LEADING
Alien Ness (Zulu Kingz / USA)
Grown in Bronx, New York City, he begun his adventure with hip hop in 1983 and after few years he became one of the most recognized b-boys in his nighbourhood.
The serious appreciation came in the end of 90’s, when he joined the legendary Rock Steady Crew and started a new elite crew directly connected with the Zulu Nation movement. In the same time he was developing his skills in other hip hop dimensions and cooperated with, among many, Run-DMC, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, LL Cool J and Salt ‘n’ Pepa. If that wasn’t enough he played in films, like The Last Dragon, Krush Groove and multiple music videos. Alien is also a dance instructor, running his schools in different parts of New York City, and a choreographer – he was responsible for several theatre performances in Europe (i.e. Bologne, Paris).
El Cookizo
El Cookizo is a professional b-boy. He has been a member of the Azizi Hustlazz crew for ten years now. He also works in the first professional b-boying agency SickStep in Poland. He is a mastermind, coordinator and judge of many dancing tournaments in Europe. In addition he is a skilled hip hop related events host and a social activist.
JUDGES
B-boy Machine (Rock Force Crew / USA)
Jeffrey „Machine” McCann started dancing in the age of 9 in Sacramento, California. Spending a lot of time on the streets he was highly influenced by the hip hop culture of the early 90’s. Today you can see it in his dance, which incorporates many styles, from old rocking moves to acrobatic tricks. Thanks to the career in the ShowBiz Productions, where he was working with The Sacramento Kings and the Sacramento Monarchs, Jeff could develop his skills to become a professional dancer. He is constantly touring all over the world, dancing in countries like Canada, The Netherlands, France, Japan, Russia, Italy, Spain and Germany.
Some of his biggest achievements are: 1st place at the Red Bull King of the Ring tournament in Toronto, Canada (2006); „B-boy of the year 2005” title given by the Freestylesession.com website readers and creating choreography for the Nine Parts of Desire play in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2006).
Three years ago he moved to Los Angeles and since then he starred in the film Step Up II: The Streets” and several music videos, like „No One” by Alicia Keys and Chris Brown’s „Forever”. He also a founder and creative director of the Hit the Floor Productions and the choreographer of his own organization the Dance Company – West Bound.
http://www.myspace.com/bboymachine
Cros1
The organizer of the legendary Freestyle Session tournament, which 12th edition will take place in August 2009 in Los Angeles or New York City. He is also responsible for promoting „Out For Dame National B-boy Championships” and co-owns the Armory Hip-hop Shop. In addition he produces and distributes DVDs with performances of the world’s best b-boys at the Freestyle Session. He is also participating in the Armory Massive crew – grouping Djs, MCs, graffitti writers, b-boys and other hip hop junkies. He used to be a member of the Rock Force Crew.
Kruk
Kruk begun his b-dance adventure in the beginning of 90’s in Bialystok, Poland, where he was born and raised. Nowadays he is a widely recognized dancer and choreographer. He is representing the WHSB crew and the Fair Play Crew. Audience loves his crazy and unique dancing style, which made him one of the most expressive b-boys in Poland.
In addition he is a respected Dj, playing at many breakdance contests, like The Octogon Poland or Over The Top, and most b-boy jams.
He is also a co-owner of the Fair Play Crew dance studio in Bialystok.
http://www.myspace.com/bboydjkruk
DJ'S
Woo-D (Słowenia)
Woo-D is a member of the elite Horsepower Bbeat Militia Crew dj colective. In the beginning of his career he was a b-boy. He always loved dance and music, but it was the latter that won. He is a Dj for over three years now, but although it is not a long time he played at many international events, like Circle Kingz 2007, Breaksession Poland 2008, PayBack Jam Finland 2007 or Doyobe/Circle Industry Austria in 2008 and 2009. He style perfectly suits b-boys and b-girls with the dominance of funky breaks and latin rhytms.
http://www.myspace.com/djwoodee
South Dj Scream (Ukraina)
Since 2001 he is organizing breakdance contests and hip hop events. In 2002 he was a host and a mastermind of the biggest hip hop festival in the eastern part of Europe – International Break Dance Event "Битва Года" in Jalta (myspace.com/bitvagoda). He plays at the biggest parties in Russia and Ukraine. Since 2007 he is organizing qualification tournaments for the UK B-Boys World Championships - Break 2 Win fesitval, B-Boy Unit Ukraine, City vs City UA and other. He was playing at such events as Breakids, Jam Master, Battle for Life, Snikers Urbania, Battle School, All Zeros (Russia), Active Action & B-Girl Session (Belarus), Chelles Battle Pro (France) and Floor Wars (Denmark). He also produced many mixtapes with hip hop and funk music. He represents South B-Boys Front, East Side B-Boys (as a manager) and South DJ’s Community crews.
www.myspace.com/southdjsblog
www.myspace.com/southbboysfront
www.myspace.com/eastsidebboys
Dj Przeplah (Stylowa Spółka Społem / Polska)
Przeplah is a dj and a b-boy. He is representing the Stylowa Spolka Spolem crew – one the oldest b-dance crews in Poland. He is playing for over 8 years now, sharing music in Poland and abroad. You can see him behind him the decks during b-dance contests like Polish edition of the Circle Prinz, All About Style or Konfrontacje in Wroclaw. His sets are full of funk, breaks, oldschool rap and other genres. He regularly cooperates with famous Polish jazzmen like Jaroslaw Smietana (among other the founder of the famous Big Band Katowice) and plays in a hardcore band Wu-Hae, with whom he supported the legendary Korn. He also supported Dilated Peoples, Mala Rodriguez, Kultami, Afu-Ra and Scratch Perverts.
Dj Krime
Krime started his adventure with decks around 1994 in Cracow, where he was born and raised. He played at countless parties in Poland and abroad – in Prague, Bratislava, Dublin, Stockholm, London and Germany. In 2000 he received the Red Bull Music Academy scholarship as the only Polish hip hop dj.
He is the turntablism pioneer in Poland. In 2001 he won the Vestax Eastern European Turntablist Extravaganza contest, repeating the same success in the following year. In 2003 he became the champion of Poland during the first Polish edition of the championships organized by the International Turntablist Federation, secured the second place at the prestigous dj contest Wheels on Fire in Berlin in the Classic category and the first place in the Drums Deluxe category (one deck, mixer and 3 minutes).
Because of his broad experience he is often acting as a judge at dj contests (i.e. Ireland, Czech Republic and Poland).
He produced many mixtapes. In his sets he gathers many genres, like funk, soul, jazz, rap, reggae/ragga or even rock music. He also cooperates with jazzmen – he took part in the project of the percussionist Krzysztof Dziedzic „Freestyle Drummer and had a chance to play with Adam Pieronczyk, Robert Kubiszyn, Jerzy Malk and Piotr Wylezol. The latest of those kind of projects that he is involved in is the extended trio of the great pianist Slawek Jaskulka. As far as djing is concerned Krime was supporting such legends as Run DMC, Soul 2 Soul, Morcheeba, The Herbaliser, Scratch Perverts, Dj Qbert, Killa Kela, Mixologists, Mr Thing, Dj Vadim, Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Dj Krust, Dj Hype (Phaderheadz), Afrikaa Baambaata, Group Home, Das EFX and Afu-Ra.
Dj Fim
Fim is a dj for over 7 years. He is inspired by the sounds of funk and 70’s. In Silesia he is known not only because of his djing skills, but also as a mastermind behind many breakdance parties.