BBOY
CONFERENCE WEEK - 12th JULY - 16th JULY
Melbourne
is hosting the first of its kind: a week
full of events, conferences and workshops!
Don't miss this opportunity
to learn from some of the best dancers locally
and internationally.
The Main Event Step
Yo Game Up Competition is this
coming Saturday.
All of the following events
are at Melbourne Music Academy,
53 Victoria St (unless otherwise
stated).
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BBOY
CONFERENCE WEEK - DAYS 1-3, WORKSHOPS
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WEDNESDAY 12th - DAY 1
Locking + Popping Workshop
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Teacher: "Future" (Star Connection,
New Zealand)
Cost: $20
"Future" is a student of Sugapop
(Electric Boogaloos 1977, Michael Jackson's
teacher)
King of the Cipher Bboy Contest
Time: 9pm onwards
Format: 'how many times can you throwdown
fresh?'
Cost: $3, but Bboys free before 10pm
Where: 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Bboy/Bgirl Meet n Greet starts at 9pm.
Cheap drinks, rare bboy films, chilled out
cyphers
THURSDAY
13th - DAY 2
Locking + Popping Workshop
Teacher: "Future" (Star
Connection, New Zealand)
Time: 6.30 - 8.30pm
Cost: $20
"Future" is a student of Sugapop
(Electric Boogaloos 1977, Michael Jackson's
teacher) |
FRIDAY
14th - DAY 3
Powermove Workshop
Teacher: "Greatman" (Extrene
Crew, Korea)
Time: 6.30 - 8pm
Cost: $20
Greatman is our international guest
all the way from Korea. From one of the
world's best crews, "Extreme",
he is one of the best powermovers in the
world today.
Locking Foundations
Workshop
Teacher: "Tony Sun" (Taiwan
/ Sydney)
Time: 6.30 - 8pm
Cost: $15
Tony Sun is a student of Greg Campbellock
Jr (Original Lockers, 1974). This class
will also teach 'duo-locking' and 'brotherhood'
movements such as high fives and handshakes.
Popping/Boogaloo
Foundations Workshop
Teacher: "Yun" (Taiwan
/ Sydney)
Time: 8 - 9.30pm
Cost: $15
Yun is a student of Popping Sam, direct
Tutelage from Popping Pete (EBs, 1977)
Step Yo Game Up Warm
Up Party
Time: 8 - 10pm
Cost: Gold Coin Donation
Open Ciphers and Jams
Discussion Panels: "Streetdance around
the World" - the future of original
hiphop dance styles (bboying/popping/locking)
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SATURDAY
15th - DAY 4 - MAIN EVENT
STEP YOUR GAME UP
What: 2-on-2 bboy competition
Time: 12pm onwards
Where: Melbourne Music Academy, 53 Victoria St
Prize: $1200
2-on-2 bboy competition ~ Crazy Cash Prize of
$1200! ~ featuring Old and New School styles of
dance: get buck'd with Krumping! Feel that funk
with the Locking! Hitting hard with that Popping!
Street Hiphop and Jazz Funk...All Hip Hop Styles
Exhibition, all in one place, all at the same
time... You ain't never been to anything like
this before!!!
Expect nothing but the illest from local act
Fevapres and G Smooth (Aussie Friggin' Hiphop
Champion and DMC Champion) straight up underground
hiphop that'll get you banging your head to the
illest beats! Support Australian Hiphop and be
part of a TRUE and REAL HIPHOP EXPERIENCE.
Right across the road from Victoria Market, head
down to the MELBOURNE MUSIC ACADEMY - 53 Victoria
Street, Melbourne City, on Saturday July 15th.
Doors open 12pm and eliminations start 2pm sharp.
Show your love and support for Australian Hiphop
and help step the game up for ALL HIPHOP dance
styles in AUSTRALIA: B-BOYING/B-GIRLING, LOCKING,
POPPING, KRUMPING, SHAKING, HOUSE, JAZZ FUNK,
TAP, NEW JACK SWING, OLD...MIDDLE...NEW...TRUE
SCHOOL!!!
40 spots for the eliminations, 20 spots already
filled, GET YOUR ASS UP AND LETS GET REAL~ SIGN
UP NOW AND DON'T MISS OUT!!!
Competition Format:
Premier top 16 Bboy Tournament
40 crews expected. 12 interstate crews confirmed.
SYDNEY, ADELAIDE, PERTH, TASMANIA, CANBERRA (TBC)
& BRISBANE (TBC)
Round robin pre-eliminations:
2 on 2 one round battles
1 hour time frame
2- 4 simultaneous circles
Winner stays on, 7 in a row automatically places.
Tally up your wins at the end of the hour to make
a placement in the top 16.
TOP 16 go through and the a 2 round standard format
battles will commence.
EVEN IF YOU A NEWBIE YOU GOTTA ENTER BECAUSE if
you dont make it into the top 16, you will get
to battle at least 10 crews. Now thats an experience
you can't back away from... BURN AND GET BURNT~~~~STEP
YOUR GAME UP!!!
JUDGES
S traight outta the illest in ASIA, with more
moves and sneaky transitions, you gotta blink
twice to realise what you've seen when Kreate
from Indonesia rips it up.
http://www.bboyworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42753
Flying down from OBOWANG/TG BREAKERS, with the
freakiest power on his inverted arm, GREATMAN
from Korea showing you how to fly and stay up
in the air forever!
More funk in his foundation, triple threat all-rounder,
Popper, Locker, BBoy, we also got Future
from NEW Zealand!.
DJs
Peril (1200 Techniques), Dekoy Fox (Perth), Jezroc,
and Pumba playing the real deal original hiphop,
funk breaks and crunk! None of this soft stuff,
but straight up gritty BBOY steeze, you ain't
gonna leave~
Also...
Bring some extra cash to buy merchandise from
our SPONSORS STALLS, HIPHOP PARAPHRANELIA: graffiti
shirts, DVD's, TRIBAL wear, BBOY videos, mixtapes,
records, fresh gear and fresh accessories only
at STEP YOUR GAME UP.
So c'mon already and click on reply to register
for the 2on2's! Send your crew name and bboy names
to stepthatgameup@hotmail.com
Sponsored by Dyverse Scratching Techniques,
St8ofmine, This is it Hip Hop, X Large and Maramalade.
OFFICIAL AFTERPARTY
Soul Clap Saturdays
DJ's Peril, A-Style, Kay-Z, MC Surreal
Shamiana's $10 before 11pm Dress Fresh!
420 Lonsdale St, Melbourne (cnr Queens + Lonsdale
St)
SUNDAY
16th - DAY 5
WINTER WARFARE STREETRUN + BBQ
1:30pm Red Pyramid, Southbank
*INTERSTATE CREW ON CREW BATTLES
*FUNKSTYLE BATTLES
*UPROCK BATTLES
*CALLOUT BATTLES
*CIPHERS
followed by a bbq by the Yarra River~
$2 Sausages + Drinks + Filipino Food
FREE
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