For the second year in a row a group of dancers from Brampton’s Jade’s Hip Hop Academy (JHHA) travelled to Glasgow Scotland August 23rd-25th to compete the 2013 UDO World Street Dance Championships. The massive street dance competition took place over 3 days at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center and hosted over 20 nations and 2,000 dancers from around the world. The championships aims at crowing the best dancers in novice, intermediate and advanced divisions in over 50 categories divided by age groups in Solos, Duos, Quads, Crews and Battles in Hip Hop, Breaking, Popping, Locking, Krump and House.

Dancers from JHHA ages 11-19 returned to defend their previous 6 world titles earned in 2012 when the group travelled to Blackpool England for the same championships last August. Canadians faced stiff competition especially from the UK, South Africa, Belgium, France, Denmark, Singapore, Holland and Russia and in order to place on the podium each had to complete 3 to 5 rounds of competition beating out hundreds of dancers. Dancers also upped the ante competing in many advanced divisions after dominating the intermediate divisions last year. JHHA Owner & Artistic director, coach and choreographer Jade Jager Clark is very proud of the groups accomplishments which include:

Under 16 Advanced Male Solos 1st Place World Champion – Isaiah Peck, Under 16 Advanced Duos 1st Place World Champions – J TWINS Isaiah Peck & CJ Esguerra, Under 16 Breaking Battles 1st Place World Champion – Isaiah Peck, Under 12 Advanced Solos 4th Place – Alijah Adams, Under 18 Advanced Crew Division 5th Place (Reasa Bowen, Christian Mandani, Una Wabinski, Jelani Jackman, Victoria Martin, Jessica Williams, Julie Zebrowska), Under 18 Intermediate Crew Division 3rd Place – Isaiah Peck, CJ Esguerra, Taylor Townsend-Ward, Zoe Virolla, Sade Thompson, Under 18 Open Quad Division 3rd Place -Isaiah Peck, CJ Esguerra, Taylor Townsend-Ward, Zoe Virolla, Over 16 Novice Solo 3rd Place (Christian Mandani) Over 16 Novice Solo 4th Place -Jelani Jackman, Under 16 Novice Solo 7th Place ( Sade Thompson).

To compete dancers had to qualify through UDO Canadian Street Dance Championships held in Toronto back in March. Canada also had a 6th place finish in the Over 18 Adult Division by Vancouver’s team iLLEST VIBE and a 7th place finish in the Over 18 Advanced Male Solo division by Vaughan’s Shakor Thomas.