N2S Makes another appearance in another medium. Featured in MX October 29th, 2010 – you have a few of the many faces of N2S – from left to right (Background) DJ Suk Hee, Chiapoco, Diego, Jimboi aka Ruthless. (Front) Mark Reyes.

The details for tonights jam session is as follows!

WHAT?
N2S 2nd Year Anniversary Celebatory Jam

WHY?
This event is held every month just because we want to. It is FREE, open to the public and is an positive outlet for anything that involves Hip Hop. This is an alcohol AND trouble free event!

WHERE?
Sydney Entertainment Centre, the public area infront of GATE A.

WHEN?
Tonight. Jam session kicks off officially at 9.30pm with performances from special guests from 10.30pm onwards. Guests include Team 9 Lives (Parkour/freestyle Running Crew) and Team Nemnori (w/Lazy J and Big Guy from Australias own X Factor). After the program is done the jam session will run till sunrise as it has every month in the last 2 years.

Lastly to keep up to date with the ongoings and achievements this jam session and everything/everyone it is associated with please follow/retweet/share/subscribe the following links with your friends, family, dancers, fellow hip hoppers and anyone in general that may be interested.

N2S is going places!

Click >HERE< for the Facebook Fanpage!
YOUTUBE.com/n2sjamsessions
TWITTER.com/n2sjamsessions
n2sjams.WORDPRESS.com

Contact us at:
n2s.crew@gmail.com
Mark Reyes – 0416 133 332
Chris Chiapoco – 0401 164 102

A lot of preparation has been put into this 2nd year anniversary. Myself and Mark Reyes have selflessly and willingly poured time, sweat and mula into it to try and provide for the dancers and the outside community something fresh, something dope and something positive to Sydney repping ourselves as Hip Hoppers.

Since not many people read this blog ima provide the rundown on the night.

Our live DJ – DJ Sukhee will be spinning his desks powered by a hired out generator. Music will start playing by 9.30 and all the way until the program finishes or up until midnight.

Team 9 Lives - Click >here< for their fanpge.A parkour group will be showcasing their talents between the quarter final and semi final arounds of the battles that will take place. Team is led by Ali Kadhim.

Energy Drink – Not being named for legal reasons is an energy drink giant that as far as we know will be down there on the night to give away freebies and to support the events running.

T Shirts – A limited line of the n2s logo printed on black tees was printed off by Ones Clothing. Whilst a T Shirt will be given to the finalist winner of the battles there are however a number of Tees that have been printed off with purpose to be given those individuals who have shown support for n2s over the last couple of years. MAKE SURE YOUR THERE LOL

Team Nemnori – Click >here< to be linked to their fanpage on facebook!. I made the embarrassing mistake of misspelling their name on the flier lol resolved it of course. Lazy J and Big Guy have come down to n2s a number of times preceding their significant rise in popularity after competing and progressing far into the tv talent show Australias X Factor 2010. Like the dope dudes they are they’ll be making an appearance at n2s to throw down some sets and performances. They’ll be performing between the Semi Final and Final round battles on the night.

Dubal Fernandez – Click >here< to be linked his facebook account. This young 18yr old Sydney Side Graffer will be doing his own take of N2S using his spray tins on some MDF boards on the night. He's been at this skill since he was only 8 years of age! nothing else needs to be said. Follow the link and check out his work on facebook already

We have a couple of updates and some reminders!

N2S 2ND YEAR ANNIVERSARY JAM – http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=423997732722&saved
With just over 4 weeks to go, now is the time to regularly update ya’ll with the upcoming jam session. N2S relies purely on word of mouth + aid of our online accounts to promote this street event. As featured in the video we have a number of items lined up for everyone who attends this free occasion. Live DJs, MC showcases, freestyle running/parkour demos and free giveaways. Everything that happens on this night and every other N2S jam in between exists to help promote and encourage the Hip Hop scenes growth here in Sydney/Australia. So visit the above video link and note down the details into your diaries/planners! Don’t miss out, witness!

CRITICAL HYPE – http://www.criticalhype.com/
After some few meetings and hours of conversation, the boys and girls behind n2s are pleased to let you all that n2s is now proudly supported by Critical Hype, a local Sydney based organisation. Here’s their rundown

“Critical Hype is an entertainment company dedicated to street dance in Australia. Our aim is to promote the different styles of street dance such as, Hip hop, Popping, Bboying, Krump and many more. We organize dance events such as 360 United and Sydney event of the Australian Hiphop Championship. We also coordinate community dance programs such as Prodigy, and we operate an online channel called CriticalHype.com featuring shows, interviews, photo galleries, videos, dancer profile pages, and more media coverage of all things related to street dance.
Our goals are to:
- Introduce dance programs for youth in areas where dance opportunities are lacking.
- Interact with the youth in promoting dance as an alternative lifestyle.
- Continue working with youth in discovering and developing their talent.
- Provide opportunities for dancers to make a living out of dance.
- Provide exposure to new dancers, regardless of cultural and religious socio-economic background or physical abilities, sexuality or gender, to a larger scale of audience.
- Provide work experience opportunities for the youth.
- Continue working with youth to be part of the community.”

Peep their website link provided above!

N2S FANPAGE – http://www.facebook.com/video/editvideo.php?v=423997732722#!/pages/N2S-Jam-Sessions/152088504819096
Incase anyone is confused there are currently 2 N2S facebook groups/fanpages at the moment. However this is temporary as we slowly transition all the videos and photo albums to the *NEW* fanpage that we have set up.. found in the above link. What can you do to help? Link, relink and even tweet the fanpage link to any of your friends and family as we attempt to build up the fanbase once more. If the link is too long simply search ‘N2S’ in the facebook search bar. The fanpage should be the first thing that pops up as a result.

SO that is it for the most major updates for now, were in promotional mode at the moment – and if anyone out there that’s apart of a group or organisation that believes in what N2S stands for than please let us know, for we’ll be wanting you’re support and vice versa down the track!

peace out.
Chiapoco & Mark

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Other Links -
BLOG – n2sjams.wordpress.com
YOUTUBE – www.youtube.com/n2sjamsessions
TWITTER – www.twitter.com/n2sjamsessions
FACEBOOK – N2S Official Fanpage

We got the new n2s logo design printed on a small envelope sized sticker print for promotional use!

Stickers with the new n2s logo have been created and they look hella dope! shouts to our man Jerome Klasik Salele from nufirm/ones clothing line for helping us out big time. we also have tshirts in the works but the only people that’ll know that are those reading this blog right now…

chyeah. 2years is coming up and i hope many of you guys will rock up and support, again if u havent already seen the invitational video you can find it here by following the link

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/N2S-Jam-Sessions/152088504819096?ref=ts

pz out!
Chiapoco

*This was an entry i did some few months ago that i posted everywhere else apart from the one place that dancing talk counts… this blog lol. Theres a bit of swearing in it.. hope ya dont mind.. and enjoy!

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Breakout

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So… been reading up on a number of forums and reading up on other fellow dancerinos spills with the whole idea of what it is to be living in the “hip hop” culture- specifically the dance scene and all that it entails… shie is that such a bigatalastic topic.. I just had the urge to write a lil sum’m sum’m.. many of you seeing my typa work for the first time

Like many, I’ve got my own opinions – my own way of writing (which people will get used to in time) and my own strengths and shortcomings when it comes to the world of dancers and hip hop… here’s a *cheers* to finally saying something to all of ya out there

…BUT..

First things first………..

Whether you (the reader) rate me as a dancer or someone who simply dances is entirely up to you.
This post is a first for many things …though it ain’t going to be your typical rant about some bastard stuffing round dancers nor issit a critique about the many issues facing the hip hop scene/culture at this point in time, however, it’s the first time I write an open analysis of myself — of where I’ve come from and where my head is at with the whole dance thing. More importantly though it’s a baseline to compare all my future endeavours, thoughts and discoveries on. For all the rest of you who don’t know me.

Allow me to introduce that dancer side of yours truly ~

I am dancer and it’s the passion – I don’t physically dance to music 24/7 but like a vast number of dancers out there with “more brains in their feet than in their heads” – dancing happens in your head, in the groove of your walk down the street, in the beats created by the clicking sound of your pen, the constant clashing of construction equipment in the lot next door, and in my case (+ tyical filos) – having your body twitch awkwardly and randomly as you attempt to hold back your body from allowing that freestyle itch to manifest itself right then and there – when I am actually mean’t to be attending to my many sick patients vital needs.

Before i proceed….

(Definition: “Typical” – verb – describing a filipino or filipina that by profression are either nurses/engineers/teachers and by night are dancers/basketball players or simply supastar wannabes)

Unlike many my inspiration to dance didn’t come about listening to music, in fact I was pleasantly oblivious by the very thought of it until highschool rolled around the corner.

(Some background Hx)
As a young lad, I found it tough to express any feelings or emotions in such an overt way that people often see me doing nowadays. A lot of that is attributed to the fact I was raised in an old school style with extensive use of the “iron fist”… also commonly known as the tsinelas (see-neh-lahs), or sinturon (sin-too-ron). Killing that final boss, or catching that bastard Dratini were the only ways I felt I could freely be open and express anything unrelated to school. An introverted/shelled off kid with little ability to express interest and thoughts in anything other than videos games basically summed me up in comparison to who I am now.

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It was in highschool where a PDHPE assignment to “choreograph” a routine with Lloyd(Enerjetix) and Princy(Enerjetix) was given to us (which we aced). That’s when the first taste of that burning desire rose as we jammed and collaborated for the first 3 hours of our dancing days – it grabbed my values and habits by the balls/twisted/slammed and twisted it again. Finally, something made sense – it felt bloody “insaaanneeeee bruuuu!!”

The following few years that followed – “Enerjetix” – was a crew I was heavily involved with. We danced, we performed, we practiced 7 days a week and the result was MANY of my BEST memories of dancing. Even now. You can give me a gig that pays well, place me on a show that makes me think I dance or what ever – however NOTHING will ever top the feeling the boys and I went through that first night in 2004 when we became nervous wrecks/panicked/gathered/prayed/calmed – all moments before we performed for the first time onstage with an audience made up of 3000+ “Kathedral Kollaborationz” comes to mind. It’s great to see a couple managed to keep on keeping on with their thing.

On that note – Dance Group vs Dance Crews – Think about what makes either/or and know the difference… or at least try to want to know. If you don’t? Think some more.

In terms of issues in the scene, they are best posted in their own time – where it can be dealt with in as clear-a-detail as possible – a lot of this is covered in many other dancers posts online.

…which brings me to the next part…

shout to Chux (Doppelgangers), Katrina (Shady Ladies) – though I’m not involved with them much at this stage with their on goings they are a couple of people that come to mind whilst writing this post. You’ll find much of what they have to impart here >> http://hiphop.org.au/ –I came across this site accidently.. can’t even remember how that accidently happened… meh watevs – It’s bookmarked now and I suggest you guys do the same and perhaps contribute to some of the discussions going on there, everything said and discussed there is exactly what the scene needs. Two mega strong personalities having a major hand in ensuring that the hip hop dance scene is being guided in the right direction – they receive countless praise and recognition for it and rightly so. Foundation and knowledge. Respect to both of you.

Another fellow – more like grandpa is Darrio Phillips – This dude has been a great mentor and supporter of what I have done/ what I do and what I plan to do. His words are priceless and every emo talk about dancing I’ve had with him has been for lack of a more manly word – ‘enlightening’ . If you ask around, many people will hate on this guy but I’m here to tell ya – don’t. Just like any shit stirrer, he just talks a lot just like me… only he talks a lot more. Love ya man! (no homo). Keep doing ya thing and if you don’t know who he is – google/youtube straight away.. theres bound to be some compilation clip when he was in his late 20s?…30s? hah!

Mr Mark Reyes and James Sonny Chiapoco aka Ruthless – these two guys may or may not know but they serve as a source of motivation and inspiration to further do what I do and have been for this whole time. My brother lol, Ruthless. Need I say more? He’s a prime example to me as someone who represents as real as he could his own scene (KRUMP) – though I was one of his major motivations to start dancing – several times over the years I have looked at him and gained reasons to further my own dancing in all aspects. Mr Reyes aka my other brain is exactly who I needed to meet – cause of this guy what remained of my dancing values have been acted on. Night 2 Sunrise aka n[2]s happened and will remain!.

Jerome Valencia – Respect to this guy for showing so much passion and all the work he has put into supporting the hip hop scene. Criticalhype is what I should promo for ya! haha regardless. Your work doesn’t go unappreciated. Not by me anyway.

Shouts done for now…

Even as a relatively unknown lad to the scene – I’ve always had a major focus to do my part by bringing new talent to light, to show and encourage would-be starters, to teach and impart all of what I know. Many people hold back from wanting to teach the “right” shiz for all sorts of reasons all the way to my Pikachu with bottle of alize in hand. Another major topic saved for later…

With that last paragraph – I’d like to expand on the idea of n[2]s aka Night 2 Sunrise (no this ain’t suppose to be a self promo thing.. hmm reminds me of a post Chux made awhile back…hah)

Many of you will probably have received at some point in time a message regarding this monthly jam sessions happening. In a nutshell, once a month we gather in the city streets and dance early night till sunrise next morning, however let me tell you the reasons why:
1.) People do not jam enough. I am not talking about the jam sessions held by different schools and organisations. I am talking about jamming for the individual which includes myself. If you want to be a hip hop dancer, you gotta know how to freestyle. It’s that simple. The concept of what is freestyle and what is biting or “plagiarizing” is extensively explained by non other than Chux. Hit up that website I linked earlier.
2.) Trend hoppers and fakes bastards – With the advent of SYTYCD on aussie TV. A massive boom in the dance industry bellowed, as a natural result I’ve seen many people jump onto the bandwagon and claim to be hip hop dancers when they don’t even give a flying f*ck about what it really means. I am not talking about people who casually take class and enjoy it – those people are cool. I’m referring to those self-proclaimed out there who walk up to you and interrupt you in the middle of a cypher – do some weird azz hand shake – then walk away.. wtf I say. By having this jam session at the most inconvenient time as possible – that is on a Friday night – n[2]s natural aims at only attracting people who are there for the love… maybe a few drunks at 3am but primarily a concentration of like minded people. As a result a jam sesh for vet dancers opens up without all the political BS that accompany most things and also a safe haven for newbies who want to learn but yet have no where to start – what better area for them to find themselves in with a group people willing to pass on knowledge without feeling that pressure that massive jam sessions always bring? n[2]s is 1 year and 6 months old.

Didn’t realise how much I actually wrote in this posting. Wrapping this up, there is one last thing I’m going to say. The title of this posting is “breakout”

.. to breakout of my comfort zone, to breakout of my current style and to further embrace other disciplines, to break out and to let myself be known but most important of all.. to breakout and get my battlemode on.

Let me leave you guys with an image..

I have a thing for female ninjas

peace and cheese.

“Dancers are among the most passionate and dedicated of artists and rarely take their work for granted.”
“You can’t make a pointe if you don’t understand the details.”

“Why do I dance?…..Why do I breathe?” ~anonymous

“I don’t have an attitude, I’m just REALLY good!” ~Dance Caravan

“If you say you can you can, but if you say you can’t your right!” ~anonymous

“You know you’re dancing when tears of pain and happiness blend in with your sweat” ~anonymous

“We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.”

“Dancers are an admirable bunch of people. The way they work. The stress is extraordinary. It’s a difficult career. I think it’s hellish; the fact that they are over the hill as they’re emotionally maturing. That calls for a terrific strength of character.” ~Lady D. MacMillan

Japanese proverb: Dance Quotes
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance. ~George Balanchine

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. ~Havelock Ellis

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head. ~Terence

Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. ~Author Unknown

Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. ~Author Unknown

Dance, an Art Form
The Body, an Instrument
Learn To Play The Instrument
So You Can Master The Art Form.
–Attributed to Debbie Dee.

Dance, one of the oldest forms of artistic expression, requires only the human body for its realization. *Igor Youskevitch*

One is born to be a dancer. No teacher can work miracles, nor will years of training make a good dancer of an untalented pupil. One may be able to acquire a certain technical facility, but no one can ever ‘acquire an exceptional talent.’ I have never prided myself on having an unusually gifted pupil.

Beginning dancer. Knows nothing.
2. Intermediate dancer. Knows everything. Too good to dance with beginners.
3. Hotshot dancer. Too good to dance with anyone.
4. Advanced dancer. Dances everything. Especially with beginners. *unknown*

Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
–Samuel Beckett

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
–Mihkail Baryshnikov

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
–e. e. cummings

Nothing is more revealing than movement.
–Martha Graham

It’s that time of the month for all of us to get together to jam all night … that’s right n2s is coming up and it’s time for you to get your fix!

Details are as follows:

Who: You, and you … and definitely you!
What: n2s (night to sunrise) jam session. If you don’t know what we are by now, check out the blog down below
When: 18 June 2010 (yeah I know short notice but hey, be spontaneous! Live a little! hehehe). Meet at 9:00pm
Where: Meet at the Maccas at the Sydney Entertainment Centre (@ 9:00pm) then we will move to Gate A (around the corner). We have been known to have been moved along by security, so if we’re not there, we’re most likely at our back up spot on the 1st level of the Exhibition Centre (just call either myself or Chris if you can’t find us!)
Why: Because you like to dance!

As usual we’ll have our groovers and shakers on hand to help out the new guys and we’re hoping all of you part take in the jams/battles. We also have Mark “SHUTDOWN” Manahan teaching a routine on the night so make sure you get down to check that out!

Also, please note our two year birthday is coming up in October (oh yeah baby…two years!) and we’re planning some special surprises so make sure you set some time aside for us in October!

If you have any other queries, please don’t hesitate to send us an email/pm or give us a call!

Mark – 0416 133 332
Chris – 0401 164 102

Take care, have a great long weekend and we’ll see you in a week!

Peas!

-Mark & Chris

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Other Links -
n2sjams.wordpress.com <<- BLOG
www.youtube.com/n2sjamsessions <<- VIDEOS

Hope you’re all well! You are? That’s awesome!

Well it’s that time of the month where we’re get together for an all nighter jam session and since you’re all well, I guess we’ll be seeing all of you there! (see what i did there?)

Here are all the particulars:

When: 23rd April 2010 (this Friday coming!) @ 9pm
Where: Meet first at Maccas @ The Entertianment Centre, then we’ll be making our way towards the jam spot (usually Gate A, frequented by almost ALL of Sydney’s hip hop scene)
Who: All you guys! Yes you…even you back there! Why? Because we love you? Yeah maybe. Most important though is that at some point you’ve expressed interest in dancing, all night, with good people and good music. What you want is what we provide!

For those of you who are new to the whole night to sunrise (n[2]s) jam session, be sure to check out our blog for a run down on what we’re all about or check out this story at the CRITICAL HYPE site (check it out for a whole lot of profiles/coverage on hip hop dancers and events)!

For the night, it’d be great if you guys could bring your iPods with tracks to play and bring your cameras. Take photos and footage. Get interviews with other people, get their stories and make sure you bring a good attitude. Everyone is there to dance so make sure you’re up to support each other and help out where you can. I also implore those jammers who frequent our sessions to also help out the new cats and make them feel welcome!

That’s enough from me for now. However if you do have any questions, feel free to hit us up on this email, or you can contact either myself or Chris on the numbers below!

Oh yeah, check out our invite vid we’ve posted up on YOUTUBE and be sure to subscribe to our channel for footage of the night and our sunrise touch freestyles and for any other updates and announcements!

Rightio! I’m out. Have a good week and we’ll see you on Friday!

Peas

Mark – 0416133332
Chris = 0401164102

We just wanted to send out this quick note to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who came down for the October n2s 1 year birthday jam!

I’m sure Chris will agree with me that it was in fact the biggest turnout we’ve ever had, and with the hordes of onlookers that spilled out from the entertainment centre, I’m sure it looked quite the spectacle!

When Chris and I get a chance to sit down, we’ll go through all the videos and make a more appropriate note about last months jam (as well as advise on the next n2s jam session).

Again, thank you to EVERYONE that came down to jam and/or chill with us! It was an epic night and I’m sure we all had heaps of fun which is what dancing is supposed to be innit? hehehe

Peace for now and make sure you keep on Dancing!

-n2s

N[2]S September ’09 was a major success (as are most of the jam sessions so far) The night was active throughout with visits from many familiar faces -

Darrio, Scrappy, Paolo + friends,
Shirley, Robin, Maryanne, Mika,Linny, Kobe.

The night started with one of the founding members – Mark – kick starting the night off with a routine he made himself to Bryan leslies track “Gibberish” (2009). The track went down well and everyone enjoyed a smooth entrance into the night. The routine itself was chilled and had a good groove to it – ideal for those that came on the night! I’m currently editing the videos from the night and will update all videos from all other n2s’s once we get some nitty gritty organisation outta the way…

Although not dance related.. i just cant seem to get over how entertaining drunken girls are when they’re fighting each other/girls fighting guys… Too bad my camera wasnt actually recording that whole time! haha…

Kobe -if you guys ever meet this champ, ask him what new words he’s learnt since moving down here from China 2 months ago ! RESPECTA ! haha

I’d like to thanks to Shirley and Kobe for making a routine trip down with us at n2s. The energy given from all members is always appreciated! helps keeps us all alive at night haha new talent is always welcome/wanted at our jam sessions!

Maryanne / Mika also came down as n2s virgins and had theirs popped to our track by none other than Musiq Soulchilds – Just friends - Routine for this track was sikk! too bad the girls left early that night – hence why the routine was so short.. but not to worry.. ill upload the vids anyway lol

That’s a wrap for n2s September.. theres not much else i can say that happened out of the ordinary – Random drunks – passerbys – new talent thats scouted is all but a regular occurance at n2s… =]

N[2]S October marks the one year anni since we started so lets hope its a big one!

remember all…

Whenever you hear a track played and feel a niggling feeling inside… it’s your body egging you on to just dance… so just do it!

peace
Chris