flavour talks
Nike D-Clash
Feel like dancing? Nike has created Dance Clash in a
search to find London’s best female freestyle dance talent
F
rom its beginning’s in New Nike has created Dance Clash
NikeWomen proves that girls who
York block parties in the – a search to find London’s best
play sports are stronger in body
Seventies, street dance has female freestyle dance talent. Dur-
and mind than those who don’t. So
come a long way. Movies like Save ing this search, they found a wealth
what are you waiting for? Now’s
The Last Dance, Stomp The Yard, of talent which prompted them to
the time to get involved. Whether
Honey and Step Up and the recent create a group of ten of London’s
it’s dance, football or netball, if you
West End debut of Into The Hoods top dance athletes who are an
want to have a brain like Einstein
have all helped to continue to inspiration for many young women
and a body as strong as Serena
highlight this form of dance. and are being promoted by Nike
Williams, then you better get
as athletes. Some of the members training and get in to shape.
Dancing genres have worked with the likes of
For more information on the
Street dance is the term for moves Madonna and Kelly Rowland and
Here I Am campaign and to be able
that were created on the streets, are currently dancing in West End
to connect with other girls across
in the nightclubs or even in your plays and all of them have thrown
the UK and Europe who are also
backyard. Breakdance; popping, their support behind a brand-new
interested in getting fit through
locking and funk all come under campaign called Here I Am.
sport, simply log on to the official
the street dance banner.
website: www.nikehereiam.com.
To be able to do some of the Promoting women in sports
moves required in street dance you The Here I Am campaign strives to
Find out where your local dance
have to be physically fit and strong. challenge the low appreciation of
agency is by contacting The Arts
Albert Einstein once said that women in sports, while at the same
Council: www.artscouncil.org.uk.
‘Dancers are the athletes of God.’ time encouraging a whole new
He clearly was a genius because generation of female athletes.
To see Flavour’s exclusive interview
although he made this statement The Olympics may have
with D-Clash choreographer
in the early 20th century, people finished, but that’s no excuse to
Kimberlee Jay and D-Clash
ds by Annika Allen
still don’t see dancers as athletes stop being interested in sports. A
dancer Suzette Brissett log on or
– but that’s where Nike comes in. recent survey commissioned by
to www.flavourmag.co.uk W
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