Show&Prove HipHop Studies Conference in Riverside/California

With a scholarship of my university, I had the chance to travel to the Show&Prove Conference 2016 to California/USA, a conference of the research field "HipHop Studies"! Because we don´t have this research field in Germany yet, it was great to see how many people attended the conference, are interested, researching and working in this topic in the US and Canada. I met many interesting people and enjoyed the time at the University of Riverside! It gives me a lot of motivation for my PhD on Breaking.
Next to lectures and panel discussions, there where workshops of Ken Swift and BGirl Macca. Organiser Imani Kai Johnson made a great Job! I was invited to give a feedback in the closing panel of the discussion. Thank you!
After the conference i stayed in Riverside and also visited LA, went to practise in the famous spot "Homeland" and had a good time with the dancers from the city - with special thanks to BBoy Reveal, Bert, Jazemin and BBoy J-Wolf!

2. Place at Floorwars Germany!

Floorwars Germany is one of the most famous qualifiers in Germany. The main event is hold in Denmark and a big international breaking event.

With my crewmates from Masterplan Crew, BBoy Wal-D & BBoy Georg, i took the 2. place at this national competition on 13.02.2016 in Hannover, with more than 30 participating teams from some of the best crews in Germany.

Ladie´s Dance 10th Anniversary!

From 22.-24.01.2016 we were celebrating 10years of Ladie´s Dance! Started in 2006, the workshop format gives women an opportunity to try out different urban dance styles like Breaking, Popping, HipHop etc. as well as supporting interested ladies in getting contact to the urban dance scene. Intermidiate dancers are supported by the Ladie´s Dance Camp, a weekly summer dance camp where different urban dance styles are teached.

Ladie´s Dance is not only focusing for the dance style techniques but stresses the importance of the knowledge: the culture and history of the dances are teached, practise science - how to practise best for oneself - is also in focus. Everything is surrounded by a special pedagogic concept how to teach dance.

At the 10th anniversary a special frieday evening for all supporters was held with the premiere of the Summer Camp documentary filmed and edited by Yassine Alaoui Ismaili - Yoriyart/Morocco, on saturday workshops for male dancers were offered, new style hustle- and salsa workshops and a dancer´s party with DJ Lizzie Liebe & Habama Music with live percussion. And on the sunday the typical Ladie´s Dance day was hold with 120 participating ladies!

Yeah!

Check www.facebook.com/ladiesdancecologne for pictures and video footage!!!