I checked out the pilot show for the Move Tour last night, a sort of home grown Do You Think You Can Dance type gig over at Mezzanine. The production left alot to be desired, lots of dead time, dj flubs, and miscues, but hey, it was their first run. Fortunately the highlight of the night was the introduction of the celebrity judges, comprised of a representative from each dance genre. They included Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon, one of the originators of the b-boy movement (who still has it at 40), Junko Kudo the japanese dance hall queen, Ponytailz, a freestyle dancer and choreagrapher that appeard in a number of R&B videos, Miss Prissy who was featured in Rize, the David LaChapelle documentary film about the krumping movement, the Arkiteks from Oakland who originated the Hi-C dance style (ghost ride the whip) unique to the Bay Area, a dance choreagraph group from the bay called Mind over Matter (eh, so-so), Rayne, a choreagrapher who used to dance on tour for Michael Jackson, and a really tight capoeira troupe from Brazil. This made up for the dance competition which ranged from the good, the bad, to the ugly. I could've been a late entry and at least placed in this thing. Watch the judge's intros below in Quicktime (sorry for the crappy phone video quality):
- Crazy Legs
- Ponytailz
- Miss Prissy
- Capoeira guys 1, 2
- Arkiteks
- Mind over Matter
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