Uyir Thuli Sangamam

After 3 whole months, Dance 2 This is back!

Many apologies for disappearing like that. 2008 was a disastrous year for competitions. After Dhool came and went, all other competitions got wiped out due to either exhaustion or fear of not being able to make quota. Having said that, we will be starting afresh from this year and we will try our best to review as many dance competitions as we possible can. With that, lets get on to the first ever competition of 2009!

Uyri Thuli Sangamam

Winners of the night
1st Mega Geniez
2nd Aarthiz
3rd Sovietz

Mega Geniez

Mega Geniez, mega geniez, mega geniez. Where do we start? Their whole concept seems lifted off from somewhere. Now, we don't mean to criticize blindly, but really, what were they thinking? Maina maina followed by the cuppy cake song? We've seen Hey mina and Barney before this and truth be told, both performances looked an awful lot similar. From their costumes to their concept and to their 'cuteness'. C'mon boys, whatever happened to originality? But for what its worth, their energy level and execution was brilliant, so if these boys could channel all their positive energy somewhere, we would be more then happy to appreciate them even more. Whatever it is, they were the champions for the night, so kudos to them!

Aarthiz

Ladies ladies ladies, you girls have outdone yourselves this time round! From the moment you ladies were out on stage, we couldn't pry our eyes away from you. What costumes and what choreography. Their whole piece seemed to revolve around the Arabic theme. And might we add, we loved the song selection (Muthu muthu from Mr Romeo). It was a nicely weaved together piece of performance you had there. We were rooting for you girls to have won, but coming in as runner up must have felt just as good. Fantastic work Aarthiz!

Sovietz

The Dance2This crew was really impressed by Sovietz's performance that night. With a unique concept, and fluid choreography to match Sovietz outdid themselves. Dressed in Roman outfits, these boys performed an expressive piece that deserved our full-on applause. Song piece was selected aptly for the dance so well done boys! We have our eyes on you for the upcoming competitons.

Simashree

The common contemporary battle between good and evil. Its been in our kollywood movies for years and recently, it has infiltrated into our dance ground. Whats even more predictable, good won over evil. With concerns to Simashree, expressions were played out nicely on both their parts. Having said that, choreography got a little too messy on stage at a certain point of time. Also, they had these props on stage that weren't functioning as they were supposed to but the worse mistake anyone could do WHILE performing was adjusting them to look better. Dancers backstage who were rectifying the props were made visible and that distracted the audience's attention from the dance. Overall, their dance wasn't too bad, but it could have been polished
a little better. Keep the passion going Simashree!

Electricuted Crew Voltage



Enna boys? Neengae sonna maathiri, current appadi adikilae. Voltage kammai ayiducho? Just like Magic of Faces, choreo was way too common. Choosing an appropriate song is a vital factor for dance and ECV's remix was almost inaudible. Sound effects overpowered the song making it sound very messy. All in all, it was too predictable a dance but ECV shouldn't take this as a negative review. It is after all their first performance. With this lets hope they do better for their next appearance where ever it may be.

Chocolate

A couple of familiar faces were spotted in Chocolate. Without saying, they had quite abit of supporters on hand. The chocolate wasn't as sweet and savory as we expected them to be. Energy level was there, choreography wasn't. We weren't feeling it boys! And with a couple of experienced dancers, we really expected it to be something more out of the norm. But it was exactly normal! These type of performances caused an uproar during the late 90's and early 2000, but it is getting a little too old now. Safe tosay, we din like this brand of chocolate too much!

Magic of Faces

The first item to kick off the competition. 5 boys ages ranging from 14 - 18. From their costumes, to their dance, it was clear cut that these boys were new to the dance scene. Choosing their 'horror/ghost' theme, they executed their number a little too... what do we say? typical? Yes, the word is typical. Choreography was too common, steps we've been seeing for years. A little more brainstorming would have done the trick, better luck next time fellas!

Last but not least Synchronix & Aerocratz did guest performances for the night. They sure lifted up the energy of the crowd! Well done guys!