R16 South East Asia
Written by koreasingaporedanceproject on 2:13 AM
KSDP together with Music Garage have been working damn hard to get the R16 Urban Arts Festival up and running in Singapore over the last few weeks since Floor The Love. As you may know, the R16 is an international arts festival from Korea which showcase our dance, our art, our music, our knowledge and our photography from the people who are real streetdancer and breakers and mcs.
Here is the intro video to the R16 Festival.
The judging lineup has included over the years included original generation bboys Ken Swift, Crazy, Poe 1, Swift Rock, Lil Caesar, newer bboy dancers such as Ducky and Lilou, for locking category The Lockers' Tony GoGo and popping dancer Junior Boogaloo. Performers that have been asked to come down include Myosung, Dilated Peoples, Dumbfoundead and Tiger JK.
This is Myosung Crew's guest showcase at R16 2009. The R16 featured one crew performance from 16 teams, so if you were invited to do a guest showcase at R16, you had better be something amazing. And they didn't disappoint, Ialmost cried at the end of this performance, because I could really understand what they were saying with their dance. It was like they condensed a dancer's entire career into 4minutes.
2009 R16 Incheon from Woogie on Vimeo.
Here is the intro video to the R16 Festival.
The judging lineup has included over the years included original generation bboys Ken Swift, Crazy, Poe 1, Swift Rock, Lil Caesar, newer bboy dancers such as Ducky and Lilou, for locking category The Lockers' Tony GoGo and popping dancer Junior Boogaloo. Performers that have been asked to come down include Myosung, Dilated Peoples, Dumbfoundead and Tiger JK.
This is Myosung Crew's guest showcase at R16 2009. The R16 featured one crew performance from 16 teams, so if you were invited to do a guest showcase at R16, you had better be something amazing. And they didn't disappoint, I
2009 R16 Incheon from Woogie on Vimeo.
R16 2009 - Myosung Guest Show from chris su on Vimeo.
The '16' in 'R16' stands for the 16 different nations that are invited to participate in the festival each year and the 'R' in R16 stands for "Respect,' which is one of the most pillars of the urban arts community. It's only through respect for the culture, music, our intertwined history of dance, mcing and art and most of all each other, that we can best elevate each other and bring about positive changes in our community around us.
These art forms that we do today in Singapore and south east asia came from very humble roots in places that faced enormous struggles everyday with poverty, racism and alienation from the wider community but it was with a slow growth in respect for each other regardless of race or creed that real Hip Hop culture began - Peace, Love, Unity and Having Fun.
Thus, the R16 in Korea seeks to recognize the essence of the urban arts culture that began in these places and recognize the impact and contribution that it has had on people around the world and celebrate it and its original generation members in the largest urban arts festival in Korea and one of the largest in the world. We got to know where we from before we know where we at. Respect.
These art forms that we do today in Singapore and south east asia came from very humble roots in places that faced enormous struggles everyday with poverty, racism and alienation from the wider community but it was with a slow growth in respect for each other regardless of race or creed that real Hip Hop culture began - Peace, Love, Unity and Having Fun.
Thus, the R16 in Korea seeks to recognize the essence of the urban arts culture that began in these places and recognize the impact and contribution that it has had on people around the world and celebrate it and its original generation members in the largest urban arts festival in Korea and one of the largest in the world. We got to know where we from before we know where we at. Respect.
R16 South East Asia Urban Arts Festival
This year, the R16 Festival branches out around the world and to host prelims for the Popping and Locking categories with the solo champs of these categories representing their country at the finals in Korea July 4th-5th. The Popping and Locking judges for the competition are to be confirmed, but I heard some pretty OG sounding names being thrown around.....hint hint.
Breaking however, is still invitational. So, R16 is going to invite a dozen or so crews from around the world in recognition of their achievements in breaking in their part of the world as well as a number of solo bboys to take part in the solo breaking category. The 2 vs 2 Breaking winners of R16 South East Asia unfortunately, don't get to rep in either of these two categories at the finals, but instead take home a cash prize and of course, mad respect.
Jury Lineup from Korea
Locking - Locking Khan, Popping Pop JJ, Beatbugs, Breaking - Bgirl Mislee,
Entry to the event is free for spectators. It's all going down on April 10th at the Starhub Urban Freestyle Festival at the Padang in Singapore.
This festival is going to feature a remarkable Parkour run where contestants have to run across a track with some crazy obstacles and leap over, duck under or just fly across some insane stuff.
Ok, so probably nothing as extreme as the video just now, but all the same, a Parkour Run in Singapore will be dope.
So bring your friends, bring your family, bring your pet dog, your pet fish, we really want to see you there at the festival and need your support to keep the R16 in Singapore for 2011 with a huge turnout for R16 2010!
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To register for the R16 Festival in the Popping,Locking or Breaking category, go here
Leave your name, contact number, email and nationality in the appropriate thread in the forum for Popping, Locking or Breaking entries
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