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Saturday July 1st from 12pm to 7pm at Jack London Square. Come to see Turfin' VS. The World Dance Battle Festival (Part II) with Firehouse Art Collective's Tom Franco judging the competition.
The turf dancing phenomenon that started in Oakland’s inner city will take center stage at Jack London Square for the 2nd time this year on Saturday, July 1st, 2017 as part of an all-new event, dubbed Turfin vs. the World Dance Battle Festival (Part II) . A combination of boogaloo, mime, breakdance, footwork, house dance and storytelling, what started in the 1990s as an urban dance style performed on the streets of Oakland, has grown into a cultural movement. TURFinc, an Oakland-based company dedicated to creating positive changes in the community through dance, is introducing turfing to the masses and using the dance phenomenon to keep at-risk youth off the streets through classes, community performances and this 2nd dance battle at Jack London Square.
Turfin’ vs. the World Dance Battle Festival (Part II) will take place on Saturday, July 1st, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Jack London Square, in Oakland. Free to attend, the event will fill the Oakland waterfront with turf dance battle competitions, performances by Johnny5's students, live music, dance workshops, local eats and vendors. In addition to the invite only MAIN EVENT dance battles, there will be a separate dance battle open to the public to participate.
Sign-ups for the 1vs1 All Styles Dance Tournament will be at the TURFinc Merch Booth from 12pm-1:30, all ages/levels/backgrounds welcome!
Situated in Oakland along the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, Jack London Square is Oakland’s only publicly accessible mixed-use waterfront area and a well-known landmark since the mid-1800s
FESTIVAL DETAILS
ALL AGES, FAMILY FRIENDLY, FREE, COMMUNITY EVENT
Held on the waterfront by the palm trees featuring 20+ cool vendors, food trucks, and beers for the 21+ and over, along with 44 mainstream street dancers from around the world.
PLUS +
1VS1 ALL STYLE TOURNAMENT // OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CASH & PRIZE ( SIGN UP BEFORE 1:30pm )
$10 REGISTRATION , REGISTER AT THE TURFinc BOOTH!!!
MAIN EVENT BATTLES:
BATTLES START @1PM - 6PM
PRE-SELECTED DANCERS FOR TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS 2V2- KING OR QUEEN OF TURFinc 👑
- KIDA THE GREAT & KING KENDRICK
- TURF BIEBER ( TRIPLE JOINTED)
- CHONKIE D TUTZ & ENINJA ( TURFFEINZ)
- GRIM & LEFTSIDE
- INTRUCATE & NEMESIS
- SLOW & IDUMMY
- DEM BAGUE BOYZ
- Mix'd Ingrdnts ShinobiJaxx & SamNyoFace
- SHAKA & SKEETER
- LEILEISTAR & BBOY MADMATT
- KONCEPT & TWIN NATIVE
- TARIK & X ( 1UPCREW)
- KAE JAE & COCO
- NASTY & DREAM ( NO MERCY )
- and more!
JUDGES / PERFORMANCES BY:
- TOSHI (PRO DANCER TOURED FOR TAYLOR SWIFT, SELENA GOMEZ, JASON DERULO)
-TOM FRANCO (DIRECTOR OF FIREHOUSE ART COLLECTIVE)
((DJ'S))
DJ KONCEPT
Stay tuned for more details!!
@TURFinc #TURFinc
The turf dancing phenomenon that started in Oakland’s inner city will take center stage at Jack London Square for the 2nd time this year on Saturday, July 1st, 2017 as part of an all-new event, dubbed Turfin vs. the World Dance Battle Festival (Part II) . A combination of boogaloo, mime, breakdance, footwork, house dance and storytelling, what started in the 1990s as an urban dance style performed on the streets of Oakland, has grown into a cultural movement. TURFinc, an Oakland-based company dedicated to creating positive changes in the community through dance, is introducing turfing to the masses and using the dance phenomenon to keep at-risk youth off the streets through classes, community performances and this 2nd dance battle at Jack London Square.
Turfin’ vs. the World Dance Battle Festival (Part II) will take place on Saturday, July 1st, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Jack London Square, in Oakland. Free to attend, the event will fill the Oakland waterfront with turf dance battle competitions, performances by Johnny5's students, live music, dance workshops, local eats and vendors. In addition to the invite only MAIN EVENT dance battles, there will be a separate dance battle open to the public to participate.
Sign-ups for the 1vs1 All Styles Dance Tournament will be at the TURFinc Merch Booth from 12pm-1:30, all ages/levels/backgrounds welcome!
Situated in Oakland along the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, Jack London Square is Oakland’s only publicly accessible mixed-use waterfront area and a well-known landmark since the mid-1800s
FESTIVAL DETAILS
ALL AGES, FAMILY FRIENDLY, FREE, COMMUNITY EVENT
Held on the waterfront by the palm trees featuring 20+ cool vendors, food trucks, and beers for the 21+ and over, along with 44 mainstream street dancers from around the world.
PLUS +
1VS1 ALL STYLE TOURNAMENT // OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
CASH & PRIZE ( SIGN UP BEFORE 1:30pm )
$10 REGISTRATION , REGISTER AT THE TURFinc BOOTH!!!
MAIN EVENT BATTLES:
BATTLES START @1PM - 6PM
PRE-SELECTED DANCERS FOR TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS 2V2- KING OR QUEEN OF TURFinc 👑
- KIDA THE GREAT & KING KENDRICK
- TURF BIEBER ( TRIPLE JOINTED)
- CHONKIE D TUTZ & ENINJA ( TURFFEINZ)
- GRIM & LEFTSIDE
- INTRUCATE & NEMESIS
- SLOW & IDUMMY
- DEM BAGUE BOYZ
- Mix'd Ingrdnts ShinobiJaxx & SamNyoFace
- SHAKA & SKEETER
- LEILEISTAR & BBOY MADMATT
- KONCEPT & TWIN NATIVE
- TARIK & X ( 1UPCREW)
- KAE JAE & COCO
- NASTY & DREAM ( NO MERCY )
- and more!
JUDGES / PERFORMANCES BY:
- TOSHI (PRO DANCER TOURED FOR TAYLOR SWIFT, SELENA GOMEZ, JASON DERULO)
-TOM FRANCO (DIRECTOR OF FIREHOUSE ART COLLECTIVE)
((DJ'S))
DJ KONCEPT
Stay tuned for more details!!
@TURFinc #TURFinc