Friday, December 3, 2010

Jabbawockeez


NEWS AND UPDATE
FanBolt Interviews Jabbawockeez
I was invited out for the grand opening of the JabbaWockeez MUS.I.C. at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas. Little did I know what all the 48 hours would have in store for me. For those of you not familiar with the JabbaWockeez, they were the winners of the first season of MTV’s America’s Best [...]
JabbaWockeez MUS.I.C. at the Monte Carlo Las Vegas: A behind-the-mask expose
The JabbaWockeez make their triumphant return to the Las Vegas Strip at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, and Zap2it was given an all-access, behind-the-masks pass to see the show and speak to the dancers. The original “America’s Best Dance Crew” winners fill the void left by illusionist Lance Burton with their own brand of [...]
Ten questions with Ben Chung
MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew Season 1 winners Jabbawockeez have achieved headliner status on The Strip, with their MUS.I.C. (pronounced “muse, I see”) at the Monte Carlo in a theater shared with comedy impressionist Frank Caliendo and formerly the home of magician Lance Burton. The eight-member dance crew celebrated a grand and VIP opening Friday [...]
Dancing With the Jabbawockeez
Jeff ‘Phi’ Nguyen reveals what it’s like to be part of a genuinely collaborative dance enterprise. The seven-member, all-male, Los Angeles–based hip-hop dance troupe known as Jabbawockeez is a highly unusual organization. But it is not the austere white masks and mysterious white gloves the performers always wear onstage that make it so unusual. Nor [...]
Audrey Magazine Summer Issue Preview Featuring Ben: The New Rhythm Nation
Millions of people are embracing Asian American dancers in a way like never before, as numerous groups and individuals are making their mark in the industry as bona fide stars, renowned choreographer and leading innovators. The hit television shows America’s Best Dance Crew and Dancing with the Stars have helped propel such crews as the [...]
SD Entertainer: Experience Mus.i.c. with the Jabbawockeez
The Jabbawockeez started as an underground garage crew in San Diego in 2003. They wowed mainstream audiences in 2008 on America’s Best Dance Crew, and since have made numerous appearances and have performed with some of the most well known artists in the world. Today, the Jabbawockeez are in Vegas, headlining their own show at [...]
Las Vegas Weekly: The Right Moves
With Jabbawockeez selling so well, could a permanent residency be next? Most Strip shows don’t owe thanks to a teenage fan, but if you’ve seen the Jabbawockeez at MGM Grand and liked it, you might let Briana Rappaport know. The teenage daughter of Luxor and Excalibur President Felix Rappaport is the reason the SoCal dance [...]
UCI grad, Ben Chung reaches Vegas stardom with Jabbawockeez
Ben Chung steps outside of the Los Angeles rehearsal space where the Jabbawockeez dance crew is rehearsing for its biggest gig yet, a month-long run at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas that opens May 7. Word of which leads us to open with the obvious question: How did seven guys who do hip-hop routines [...]
Las Vegas Weekly: The JabbaWockeeZ go Strip
Here’s a prediction for May in Las Vegas: Lewis Carroll’s “The Jabberwocky” will be read aloud on a Strip stage. Sound crazy? Can’t imagine Donny and Marie, Frank Caliendo or the cast of Peepshow discussing slithy toves and vorpal swords under the spotlight? They won’t be, but award-winning hip-hop dance crew JabbaWockeeZ is prepping for [...]
Jabbawockeez on Fox 13 Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Winner of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew reality TV show Jabbawockeez came to Salt Lake City Friday to perform a dance show at the Life Center at Salt Lake Community College. The show was sold out, but FOX 13′s Big Budah came to the college to give viewers a preview of [...]

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