Calgary-area hip hop dancers win national competition: ‘Super cool’

This is decidedly a summertime to observe for immoderate talented young performers successful nan Calgary area.

Teams from Elements Dance studio successful Airdrie, Alta., are conscionable backmost from winning large astatine a awesome nationalist title successful Vancouver.

Crowned champions for their hep hop routines, they came retired connected apical while competing against different dancers successful a wide assortment of styles, including ballet and jazz.

“They were against everything, and for hep hop to triumph is ace cool,” Elements choreographer Paul Otterbein said. “These kids worked tirelessly, they person monolithic hearts, their dedication is unthinkable – they conscionable support going, support going, support going.”

The Elements dancers besides triumphed while going head-to-head against boys teams.

“It’s very cool that we’re each girls, and it conscionable shows really beardown women tin beryllium successful hep hop, because sometimes it tin beryllium male-dominated,” dancer Jenna Chicilo, 16, said. “I deliberation we do a awesome occupation of hitting difficult and showing really powerful we tin beryllium arsenic girls.”

The Elements dancers opportunity nan skills they study while training for competitions besides bring benefits acold beyond nan studio.

“I deliberation creation helps america amended our characteristic and well-being,” Norah Cotton, 12, said. “Dance teaches america to beryllium a amended type of ourselves.”