E1 Summer Practices
Element 1 summer sessions have begun. Send an email to coueric@umich.edu to be added onto the email list to receive news about practices.
Currently, we are practicing at Angell Hall on Mondays & Wednesdays from 8-11pm. This practice is open to the general public.
Canton Premiere Dance Studio in Canton Michigan is also open for practices on Thursday nights from 8-10pm. Go to http://cantonpremieredance.com for more information
Club Info for the 2006-2007 School Year Member Batle Results
The two on two member battle for winter 2007 took place on April 4th, 2007.
Congrats to the winners!
1st place - Donkey Kong Crew, Aaron & Kevin
2nd place - Triple K, Eric & Steven
*FREE* Dance Workshop Teaching Hip Hop, House, Popping & Locking, and Breakdancing
Beginners welcome to come! All dance skill levels invited!
Hosted by: Element-1, Dance 2XS, and EnCore Location: CCRB basketball & vollyeball courts Date: Friday January 19, 2007 Time: 10PM-2AM
*Bring your student ID, non-students must be escorted in by a UM student
Never taken a dance class before? No problem! And....its all free! Free food provided too!
Take these dance crash courses, and your friends will soon start asking you to teach them.
On January 19th, Element 1, Dance2XS, and Encore presents a UMIX night where you can learn 4 different styles of dance - Hip Hop, Popping & Locking, House, and Breakdancing. Each 1 hr class will be taught by a famous professional who will also give a short demonstration of his style. The workshops will be fun and challenging, and a person with any level of dance experience will benefit from the experience.
The entire dance teams of E1, 2xs, and Encore will be there, so you can meet them and get to know what they're about.
Here are some highlights of each of their biographies:
HIP HOP - Kasper
http://www.myspace.com/djkasperk
Kasper was featured on the first season of the FOX smash hit "So You Think You Can Dance." He was asked to appear on MTV's "The Wade Robson Project," and performed on "Dance Fever" on the ABC Family Channel. Kasper teaches and choreographs for many different dance teams, high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the U.S. Currently dancing with Dance 2XS Chicago, his credits include dancing for manheim Steamroller, as well as for Bad Boy Bill at the B96 Summer Bash taking the stage right after Shakira, and just before P. Diddy. Kasper just spend the past three months in LA training and working with some of the top choreograpers in the industry. He's now back home in Chicago.
Cryzko started Popping in the mid 80’s. He has always given back to the dance community through teaching, sharing his knowledge, and supporting their events. Since 1994 he has been seriously acknowledge for his talents and contributions by the entire Midwest popping community. He has judged popping competitions for many years. Since recently announcing his retirement from judging, he has opened up his own dance studio in Ypsilanti.
HOUSE - Sneeks
http://www.myspace.com/sneeks71
Sneeks is one of the founders of Chicago Tribe Break Dancing Crew, though he has equally pursued his passion in House Dance. His open mind and fascination for other dance styles is shown in his fluid and unique approach to break dancing. His own interest and time teaching others have sparked an underground House dance community in Chicago.
Stringz and his crew Hardcore Detroit are one of the most influential and talented breakers in the Midwest. Stringz has been dancing for over a decade now. As an individual dancer, his abilities are phenomenal and just recently he was one of the top 20 breakers chosen from over 1000 who applied internationally for the Red Bull Beat Riders camp. He is an entrepreneur and owns his own hip hop clothing line called Hardcore Productions.
Upcoming Events:
(*) Dance 2XS Auditions
- Jan. 10; 7pm-Midnight; Union: Anderson Rm C-D
- Call-Backs: Jan. 11; 7pm; Angell Hall
(*) UMix Dance Night
- Jan. 19; 10pm-2am; CCRB: Dance & Martial Arts Rms
- Come take FREE classes in breaking, popping/locking, house, and hip hop choreography!
- Element 1 is bringing Stringz of Hardcore Detroit Crew to teach breaking, and Cryzko to teach an intro to popping and locking
- House Dance will be taught by Sneeks of Chicago Tribe Crew
- 2XS is bringing in Kasper (credits include "So You Think You Can Dance") for Hip Hop
- Hosted by Element 1, Dance 2XS, & Encore
(*) Bar Night hosted by Dance 2XS
- Jan. 25; The Necto
- performances start at 10pm by: 2XS, Encore, Indigo, Element 1, and more of the best hip hop dance groups on campus.
Date & Location for Master the Art, 4th edition, ANNOUNCED!
MTA will be held on March 10th, 2007 at the Michigan LEAGUE ballroom! Element 1 hosts Battle of Ann Arbor 2! Flyer details below!
Club Information from before the 2006-2007 School Year
Get ready for Michigan’s
largest annual b-boying and popping jam! Last
year, over 20 bboying and popping crews from
across the Midwest and even the East coast
competed for the enormous prizes. The potential
of this MTA and the future ones have doubled in
size because of the bigger venue we've booked.
Also, there will be absolutely NO GUEST LISTS to
sign in if you want to attend.
Expect the CREWS, the CROWDS, and the CYPHERS to
be MUCH MUCH LARGER this year. Just wait till you
find out below what talented and legendary
dancers we've got coming to judge! In addition,
one of the best breakbeat DJ's in the country
will be flying in from Florida. The music will
definitely be on point!!
Before proceeding, please take a moment to
recognize all of our sponsors who are supporting
these dance forms with their generosity:
Apple (computers)
Circle Junkeez, Fidel, and www.thalabmusic.com
Red Bull
Scion
The University of Michigan - LSA student
government, Michigan Student Assembly
Thanks so much for coming out
everyone.....that was the hypest night i've seen
at Angell Hall, and I've been there quite a bit
practicing there for the past 2 1/2 years. It was
completely free since we didnt have to pay anyone
to come. Definitely thank DJ Ayuh for spinning
nearly the entire night, with Silky Slim playing
at the start.
There are too many people to thank for
contributing, but you know who you are. I did
organize it but it was ANTHONY who made the first
post to get the matchups lined up, so this
wouldn't have happened without him having the
idea.
It wasn't too much work getting all the battles
rolling, and I definitely had fun battling myself
and watching the new and old school dance all
night. Keep it up youngins, like the Canton area,
616, Illumanati, and Robotops.
1. Free Soul Tribe CREW vs 61Syx Technique CREW
2. Go Banana!! (Lunchbox Jamz) vs H!! (IKOV)
3. John Holla (Love Never Dies) vs KillaCam
(Kzoo)
4. John B (Deadbeatz) vs JR (Free Soul Tribe)
5. Twenty Minute Popping Exhibition - Echoez of
Elementz CALLED OUT by Gumby and the West
Michigan poppers
6. Robotops CREW (Scott & Tom) vs Illumanati
(Burgi & Mikey)
7. Robotops CREW (Prime-Ill & Jorel) vs
Imperial Order CREW (Kai & Audi)
8. D-Raw & Byn (Lunchbox Jamz/Deadbeatz) vs
Tobra & G-16 (Love Never Dies)
9. Jared (Lunchbox Jamz) vs Goblin (61Syx)
10. Jessica & Liechi (Lunchbox Jamz) vs
Illumanati
11. Ill Kinds of Vibes vs Kalamacrew (vs G-16???)
1st, Chicago Tribe - Styches, Vicious, AK
2nd, Hardcore Detroit - Stringz, Jaybay, Mama
3rd, Chicago Tribe 3 - Check-it, Ant-One,
Heaven
4th, Lunchbox Jamz - Athai, Mr. Shit,
Outta-hand aka "TOTs"
Solo Popping Battles
1st, Eclipse
2nd, Confusion
3rd, P4P
4th, Kaozz
Exhibition Showcase Winners:
Top Rock - Justin (Free Soul Tribe)
Power - Byn (Deadbeatz)
Footwork - This competition didn't happen due
to schedule changes
Sup crowd, this was the third event Element 1
has thrown, and I've noticed that some of you
keep coming back. So thanks for supporting
our event last night or any other that you've
gone to, as our club Element 1 has grown for
the past 2 years.
Special thanks to my judges (Jerome, U-turn,
Sneeks, Cryzko, DrPopLock, Allen), host
(Dante), my DJ's Ruckus and Ayuh, and Matt
plus all of my Element 1 staff.
It was so rewarding seeing everything come
together after only 4 weeks of planning, and
I couldn't of asked for a smoother running
event. I hope everyone had a good time and
remembers that we came together last night
for a good cause too, the Red Cross.
I encourage you all to leave any feedback if
there were things we could of done better or
just to make a jam more dope in general. I'll
be checking out this thread till it dies out,
so i'll take it all into consideration.
Element 1 Presents a 3 day series of dance
workshops!! These lessons are for members
only, so please signup to our club.
Membership costs $10 and provides numerous
club benefits,
Day 1
Sunday, September 25
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
@ Angell Hall, 2nd Floor
Day 2
Sunday, October 2
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
@ Angell Hall, 2nd Floor
Day 3
Sunday, October 9
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
@ Angell Hall, 2nd Floor
September 8, 2005 Element 1 Mass Meeting
E L E M E N
T 1 M A S
S M E E T I N G
DATE: Thursday, September 15, 2005
TIME: 7:00 to 8:00 PM
PLACE: Angell Hall, 2nd Floor
We will be meeting on the 2nd Floor of
Angell Hall, right upstairs from the posting
wall. If you're coming in from the Diag, the
stairs will be just in front of you. From
there we'll head to one of the classrooms.
We will be discussing our club's purpose,
missions, and activities. All beginners are
welcome and no dance experience is necessary.
We have designed certain club programs
specifically for teaching, and we hope that
you will all benefit from them. If you are an
experienced breaker or popper, we'll be
discussing the dance try-outs and what we
will be looking for in the performance group.
This club is designed for dancers at all
levels and we hope that you all will take
part in our club.
September 8, 2005 Fall Session Times and
Locations
Here are the official session times for
this semester:
Saturday, 7 - 9pm in Angell Hall
Monday, 7 - 9pm in Angell Hall
Wednesday, 9 - 11pm in Angell Hall
The first official session will be this
Saturday.
The Angell Hall sessions are on the second
floor, upstairs from the posting wall. If
you're coming into AH from the Diag, the
stairs will be right in front of you.
September 7, 2005 12:25PM on the diag
Thursday
The Element 1 performance group will be
performing at 12:25PM on the diag tomorrow
(Thursday Sept 8) for festifall. Try to stop
by and support us, as well as tell all your
friends to come watch. We'll be sessioning
outside all day near our table too, so don't
miss our table if you got class on central
campus.
Finally, we'll have a practice session at
8PM in Angell Hall later that evening. Come
by to watch, learn, and practice.
September 4, 2005 Welcome Back
Hey, I hope everyone had a great summer.
With classes starting, Element 1 is stepping
up activity. Right now, sessions
are every Tuesday at 8pm in Angell Hall on
the second floor, but we'll be adding
more sessions next week. In the meantime,
here's some stuff that's going on:
September 4th,
Sunday, 8pm: Session in Angell Hall.
September 8th,
Thursday, 11am - 4pm: Festifall! We'll be out
on the diag with the other UM clubs.
We'll most likely be breaking all day, so
stop by our table.
Remember, all skill levels are welcome at
our sessions, so come by to practice or to
learn. If you have any questions, ask some of
the older bboys, and they'll help you out.
-miKe in dc
June 16, 2005 Summer Session
Reminder
Just a Reminder that our official session
times are Tuesday Nights at 8PM at the Angell
hall second floor dance room ...
Peace~
May 8, 2005 Summer Session Times
Summer sessions are officially on Tuesdays
at 8 at Angell Hall. Also, there can be some
random sessions whenever possible. So just
use this e-mail list if anyone wants to set
it up.
April 26, 2005 New Session
Monday and Thursday night sessions are no
more. Starting on May 5th, there'll be
sessions in the CCRB every Tuesday starting
at 3pm and going until 6 or 7pm. Check the
dance, room, martial arts room, volleyball
courts, and then racquetball courts in that
order. There will most likely be more random
sessions, so if you're going to be around,
make sure ot get yourself on the summer list.
btw Session Tonight (tue) Angell Hall
10pm til whenever.
April 16, 2005 Congrats to New
Officers for 2005/2006
President - Matt Jennings
Vice President - Scott Tolinski
Secretary - Joel Manago
Treasurer - Britta Wunderlich
Events Coordinator - Allen Henton
Webmaster - Matt Jennings
MTA head - Dara Chan
PR/Design Executive - John Zhu
Historian - Jeff Ho
April 12, 2005 Got Chair?
April 11, 2005 Officier Elections and
Member Battle This Week
What's up Element 1 members, we've got
some important events coming up this week.
Our usual meeting spot will be the dance area
of Angell Hall.
Officer Elections April 13 Wednesday 9PM at
Angell Hall
Be part of the officer core next year to
promote Element1 and organize Master the Art!
Positions: President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, Events Coordinator,
Website Master, Master the Art Head, Session
Coordinator(s)
Member Battle (will also serve as
try-outs for performance group)April 14 Thursday 9PM at
Angell Hall
Winner will take home some nice
merchandise and bragging rights for the rest
of his or her life. The format will probably
be 2 on 2.
April 1, 2005 Saturday Session
Canceled
Saturday sessions from now till the end of
the semester will now be cancelled. However,
sessions willl continue on Monday and
Thursday as usual at their usual times:
Monday: 10-12 CCRB
Thursday: 8-10 Angell Hall (goes on longer
than 10 though)
If you wish to practice, please go to
these sessions instead.
Thank you- larry
Weather is nice out. We're doing a diag
session Noon-1 wednesday. come out, cypher,
hang out.
March, 24, 2005 Thursday Session
CANCELLED
DanceMix: 8pm Power Center
Ticket Price $8 available at MUTO
Thursday session will be cancelled because
it conflicts with the biggest dance
performance of the year, which your very own
performance group will be in. We've got a
dope performance planned, and some awesome
guest bboys joining usfor the battle segment
of the show.
Check out the show at the Power Center
because it has about ten different
dancegroups, with styles ranging from jazz,
tap, hip hop, ballet, bboying/bgirling, and
indian bhangra.
Show starts at 8pm, and will be happening
in the Power Center. There's an afterparty at
touchdowns for 18 and over, so you probably
can catch us throwing down there too. Please
come support us at the main event though.
March, 22, 2005 Dance Mix Thursday
Dance Mix: It’s the biggest show for
dance groups across campus. E1 has 100
tickets to sell, so if you want one, send
thematt@umich.edu an e-mail or find him at
session. This thing is huge, it sells out
every year, so make sure you get a ticket if
plan on going.
March, 11, 2005 Mass Meeting Saturday
3pm
Hey everyone, please join us at our mass meeting at the dance
area of Angell Hall. We will meet at 3pm there
and cypher while we wait for everyone to
come. After that, we'll move to a classroom
to discuss several things and watch the MTA
2004 DVD.
Meeting Details:
1. Information on being a part of the Master
the Art 2005 board
Elections will be held at night on on
Thursday March 17
2. Member Battle details, also held on
Thursday March 17
3. Viewing of MTA 2004
You can place your pre-order for MTA 2004
dvds, and we will also have other Element 1
merchandise there like T-shirts and beanies.
We'll post up signs of the classroom we
move to in case you come late.
cya there,
March, 1, 2005 Enjoy your break
Hey everyone, I know its been quiet for
awhile but expect things to pick up once we
return from Spring Break. The E1 performance
group has been extremely busy, performing at
over 5 different events since the start of
this semester. Our first performance w as at
a Michigan Women's basketball game and if you
wanna see some pictures, check out this link here.
Following spring break, expect another
general mass meeting, member battle, and
elections for the MTA 2005 board.
I just wanted to give a heads up but
expect more details later,
E1 performance group will be doing shows
around campus; keep watch on your emails. I
will try to post new events on the web site.
you can always go to the Element 1 Message Boards and
there's a Element 1
online Store.
Janurary 11, 2005 Element One: Year 2005
Something to consider going to. Battle
Royal Janurary 29, Cinncinati, Ohio
Janurary 10, 2005 Element One: Year 2005
We've decided to have the same session
times and locations or this semester as we
did for last semester.
