The representative from the Philippines for the world’s most prestigious Hip Hop competition, the World Hip Hop Dance Competition will be determined in the next few days as the best dance crews from different parts of the country will converge at the Mall of Asia Arena on May 24 to battle for the 12 slots to represent the Philippines in the worldwide competition.
According to Xernan Alfonso, Technical Director of Hip Hop International Philippines, about 50 crews, the best from Luzon, Visayaas and Mindaano will come together to vie for a place to represent the country in the “World Hip Hop Dance Championship.”
Xernan Alonzo added that the “Hip Hop International is the bigget dance competition in the whole world and considerd as the Olympics of dance.
For the past few years of the World Hip Hop Championships, various Philipine Teams were able to brought home the title. The World Hip Hop Competition was supposed to be held at Las Vegas, but this year 2015, the competition will be held in San Diego, USA.
During the Year 2006, the Philippine team won the title for the Adult Crews represented by the Philippine All Stars. In 2007, the Philippine representative, C.I.D.G won the title for the Varsity crews. The Philippine All Stars returned in 2008 to capture the Hip Hop Adult Crews and in 2009, the same team won the Breaking Adult Crews.
The Philippine team, The Crew won the title in the 2012 Hip-Hop Adult Crew while in 2014, the Philippines dominated the Hip-Hop Mega Crews competition represented by the A-Team.
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