Pinoys dominate 2011 US Hip Hop Championships
07/29/2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The USA Hip Hop Championship, held from July 25 to 26, may be the Super Bowl of hip hop dance competitions as youths ages 7 to 17 highlighted the thrill of urban dance moves.
Here, dance crews from California, New Jersey, Arizona, Atlanta, Massachusetts and Texas strutted their stuff, all aiming for a medal.
"Some of these groups are doing really incredible dancing. But if they don't use a lot of different styles, it's very difficult to give them points in those categories," said Steve "Zulu Gremlin" Roybal of the famed Rock Steady Crew, who is one of the judges of this year's USA Hip Hop Championship.
Filipinos in different dance groups who joined the junior and varsity divisions were in for a dance showcase.
"It's our first time here, we just wanted to have a good show," said a member of San Diego's IDK group.
For his part, Francis Muñoz of the Prodigy Group said, "I feel really good, I think, I feel we kill it tonight. And I think we did our best and we did really good."
Tennis superstar Andrei Agassi and his wife, Steffi Graff, were in the audience. Agassi even posed for a photo with this year's junior gold medalist, Prodigy of Las Vegas.
Now that the US Hip Hop Championship is over, the United States teams will advance to the World Hip Hop Championship on Sunday.
This will determine which country will have the best dance crew for 2011.
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