Skulls & Crowns.

So last night I had the most amazing night ever, I got to see my favourite dance crew, my fav dancer and DAMN it was full of hilarious stuff and was such an awesome night, I'm so glad I got to spend it with my best friend and my sister.

So there were some opening acts to the night, and usually I'm not impressed with any dance crews that are british, IMD in particular, I didn't like when I looked at their performance at HHI, and I didn't like their audition on BGT a few weeks ago, but more about that in a bit.
The first act was a group of girls krumping, and it was impressive, I forget their names (sorry) but I enjoyed it, I don't like when people dance to vocals with no music, but when they got into it, I got into it, and for the first time ever I was impressed.
Then when the host said IMD was coming out, I thought "oh no, I don't really like these"
but DAMN, theres something about seeing it live thats so impressive, infact, they did the same routine that they done on BGT and it felt better, maybe its something to do with frames per second, just seeing it live was pretty amazing, and I have to hand it to them, they really did a good job, I'm just not a fan of grime (I've said previously) but now, I'm really looking forward to their next piece on Britains Got Talent, I'd like to see them dancing to something else because they have the moves, they listen to the music, and I take back what I may have said about them previously, I was wrong.

Now for the main show, damn, just... wow, Parris and the gang were having some technical difficulties so we had a few fun things go on while we waited for laptops and audio to be perfect.
Her dad apologized for being late and the technical difficulties, and told us it felt so good talking to people that spoke English as it was difficult explaining in the previous countries in the european tour.
He decided to get 5 of the girls out and pick 5 people from the audience, my sister was saying "Aaron, go on!!!" and then it was for a small dance battle to win a Royal Family jersey.
My sister said after "Its a good thing you didn't, I didn't know it'd be for dancing"
In the end, 2 guys battled it out and it was really fun to watch.
Another guy that was also from New Zealand did some beatboxing because the audio still hadn't been sorted, and after that, Parris came out and apologized, told us the audio may be lower quality but they'll give it their all and it was so lovely.
They opened with their performance for Twerk It and... damn, If you've seen that on youtube, the opening where they're all moving slow... remember I previously said something about frames on TV~ this... seeing it in person, its so incredibly smooth and slow, it was incredible.

I don't want to give much away, I mainly want to talk about some of the funny stuff that happened.
So the host, he was funny, he was saying how RF do the slow "ting" and was doing it while getting us ready for the show, at some point, Parris was behind the left curtain, and he was off to the side where it leads down a hallway, and she popped around was dancing sexily and he was watching and I guess getting a little embarassed, and she took his hat from him, and his bottle of water and walked center stage with the water and hat, and was dancing, she's so good at improvising, grabbing that hat and water and changing her routine a little to use them both was so gooooooooood.
Then throwing the hat back at him after, he caught it, It was so amazing and funny.
The 2nd laugh of the night is when they did a special dance for 5 lucky audience members, one guy, he was.... very into it, biting his lip, playing along, and as soon as he was in view again, he pulled out his phone, Parris walked up behind him and put his arms around him, It was so funny, he looked so nervous but knew he had to do it.
I was watching on my sisters facebook a few minutes ago (its private) and it made me cry, the whole show was a top highlight of my life, I don't think I'll get to see Parris and TRF again, all I know is that if the chance comes to get tickets for a show next year, I'm buying as soon as I get any sort of info.

I'ma go ahead and add IMD to my favourite dance crews, they deserve a place there, also "Boyband" from BGT, they were fun, another thing I wanted to mention~
The whole community seems lovely, there was one girl I noticed when we arrived that was queing, and it took me a while but I realised she was on the first season of Got To Dance, some other faces looked familiar and they all seemed to know each other, they were all cheering on the opening acts, all seemed to know each others names and it just felt like such a wonderful community, and I hope by the end of the year, I'm part of it.

Crowns up! :D

Top Five Dance Crews.

So these are my five top crews.

1: IaMmE:
With Moon and Pacman doing videos all the time in the past, i could tell this crew was going to be good, taking tutting to the next level was one of the best things i had seen in Dance.
the 6 of them individually are all talented and work very well as a team, they deserved to win ABDC 6, brainbangin' is unique and hasnt been done before.
one thing i would have loved to seen on ABDC 6 would have been when the judges put the final three crews with other crews for a big performance, with 6 people brainbangin' is awesome, with 15 - 20 would have been amazing to see.
fav routine: S&M

2: Poreotics:
I remember i had seen videos of Poreotics before they got on ABDC, the first video i watched was the routine they did at Fusion X, from then on i loved them, the first abdc i watched was season 4, which i had downloaded, which was round time season 5 had started on TV, so when me and my sister finished watching abdc 4, and started watching 5, i was excited that Poreotics were on it. I love the comedy they bring, the tutting, and the fact they make ancing look really fun, i'd say Poreotics made me wants to dance, i freestyle when no ones looking, and i learned their awesome tutting routine for Hide & Seek (Afrojack Remix) even when they arent dancing, they're fun to watch, they're cool and thats why they get 2nd in my favs. they were at thorpe park doing a workshop on my birthday D: which blew because we went thorpe park a few days later Dx
Fav Routine: Love Story / Taylor Swift & the tutting section in their newer routine for Warp1.9 / The Bloody Beetroots and Steve Aoki. the illusion they create using the remix after the original is trippy and epic.

3: ReQuest:
I love the way these girls always hit hard, they should have won HHI 2011, I'm from the UK but dont think that Plague should have won, Parris' choreo was much better, the Krumping was perfect and i dont really like Krump, however i enjoyed that, the Sexiness of the beyonce section was awesome, and dubstep part was awesome too, they didnt deserver to go out of ABDC 6 when they did, they should have stayed longer, i think personally it was because they werent from the US.
Fav Routine: HHI 2011

4th: Quest Crew:
Bboys arent really something i'm a fan of, but they tut too, which i'm a big fan of, Hok is british also :D which i find cool, seing as most british dancers recently... bug me =3=
I guess we'll be seing some Brainbangin' performances from Quest seing as Hok has worked with Pacman & Moon, and Quest did it on ABDC5 Champions For Charity
they all seem to be athletic, they have been in music videos, a movie, and i enjoy watching them also.
Fav Performance: Champions For Charity Performance, where i saw the first brain bang :3

5th: Jabbawockeez:
as i started on ABDC 4, i hadnt really known much about Jabbawockeez apart from the fact they wear masks, but they were the first to win and they have a show in Vegas :D
I guess if they arent in my top 5 then i should be shot or something, anyway... I saw some performances and they didnt really stand out, but when i first noticed how talented they are (on Champions For Charity) i really liked them, and continued looking for videos etc.
They were in Step Up 2, which is cool, and their routine on the final for ABDC 7 was amazing.
Fav Performance: ABDC 7's final, Devastating Stereo, i decided to continue talking about this as my favourite performance, The opening was a bit slow, just alot of marching, moving left to right with the other dancers then Tight Eyes started krumping, at this point, i'll be honest and say i didnt like it much.
When the mess dissapeared, and it was just Jabbawockeez, things got alot better, it was slow in a good way, and then very fast and exciting that gave me goosebumps :D
that performance was Epic.

Other crews i like:
Sorrority
Bubblegum
Miniotics <3
Sweet And Sour
Status (UK not Status Quo from abdc)
Instant Noodles
Untamed
World Order
Vogue
Dziah 2.0

Next post will be about Got To Dance.