Excited
Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew (or as I like to call it, Debunking the Asian Nerd Myth Show) is back for a third season. The show premieres this Thursday, January 15th, and introduces 9 competing dance crews, all vying to be America’s Next Top Model. Wait, my bad. Wrong show.
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I enjoy the show; while it doesn’t always hold my attention (there are only so many times I can watch J.C. Chasez say the most inane things EVER), I like to know that there’s at least one show filled with so many Asian faces that isn’t Beauty And The Geek or Heroes. Or Ninja Warrior. Basically, we’re showing that Asian people can seriously dance.
This season’s crews include some new and old faces (courtesy of the official MTV blog)
Crew Name: Quest
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Style Of Dance: BBoy
Description: The Artsy (and Hilarious) BBoys from L.A.Crew Name: The Strikers
Hometown: Tallahassee, FL
Style Of Dance: Steppers
Description: The Intelligent University Step Crew from FloridaCrew Name: Ringmasters (previously MAINEVENTT)
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Style Of Dance: Flexing
Description: The Contortionists and Freak ShowCrew Name: G.O.P. Dance
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Style Of Dance: BBoy, Hip-Hop Choreography, Salsa
Description: The Boys from the Streets of Puerto RicoCrew Name: Dynamic Edition
Hometown: Springville, AL
Style Of Dance: Clogging
Description: The Backwoods Country Cloggers in Need of a Big City MakeoverCrew Name: Boxcuttuhz
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Style Of Dance: Hip-Hop Choreography
Description: Underdogs in Dance and LifeCrew Name: Team Millennia
Hometown: Fullerton, CA
Style Of Dance: Hip-Hop Choreography
Description: Combining Hip-Hop with Rock and RollCrew Name: Fly Khicks
Hometown: Miami, FL
Style Of Dance: Jazz Funk
Description: The Former Miami Heat Dancers with a MissionCrew Name: Beat Freaks
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Style Of Dance: BGirl, Hip-Hop Choreography, Locking, Popping
Description: Finally — the Ladies Will School the Boys — and Be an Inspiration for Girls Everywhere
Filipino Rynan Paguio from the former champions, the JabbaWockeeZ, is also standing in as a guest judge for the season premiere.
And what the heck is “clogging”? Can we have an Asian American equivalent with “rice padding”?
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go pinoy!
Some interesting notes:
A lot of So You Think You Can Dance references this time around: one of the crews is Quest, the same crew that Hok, Ryan and Dominic from So You Think You can Dance. The "clogging" team features that one white guy that was doing the awesome clogging but really awkward dancing to Missy Elliot, then got promptly booted in Vegas.
One of the crews is ALSO Team Millenia, a team that auditioned for Season 2 but did not make the finals because there were too many Asian pop-and-lock teams and America gets confused easily. Cynicism what?
Some interesting notes:
A lot of So You Think You Can Dance references this time around: one of the crews is Quest, the same crew that Hok, Ryan and Dominic from So You Think You can Dance. The "clogging" team features that one white guy that was doing the awesome clogging but really awkward dancing to Missy Elliot, then got promptly booted in Vegas.
One of the crews is ALSO Team Millenia, a team that auditioned for Season 2 but did not make the finals because there were too many Asian pop-and-lock teams and America gets confused easily. Cynicism what?
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