Southside Gig - 3 on 3 Dance Comps
Southside Gig is an awesome new event for youth with break dance, hip hop , graf art and music happening as part of the Manukau Festival of Arts 09.
Entries now open for 3 on 3 COMPS (12 - 25 yrs). Get your crew together, start practising and be in quick! Limited spaces for comps. Register by Wednesday 14 October.
Workshops in break dance and hip hop will be presented by guest tutors from 12pm to 2pm (registration essential). The hip hop workshop will be presented by Parris Goebel from ReQuest Hip Hop Crew, who were recently gold medal winners of the Varsity Division at the 2009 World Hip Hop Dance Championships in Las Vegas. The break dance (bboy / bgirl) workshop will be presented by Solomon Smith, 3 time NZ rep in Battle of the Year.
This is followed by intense three on three competitions from the hottest crews and an all-day graf art session. The competitions are open to the public - so get all your family and friends together - theres $3000 in prize money up for grabs for the most talented in each genre.
The evening finishes with an all out celebration of NZ music featuring Nesian Mystik and more.
When: 24 October, 10am to 8pm
Where: Sir Woolf Fisher Arena, TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, 770 Great South Road, Manukau
Entry to all events: FREE
Event detail:
10am to 6pm Kings of Style 2009 Graffiti Battle
12pm to 2pm Hip Hop and Break Dance Workshops
2pm to 6pm 3 on 3 Bboy / Bgirl and Hip Hop Comps
6pm to 8pm Live Concert featuring Nesian Mystik
3 member crews in Hip Hop Dance; 3 member crews in Break Dance (Bboy or Bgirl)
Torise Flay, Event Coordinator, ph 09 262 5269 or email torise.flay@manukau.govt.nz
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Arts Auckland SouthArts and Culture South is a unit of Auckland Council. We run arts centres, exhibitions, events and classes through Auckland South.
Our centres include Nathan Homestead (Manurewa) Otara Music Arts Centre and Fresh Gallery Otara, Mangere Arts Centre - Nga Tohu o Uenuku, Metro Theatre (Mangere), Papakura Gallery and Hawkins Theatre (Papakura).
Our Arts Centres run a busy schedule of community arts activities including exhibitions by local artists, classes, holiday programmes, concerts, competitions and events.
We have two arts co-ordinators devoted to Maori Arts and Pacific Arts. Nigel Borell, Toi O Manukau Kaiwhakahaere - Maori Arts Coordinator, runs Toi o Manukau's Waitangi Day Family Celebrations and coordinates Matariki events in South Auckland. Ema Tavola, Pacific Arts Coordinator and Manager of Fresh Gallery Otara, runs the annual Pacific Arts Summit and associated events. Both coordinators play an active role in the arts community as artists, mentors and supporters of the arts.
