Moville's Best Dance Crew
E' Moni Tool, '13| Staff Reporter
Issue date: 12/11/09 Section: News
WCVM hosted their second annual Moville's Best Dance Crew competion Dec. 4. The event was fashioned by Sydney Pajack and hosted by students Kurtis Hillard and Ella Jacobsen. The highest scoring group won a cash prize of $1,000. There were raffles to break-up the performances.
"This show will be bigger than the football team's losing strike," said Hillard as he opened the show alongside his co-host Jacobson. The show started off with the duo making a few jokes about what they would do with the $1,000. The show consisted of five performances including a performance from a professional dance crew, Illstyle & Peace Productions.
Pajack said she developed the idea in December of 2008. "Being that I am a fan of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, I thought it'd be cool to do that here at MSC," Pajack said. She said she would like to see the show carry on even after she graduates.
Each of the four competing crews danced one round to show their moves and to impress the judges. They were scored on a scale of one to five, five being the highest. Each crew was judged on creativity/originality, choreography/synchronization, style/appearance, teamwork, and entertainment. IllStyle judged the performances because Pajack said she wanted professionals to pick the right winners for the grand prize.
The crews, Team Envy, Innovative Illusions, Moment of Clarity, and Queens Dolls, all had a unique way of coming on the stage. Innovation Illusion, a crew that had one week to rehearse, began with Athena Lazo on stage dancing a lyrical piece. Lazo beckoned the other four members of her team, dressed as boys, onto the stage. Their theme included the song transformers and by the end of the mix, they had transformed into girls. "It wasn't about the money; we just wanted to put on a good show," Lazo said following her crew's performance.
Moment of Clarity, an all boy crew, did a performance to satisfy the ladies in the audience. Team Envy appealed to the gentleman. Hosts Hillard and Jacobsen did a comedy performance to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi."
Illstyle's five-member crew performed prior to the finale. The members, Forest 'Get 'em' Gump, Web, Suave Gotti, Dre-Live, and Johnny Break, are from the Bronx, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Dre-Live said, "The performance was lovely and the energy was live."
Queen Dolls came in third winning $150. Innovation Illusions walked away with $350 and second place, and the grand prize winner, for $1,000, was Moment of Clarity.
"This show will be bigger than the football team's losing strike," said Hillard as he opened the show alongside his co-host Jacobson. The show started off with the duo making a few jokes about what they would do with the $1,000. The show consisted of five performances including a performance from a professional dance crew, Illstyle & Peace Productions.
Pajack said she developed the idea in December of 2008. "Being that I am a fan of America's Best Dance Crew on MTV, I thought it'd be cool to do that here at MSC," Pajack said. She said she would like to see the show carry on even after she graduates.
Each of the four competing crews danced one round to show their moves and to impress the judges. They were scored on a scale of one to five, five being the highest. Each crew was judged on creativity/originality, choreography/synchronization, style/appearance, teamwork, and entertainment. IllStyle judged the performances because Pajack said she wanted professionals to pick the right winners for the grand prize.
 | Joshua Sajous (left) and Darius Beale (right) perform during Moville's Best Dance Crew Competition last Friday. Their crew, Moment of Clarity, won the grand prize of $1,000.
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The crews, Team Envy, Innovative Illusions, Moment of Clarity, and Queens Dolls, all had a unique way of coming on the stage. Innovation Illusion, a crew that had one week to rehearse, began with Athena Lazo on stage dancing a lyrical piece. Lazo beckoned the other four members of her team, dressed as boys, onto the stage. Their theme included the song transformers and by the end of the mix, they had transformed into girls. "It wasn't about the money; we just wanted to put on a good show," Lazo said following her crew's performance.
Moment of Clarity, an all boy crew, did a performance to satisfy the ladies in the audience. Team Envy appealed to the gentleman. Hosts Hillard and Jacobsen did a comedy performance to Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi."
Illstyle's five-member crew performed prior to the finale. The members, Forest 'Get 'em' Gump, Web, Suave Gotti, Dre-Live, and Johnny Break, are from the Bronx, Philadelphia, and Chicago. Dre-Live said, "The performance was lovely and the energy was live."
Queen Dolls came in third winning $150. Innovation Illusions walked away with $350 and second place, and the grand prize winner, for $1,000, was Moment of Clarity.