw two weeks after Get Krump’d and played host to Jigsaw Sneaker’s first show in a competition. This event also featured Alpha Delinkwentz debut as a crew, and some members of Virus dancing with The Project. The big surprise for the night was junior crew Street Funk placing third against the overage crews
1st place - Jigsaw Sneakers
2nd place - The Project
3rd place - Street Funk
SHE GOT GAME - 5th May
Australia’s first international B-girl competition was one of the dopest breaking events to ever be held in Melbourne. The scene here was lucky enough to witness some world-class celebrity bgirls including Asia One, Vendetta, A-B-Girl, and JessFX from the USA.
1st Place - Burn Masters (USA)
2nd Place - Domestic Apes (USA)
3rd Place - Vivid Vixens (USA)
4th Place - Point Break (Melbourne)
BATTLESTATE - 12th May
The competition was blown away by another two ‘imports’ from Japan, this time in the bboy competition. Virus crew from Tokyo, Japan have made it clear that they will be a big presence in upcoming bboy competitions in Melbourne. We also saw Bboy Fernando from Air Force Crew (LA) in action.
Bboy Battles
1st Place - Virus (Tokyo, Japan)
2nd Place - Stylenators
Hip Hop Showcases
1st Place - Jigsaw Sneakers
2nd Place - Nomadic Funk
3rd Place - NV-US
4th Place - Alpha Delinkwentz
GROOVE MELBOURNE 1ST HEATS - 13th May
Timed the same day as Mother’s Day, Groove Melbourne was the first competition in 2007 for Beatphonik, who made a big impact on the dance scene last year. They’ve proved they’re still a force to be reckoned with having placed first at every major hip hop dance competition they’ve entered in Melbourne so far.
Overage Division
1st Place - Beatphonik
2nd Place - Tantrumm
3rd Place - NV-US
Junior Division
1st Place - Street Funk
2nd Place - Baby Bling
3rd Place - Katastrafy
WORKSHOPS
There were a large number of international guests flowing into Melbourne with workshops from;
Tovaris Wilson, Asia One, Black Thomas, Michael Schwandt, the Krump Kings, and BShaw (where Chris Brown also made an appearance!)
AUDITIONS
Crew activity was rife this year with a large number of auditions for both casual crews and professional crews. X-Cape, Hi-Voltage, Hollabak, Raw Metal Dance Company, Beatphonik, and CK Dance Innovation all held open auditions. Many other crews also had shifts and swaps with members of varying degrees.
WHAT LIES IN WAIT?
There are a few events we can expect to see in the second half of the year. The second installment of ‘The Game’ is confirmed, as well as a National 3on3 bboy competition that will go off! Raw Sounds and Raw War is also in the works, as is Peninsula Crew Challenge. Groove Melbourne’s second heats are scheduled for September.
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