Saturday, December 4, 2010

Wasabiee Around The World






There are Many WASABI out there.. 
But we are WASABIEE CREW!

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Hollowback

    Ayman... can u beat This? 
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Friday, December 3, 2010

dance DEMON

YOU can see the passion in their eyes when they’re busting their hip-hop moves. While these boys (and girls) may be local, they have taken to a kind of lifestyle that is as foreign to Malaysia as well, snow.
Hip-hop culture, born in the neighbourhoods of the Bronx in New York City, has evolved into something so much bigger, and internationally, too. From music and fashion to language and attitude, hip-hop is a lifestyle culture with many influences.
In urban Malaysia, street dancing is one of the most popular aspects of hip-hop that young people indulge in.Even then, street dancing by itself is not a genre. Instead, it takes on many different forms like breakdance (or b-boying), popping and locking, shuffling, hip-hop and freestyle.
Often you can find youths performing impressive stunts and routines along Jalan Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur and other parts of the city, but thanks to the availability of community halls and the mushrooming of numerous dance studios, youths no longer have to take to the streets to show off their skills.
Hip-hop has seriously infiltrated youth culture on this side of the world.
Just last yrs, many young people flooded e@Curve mall in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, for a hip-hop event called Strictly Street. It featured b-boying workshops and Floor Combat 2009, a b-boying championship that saw 46 teams pitting again one another to claim dance honours.
Dance fans
Winner of the best b-boy title, Mohd Zain Md Rani, has been b-boying since he was in secondary school, and refers to the art as his life’s passion.
“It’s the adrenaline of being there on the floor, and having your crew and friends cheer for you, that keeps me hooked on to this art,” said Zain, 21.
From b-boying on the streets with his friends to watching videos to gain inspiration and ideas for better routines, Zain has now graduated to being a regular performer at events and competitions.
“You get lost in the music and the cheering of the crowd and there’s no feeling like that in the world,” he added. “All the anger or stress of everyday life just disappears when I start to dance.”
Hip-hop is a culture that is foreign to Malaysia, but many youths are fast embracing it.
For many street dancers, starting out is tough especially when they have to worry about what their parents’ disapproval of their new hobby.Student Alex Ng Vei Shen, 19, one of the ambassadors (or “Heroes”) for the F&N Freestylz Show Ur Moves competition, hid his passion from his parents until he could prove to them that he could balance his dancing and schoolwork.
“I practise my breakdancing around two to four hours a day, two days a week, and make sure my work is always completed,” said Alex with a grin.
His moves don’t come out of nowhere – he learns most of his stunts and routines from watching videos online, and putting his own spin on some of the moves.
“When there are workshops with instructors, I attend those to learn faster.”
Alex performs whenever he can, mostly to help change people’s perceptions on the art.
Mohd Zain Md Rani
“Sometimes it’s related to rebellion, delinquency and so on, but I want people to understand that it’s a form of expressing yourself that is just as safe as any other kind of dancing.”
Lately, girls too, have broken the stereotype and are getting into the street dance and hip-hop culture.
Phang Pook Kyan (or Seven), 18, and Tracy Yong Swee Theng, 17, are both dancers but with different styles.
Seven won the title of “best b-girl” at the Floor Combat competition, after three years of chillin’ with the boys and learning the art of b-boying, or in her case, b-girling. “It’s a bit tough for girls, because it’s not very common and you have to try harder to prove yourself,” said Seven as b-boys came by to congratulate her.
“Also, you have to be physically strong and work hard at achieving that, because doing hand-stands and head-spins are not easy,” she added.
Tracy has been learning “LA hip-hop”, a style that involves more footwork than anything else.
“It’s smooth, lyrical, and sticks strictly to the music beat. Where there are more stunts in breakdancing or b-boying, my style of dancing is more precise and sharp,” said Tracy, who goes to dance classes.
The dancing has boosted Tracy’s confidence and increased her fitness level, as well as given her something to look forward to every few days when she attends classes.

Phang Pook Khyan, or Seven, won the B-girl championship at the Strictly Street event recently.
Another dance style which is part of hip-hop culture and street dancing is “popping and locking”, a dance practised by Teh Jin Shi. “It’s more to the ‘robot dance’ type or movements – it’s not as fancy as breakdancing but has a funky edge to it,” said the 20-year-old sales executive.
This type of dance involves a lot of jerking – a move achieved by quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk, which is referred to as a pop or a hit.
“Dancing takes your mind off things that are bugging you, and even getting light injuries doesn’t stop you from wanting to dance more,” said Jin Shi.

                                                                     posted by ; Nadya Nabiela =)

Thursday, December 2, 2010


www.bboyinsiders.com
The next blog is more of a collection of blogs than just a single person’s thoughts. Bboy insiders (http://www.bboyinsiders.com/) is a site containing blogs by some of the world’s top bboys and legends from around who have been in the game for at least 10 years. Heads like Poe 1, Alien Ness, Born, Roxrite, Focus, Katsu, Cloud, Casper, Teknyc, and even NZ’s very own Rush. They also have blogs from DJ’s, promoters and photographers who contribute to the culture, such as DJ Renegade, Skeme Richards, and Mason Rose of Seven Shadows fame. There is a ridiculous amount of knowledge being dropped in here so make sure you check it out.

check out this  own site at www.live4style.net which is dubbed “your premium street culture resource”, looking not only at bboying and hip hop culture in general with contributions from poppers like Nachopop and graff writers like another one of Aotearoa’s (New Zealand) finest, SpexOne of Triple S Crew, but also delves into the wider aspects of street culture with posts on movies, albums, events, news, and even things like ‘Fixie culture’ (relating to fixed gear bicycles). Great reads in there, and i’m also rather enamoured of its clean, minimalistic design. I know there’s a few other blogs out there from NZ heads as well, so if you know of any, post em up.
There’s enough knowledge in these three sites to fill your head to overload so when you bust your wrist and have worked on your one handed footwork so much that you’ve stuffed the other one, check some of these sites out and get inspired!!!
~If bboys are hungry, then bboys shall be fed. Remember, you're all just trying to educate and improve urselves, not only in ur moves, but in ur knowledge as well.
B-Boys, keep breaking!! wasabiee <3
                                                                                                                                                                      postedby : Nadya Nabiela =)

B-BoYING (!)



B-BOYING (Breaking)
B-boying is a form of hip hop dancing which is popularly known as breaking. It consists of top or up rock, footwork, spinning moves (power moves), and freeze.


 B-boying came from Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-boying" was created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-Boys means break boys and they were called so because they dance to the break part of music. Later, by repeating this break part done by DJ, "breakbeats" was born.
Although people tend to pick up only power moves, real b-boys should master the all elements of b-boying. There are controversy between people who emphasize on style and power moves. One puts his emphasis on power moves and their combination and the other shows their style and individuality by footwork and freeze. Rock Steady Crew has been the one who emphasizes styles to show dancer's individual flavor. Even though power moves have a great impact and very energetic, it is hard to put individual flavor into the moves. Also power moves really don't go with beat since it is spinning. It is closer to gymnastic moves rather than dancing. Because of these reasons, Rock Steady Crew suggests that footworks-emphasiezed style should be the direction of breaking of 90s. Breaking is the most popular style of hip hop dancing and it has been spreading all over the world while new school dancing such as hip hop and house limited to big cities in the US and Japan.
history

It was late 60s , early 70s when people started a sort of b-boying. Their dancing was called "Good Foot" from James Brown's record of the same name. The Good Foot was the first freestyle dance that incorporated moves involving drops and spins, and resembled the beginning s of breaking. The best way to describe the Good Foot is, according to Michael Holman, to imagine a majorette marching in a parade taking steps raised high at the knww but keeping the leg raised at the knee in the air for a beat before dropping it down and simultaneously raising the other leg. Like a stop action drum majorette on beat. As the D.J.s invented new ways to elongate the break beats in the records, dancers had more time to invent and experiment. Soon moves like dropping down to the ground and poppin up again on beat became standard and gave these first generation of b-boys the nickname of "boie-oie-oings." Footwork came in when the boie-oie-oings started using their arms and hands to support their bodies in order to free the feet and legs to do gymnastic steps, shuffles and sweeps. In Brooklyn a new step inspired by these drops was being developed and called "Brooklyn Rock" also known as "Uprocking". Once the first early break moves had been established, a definite style began to develop. The famous first generation of b-boys were "Nigger Twins", "Clark Kent", and "Zulu Kings". Around 1977 breaking was losing its popularirty with black kids and it was about to die.
However, breaking came back with a new generation of b-boys. It was Puerto Rican b-boys who put new life to breaking and took it into next level. They started to put many higner levels of acrobatics and gymnastics into breaking and invented many new moves. B-boys such as Crazy Legs from Rock Steady Crew who were influenced by Jimmy Lee and Joe Joe, members of original Rock Steady Crew developed and invented the new moves such as backspins and windmills. I want to mention that there are also other b-boys such as Lil Lep from New York City Breakers who should get props by developed b-boying. Also, media stars like Bruce Lee and other Kung Fu film stars and martial artisits had a major influence on b-boying culture. The popularity of Kung Fu films during the mid and late 70s aroudn the world and especially in New York City, has had a great impact on b-boying style. A large number of martial arts moves were incorporated into b-boying. For example, windmills came from a kung fu which is used to get up from the floor. By repeating getting-up move, windmills was born.
B-boying became even more popular in 80s. It was first introduced to out side of New York CIty and the rest of world by a movie "Flashdance" in 1983. (Before the "Flashdance", there were already movies like "wildstyle" and "stylewars". But the "Flashdance" was the first major movie which featured b-boying.) Even though it was not b-boying movie, the short scene which featured b-boying and popping on a street had a great impact enough to inspire people to start b-boying all over the world. After the "Flashdance", many breaking movies were made such as "Breakin'", "breaking'2", and "Beat street." "Beat Street" also had a great impact because it had a scene of battle between Rock Steady Crew and New York City Breakers. B-boying became very popular as "BREAKDANCE" by many media coverages. Because of this too much media coverage, when media stop showing b-boying on TV, people had a sense that b-boying was only a fad. Many people thought b-boying was dead. Some b-boys stopped b-boying influenced by media, also. Media mistreated b-boying. After 1985 or 86, the winter period of b-boying came.
Then Resurgence of b-boying happened around 1990. I don't know how exactly it happened. I am sure that it was done by the support of real b-boys who never quit b-boying even during the winter period of b-boying. As far as I know, it was Calfornia where b-boying gained its popularity again early. Nowadays, B-boy events such as B-BOY SUMMIT and ROCK STEADY ANNIVERSARY are organized every year and many b-boys from all over the world get together and keep the culture alive and even try to take it into next level.
                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                      Posted by : Nadya Nabiela =)

MODERN DANCE


OLD SCHOOL

LOCKING- It was first made in 1970 by Don Campbell. It was very popular in the 1970s and the dance itself is known to be relatively comic and lively. Basic moves include the up lock, down lock, wrist rolls, points, and hand claps.

POPPING-Originating from the west coast of the United States of America, poppin involves sudden freezes of the muscles to maximize the moves. It uses this basic principle, and mixes it with styles such as waves, bugaloo, and puppet.

BREAK DANCING -It began in the early 70’s, when DJ Kool Herc first used breaking beats. It was first based on disco, but later formed into a separate style. Break dancers are called b-boys and b-girls. The dance includes two types of steps: power moves and style moves. Power moves include the windmill and headspin, while style moves include the freezes and footwalk.

NEW SCHOOL

Hip hop- As one of the most famous street dance genres, there are many theories on how hip hop actually started. Since hip hop is a culture beyond dancing that includes art, music, fashion, it is even harder to define when hip hop dancing actually started. Along with the mindset of street dance, there are no rules to hip hop, and freestyle hip hop is very famous as well.

House- Born in Chicago, it began to become popular in clubs in New York in the beginning of the 80s. It was first influenced by dances like jacking and hopping. Later, steps from various genres like hip hop were mixed into it. Lastly, the style was completed with a hopping feel to the moves. Basic steps of house include the sidewalk, happy feet, scribble feet, and skateboarding.

Wacking- It is known to be first danced by gays, and was officially introduced by Tyrone Proctorm. From the 1980s, it began to mix with other genres, and now it is often mixed in with girl’s hiphop.^^


Posted by : Nadya Nabiela =)

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Wasabiee's Influence !

Floor Fever !
About Floor Fever

DANCE is what are all about...and we have our own definition...
“ It’s not just about move your body to the beat... Neither just hit the dance floor whenever the beat goes up... Nevertheless to make trouble on the street...”
DANCE is our soul...our passion...our life...our hunger...grooving to the beat, feels the song and expressed it on our own way.
Ladies & gentleman, presents...
‘FLOOR FEVER’
Formed 4 years ago back in 2002. Along the way the members come and go and until now, it resembles in the name, consist of talented young dancers that fir into various music genre that just give you the dance fever to go with the beat.
Urban Dance is what they confessed...a mixture of hip hop, bboying, jazz, modern, contemporary, ballroom, theater & lyrical dance with a touch of 'street style'....
We're here to blow u away with a fever of new style of groove...and messed with the floor....
Live Shows & Performances (Artiste)
Dina

Ambang 2006 Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur
D'Pentas Concert Karnival Sure Heboh 2005 DangaBay Johor
8TV Anniversary Birthday Bash One Utama Kuala Lumpur
Interlude Anugerah Juara Lagu Final 20 PWTC Kuala Lumpur
Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006 PWTC Kuala Lumpur
JomHeboh Concert 2006 Danga Bay Johor
Nite Of Soulful Stars NTV7
Ikon Malaysia Astro
TM Urban Live Sunway Pyramid & One Utama
Hot.Fm Big Jam! Dataran Shah Alam
Ruffedge
Ambang 2006 Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur
D'Pentas Concert Karnival Sure Heboh 2005 Kuantan Pahang
Hotlink Activate Yourself Tour Concert Sunway Lagoon Amphitheater Kuala Lumpur
Zoom In! RTM 1 Angkasapuri Kuala Lumpur
Anugerah Bintang Popular 2006 Arena All Star Genting Highlands
Anugerah Juara Lagu Interlude feat. Noraniza Idris Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil
V.E.
Hits 1 Final RTM 1 Angkasapuri Kuala Lumpur
Anugerah Planet Muzik 2006 (Opening act.) Singapore
Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006 (Opening act.)PWTC Kuala Lumpur
Hazami
Anugerah Juara Lagu 20 (Semifinal & Final) PWTC Kuala Lumpur
Konsert Tahun Baru 2006 KLCC Kuala Lumpur
Zoom in Hazami RTM
Cheryl Samad
Konsert Merdeka 2006 KLCC Kuala Lumpur
Too Phat
Anugerah Sri Angkasa 2006 Kuala Lumpur Convention Center
KRU
KRUjaan Concert Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur
Ahli Fiqir
Anugerah Era 2005 Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil
Anugerah Industri Muzik 2006 PWTC Kuala Lumpur
Hot.Fm Big Jam! Dataran Shah Alam
Muzik-Muzik Showcase Plaza Alam Sentral TV3
Pop Shuvit
Anugerah Era 2006 feat.Ahli Fiqir Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil
Hot.Fm Mini Jam! Port Dickson Negeri Sembilan
Nabil (Mentor ’05)
FINAL Mentor’05 Sri Pentas Bandar Utama
Zoom in Nora RTM 1 Angkasapuri Kuala Lumpur
Muzik-Muzik Guest Artist Plaza Alam Sentral
Konsert Jom Heboh 2007 Perkarangan Stadium Shah Alam
Siti Nurhaliza
Anugerah Era 2005 Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil
RED Ribbons Gala Nite Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur
Shazzy
Hits 1 FINAL RTM 1 Stadium Negara Kuala Lumpur
Anugerah Era 2006 Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil Kuala Lumpur
Fazley
Hits 1 FINAL, Stadium Negara RTM
Zahid
Force Of Nature Yogyakarta ’06 Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club
Konsert Merdeka ’06 KLCC Kuala Lumpur
Hot.Fm Big Jam! Dataran Shah Alam
Gempak Selebriti Astro Edisi Merdeka ’07 (4 venue)
Nikki
Hot.Fm Big Jam! Dataran Shah Alam
Zoom in Hazami Guest Artist RTM
Anugerah Juara Lagu 21 Semi Final Plaza Alam Sentral TV3
Secretary’s Week Sheraton KL
Ning Baizura
SIME Darby Luncheon Show Sime Darby Convention Centre
Joe Flizzow
MTV Asia Award
Anugerah Era
Krisdayanti Show Jakarta
Agnes Monica Concert Surabaya
Hip Hop Underground Gig Taiwan
Hip Hop Fest Singapore
Adidas Show Zouk Kuala Lumpur
Nike Show Bukit Bintang Kuala Lumpur
Indonesia Tour (Jakarta,Bali,Malang,Medan,Surabaya,Bandung,Marang & Aceh)
Linkin Park Concert Bukit Kiara
Black Eyed Peas Concert Bukit Kiara
Kanye West Concert Stadium Negara
NIKE Air Force One Anniversary
So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia
Blast Off! Season 2
Anugerah Juara Lagu 2006 Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil TV3
Fabulous Cats
Gangstarz, TV3
Hot.Fm Big Jam! & Mini Jam!
Nita
Several dinner show in Kuala Lumpur
Yogi B & Nachatra
Hip Hop Underground Concert Singapore
Arafah
Global Gathering Revelation Melaka
Sunway Lagoon Beach Party Kuala Lumpur
Poppy Garden presents ‘Jazzy Jeff’ Kuala Lumpur
Adam
Hot.Fm Big Jam!
Hot.Fm Yeah! Tour
Zoom in Adam, RTM 1
Konsert Jom Heboh 2007, Kuantan
Road Shows & Performances
Karnival SureHeboh / JomHeboh 2004, 2005, 2006 all venues, MTV Philips Whatever Things KL Plaza Kuala Lumpur, World Cyber Game Malaysia 2005 MidValley Kuala Lumpur, World Peace Campaign Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur, Echo Park Street Ball Challenge Berjaya Times Square & The Curve Kuala Lumpur, Hitz.Fm HipHop You Dont Stop Album Launching Nouvo Kuala Lumpur, Nike Freestyle 2004 Stadium Chin Woo & Sunway Pyramid Kuala Lumpur, KL Fashion Week 2005 KLCC Kuala Lumpur, Samsung K5 MP3 Player Launching Zouk Kuala Lumpur, Hot.Fm Yeah Yeah Tour 2006 (artiste: Dina, Farawahida, Nabil,) all venues, Explorace Season 2 Audition One Utama Kuala Lumpur, AXN Amazing Race ASIA Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur, DiGi Promotion Melaka Tour (5 Venues) Melaka, Hot Fm Big Jam! 2007, Hot Fm Mini Jam! 2007 (4 venue), Hot Fm Night Jam!, Hot Fm Yeah! Tour (4 venue), Suria Fm Launching, Celcom X-Pac Roadtour (North, South, East & Lembah Klang), AIME Motorshow 2007, 8tv 2007 Program Screening, REMIX Magazine Launching, Karnival Jom Heboh (6 venue), Karnival Sukan Remaja (4 venue), UMW Toyota Vios Launching, Online Game Dancing Launching, TM Urban Live (Sunway Pyramid & One Utama),Extreme Night Show, Singapore, McDonald Annual Dinner (4 venue)
TV Programs / Commercial & Video Clips
Video Clips

Dina Song ‘Malu Tapi Mahu’ Adam Song ‘ Joget Lambak’ Nabil Song ‘ Hey Emma’ Phlowtron Song ‘ Adikku Pandai Menari’ Nikki Song ‘Caramu’ Ruffedge Song ‘ Da Bomb” & ‘Lemas” Poetic Ammo Song ‘Show Me the Money’
Advertisement & TV Programs
Hotlink Push-To-Talk Campaign, Singapore Coca-Cola Advert, SEASONS Ice Lemon Tea New Product Advert, CELCOM X-Pac Campaign TV Advert, REMAJA (TV3) - Introducing and demo on how to bboy in Malaysia, Malaysia Hari Ini (TV3) - Celebrity guest interviewing the crew and some performances, Nescafe KickStart (TV3) – Promoting Adidas brand
Dance Achievements
‘2000 – 2006’

National Hip Hop Challenge: Champion Summit USJ
Dance Supremacy 1st Runner Up Leisure Mall
Missy Elliot Dance Competition 2003 (Nasty Hill): 1st Runner Up Nouvo Kuala Lumpur
MTV Overdrive Finals (Solo): Finalist (Bone), Esplanade Singapore
MTV Overdrive Finals (Group): Grand Finalist Esplanade Singapore
Malaysian Breakdance Championship: 2nd Runner Up Sungei Wang Plaza Kuala Lumpur
Malaysian Breakdance Championship: 2nd Runner Up Bali Dance Club Kuala Lumpur
Bling Bling Dance Competition: 2nd Runner Up Zouk Kuala Lumpur
Rexona No Sweat Dance Challenge (Interlocking Force): 2nd Runner Up Orange Dance Club
Rexona No Sweat Dance Challenge (Floor Fever Crew): Finalist Orange Dance Club
MACHI Dance Competition: Grand Finalist Warp Kuala Lumpur
‘2007

Rexona No Sweat Dance Challenge 2007: Champion

KL International Dance Championship: 1st Runner Up

National Hip Hop Challenge: 1st Runner Up Summit USJ
DiGi Battle Zone Bboy Competition: 1st Runner Up

Battle Of The Year Malaysia (Bboy Championship): 2nd Runner Up
Choreography Work
Disney Asia Dancing With Disney Channel (5 Episode) & My School Rock Videos
Hot Fm, Suria Fm, Fly Fm Announcers dance performance.
Impak Maksima movie dance scene
Impak Maksima The Musical (Guest Dancer)
So You Think You Can Dance Malaysia Season 2

* Floor Fever originally choreographs all dance shows, videos, event & etc.





WASABIEE ! 
Wanna be like them ? we should work hard yaww ! :)


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