According to the lunar new year calendar, tomorrow is the first day of

the dragon year 2012. During this “Spring Festival” in China, celebrations

can last for about 15 days and lion dance is almost a must in Chinese traditions.

Last year (2011 in general calendar) I found this very creative lion dance

which was performed in Singapore 2 years ago. “Celebrate tradition with a difference”

did impress me and I kept reminding myself for 4 months so I can eventually bring

this to you. Here I wish everyone will have a special and wonderful celebration.

3 years ago I was giving a hand to my friends Shan & Come from Hip Hop Fusion

who push a lot the b-dancing and hip hop scene in China. I did a poster and ticket

design for their event “China South & North Battle Zone” for free so they invited me

to watch the battle in Shenzhen and that’s how I met Gemini from France,

who was one of the judges for that battle.

The design was changed at the end but it doesn’t matter.

Gemini’s classic locking style was a huge influence to lots of locking dancers in China.

It’s not hard to see him appearing in different international hip hop dance events like

what I did in Street Science.

Days ago Gemini shared a video to me that they filmed in NY which shows a style called

“Lock Rock” started by Gemini. “Locking with a Rocking Flavor ” is a new Locking Flavor

mixing Locking with the top dance of the Bboys called Rocking. Check it out.

Golden Yoof organized their the first event - “Hero or Zero” - a popping battle

with new rules and games which is scheduled on the 15th of this month.

Registration fee is set as TWD100. Participants will be separated into two teams.

Registration fee will be refunded to the winner team and the final winner

can get the registration fee from the loser team as prize.

If you want to join, you can register at the counter of Lumi Dance School

or transfer the money to Union Bank of Taiwan (聯邦銀行), branch located at

Fu Guo Road (富國分行). You should transfer the money to 楊士賢 who

is the bank a/c owner. It gonna be an interesting battle.



Date: 15/1/2012

Time: 19:30

Venue: Lumi Dance School

Location: No.6, 3/F, Road No.250, Zhong Xiao Dong Lu Sec 4, Taipei City

台北市忠孝東路四段250號3樓之6

Registration fee: TWD100 or Free

Dropped by Shiro’s blog, found these human canvases from the “Midnight Block Party”
presented by Mynority Classics last month which is a hip hop party night with lots of
Dee Jays, emcees, Bboys & Bgirls as well as Shiro herself as writer from Japan.
Looks like there was loads of fun.






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Hong 10 from Jinjo Crew and Bboy Pocket from Breakin’ Nest and Morning of Owl,

both are distinguished as Korean B-boy tornado, had a breakdance freestyle battle

not long ago. Bboy Pocket who stands on the right hand side, is only at the age 16

when he had this battle. Wanna see his moves when he was 12? Click here.

MASE crew is known as one of Indonesia’s leading Graffiti crew.

They recently celebrated their seventh anniversary and named

the event “Existence”. The event showcased the urban culture starting

from the work of graffiti artists, open cypher for bboys, bazaar that offered

interesting merchandise, and also the appearance of MC’s and DJ’s who

played underground hip-hop beats, neo soul, funk and boogie which

really made MASE CREW’s event unforgettable.

The show is done by rider 田中光太郎, dancer 群青 and beatboxer SharLee

from Japan.

BOTY 2011 was finally finished this year and the French crew Vagabonds
took the champion. But the Asian were not lagged behind, Nine Stages B-Boyz
from Japan and TPEC from Taiwan were in semi-final. Sadly I couldn’t manage
to see the final but with the below video, no wonder why the Nine Stages B-Boyz
which literally came out from nowhere that could come so far to the Semi-final.


See the final results here.

The Taiwan Dance @ Live Final is being organized and going to be held

in 27th this month at Confucius Temple. Confucius Temple is one of the must

visit sights in Taiwan, plus a break-dance battle, you just can’t miss it

if you are travelling in Taipei now.



Date: 27/11/2011

Time: 14:00

Venue: Confucius Temple

Location: No.275, Dalong St., Datong District, Taipei City 10369, Taiwan

Taiwanese street wear brand Stylehood has some new arrivals. New caps
with its golden brand name in nice handwriting style comes with alternative
of white types. Another previous cap design “Call Me Dancer” could be one of
the favourite items for dancers. Besides promoting their clothing, Stylehood is
also a platform where street dancers can get the latest dance events
and news in Taiwan.



Source: Stylehood