Aug 4

Request of New Zealand are the official World HipHop Dance Champions of 2010.  The super hot, sexy and amazing dancers rocked Orleans Arena on Sunday, Aug 1 and blitzed everyone in the competition after starting out as favourites in the preliminary rounds.  The amazing crew is simply one of many jaw-dropping and inspirational dance groups that graced the World Hiphop Dance Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada last week.

Australian Hip Hop team leader and country affiliate Marco Selorio believes that the experience will benefit many dancers, including his own Australian team, which included Bliss, Buoyan, Juliettes, DC Kids Crew, Royale Crew and Lil Justice.  

"There were so many amazing crews and talented dancers from all over the world, it was truly a gathering of the best of the best dancers across the globe. The Aussies gained plenty from the experience, and we wish to extend our gratitude to Howard and Karen Shultz and their hard-working Hip Hop International team.  We share the love with new friends from the USA, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Trinidad & Tobago, Canada, France, Romania, Russia, Singapore, the Philippines, New Zealand, Japan, Greece, South Africa, Ireland, Italy, Brazil, Mexico and Spain. Despite our disappointing loss, we will return home to Australia and share what we have learnt. We will come back next year more prepared and better equipped," said Selorio. 

The Vegas Sun reports that the HAKA was the show stopper at the Worlds event.  Read more. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/03/haka-trumps-hip-hop-international-dance/ 

The World Championship results are as follows:

Junior

• 1. Star Team (Japan)
• 2. Fresh 2.0 (Canada)
• 3. Lil' Hustlers (Ireland)

Varisity

• 1. Zero (Japan)
• 2. Illest-Vibe (Canada)
• 3. Sorority (New Zealand)

Adult

• 1. Request (New Zealand)
• 2. Poreotics (U.S.A.)
• 3. Fly Girlz (Canada)

July 30

The last four remaining Australian dance groups were eliminated today at the World HipHop Dance Championship at the Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas overnight.  Junior crews LIL JUSTICE and DC KIDZ CREW placed 20th and 22nd in their preliminary heats.  The twelve best junior crews advanced to the semi-final round tomorrow.  On the other hand, BLISS (ACT) missed out by just 3 positions after they placed 26th overall in their Adult Preliminary elimination round.  ROYALE CREW did not fair well and was also an early casualty. 

New Zealand continues to impress in the WORLDS event with REQUEST and SWEET AND SOUR placing 1st and 3rd overall in the Adult Division.  It was a dramatic but unexpected rise for all-girl crew REQUEST, who were actually the defending VARSITY Champions.  They decided to move up the ranks and have made incredible progress over the space of one year. 

Earlier in the day, the JUNIOR Division prelims kicked off the proceedings for the day.  The Japanese contingent dominated as EYE SCREEM and STAR TEAM placed 1st and 2nd on their way to the semi-final round.  Canada had two groups in the top 5, including Cookies N Cream and Fresh 2.0. A total of 12 crews advanced to the next round. 

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