Juste Debout

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Juste Debout ("just standing") is an international and annual dance competition founded in 2001 by Bruce Ykanji in France which focuses on street dance styles. The four main categories are hip hop new style, house, locking and popping.

Competitive dance

Competitive dance is a popular, widespread sport in which competitors perform dances in any of several permitted dance styles—such as ballroom, open, acro, ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, lyrical, modern, musical theatre, and tap—before a common group of judges. This is in contrast with other activities that involve competition among dancers based on purpose, or specific dance style, such as pom squad and dancesport. The competitive dance industry largely consists of competition production companies—also sometimes called dance competition companies and dance competition lines—that conduct regional competitions at stops along their annual, nationwide tours. Dancers who compete at these regional competitions are students ranging in age from approximately four to eighteen years old. Dance schools arrange for their classes to compete as groups. Advanced dancers may be chosen to compete solos, duets, trios, or in a small group dance in addition to or in place of large group routines. Competitions typically begin in January and end in July or August.

Street dance

A street dance is a dance style that evolved outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. A street dance is a vernacular dance in an urban context. Vernacular dances are often improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers. These dances are a part of the vernacular culture of the geographical area that they come from. Examples of street dance include b-boying, which originated in New York City.

Locking (dance)

Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated, but not to be confused with, hip hop. The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing in the same speed as before. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs. The movements are generally large and exaggerated, and often very rhythmic and tightly synced with the music. Locking is quite performance oriented, often interacting with the audience by smiling or giving them a high five, and some moves are quite comical in nature.

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History

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Semifinal Juste debout Scandinavia 2008.

Juste Debout was initially held in 2002 in Paris, France, and has since then returned each year around February. The 2006 edition was the first to feature a number of linked events (so called pre-selections) in countries outside France with the finals being held in Paris. This allowed Juste Debout to reach a larger and more international audience.

Paris Capital of France

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.

Juste Debout 2007 was held on February 25 in Paris and featured international pre-selections starting as early as January in countries such as Germany, Italy, Japan, Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. [1] Jsmooth & Future from the dance crew MGF (Machine Gone Funk) in the United States won the Juste Debout Popping contest 2007. Manu & loïc from France won the Locking. Stéphanie & Dedson from Denmark and France won Hip-hop. Lastly, Hiro & Meech from Japan and France won the House dance contest.

Czech Republic Republic in Central Europe

The Czech Republic, also known by its short-form name, Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west, Austria to the south, Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast. The Czech Republic covers an area of 78,866 square kilometres (30,450 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate. It is a unitary parliamentary republic, with 10.6 million inhabitants; its capital and largest city is Prague, with 1.3 million residents. Other major cities are Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc and Pilsen. The Czech Republic is a member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, the United Nations, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

Crew body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization

A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous specialities within a ship's crew, often organised with a chain of command. Traditional nautical usage strongly distinguishes officers from crew, though the two groups combined form the ship's company. Members of a crew are often referred to by the title Crewman.

Popping

Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from Fresno, California during the early 1970s. The dance is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses.

Juste Debout 2009 was held on March 1 in the Bercy stadium in Paris. Kite & Fishboy (Former Action), won a close fought, all-Japanese final with previous years winners Kei & Gucchon (Co-Thkoo). Dy & Steve won the Hip-hop against crowd's favourite Maika (10 y.o) & Kazane (12 y.o).

Program

The main events of Juste Debout consists of two on two battles in which two dancers work as a team trying to outperform the opposite couple in a specific dance style category. The music is chosen by the Juste Debout DJs and the dancers are not told of the songs in advance.

Normally, only one person dances at a time and the two teams take turns showing off. A battle finishes when each dancer has performed two times, resulting in a total of eight rounds, usually around a minute long each. Sometimes a team chooses to spontaneously replace or extend one of their rounds with a choreographed routine performed together for added effect, which is allowed. After each battle, a group of four judges decides the winning team, which moves them closer to the finals. In the end, a winning couple is chosen for each of the four dance style categories.

Choreography the art of arranging movements, such as in dance

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who creates choreographies by practicing the art of choreography, a process known as choreographing. Choreography is used in a variety of fields, including musical theater, cheerleading, cinematography, gymnastics, fashion shows, ice skating, marching band, show choir, theatre, synchronized swimming, cardistry, video game production and animated art. In the performing arts, choreography applies to human movement and form. In dance, choreography is also known as dance choreography or dance composition.

Outside of battles, the Juste Debout events often include a number of shows from both the judges and invited guests, as well as dance parties that are open for all to join.

Juste Debout Finals Winners year by year

Locking : Mathias & Yann (FR)

Popping : Gator & Original Matt (FR)

Hip Hop : Rabah & Didier (FR)

House : Didier & Sandra (FR)

Locking : Jeremy & Gemini (FR)

Popping : Ajaar & Iron Mike (FR)

Hip Hop : Dedson & Yugson (FR)

House : Babson & Yugson (FR)

Locking : Loïc & Manu (FR / CON)

Popping : Salah & Damon Frost (FR / SWE)

Hip Hop : Aurore & Meech (FR)

House : Babson & Yugson (FR)

Locking : Khan & Woong (KOR)

Popping : Ange El Fonky Juice & Sally Sly (FR)

Hip Hop : Paul Ereck & Physs (FR)

House : Sandrine & Meech (FR)

Locking : P.Lock & Jimmy Soul (FR)

Popping : Salah & Iron Mike (FR)

Hip Hop : Joseph Go & Meech (FR)

House : Babson & Yugson (FR)

Locking : Loïc & Manu (FR / CON)

Popping : Jsmooth & Future (USA)

Hip Hop : Stephanie & Dedson (DNK / FR)

House : Hiro & Meech (JAP / FR)

Locking : P.Lock & Jimmy Soul (FR)

Popping : Gucchon & Kei (JAP)

Hip Hop : Niako & Salas (FR)

House : Kenji & Pino (JAP)

Locking : Hicky-Taka & Sori (JAP)

Popping : Kite & Fishboy (JAP)

Hip Hop : Dy & Steve (FR)

House : Adnan & O.G. (GER)

Locking : AKA Ya & AKA Bing (CHI)

Popping : Nelson & Dey Dey (FR)

Hip Hop : Martha & Niki (SWE)

House : Yugson & Malcom (FR)

Locking : Hurricane & Firelock (USA)

Popping : Gucchon & Kei (JAP)

Hip Hop : Larry & Laurent (Les Twins) (FR)

House : Toyin & Tasha (USA)

Locking : Markus & Alex A-Train (SWE)

Popping : Poppin J & Crazy Kio (KOR)

Hip Hop : Ben & Salas (GER / FR)

House : Mamson & Babson (FR)

Locking : P.Lock & Jimmy Soul (FR)

Popping : Ness & Greenteck (FR / CAN)

Hip Hop : Fabbreezy & Icee (FR)

House : Adnan & Ukay (GER)

Locking : Loïc & Manu (FR / CON)

Popping : Hozin & Kin (KOR)

Hip Hop : Majid & Franky Dee (GER)

House : Yugson & Malcom (FR)

Locking : Masato & Nobby (JAP)

Popping : Nelson & Greenteck (FR / CAN)

Hip Hop : Maika & Kyoka (JAP)

House : Frankwa & Kapela (FR)

Locking : Vovan & Funky J (RUS / FR)

Popping : Hoan & Jaygee (KOR)

Hip Hop : Majid & Ukay (GER)

House : Hiro & Miyu (JAP)

Locking : Manu & Candyman (CON / FR)

Popping : Nelson & Greenteck (FR / CAN)

Hip Hop : Niako & Icee (FR)

House : Serge & Kwame (FR)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Juste Debout Event".
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Hip-hop dance street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music

Hip-hop dance refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking which was created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show Soul Train and the 1980s films Breakin', Beat Street, and Wild Style showcased these crews and dance styles in their early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop mainstream exposure. The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces.

Breakdancing style of street dance

Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in hip-hop, funk, soul music and breakbeat music, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns.

House dance is a social dance and Street dance primarily danced to house music, that has roots in the clubs of Chicago and of New York. The main elements of House dance include "Footwork", "Jacking", and "Lofting". House dance is often improvised and emphasizes fast and complex foot-oriented steps combined with fluid movements in the torso, as well as floor work.

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