Tag: america's best dance crew

Watch This Year's Emmy-Winning Choreography

The network-televised Primetime Emmy Awards may not be happening until next Sunday—but the biggest dance prize has actually already been handed out. That’d be the award for Outstanding Choreography, presented during this weekend’s Creative Emmy Awards, honoring artistic and technical achievement in television. The Outstanding Choreography field was absolutely STACKED. (No surprise, given all the […]

We Hope You're Ready for "America's Best Dance Crew"

Season 8 of MTV’s “America’s Best Dance Crew” is finally (almost) here, premiering on Wednesday, July 29 at 11:00 PM. We hyped it up earlier this year, and now we’ve got the deets: the season will feature six “Video Music Award”-themed episodes. This new twist on our old favorite means that each week the all-star crews […]

"America's Best Dance Crew" Is Back!

We bid farewell to “America’s Best Dance Crew” back in 2012, when MTV canceled the show after just seven glorious seasons. But this Saturday, the network announced that “ABDC” will rise from the ashes for an eighth season this summer. Hip-hop #nerdz rejoice! After all, it’s the show that introduced us to the JabbaWockeeZ (and, […]

"DWTS" America's Choice: It Takes Three to Paso

Meep. Last night’s “Dancing with the Stars” continued the trend of minimal Pro Troupe Team performances. We totally get it: The competition is winding down, so they’re giving the stars maximum screen time. But c’mon guys! You’ve got so much talent waiting in the wings—and we want to see it! That being said, last night’s […]

Beauty and the Beast's Hip-Hop Sequel

A poster for a previous episode of “Avengers of Xtreme Illusions,” also featuring Chachi Gonzales (via wfaxi.com) Allow me to introduce you to the greatest thing ever. The web series “Avengers of Extreme Illusions” (AXI) is the brainchild of Shawn Welling—dancer, choreographer, instructor, filmmaker, writer, photographer and actor extraordinaire. Welling is also the founder of […]

Camren Bicondova's Latest, Greatest Hit

One of the best things about being a Dance Spirit editor is scouring the globe for emerging talent. I love spending hours at shows, competitions and even online just searching for that young special someone with a just-about-to-burst-through “It” factor. Camren Bicondova is one of those dancers you need to know—which is why we featured […]

Saying Goodbye to "ABDC"

At Dance Spirit, we’re super sad that one of our favorite dance shows has been cancelled after seven seasons. “America’s Best Dance Crew” not only showed off amazing dancers of all ages, but it introduced the audience to the challenges of coming up with unique and interesting choreography week after week. To celebrate the awesome […]

Phillip Chbeeb Is All Kinds of Awesome

Let’s talk about Phillip Chbeeb for a second. You know, the insanely awesome popper from “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 5? And a member of I.aM.mE—the Season 6 “America’s Best Dance Crew” champs?  Lately, he’s been popping up all over the Internets and we couldn’t be happier about it. Not only does he […]