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Kaba Modern @ Dream Studio | May 31 | Vancouver
5-6-7-8-pa-pa-pa-da-da-pa....
The cues you need to countdown to a dance sequence. It could be heard through the main dance room of Dream Dance Studio in Vancouver. A quick peek into the practice session on this past May 31st would have revealed not only a group of local tweens and teens dancing to moves from the latest music videos...but also the likes of the dance dynamos from KABA MODERN. You know, from that show America's Best Dance Crew. Oh yeah, there it is.
As part of their City of Angels Hip Hop Workshops, Dream Dance Studio brought some of the members of Kaba Modern (Tony Tran, Cindy Minowa, Yuki Tag, and Jia Huang). Schema caught Cindy teaching energetic choreography to the boys and girls whose palpable excitement clearly showed through their own performnce as well as on their own faces. So much so, they picked up the choreography in a snap (seemingly to us, who are less agile and less coordinated...please).
The next set featured a lesson from Kaba member Tony Tran -- his approachment was opposite if not complimentary to Cindy's more face-forward style. Tony shuffled to the front of the studio like a zen hip hop monk, and preceded to break down intricate isolations and step work for the kids to follow. Angled, precise, controlled, and deliberate as each of his movements were...it reminded one of origami -- how each fold in the paper eventually leads to a seamless finished product. Daaaamn if we hadn't seen it with our own eyes!
Along for the ride were two other guests from California: choreography Jeff Viray and singer-dancer Melissa Reyes, who (duh, shoulda known!) was featured on The Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll -- she's uber sweet, and absolutely gorgeous, of course.
More: photos of the day by Schema's own Leah Yin-Sokol under the cut
PHOTOS BY SCHEMA'S OWN LEAH YIN-SOKOL
DREAM STUDIO: CITY OF ANGELS HIP HOP WORKSHOP WITH KABA MODERN
Kaba's Cindy and the kids:
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Dream Dance Studio poster
Dream Studio students with Tony Tran
Dream Dance Studio logo
Kaba's Cindy:
Kaba's Cindy working it out...
Kaba's Cindy and Yuki (and Tony's back) with one of the students:
break!
Kaba's Tony and his origami moves:
Jia & DJ Hustle:
The kids!
Kaba's Yuri and Cindy
Older poster featuring Melissa Reyes and Jeff Viray
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