Panorama
Ridge presents,
THROWDOWN
VOL.1
1
vs. 1 Freestyle Dance Competition
Tuesday,
Nov.25th, 2014
Doors
open at 4:15pm . . . competition starts at 5:00pm
Panorama
Ridge Secondary (64th ave. and 132nd st.)
Welcome
to the first ever, THROWDOWN at Panorama Ridge Secondary! This event is open to all Surrey students and
designed to bring together the High School Dance community in a fun and relaxed
atmosphere. This is a freestyle dance competition focusing on musicality,
technique, creativity and performance.
Although our students have many opportunities to perform choreographed
pieces, they rarely get the chance to showcase their joy of just,
“dancing!” Freestyling is at the heart
of hip hop culture and dance, so it is our hope that this event gives students
a positive environment to show off their creativity and love of dance!
There will
be 3 rounds of competition with open cyphers in between. So ALL students can
get a chance to show their stuff and have fun!
Judges will not be giving written comments or scores to the preliminary
round competitors . . . this will keep the event running quickly and
smoothly. Top 4 competitors will be able
to meet privately with the judges after the event to get specific comments and
feedback.
Categories:
(2 entries per school allowed per category)
A:
Breaking . . . (all b-boying, b-girling) . . . (all
grades)
B:
All Styles . . . (any hip hop/street style, or a
combination of styles, ex. popping, locking, waacking, krumping, old skool hip
hop, new skool, etc.) . . . (all grades)
C: Alumni
All Styles (open to graduated students from your school . . .
preferably within the last 1-2 years)
Judges:
AJ “Megaman” Kambere (Heavy Hittaz), and Natasha Gorrie
(Diamonds Crew)
Emcee: Kofi
3
Rounds of Competition: (all 1 vs.1)
A: Preliminary Round
- 20
dancers, 10 battles
- Names
will be drawn at random out of a hat
- Judges
will pick the top 4 to advance at the very end of the round.
- Does
NOT matter who you are put up against
B: Semi-Final Round
- 4 dancers, 2 battles
- Names
will be drawn at random out of a hat
- “Winner”
of each battle will advance to final round
- 3rd
and 4th place will be determined by judges at the end of the
competition
C: Final Round:
- 2 dancers, 1 battle
- Judges
will determine the winner
Music:
- Dancers
will not know their music in advance
- Must
adapt to any changes in music (style, tempo, beat, etc)
- There
will be an experienced live DJ spinning
- Break
battles, and All Styles will have different music appropriate to the style.
TEACHERS:
- Please email me the names and grades of your 2
competitors per category.
- (possible
total of 6 entries)
- “First
come, first serve” (20 entries max in
each category.)
- Deadline is Nov.6th .
. . at that point, if there is room in any of the categories I will open it up
again.
- Please
encourage both boys AND girls to participate in this event . . . most of our
students have never done anything like this before, so it will be a learning experience
for all!
- I
will send out the maximum number of audience tickets for each school in a
separate email.
- Teachers
must attend the entire event and are responsible for their own students.
Cost:
- $10
per competitor
- $5
per audience member (teachers will get tickets in advance)
- 1
cheque made out to “Panorama Ridge Secondary”
Competitors:
- Check
in between 4:00pm and 4:30pm
- Bring
Go-Card or ID
- Dancers
will be given a number/bib
- Check
the board and listen to the Emcee for the order
Schedule
of events: DRAFT
4:55pm: Welcome…rules, etc.
5:00pm: Break Prelims (20 entrees)...10 rounds (1 vs.1)
5:15pm: Open Break Cypher (10 mins)
5:25pm: All Styles Prelims (20 entrees)...10 rounds (1 vs.1)
5:40pm: Open Hip Hop Cypher (10 mins)
5:50pm: Alumni All Styles Prelims (20 entrees)...10 rounds
(1 vs.1)
6:05pm: Open Cypher (10 mins)
6:15pm: Break Semi-Finals (top 4)
6:25pm: All Styles Semi-Finals (top 4)
6:35pm: Alumni Semi-Finals (top 4)
6:45pm: Break Finals (top 2)
6:50pm: All Styles Finals (top 2)
6:55pm: Alumni Finls (top 2)
7:00pm: Open Cypher (10-15 mins)
7:15pm: Awards
Contact: Ms.
Jenny-Lynn Jensen
Phone: 604-595-8890
