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Dance Performance
This year, we will have not only one, but TWO organisations, [D2MG] and [DANCEKOOL] performing! We'll see a little bit of hip, hop, break, shake, krump and general dance stylin' adding some flayva to Animania Festival.
And for the first time we'll also have some beginner classes! Want to learn how to shake it, pop it and drop it like it's hawt? Click here for more details.
D2MG (dance.dj.mc.graffiti) is more of a community than an organisation. Based in Sydney, Australia, D2MG is comprised of a Hip Hop Society based in the University of New South Wales and a Hip Hop Academy based at their City Studio.
As a non-profit organisation D2MG seeks to benefit its members and supporters, and aspires to be an active gateway between Sydney's underground Hip Hop scene and the university community. Through embodying all elements of Hip Hop culture, D2MG believe Hip Hop is an expression of personal identity as well as an important sense of the collective and the networks in which people belong. As the largest university Hip Hop society in the southern hemisphere, D2MG seeks out these social networks in an effort to bring them to the forefront of university life, and to the extended community.
D2MG is part of a global Hip Hop movement that celebrates and encourages the spread of the Hip Hop culture. With such an open forum, our member body have many unique opportunities to explore and exhibit their knowledge and skills. D2MG have many internal and external links with the local urban scene, having resources that consist of professional dancers, bboys & bgirls (breakdancers), R&B, Hip Hop and House DJs, freestyle MCs, beatboxers and graffiti artists.
A regular participant in the Animania festival since 2006, Dancekool counts a large amount of anime and manga lovers within it's student base. Dancekool hopes to show the Animania audience that you can combine your love of anime, cosplay and art with dance and music to create somethine entertaining, exciting and especially fun.
In 2002, local Japanese dancers established the only dance studio in Sydney with a full line up of pro dancers specializing in STREET DANCE. Street dance consists of styles known as Street Hip Hop, Breakdancing (Bboying), Locking, Popping, Harlem Shaking, Krumping, House, and so on. The studio and its classes have a friendly atmosphere and students learn not only the skills and techniques of each dance style have but the history and music of the street scene.
DANCEKOOL STUDIO moved out of its old friendly headquarters in Ultimo (Sydney), in May 2005 due to the old building’s demolition. Currently, there are 32 regular classes a week spread across the City, Central, Parramatta, and currently opened Chinatown class and also local universities and youth centres, with approximately 150-200 students taking classes.
DANCEKOOL STUDIO also runs a number of dance events throughout the year. These have become a centre stage for some of the most explosive battles and showcases of local dance teams and interstate dancers, Dancekool’s students and instructors, and of course many international dancers/bboys. The events encourage and promote Australia’s professional and non-professional DJs, MCs and dancers.
DANCEKOOL STUDIO also runs the yearly dance competition in Tokyo, Japan. 5 Japanese elimination dance battles will allow the winning crew to enter the Australia-Japan Grand Final at the end of the year. The Tokyo competition has achieved a good reputation and had 300 crews enter in the 2005 comp.
DANCEKOOL STUDIO has been involved in many highly successful professional performances at various shows and gigs. Some of these include: movie the Mask II, many Australian artists and internationals, cable TV like Channel V, appearing at ABC, SBS, Channel 7 & 9, international events such as Int’l music and dance festival @ Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and Festivals of Japan @ Darling Harbour.