USA Dance crews come together for Hip Hop International’s US orientation

July 29, 2012 Comments
USA Dance crews come together for Hip Hop International’s US orientation
Mookie Washington, Christopher Pharside Jennings of Academy of Villians, Josh Ulep of Academy Of Hype & Jay Chris Moore Academy of Swag at the Hip Hop Internationals USA Hip Hop Dance Orientation

HHI Creator/Producer Howard Schwartz at the Hip Hop Internationals USA Hip Hop Dance Orientation held at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, NV. The event took place on Sunday, July 29, 2012. Photo by John Salangsang_Pacific Rim Photo Press.

By Peter Gonzaga

Las Vegas, NV – It was an amped up night as U.S.A. dance crews gathered at the Red Rock Resort for the U.S.A. orientation of the 2012 Hip Hop International. From Hawaii to New Jersey, all the dance crews illustrated their pride in participating in the two day U.S.A Dance Championships. Hyping up the crowd was AJ Maldonado and Mookie Washington as they introduced each crew’s director.

Founder of HHI Howard Schwartz spoke to the crowd as introduced the week’s competition and workshops. Schwartz also introduced the judges for the U.S. portion of HHI’s competition.

Making the most noise during the crew introductions included the School District, Academy of Villains and Academy of Hype.

The excitement continued as everyone at the orientation sang “Happy Birthday” to Tu DeVera.

The U.S.A. Dance Championship competition schedule is as follows:

Monday July 30, 2012

9:00 am – 1:30 pm     Preliminaries – USA Junior and Varsity Division

9:00am Junior Division

11:00am Varsity Division

3:00 pm – 5:30 pm    Preliminaries – USA MegaCrew Division

 

6:30 pm – 10:00 pm   Preliminaries – USA Adult Division

 

URBAN MOVES DANCE WORKSHOPS

9:00 am – 10:15 am                                                      Chachi

10:30 am – 11:45 am                                                      Laura Edwards

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm                                                      Brian Puspos

 

6:30 pm – 11:00 pm                                                      USA Hip Hop Dance Championship Finals

Junior/Varsity/MegaCrew/Adult Divisions

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