[theme music] howard schwartz: personally, i'mvery, very excited about the crews we've selectedthis season. phunk phenomenon: phunkphenomenon from boston, mass. male speaker: we're bring a raw,high-energy, east coast,
watch america's best dance crew season 1, boston swag-- that crazy, raw, fighting withthe stage, grab the audience, intensity type of style. we come from a large company,about 25, 30 people.
and we are the seven selectedfrom our director. a lot of us have been with thecompany for seven-plus years. howard schwartz: we show morediversity this season than we ever have before. male speaker: this is eclectic gentlemen from north hollywood. yeah. howard schwartz: we havean international crew. we have a pole dancing crew.
i mean, we have so manydifferent crews with such diversity and there's suchtalent that we're very excited about what it bringsthis season. male speaker: we were originallyoceans 11 group, assembled by fresh. he picked all of us for aspecific task, just like the movie, each person one by one. obviously, we couldn't usethat name for the show. so we were like, we'regentlemen, and what makes us
different from justany other ordinary gentlemen is we're eclectic. each one of us has somethingdifferent about us. so basically, that's howthe name came about. male speaker: it'sstorytelling. it's pretty much that'swhat we are. that's what we do. if you don't understandsomething, we can explain it to you through dance,through our
movement, through our body. howard schwartz: i have a softspot for any crew that works really, really hard. and request crew came out tohip hop international last year and the year before andwon the world championship, both as a varsity crewand as an adult crew. and i think by that alone, theyproved themselves that they really can handlethe challenge and they can really dance.
request: request dance crew-- female speaker: --allthe way from-- request: --aukland,new zealand. [cheering] female speaker: when we firststarted, we were a small crew of five, and we were justdoing it for fun. and we named it requestbecause we wanted to, hopefully one day, be the mostrequested crew in the world. howard schwartz: i think thisshow is always a challenge for
the crews because we selectthe music for them. and this is season of thesuperstar, so yes, each show is dedicated to one particularmusical superstar. female speaker: we love lilwayne, but the song we got is a pretty big challenge. it's a cool song, but it's veryupbeat and it's rocky. so it was a huge challenge forus to try and step out of our comfort zone and do something alittle bit girlier and fun. i.am.me: we are i.am.me crewfrom houston, texas.
male speaker: we really like theidea that each one of us is really uniquein our own way. so basically when we cametogether, we really wanted our name to represent that. so we said i am me. but it sounded so much likei-m-e, so we made our catchphrase inspire, motivate,and energize because that's what we want to do. we like to call itbrain banging.
but it's basically a bunch ofvisuals and connecting and basically trying to make reallyelaborate pictures and stuff with our bodies. male speaker: we love dancingto lil wayne. i know a lot of us here listento lil wayne, and he's toured a lot. so it's going fun. male speaker: what's up? we're street kingdom.
we're from los angeles,california. so don't sleep on us, or we'llget up and wild out at you. we're going to bringthe liveness. we're going to wild out. we be wilding. howard schwartz: can they danceto the music we give them and the challenges thatare set before them?
so that's what will tellthis season apart. and to see one crewfrom the next--
who the winner will be willeventually, ultimately, be america's best dance crew.
