DANCESPORT
PINOYS HARVEST SEVEN GOLD
WORLD STREET DANCE FESTIVAL AT BANKSTOWN DOMINATED BY TEAM PHILIPPINES
FILIPINO street dancers continued their winning ways , with Team Philippines bagging seven international gold medals at the 14rh Annual World Supremacy Battlegrounds street dance championships in Sydney on October 5-8 , 2017 at Bankstown Sports Club .
By MARCO ANDRE SELORIO
Over 1,500 dancers and 160 teams from Australia , New Zealand , Malaysia , The Philippines , Indonesia , Taiwan , Korea , Thailand and Singapore competed at the four-day street dance festival .
Team Philippines came out in full force as top contenders at the championships and they did not disappoint fans .
Composed of 28 crews from Luzon , Visayas and Mindanao , Team Philippines captured the prestigious International Open , Monster Crew and Varsity division titles , Kids and Cell division as well as the Solo All Styles and Hip Hop battle divisions . Lego Fam from Laguna secured the Open and Varsity gold , while Pilipinas Got Talent grand finalists Power Impact Dancers won the gold after a bronze medal finish last year .
Cebu ’ s very own Sezzyhood won the new Cell division , while Synergy dance member Kage ( aka Baby Deathrow ) and Luigi captured the Hip Hop and All Styles solo battle titles respectively .
Davao City ’ s Distinct Feature , under the guidance of Master Bryan Grandeza , won the Kids Division . It was the first gold for Mindanao since Xtatic of Cagayan de Oro won way back in 2007 .
MAD Rush , MNM , Electro Groovers , Ignite , Kid Lightning Crew , Streetbuck , Stump and 4DK also won medals for Team Philippines .
Battlegrounds Philippines country director Patrick “ Lil Pat ” Romero could not contain his joy .
“ I want to thank God for guiding Team Philippines at WSB ,” Romero said . “ Congratulations to all the crews that won medals for our country . Our Filipino dancers will always give 100 % but we also show love and respect to everyone in the competition .” Some of the other Filipino teams that placed in the Top 10 across various divisions include Distinct Feature (# 10 Young Guns ), Studio 51 (# 6 Varsity ), Junior FMD (# 8 Varsity ), Histacity Mega Crew (# 4 Monster ), FCBC Baliktanaw (# 5 Monster ), Synergy (# 6 Monster ), Studio 51 (# 7 Monster ), M . Y Crew (# 8 Monster ), Graffiti (# 5 Open ), Nocturnal Dance Company (# 7 Open ) and Slim Shadow Dance Crew (# 10 Open ).
World Supremacy Battlegrounds is proudly supported by Sovereign Hill Records , Filipino Vines , The Torch , Custom Tees , Urban Empire , Sydney Kings , Tim Woolf Photography , Shmick Photography , Philippine Community Herald , AK News , The Canberra Reporter , Bayanihan News and VA Kreativ . •
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