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We’re Excited About Kymberlee Jay Presents Serious About Streetdance

Returning to the Indigo2 for the second year, Kymberlee Jay and the Funk Physics team are celebrating their second year in business with Serious About Streetdance, sure to start the dancing year on a high.

Friday 22nd January 2010 at Indigo2, Millennium Way, Greenwich, SE10

Time: Doors open 7pm - further info

Tickets: £10.50 - www.funkphysics.com

Kymberlee Jay - Serious About Streetdance At two years young, Funk Physics is a company still in its early years. Since it was founded, director of Funk Physics, Kymberlee Jay hasn’t held back with putting on big shows: Last year’s We-R-One (click here for our report) celebrated their one year anniversary, packing out the Indigo2 with supporters and dancers coming to see the feature line up. Then, following Michael Jackson’s untimely death in June, she pulled off a tribute show, Come Together, on a similar scale in just five weeks.

Serious About Streetdance will take the success of We-R-One, with another variety of street dance acts and musical numbers to unite and inspire.

This year’s vast dance lineup includes acts who have appeared in shows Kymberlee Jay has hosted, including Dey Dey, Stylefest winner and UK B-Boy world champion popper 2009, Birdgang’s Ivan Blackstock performing bespoke choreography, Prototype, who appeared at B.Supreme, and this year’s Dare2Dance winners, Retaliation Girls.

“I hope this event will inspire

people to dream BIG.”

Kymberlee Jay

Although the names are big, the Funk Physics ethic remains the same as ever:

“The focus is definitely on going against the grain and achieving goals by overcoming obstacles regardless of being told you can’t,” said Kymberlee, referring to the difficulties she faced trying to break the industry in her early career: the whole reason she founded Funk Physics was to allow other dancers to have the same opportunities she was given, even if they didn’t come from a classical dance training background.

She continued: “I hope that this event will inspire people to be goal driven and to dream BIG.”

Street dance gets serious

Since last year the street dance scene has changed, and it seems since the grand prize on Britain’s Got Talent went to a street dancing act for the second year in a row that street dance is forgetting its origins.

Thanks to increased media coverage street dance has achieved the recognition the community has strived to get, while at the same time flooded the market with hundreds of people that believe if they dress the part they can act the part. Rather than pushing the style forward, those motivated only by the money and attention end up misguiding others.

“Serious About Streetdance is another huge dance celebration – featuring all the dance companies who are serious about developing and showcasing their art,” said Kymberlee Jay, “I also hope to encourage dancers to think about the roots of street dance and study into it’s history, as opposed to looking for the instant fame that all the televised shows are attracting.”

Street dance gets big

Will Serious About Streetdance be as packed as last year? We-R-One was in attendance of just under 1,900 people; for Serious About Streetdance the upstairs section of the Indigo2 will be opened up to use the full capacity of the venue, allowing for standing and seated tickets.

“It will be on a bigger scale as we have double the number of performances.”

At time of publishing only 77 seated tickets remained.

After the show the event will turn into an after party for dancers to meet, greet and battle one another. DJs on the night include DJ Excalibah, DJ Longers, DJ Mada and DJ Slipa playing the best in hip hop, R&B, house, electro, funk, dancehall, breakbeat, pop, alternative and more until 3am.

For further updates, check out the Serious About Streetdance Facebook page

A reminder of street dance’s origins

‘Street dance’ gained its title from the street – the location where many of the techniques originated. It is the umbrella term for dance styles that were developed in an outdoor inner-city environment (as oppose to in the indoor studios where many classical and contemporary styles were studied) by many disengaged young people in the late 1970s.

Street dance styles include hip hop b-boying), funk styles (popping and locking) as well as routine choreography of an ‘urban’ nature, which now includes elements of gymnastics.

Street dance is now the most prolific dance style in the UK, with a huge industry following. Forms of street dance styles can be seen in most music videos and backing major label music artists across the globe.

Further event info:

Time: Doors open 7:00pm, Showtime 8:00 – 10:30pm, after party until 3:00am

Age: 14+ to party (14-17 year olds must be accompanied by a ticket holding and photo I.D carrying adult, maximum 2 under 18's per adult. IndigO2 are licensed premises and adults must carry appropriate photo identification otherwise entry may be refused)

Dress code: Supafly! (Smart Jeans/Trainers etc are okay)

Standing/Seated Tickets available now from the following-

www.funkphysics.com - Tickets from £10.50

www.ticketmaster.co.uk - Tickets from £10.00 (service charges apply)

The IndigO2 - 0844 844 0002

Bulk ticket collection available in London (over 20 tickets to be purchased - no service charges/postage fees apply - please call 07563 946 486 to arrange collection)

Please note, any remaining tickets on the door on 22nd January 2010 will be available for sale at £25.00.

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Confirmed line up for Serious About Street Dance:

Dance:

Boy Blue Entertainment - UK's Olivier award winning hip hop company
Plague - World Hip Hop Champs/Cirque Du Soleil Las Vegas/ Move Like Michael Jackson finalists
Dance 2XS - Leading international dance company
Nike D-Clash - UK's finest female freestylers
Ruthless - Kings of Swagger!
Cathy and Dey Dey Nguyen - UK b-boy popping champion/Stylefest popping champions 08/09
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille - Bespoke piece by one of UK's finest female choreographers
Ivan Blackstock - Bespoke piece by one of UK's finest male choreographers
Prototype - Led by Duwane Taylor (Stylefest Champ 2009/Pied Piper)
E-motionz - Midnight Madness 2009
Jukebox - World Hip Hop Championship finalists/Breakin' Convention
She! - presented by Canada's Maijaluk Dance Company
Esteem - Get It On The Floor champions 2009
Retaliation Girls - Dare2Dance champions 2009
JungleNerds - Representing Manchester!

Music:

In'Sight (Brit School graduates and musical extraordinaires)
Duane Flames (UK Super producer and Rap artist)
Mike Hough (You Tube vocal sensation)
Lauren and Kimberley Goddard

Check out the official Serious About Streetdance website

Related features:

Last year’s celebration, We-R-One was a great night, check out the report below.