High school dancers gather in Yokosuka City! -The first champion will be decided at the final tournament on March 19th!
"High School Street Dance Grand Prix 2023" will be held in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture to determine the number one high school team. This was a memorable first tournament, and on March 19th, 30 unique teams who had won two qualifying tournaments took on the finals.
*Top image "Additional 01 First Champion Nishogakusha University High School POPPING Team"
Before the tournament, the organizers said, ``Please enjoy this stage to the fullest.In the limited three years I have been able to meet these friends and take on this difficult battle, I feel joy in itself, and hope that I will win.'' I want them to feel the value beyond that,'' he gave a warm message to the participants.
The final competition on March 19th featured a variety of dance styles, including hip-hop, popping, and freestyle, so the judges looked at the show and made comprehensive judgments, rather than scoring each item.
The POPPING team “Butterfly effect” from Nishogakusha University High School won the high-level competition and became the first champion!
Other results were as follows.
2nd PLACE CIERA (FREESTYLE/Tokyo Metropolitan Komae High School)
3rd PLACE Superb (HIP HOP/Eimei High School)
4th PLACE CRASH (FREESTYLE/Chiba Prefectural Hakuryo High School)
5th PLACE Team Nimatsu (POPPING/Nishogakusha University High School)
SPECIAL PRIZE “WARA” B-BOYZ mini (BREAKING/Bunan High School)
SPECIAL PRIZE Winate (FREESTYLE/Chiba Keiai High School)
Why was the competition held in Yokosuka City? “Create a sense of unity in the city through dance”
Kenchi Tachibana and EXILE TETSUYA of the popular dance and vocal group EXILE, who were appointed as "Yokosuka Enlivenment Ambassadors" in October 2016, will give us "Yokosuka Original Dance" as a gift. I did. At the "42nd Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade" held in October 2018, children in the city performed energetic dances, and afterwards, dance clubs at junior high and high schools in the city held large-scale events. It's an impressive song that I had the pleasure of presenting.
[Yokosuka City Official Channel] 42nd Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade “Yokosuka Original Dance”
In addition, we are focusing on dance, which has become popular in recent years, as part of community development where children can grow up with hope. We collaborated with AdHip Co., Ltd., which runs large-scale high school dance competitions in Osaka Prefecture, with the hope of providing an opportunity for both residents and visitors to have fun. We have decided to hold the "High School Street Dance Grand Prix 2023", a street dance contest limited to high school dance clubs and clubs.
Street dance is now practiced by more and more people in dance studios, but its origins date back to street dancing. If you swing your body freely to the music in the exotic city of Yokosuka, you will experience a new era of urban culture. Dance, which is also an urban sport, is sure to become an opportunity to lead Yokosuka City to ``become an even more exciting city'' in the future.
The "High School Street Dance Grand Prix" is scheduled to be held from next year onwards.
While cheering on the passion of high school dancers, we also pay attention to Yokosuka City's new sports culture, town development through dance.
High School Street Dance Grand Prix 2023
*The tournament has ended
■First Preliminary Tournament January 29, 2023 Yokosuka City Cultural Center (Large Hall)
■Second Preliminary Tournament February 23, 2023 Yokosuka City Cultural Center (Large Hall)
■Final Tournament March 19, 2023 Yokosuka Arts Theater (Grand Theater)
Sponsored by: AdHip Co., Ltd. https://www.dancedelight.net/corporate/
Co-sponsors: Fulcrum Squad Co., Ltd., Yokosuka City, Yokosuka Customer Attraction Promotion and Attractiveness Promotion Committee
