Beat Breakdown | Vogue/House

Attention Sydney dancers – it’s time to bring your A-game!

Beat Breakdown is back with a brand-new season of 1v1 dance battles, featuring a mix of styles and some serious talent, all happening on the Darling Harbour dance floor from August 28 to September 25. 

Whether you’re a master at krumping, Hip Hop, Locking, or Vogue, this is your chance to showcase your skills, win incredible prizes and impress the crowd.

What to expect: Beat Breakdown is an open battle format with up to 32 spots available each week. Signing up to compete is totally free as well as coming along to watch. Grab your crew and bring your best moves - we've got you covered.

Every week will feature a different style. Tonight is Vogue & House.

Vogue (or voguing) - arose from the Harlem Ballroom cultures of the 1960's, as danced by African American and Latino gay men and transfeminine individuals. Inspired by the style of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the famous images of models in Vogue magazine, voguing is characterised by striking a series of poses as if one is modeling for a photo shoot. Arm and leg movements are angular, linear, rigid, and move swiftly from one static position to another. There are currently three distinct styles of vogue: Old Way (pre-1990); New Way (post-1990); and Vogue Fem (circa 1995).

House -House dance is a freestyle street dance and social dance that has roots in the underground house music scene of Chicago and New York. It is typically danced to loud and bass-heavy electronic dance music provided by DJs in nightclubs or at raves.

The main elements of House dance include "jacking", "footwork", and "lofting". The element of "jacking", or the "jack", – an ecstatic, rippling movement of the torso – is the most famous dance move associated with early house music. It has found its way onto numerous record titles like the Jack Trax EP by Chip E. (1985), "Jack'n the House" (1985) by Farley "Jackmaster" Funk (1985), "Jack Your Body" by Steve "Silk" Hurley (1986), or "Jack to the Sound of the Underground" by Fast Eddie (1988).

The top two performers of each category will move on to the final Beat Breakdown to take their shot at the All-Star Battle on September 25.

Special guests include:

Battle Schedule
5.30pm: Dancer registrations
6.00pm: Showcase
6.10pm: Prelims (1 x 45 sec per dancer)
7.00pm: Showcase / DJ Break
7.15pm: Top 16 (2 x 45 sec per dancer)
7.45pm: Judges Showcase
7.50pm: Top 8 (2 x 45 sec per dancer)
8.30pm: DJ Break
8.40pm: Top 4 (2 x 45 sec per dancer)
8.50pm: Finals (2 x 45 sec per dancer)
9.00pm: Winner announced / event concludes
*Schedule is subject to change

*Spots are capped at 32 per battle, so if you miss out on registration, you’ll be added to the waitlist. Available spots are subject to change. Participants must be over 16 to enter (participants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian).

Prizes

• 2 x Winners: A prize pack valued at $300 AUD ($200 IMAX voucher and $100 Darling Quarter dining voucher)

• 1 x Runner Up: A prize pack valued at $150 AUD ($100 IMAX voucher and $50 Darling Quarter dining voucher)
  Each category will have a Major and Runner Up prize to be awarded.
  

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