.jpg) |
| 619 crew celebrating their win |
At the Indoor Sports Hall of the
Nigeria’s most cosmopolitan university, UNILAG, the mesmerizing skills,
precision and team work exhibited by all the contesting crews were a sheer delight
to behold. The students and corporate chiefs who turned out en masse to get
maximum entertainment were highly impressed, as evident by their continuous
cheers, applauses and roars. The guest performances by popular
artistes and MTN ambassador, Banky W, alongside gifted rapper, Mode 9, Oga
Boss, IllBliss and many others were among the sparkles that lit up the evening.
Four crews had made the cut to
battle for a place in the finals of the B-Boy category but only the “619 Crew”
and “Squad One Machinery” did enough to make it through. With amazing
body-twisting, fleet-footed flips and acrobatic displays, notable crew members
like Nzemeke Franklyn, Obiora Francis, Nwachukwu Jeremiah were too brilliant
for the opposing Squad One Machinery. It was clearly a victory for the
Lagos-based crew and they will be on their way to Braunschweig, Germany, in
October, to represent Nigeria at the International Battle of the Year
competition.
Speaking with a member of the
winning crew, Obiora Francis, he said, amid tears of joy, “This is, really,
really, the best moment of my time”. He continued, “I have always dreamt of
taking my dance skills to the international stage, it’s just amazing it’s
happening now”.
The MTN Battle of the Year is a
youth culture event driven by the dance element of hip-hop where break-dance
crews engage in competitive dance to determine the best break-dance crew that
will represent the country on the World stage.
No comments:
Post a Comment