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post #1 of 28
12/10/09 at 12:51pm
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Just stumbled upon this on YouTube. As a dancer myself, this shook me up and inspired me at the same time.

You see styles in this video that are usually more hip-hop oriented and "rough". But the song they dance to says otherwise.


I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did. This is art and harmony at its purest.
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post #2 of 28
12/10/09 at 2:12pm
loved them. they were my favorite guests of the season.
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post #3 of 28
12/10/09 at 7:50pm
Amazing. Loved watching Americas Next Dance Crew, glad to see a deviation from hip pop music. IMO, such dancers are a case of extraordinary human talent.
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post #4 of 28
12/10/09 at 8:09pm
amazing. you think you seen it all in terms of street dancing and popping/breaking whatever you call it. but sure enough, there are myriads of other aesthetically composed dance moves you can do with the body. it just purely amazes me what they discover more and more each year what you can do with the body.
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post #5 of 28
12/10/09 at 8:13pm
They are amazing, and definitely the best guest dancers on SYTYCD this season. As good as the dancers are, the choreography is what really makes this piece sing: look at how different groups of dancers are handled, and how one group transitions to another. I hope they hire the choreographers for future seasons.

--Andre
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post #6 of 28
12/10/09 at 10:19pm
what i dont get is that dance sequence with those two guys between 1:00 and 1:13 mark. what was that supposed to be? looked sort of off and nothing really fancy or defining .
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post #7 of 28
12/11/09 at 12:37am
yeah, wow, saw this on SYTYCD last night and was floored.l

my God this rules. i love the part where the guy walks in slow and he starts locking and popping and his movements end up controlling the 4 dancers around him. freakin' amazing stuff.

-Jeff
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post #8 of 28
12/11/09 at 3:10am
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what i dont get is that dance sequence with those two guys between 1:00 and 1:13 mark. what was that supposed to be? looked sort of off and nothing really fancy or defining .

One of them is Lil C. Many consider him the creator/father of the dance style called "krumping."

They're both krumping, albeit not normally as "rough" as krumping usually looks. A graceful krumping set, if you will.

And it looks like they were telling a story with their set. Both are fighting, and then it leads to the waving/bboying set, which shows the 5 working together in harmony.

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yeah, wow, saw this on SYTYCD last night and was floored.l

my God this rules. i love the part where the guy walks in slow and he starts locking and popping and his movements end up controlling the 4 dancers around him. freakin' amazing stuff.

-Jeff

Yep, that's Frantick, one of the best wavers out there now.
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post #9 of 28
12/11/09 at 5:51am
Oh I see. I though krumping was out?
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post #10 of 28
12/11/09 at 7:17pm
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Oh I see. I though krumping was out?

What do you mean?

Krumping, especially recently, has become a part of hip-hop dance in general. You can add it to the long list that hip-hop entails: breaking, popping/locking, etc.
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post #11 of 28
12/11/09 at 7:39pm
ok thanks . just that i havent seen it around that much. and from my uneducated vantage point, it looks like a style that doesnt require alot of technique like the other funk styles.

do you know Robert Muraine? he's pretty good, i only seen him on tv and from what ive seen he has a wider arsenal of moves due to his integration of popping/locking/waving (no?) and his very flexible limbs.
Frantick i looked up on youtube and he is good but he is so limited because he only does that one form he does. but he has such a huge following on the forums im curious how he held out so long for so many years with his same dance moves. let me know if im wrong, i dont dance so im just talking i guess.
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post #12 of 28
12/11/09 at 7:45pm
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At first, I was on the fence about krumping as well. I thought it was just reckless dancing or something along those lines, but the more of it I saw, the more I appreciated. Krumpers have great musicality, just like every other dancer. I also read up on its history, and to say the least, I was very much surprised. I've heard of Muraine. I share your sentiment that Frantick is pretty much one-style. But you can ask the same question of Sahlan, the famous popper. He's very prominent in the dancing world, has been on various shows, and so on. Yet he just pops, and he's damn good at it. I'm guessing it's just that rep those dancers have built over the years. They're well-known for what they do and they do it damn well. Like I said before, you can ask the same question about other dancers. In the end, they can continue to do the same style, and still be loved, based on how much following they've gathered over the years. But in all honesty, I'm just glad people can see how much dancing has progressed. You can give some credit to YouTube and these emerging dance shows. It's about time people remove the preconceived thought that dancing has to be limited to one style. It's strange; I burst out dancing sometimes during school (finger/tutting, etc.) and I get looks from people. Pretty weird, huh?
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post #13 of 28
12/11/09 at 8:23pm
If you haven't seen it yet, Rize is a good documentary on krumping. The director wanders into east LA, and films several well-known krumpers. It's widely available on DVD. Here's a trailer:



--Andre
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post #14 of 28
12/11/09 at 8:26pm
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At first, I was on the fence about krumping as well. I thought it was just reckless dancing or something along those lines, but the more of it I saw, the more I appreciated. Krumpers have great musicality, just like every other dancer. I also read up on its history, and to say the least, I was very much surprised.

I've heard of Muraine. I share your sentiment that Frantick is pretty much one-style. But you can ask the same question of Sahlan, the famous popper. He's very prominent in the dancing world, has been on various shows, and so on. Yet he just pops, and he's damn good at it. I'm guessing it's just that rep those dancers have built over the years. They're well-known for what they do and they do it damn well.

Like I said before, you can ask the same question about other dancers. In the end, they can continue to do the same style, and still be loved, based on how much following they've gathered over the years.

But in all honesty, I'm just glad people can see how much dancing has progressed. You can give some credit to YouTube and these emerging dance shows. It's about time people remove the preconceived thought that dancing has to be limited to one style. It's strange; I burst out dancing sometimes during school (finger/tutting, etc.) and I get looks from people. Pretty weird, huh?


nice! yes the internet exploded alot of things and im happy for that. just google it , look it up in youtube and youre exposed to it.

looks like they got their own forum too , westcoastpoppin. i see frantick is a san fernando valley local . cant wait for the movie by the group.
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post #15 of 28
12/11/09 at 8:27pm
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If you haven't seen it yet, Rize is a good documentary on krumping. The director wanders into east LA, and films several well-known krumpers. It's widely available on DVD. Here's a trailer:



--Andre
yeah i watched rize a while ago, but that documents the popularity of the dance form around the late 90s, early this decade.
havent seen much of the dance since
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