Hip-Hop has changed dramatically what was considered to be violent and an intimidating form of lifestyle. Hip-hop has become the mainstream or the default musical setting of the culture. As a result rap, graffiti & dancing are now used to sell everything from fast food to cars, brand marketing and used to gain access to youth in danger. Hip-hop has gone beyond being just about music, but hip-hop has actually become a brand, a lifestyle and an urban culture that almost everybody aspires to be associate with – even big corporate.
It is estimated that 80-percent of urban youth can be reached through Hip-Hop, which encompasses rap, graffiti, dancing and fashion. With that said Dios Mismo Entertainment cc, a youth-owned entertainment and events coordinating entity has surfaced the idea of an event that will be used to present the South African hip-hop market, preferably dancers, with opportunities of growth. This does not only pertain to growth in their dancing but growth in their spiritual, mental, psychological and professional facets of life. DA KRUMP FACEOFF is such an event, this is a dance competition that places it’s focus on the development of hip-hop dancers, whereas the aim of this event is that every dancer that competes in this competition will be challenged in every regard; psychologically, mentally, physically & professionally.
DA KRUMP FACEOFF (K.F.O) is constantly searching for alternative ways to challenge dancers in upgrading their dance capabilities and personal wellbeing- this is specifically why, DA KRUMP FACEOFF have established a partnership with a Cape Town-based national dance competition, where our event, DA KRUMP FACEOFF, will host the “dance your way to Cape Town” event, for over 100 Gauteng hip hop dancers , and the qualifying dancers will be taken to Cape Town to compete in July 2011, in the national dance competition, Big City Brawl, where dancers from Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town & port Elizabeth will battle it out in hopes of being crowned South African national dance champions. It is to our hearts content that we wish that this partnership will spark an immediate change in the perception placed upon hip-hop dancers and thus contributing to a generation of talent-intensive and dream-dwelling youth.
I strongly believe that for South African dancing to be recognized a great deal needs to be done in terms of grooming our dancers. Based on our observations, concentration is mostly on providing dancers with monetary gain, but there is a lack of tools and opportunities for growth.
And as part of DA KRUMP FACEOFF’s competitive advantage and social responsibility, we will provide those opportunities and tools for growth in the South African hip-hop dance industry, and thus embarking on a journey of total person development within the respective dancers and contributing to the lives of the youth, in establishing and nurturing their talents in dance and personal lives, including professional careers. And through quality control strategies, we aim to provide dancers with more than a platform to showcase their talents or offer them only a cash prize; we will provide them with mentorship programs, developmental seminars and dance workshops- with these development methods, we aim to equip dancers with power in mind, the strength of dreams, and the core-potency of a spiritual nurturing.
“K.F.O is more than a youth event, it is development...” this was said by Khanyisile, a wonderful lady from our Facebook page. This emphasizes that DA KRUMP FACEOFF is certainly more than just another dance event; we’re purposefully dedicated to the development of the South African youth, through their own language, Hip Hop.
This initiative will, gradually, be the foundation of improvement in terms of the level of competitiveness in the dancers themselves and their personal well-being. We will target the core of each dancer’s spiritual, physical, mental and professional facets and hence provide opportunities for growth, mentorship and development. .
DA KRUMP FACEOFF (KFO) “DANCE YOUR WAY TO CAPE TOWN”
Date: 16 April 2011
Venue: Christ Centred Church, next to Phillip Stadium, block L, Soshanguve, Pretoria
Time: 13:00 – 18:00
Entrance: R50 – Just by attending the event, lucky spectators stand a chance of receiving free Khuli Chana & Kwesta CDs.
Contact:
Lebogang Mokubela
Dios Mismo Entertainment cc
078 578 5781
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