NUS Hip Hop Night 2008

I attended NUS Hip Hop Night last Friday, 15 Feb at UCC. This was my third year attending the event.

There were about 9 teams in this competition. Each team consists of 2 persons. This year is duet competition. The number of teams is not as many as compared to previous years as this year Hip Hop Night clashes with Chingay. Most of Pat’s students were involved in the Chingay.

Zaihar and Taufik formed one of the teams. Both were from “Styles from Beyond” in the Dance Floor. The rest are all new faces. This is a good sign. It’s good to see new faces in the dance scene.

6 shortlisted teams were asked to learn new 4 ‘eights’ choreo on the spot. The 2 choreo for the selection were difficult, especially the second one. There are so many ‘and’ count. Adil and the other gal (both host of the event) did the demo. I can see Adil’s perspired and his sweat dripped from his head. I was seated at the centre of the third row. So I could see the expression and dance so clearly. It was really exciting to sit in front.

Zaihar forgot the step of the choreo and his team still managed to get in the final battle as all the teams were given a second chance to perform the choreo. I guess without Zaihar, the competition would not be so nice. As expected, they won the competition. The runner up team was good. It consist of 2 young boys, probably around 13 or 14 years old. So we will expect much more of Singapore dance scene from this group of new blood.

I am looking forward to other dance competitions this year!