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Mighty 4 Arts Foundation Free Workshop

FREE Mighty 4 HipHop art forms/Networking workshop w/ Rock Force Crew Vietnam Carswell Jonny Uc Barinque & Paulskee 4pm-sundown @ Veterans Park in Union City! Bring the fam & be ready to throwdown/build!

Alonzo Jones aka Retro on AGT

Bay Area Street Dancer, Retro gets on America’s Got Talent under the alias “Turf”.

House Dance: w/ Vid “Gravidy” Cotarta at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center

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Dance Classes w/ Vid “Gravidy” Cotarta at Dance Mode Studios

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Dance With Ceech: Private & Semester Courses at Mission College

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Hip Hop Dance and Bboying with KoolRaul at Community Street Jam

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The GroovLings (Youth Class, Hip Hop & Nutrition) – w/ Jenay @ In The Groove Studios

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The Art of Teknique at City Dance Winter Showcase 2011

Damn, what are they feeding these kids?! Straight killin it!

KNT at the Renegade Rockers 28th Anniv.

Knuckle Neck Tribe performing at Renegade Rockers 28th Anniversary in San Francisco, CA

Link (Elite Force) & Popin Pete (EB’s) Showcase

One of our favorites from the last KOD featuring two of the greats.

Juste Debout 2011 Hip-Hop Semi-Finals. Les Twins vs Lil’O & Tyger B

YES to REAL HIP-HOP DANCE! Now this is what we call RAW! Juste Debout 2011 Hip-Hop Semi-Finals in France.

3/26: Rock The School Bells 4

Don’t miss out on this annual Hip-Hop Conference and Concert, Rock The School Bells! Great workshops and panels lined up! Don’t sleep!

Is Choreo Considered Hip-Hop Dance?

Ran into a great video. Bobby Mileage (Elite Force) talks about the importance of foundation, and also Hip-Hop Dance in general. 30 minutes, all dancers should definitely check this out and take notes!

Hip-Hop Dance Workshop with Legendary of The Soul Brothers

Learn from one of the OGs of Hip-Hop dance and creator of The Suns of James Brown dance documentary.

Oldies but goodies series: Kids from Osaka, Japan. Homeland clips.

Oldies but goodies series: Talented kids from Osaka, Japan showcase performance at the Homeland Battles in Long Beach July 18, 2009. Just a few of some of our favorite clips during the event.

Brian Green and Shan S. Showcase Performance

Brian Green and Shan S. Showcase. I’m not sure where exactly this was from, but I remember first seeing it before youtube came out. It was so crazy the first time I saw it and it still is!

Elite Force Show 2010: Taiwan @ Spark 101

Performance by Buddha Stretch, Henry Link, Loose Joint, E-joe Wilson, Brooklyn Terry, Bobby Mileage.

Strife TV: What is Hip-Hop Dance?

Featuring interviews with Poppin’ Pete (Electric Boogaloos), and Teresa Espinoza (Beat Freaks).

Culture Shock October Company Class

Culture Shock October Company Class (w/Havic, April Bambao, Ace, Jet Li) – Taken this class before? Rate it here! (*you have to be a registered user to rate)

Hip Hop vs. Urban Choreography by April Rodriguez

Just had to share this great post that I ran into on Facebook. It was written by April Rodriguez (Essence Ladies, Kaba Modern Legacy).

Link (Elite Force) – Hip-Hop Solo

Not sure what show this is from, but Link kills it with this Janet/Busta Rhymes track. Crazy musicality!

World of Dance San Mateo 2009 Recap

World of Dance Tour returned to the Bay Area, this time at the San Mateo Expo

Dancehall/Hip-Hop Class w/ Rock Starrr (BODIROCK)

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Interview with FreestyleDance.com’s Jason Ulysses aka Avant-Garde.

Previously known as Avant-Garde, Jason gives us a little feedback on the dance scene then and now.

Old School Hip-Hop: w/ Dennis Infante at City Dance SF

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10/10: Mighty4 11th Yr Anniv. Oakland, CA

For the first time in 11 Years, Mighty4 is Proud to announce this years celebration in the BAY AREA will be a FREE Park Jam event

One Cypher’s Called Out Dance Comp from 2006

So I’m going over some of the documented footage from our Called Out Dance Competition from 2006. It was a lot of fun spending…

Everything Remains Raw – Dance Documentary by Moncell Durden

One of the best dance documentaries on street dance by far. To be released soon!

Interview with OG Hip-Hop Dancer, Legendary of the Soul Brothers

Legendary talks about his recently produced Hip-Hop dance documentary, Suns of James Brown

Soul Sector vs. So Cal All-Stars @ Body Rock 2006

Read the post event recap from Bionic

Nu-Origin Dance Crew returns to the US from their “Journey 2 Origin”.

Overseas outreach project for the youth in the Philippines.

Jabbawockeez' Kevin Brewer Freestyle

Getting down to Jazzanova

Interview with Affion Crockett of MTV's Wild N Out

Also known as Hip-Hop emcee, Oskamill.

Featured Director: Arnel Calvario of Kaba Modern and Culture Shock LA

Giving back to the dance community

Interview with Rino Nakasone of the Beat Freaks

Featured Dancer

Interview with Dancer/Choreographer, Buddha Stretch of Elite Force/MopTops

Archived One Cypher interview with Hip-Hop’s first choreographer.

Interview with Dancer/Choreographer: Super Dave

One of the sickest dancers to come out of the Bay Area, CA

Interview with Paulskee of Mighty 4

Featured Promoter, Dancer and all-around Contributor to the Hip Hop Community

3rd USA & World Hip Hop Crew Championships (aka Hip-Hop International)

Event recap for the 2004 Hip-Hop International (formerly World Hip-Hop Crew Championships)

Inspiring Stories: Meet Steve Stanton aka Boogieman

Boogieman tells us about his recovery after being caught in crossfire of nearby shooting

Interview with Anna Sarao (Body Rock Dance Competition)

Former CSSD Director and Creator of BustaGroove (aka Body Rock Dance Competition)

Interview with The Groovaloos

Interview with Bradley “Shooz” Rapier

Interview with The Jabbawockeez

Archived interview with the guys back in 2004! Pre ABDC.

Seek Your Hip-Hop Roots through HusH Tours of New York City.

Tour guides include Grand Master Caz, Kurtis Blow, DJ Red Alert, Busy Bee, Reggie Reg, and more.

Seek Your Hip-Hop Roots through HusH Tours of New York City.

Tour guides include Grand Master Caz, Kurtis Blow, DJ Red Alert, Busy Bee, Reggie Reg, and more.

Hip-Hop Dance (Mid 80's – Now)

A brief summary of Hip-Hop Dance in it’s rawest form, from the Golden Era of Hip-Hop to the adaptation to today’s music.