Happy Deepavali

Wishing our beloved Indian community a very
Happy Deepavali!!!

Our crew just arrived home after that spectacular countdown show and sure enough, we saw A - LOT of familiar faces dancing. We're quite happy to see everyone alive and kicking. To all those who brought us that wonderful show, crew to cameramen, thank you so much for sacrificing your midnight to entertain us. Well done folks!

*Many might be wondering why the Aerocratz interview is not up yet. The reason behind this is that our beloved champs haven't had the time to reply us back, but they say that they will in due time. Once they reply, be sure that the post will be up the following day.

Part 2 of Part 3

Here’s the next installment of short interview questions with our Top 3!

Killabeez

Since the beginning, these boys did not have a hard time clinching titles from various dance competitions, despite them being new as a group. Their ability to charm the audience with their pieces is truly remarkable. Although their journey in Dhool started off rather rough, it’s safe to say that these boys bucked up and did quite well in the end. Let’s have a closer look at what these boys have to say.

1. Coming in 2nd place is already a big deal. But beyond that, does Killabeez think that they could have done better? If yes, how so?

To be able to come up among the top 3 is definitely a big deal, amidst the tough competition and the pressure that surrounded us. At the same time, we tried not to keep high expectations and hopes within us. Being in the finals was indeed a big dream-come-true for us, and the only motive we had in the finals was to give the fans what they missed from us.

There is definitely a sense of regret for every dancer or dance group after each of their performance, the regret of not doing that performance better. Likewise, we had the regret too, but we definitely did our best and that’s the bottom line. Many would say we just did a performance we did before. But we intended to make well use of the given time to actually improved on a dance that we have only performed once, and we think it resulted quite well.

2. For your Quarter Finals, the majority of audiences and even a small amount of your fans were rather disappointed with your performance. What went wrong?

Atmosphere was new. The competition was new. We lack the experience and that hit us hard. First of all, we are extremely disappointed with ourselves with that performance. We admit, we weren’t that good in the quarters, but at the same time, we don't think we were that bad in that quarters overall. We may have got in by a tad bit of luck and votes, however, the judges comments were indeed indirectly hurting for us. It really woke us up and our semi finals performance was a result of this 'awakening'.

3. Your journey in Dhool started rocky but it ended smoothly. So how was the overall experience?

Overall experience was pretty good. We learnt alot of new things, not only as a group, but individually. This competition did gel up the group lots more. The bond grew strong and we developed a sense of looking at things in a different angle, in one perspective. And I am sure this experience is going to be helpful for us in the near future.

4. Now that Dhool is over and done with, what are your next steps in the dance scene?

Dhool was definitely a platform to media and we think that we achieved what we came here for. Next step would be to BUZZ the media with performances you wouldn't want to be missing.

5. Lastly, would you like to say anything to say to your fans?

First of all, a sincere thanks to each and everyone who has supported the hive since the start of this journey. Alot more to the crew and family itself that helped us throughout this journey. We did start off rocky and ended off with a high note. If you recall, each performance was planned such to prove our versatility that we are good in different areas/genres, which many groups didn’t make full use to showcase their talents. So whatever you have seen is definitely not the end, but the beginning to a new era. The FKB era. Lastly, ENNA BEEZ?? KILLABEEZ!! Always 1 Love, 1 Life, 1 Hive!!

With that, let’s wish the Beez all the best for their future endeavours! Keep stinging, Beez! Up in a couple of day we have our one and only Aerocratz! Stay tuned people!

Part 1 of Part 3

First and foremost, before we get down to business, Dance2This would like to congratulate:

Nanyang Polytechnic

in winning the cup for Aarathana ’08!

Coming in 2^nd and 3^rd are ITE Dover & Temasek Polytechnic respectively. Well done!

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It’s been a good 2 weeks after Dhool and all excitement has seemed to die down. Well, we are back for a few post – Dhool blues. In attempt to get the top 3 teams closer to their fans and audience, we sent out different sets of questions to them; about their experience, about their lessons learnt, and more. We aren’t posting all their replies at once so do keep checking this space out to see your top 3 team's replies!

And today, we are ecstatic to feature:

Agni Reloaded

As everyone remembers, it was these boys who snatched the 3^rd prize for Dhool ’08. Their charismatic boys, energetic moves and nose studs kept the audience wanting more. They have come a long way since we’ve first set eyes on them during Dhool ’06 and we sure are proud of these fella’s! Without further ado, lets ask them some spicy questions!

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1. Out of the top 3 teams in Dhool ‘08, only AR has previously been in the Dhool that was held in 2006. What are the major differences that you boys have faced as a group then and now?

The standards of dancing has changed tremendously over the years. During the previous Dhool, it was all about dancing itself. As far as we can remember, judges were not really into themes, concepts or the usage of props. But for this year’s Dhool, what they wanted was totally different. It was all about themes, concepts and being different. All the groups have improved so much and their much more creative. During our Dhool journey, it was hard to cope up with other competitors as they come up with awesome ideas and costumes. Overall, Dhool 2008 brought dancing in the Indian society to another level.

2. As evident as it is, AR’s specialty lies in your capability to put in so much of energy for an item and hold it with stamina. Any secrets behind this?

The secret behind this is just practice. Practice practice and practice ! Like the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Dhool 2008 has been really hard for us as most of us are in camp. Due to this reason, you see lots of new faces in this years Dhool.

3. Now that Dhool is over, what are your future plans and could you guys give more details about the upcoming Asuraz Thillai?

We would just continue what we love doing. Dancing has been our passion all this 6 years. We don’t dance for passion neither do we dance for fame. Dancing is a common passion among all our dancers which bonds us together. Despite being 2nd runner up for Dhool 08, it makes us no different. We'll still dance for upcoming competitions and shows. As for Asuraz Thillai, it's a competition not organised by Agni Reloaded. It's a competition organised by Nanyang Community Club. Some of our Agni Reloaded members are just helping the organisation out. Asuraz would be held on Dec 13th 2008. Do look out for our guest performance on that day itself. And let us see who walks away with the 1.7m 1st prize trophy. :)

4. All throughout Dhool ’08 (and even during Danz Arena) speculation has been that Agni Reloaded was being backed up by a well known choreographer. Any comments on this?

Lets get this straight. We all know that the public thinks that Ramesh from Rameshwara choreograph for us. That is so not true. Ramesh and us are just good friends. We see him as a mentor and he's someone we look up to in the dancing industry. Our choreography has got nothing to do with him. It's a little disappointing for us when we put our own hard work and the public thinks that someone else is choreographing for us. Dhool was a hectic period for us. We faced all the hardship by ourselves. It's all of us who choreographs our items on our own.

5. Lastly, do you have anything to say to all your die hard fans out there?

We would really thank all of those who voted for us and supported us through out our Dhool journey. We gave our best and we hope we didn’t disappoint any of our supporters. We hope you guys would support us all the way. If it wasn’t for you people, Agni Reloaded wouldn’t be around. Spice up your life with Agni Reloaded!

Well there you have it! Straight from the horse’s mouth! We thank Agni in responding to our mail. We hope you guys had fun reading their comments!

2-3 days from now, the next post will be up and it will be featuring Enna Beez? So keep tuning in! Till then everybody!