I recently sat down with the creator and co founder of the Geekfreaks and talked in depth about the his dance crew . In this exclusive interview with Wayne Carrasco, I realize the hard work and inspiration that still continues in his mist.
Geekfreaks are a dance crew that consists of 13 official dancers. In 2006, The dance crew began as a group of friends practicing their solo arts in dance such as bboying, popping, and locking in a designated studio and decided in 2008 to form a competitive dance group together. This enabled them to expand their expressive movements from the private confinement of a dance studio to the views of the public eye. We come from all over the Greater Toronto Area and the Durham Region.
In 2009, the Geekfreaks competed in our first competition in the biggest post secondary dance competition in Ontario known as the University Dance Challenge (UDC) representing Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. In this competition, the Geekfreaks won 1st place in our category, Small Group Hip Hop, Best Small Group Overall categories, and Judges Choice Award. These were all the best awards that were possible to achieve in that competition in the category. Geekfreaks placed in the top ten best hip-hop dance groups in Ontario, November 2009. Since then, Geekfreaks have won several other competitions such as 1st Place Overall Duet at Humber Hype 2010, The Choreography Scholarship Award of $1000 for the Geekfreaks routine at Humber Hype 2010, 1st Place Hip-Hop Award at BAM 2010 , Best Small Group Overall at BAM 2010 , and most recently attained the title of SUMMER JAM 2010 DANCE CREW CHAMPS.
As the crew's competitive achievements grew, so did their opportunities to take part in the entertainment industry outside of competitions. Members of the GeekFreaks have been discovered and casted to take part in music videos, commericials, concerts, and other grand public events such as International Festival 2009 in Oshawa, SpringFest 2010 in Montreal and Youth Day 2010 in Toronto for example. Furthermore, some of our members have performed with popular artists and groups such as such as Kardinal Official, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes , T-Pain , Fabulous, Drake, 112, Blake Mcgrath , Lights , Down With Webster , USS, Kid Cudi, ASHES, iLLScarlett, Najjah, Enrique Iglesias, Cascada , Lady Gaga and many more! Our future goals are to further add to our collection of prominent titles, and to continue being more involved in the community and entertainment industry.
Jacqueline Opoku
To find out more information of the Geekfreaks and follow them check out:
http://www.youtube.com/geekfreakstv
Geekfreaks Online store
http://66thieves.com/?cat=41
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