Team Hubes Dance Crew emerged winners of the inaugural edition of the Ghana DanceSport League on Saturday, October 5, 2024, during the 10th edition of the Ghana Dance Festival at the Alliance Francaise d’Accra.
They beat off competition from United Kings Academy, 4Bent Dance Crew, Asa Academy, Flames Dance Company and BAS Academy.
The DanceSport League had a presentation format where dance crews had to perform their own routines for all rounds.
The 1st stage saw all six dance crews perform their routines and the top four, based on creativity, teamwork, execution and skill display, advanced to the 2nd stage.
The top four voted to determine who they would face in their respective games. Team Hubes took on 4bent Dance Crew, defeating them to advance to the finals, while United Dance Academy took on Asa Dance Crew, defeating them to advance to the finals.
To determine 3rd place, a match was held between 4bent Dance Crew and Asa Dance Academy, where 4bent won 3rd place with a no-show from Asa Academy.
The final showdown pitted Team Hubes and United Kings Academy against each other, with Team Hubes emerging as the winner of the championship, to the delight of the judges and cheering crowd.
Team Hubes, representing Korle Gonno in Accra, won 4,000 cedis for 1st place. United Kings Academy, originally from Abesim in Sunyani won 2000cedis for 2nd place. 4Bent Dance Crew representing Dansoman in Accra won 1000cedis for 3rd place. All top three clubs were awarded participation medals.
Judges for the DanceSport League were Adjetey Sowah, 1986 World Dance Champion, Dr. Terry Bright Ofosu, Dance Lecturer at the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana and the 1989 National Dance Champion, and Yvonne “Laladzy” Okyere, the CEO of the all-female dance studio, Flawless Dance Studio.
According to Robert Klah, founder of the Ghana DanceSport League, “Dance is a sport. When dance made it to the Olympics, this truth was further reinforced. On the back of dance being a sport, DanceSport Ghana was established to promote dance as a sport and we are pleased to launch the Ghana DanceSport League (Professional).
“Finally, dance athletes can look forward to an annual championship to participate in while developing their careers. Our next line of action is the inauguration of the Ghana DanceSport School League, which will be aimed at the amateur dance community.
“We already have partnerships with international dance organizations and look forward to creating avenues for our dance athletes to participate in such events. To that end, we’re looking forward to having conversations with DanceSport that reach into regular sports programming, because we’re here to stay.”
The inaugural edition of the Ghana DanceSport League was part of the main activities of the Street Dance Fiesta of the 10th edition of the Ghana Dance Festival. It was preceded by a dance workshop featuring DWP Academy and its impressive members including Lisa Quama, Endurance Grand, Demzy Baye, King Nature and Richael.
After the workshop, guests were treated to performances from the best street dance talent including Millitantz Dance Family, Arenees Dance Crew, Flawless Dance Studio, 4bent Dance Crew, Black Illusion Dance Crew and more.
To spice up the performances, Nila Dance Academy performed an Indian routine to King Paluta’s ‘Makoma’, to the delight of the audience.
The 10th edition of the Ghana Dance Festival Street Dance Fiesta was organized in collaboration with DanceSport Ghana, Dancers & DanceSport Association of Ghana (DDASPAG) and supported by Dancetera.
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