UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We have another NEW JUDGE ALERT ๐จ
Representing Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
JESSIE ๐ฅ
Jessie Thompson is Irelands first Red Bull Dance Your Style Winner in 2023 ๐
Jessie is the founder of Battle of Zen and has performed her own work at many Dance festivals around Ireland and the UK, such as; Top 8 Street Dance platform, Dance2connect Festival, Dublin Dance Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Fest. This is alongside collecting many 1st place Battle titles in Hip Hop Freestyle and All style categories ๐ฅ
Jessie has a longstanding performance career rooted in international competitions leading to commercial and now focusing mostly on building the Street Dance and Theatre scene in Ireland by event curation/judging/teaching and performing or choreographing for Irish Music Acts ๐
Jessie will be teaching a Hiphop Freestyle Workshop at UDO Worlds so get to her class! ๐๐ฎโ๐จ๐
WELCOME TO WORLDS JESSIE! ๐
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We have nearly finished announcing your Judges but for now we are still giving you the very BEST of what Street Dance has to offer! ๐ฅ
Which leads us to your next Judge, representing the UK ๐ฌ๐ง
KIERAN WARNER ๐ฅ
Kieran is a Professional Dancer and Circus Artist who graduated from the National Centre for Circus Arts. He began his Dance training in 2008 whilst dancing with friends and later trained at Swindon Dance studying a range of Street Styles of Dance.
Kieran is one of the founding members of "Jam!" (The Jam Movement) and represents World renowned crew "Fiya House". His training and experience has helped Kieran to become a great freestyle dancer and teacher ๐
In recent years, Kieran has focused on Hip Hop and Litefeet whilst teaching, judging and battling around the UK and internationally ๐
Going by his alias 'King K', Kieran is pioneering Litefeet in the UK being the first to go to New York to study and train this style. Kieran is recognised in the world wide Litefeet community after taking second place in the first International Litefeet Championship and has formed โEmpireโ to help support the European scene ๐คฉ
He represents pioneering crew, Lyve Tyme forming a bond between the UK and NY community. He also curates international dance festivals โLitefestโ & โThe Jam Festivalโ among other projects ๐
Kieran, we can't wait to have you back for UDO Worlds ๐
Who wants to take Kierans Litefeet class at Worlds?! WE DO!โ๏ธ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
Guess who's BACK!
Representing Belgium ๐ง๐ช
Itโs Robin Brys ๐ฅ
Robin Brys is a Professional Street Dancer and Teacher with over 20 years of experience in the dance industry. He is also part of the Dance Crew 'Kings Court' ๐ฅ
Specializing in Street Dance Choreography, Animation, and Waving, Robin has honed a unique style that captivates audiences and inspires students. With extensive experience in Judging Street Dance competitions, Robin is a respected figure in the dance community.
This year, he is both excited and humbled to be judging the UDO World Championships, a testament to his dedication and expertise in the art of Street Dance ๐
This is a Judge who knows his stuff ๐๐คฉ
Robin will be doing a Fusion Choreography class at Worlds, make sure you attend!๐๐ฅ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
This next Judge is proudly representing Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ and we KNOW Scotland are representing HARD this year at Worlds! ๐ฅ
It's...MICK SCOTT ๐ฅ
Mick is one of Glasgows homegrown talents. He has been dancing all over the world for the past 11 years performing in many different sides of the entertainment industry for example;
Step Up: All In (Lionsgate Hollywood Theatre Dubai), Bat Out of Hell (AO Arena Manchester), Strictlyโs Here Comes the Boys (London Palladium & UK Tour), Dance 100 (Netflix), Dancing on Ice (ITV), Molly and Mack (CBBC), Ed Sheeran & Bring me the Horizon (BRIT Awards 02 Arena), Kelly Rowland & David Guetta (MOBO Awards SECC Glasgow), Afrojack (Sensation Dubai), Nina Sky (UAE Tour), Jukebox Memories (Pavilion Theatre Glasgow), Swing: The Musical (Norwegian Creative Studios), Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, R.E.D (Ferrari Worldโs RED Theatre Abu Dhabi), Alan Menkin (DPR Grand Opening Dubai), Blue Peter (BBC) and many more! ๐คฉ
Mick was one of our Judges at UDO Worlds last year and performed in the group Judges Demo (which went OFF by the way!๐คฏ)
So we can't wait to see what he brings this year! LETS GO MICK! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We are bringing you more LITEFEET Faculty with this next Judge and he ALWAYS brings the best vibes to UDO Events and everywhere he goes! ๐ฅ
Representing the UK ๐ฌ๐ง
SHIN ๐ฅ
Shin also known as 'Shintastic' is a Professional Dancer and Music Producer.
Represented by world renowned Litefeet crew '2realboyz' and All Style Crew central hype!
Shin has spent many years competing around the world and has danced for Burna Boy, Wizkid, Lady Leeshurr and many more! ๐คฉ
This song is popular at the moment but this remix is a SHIN ORIGINAL! ๐
Who will be adding this litefeet track into their team sets?! ๐๐
Shin - We are ready for you to bring your infectious energy to UDO Worlds! LETS GET IT๐๐ฅ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
You guys asked & we delivered! A highly requested Judge is BACK FOR WORLDS! ๐
Representing the UK ๐ฌ๐ง & Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ
LEWIS TIGRAN ๐ฅ
Lewis' first UDO Event was Worlds 2023, so it was only right he came back to where it all began!๐
Lewis is a Professional Dancer, DJ & Producer. He has been an active and established member of the UK Street Dance scene for over 10 years competing and performing across the UK and Europe with his crew 'UMA'! This includes' Showcases, Working for Disneyland Paris, World Of Dance, Clark's and many more! ๐ค
Lewis specialises in Freestyle Movement and creativity making his name and building a reputation in the Battle Scene. Now a respected Judge and avid teacher, he mentors a number of young people across the UK, passionate in leading the next generation by example!๐ฅ
As many of you know, Lewis is an established Producer and yes, this is one of his tracks! It is dropping soon so stay tuned! ๐
LETS GO, LEWIS!๐ฎโ๐จ ๐
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We have a LOVELY Lady joining us for Worlds and she is now BACK as one of your HEAD JUDGES! ๐ฅ
Its GEMMA HODDY!
Representing UK & Dubai ๐ฆ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ง
A creative professional from London also residing in Dubai for many years, Gemma has been a UDO Head Judge for almost a decade and her professional experience covers everything from Performing, Choreography and now Creative Direction and Event Production!๐คฉ
Gemma specialises in many Dance forms under the Street dance Umbrella and loves to constantly update her skill set - WE LOVE TO SEE IT! ๐
Some career highlights include performing with the likes of Rhianna, Drake, Megan the Stallion, Rita Ora, Dizzee Rascal, Emeli Sande, RedOne as well as choreography for the likes of John Newman, Adidas, Hersheys, UK National Day, EXPO 2020 Dubai, Breakinโ Convention & many more ๐ฅ
Gemma was an original cast member of Boy Blue Entertainmentโs Hiphop triple bill smash hit show BLAK WHYTE GRAY and toured the World performing before moving into a Choreography and Movement direction pathway; she continues to work in the events industry in both the UK & UAE creating bespoke show concepts and delivering projects worldwide as well as teaching and examining for UDOโs street dance syllabus ๐
Letโs go UDO Worlds 2024!๐ฅ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We are so excited to announce this next Judge...
Representing ITALY ๐ฎ๐น
PISI D ๐ฅ
He began his artistic training in Italy expanding his studies in New York,
London and Paris. He combines his activity as a dancer with a brilliant didactic, technical, creative and very passionate ability with both children and adult, from basic to advanced level courses.
He teaches mainstream hip hop, Litefeet and house.
Pisi D is a passionate dancer and freestyler of Litefeet, he carries on with great determination the mission of spreading the Litefeet culture. In 2017, he became CEO of Litefeet Italia, a qualification, directly from Chrybaby, to
which he corresponds a great commitment as a teacher which leads him to
hold classes and sessions and to organize events, in various Italian cities ๐คฉ
Some of the choreographers with whom he trained: Chrybaby Cozie, Ki nen, Jay black, E solo & UDO's very own Mr YouTube ๐ ๐
LETS GO, PISI D!๐๐ฅ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
NEW WORLDS FACULTY ALERT ๐จ
We have a new Judge for Worlds ๐
This next Judge has been at a few UDO UK Regionals but we are now bringing him on board to the Worlds Faculty! ๐ฅ
NATHANIEL 'SWEET BOY' JONES ๐ฅ
Nathaniel Impraim - Jones Is a Professional Hip Hop / Commercial Dancer / Choreographer, He is one of the leading industry dancers to have extensively Worked With Artists Such as; Beyonce & Jay Z, Jason Derulo, Kelly Rowland, Whitney Houston, Stormzy, Dave, Anne Marie, Jesy Nelson to Name a Few!๐
He also has appeared on TV shows such ITV Xfactor BBC 1 So You Think You Can Dance , Strictly Come Dancing, The Greatest Dancer ๐ฅ
Nathaniel is also apart Of Olivier Award Winning Hip Hop Dance Company BoyBlue as Rehearsal director / Dance Teacher.
WELCOME TO WORLDS NATHANIEL ๐ ๐
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
This next Judge is all the way from MOROCCO & you may have seen him on the Panel at Worlds last year and now, at a few UDO UK Regionals! ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐
We are so thrilled to welcome back...SAMEYEZZZ ๐ฅ
Sameyezzz is a self taught Artist and has specialised in freestyle, before moving onto professional training with international contemporary choreographers.
Most recently he performed as a Dancer in various large scale ceremonies including; UAE, UK ,MOROCCO, THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA and more!๐ฅ
He has also Performed / Choreographed for various concerts, live shows, music videos, theatre and advertisements globally including; Busta Rhymes, The Game, Neyo, Chris Brown, Tyga, Rick Ross, RedOne, John Newman, Megan Thee Stallion!
He teach dance Classes worldwide ๐ and has expereince in cast/ stage management! ๐
WELCOME BACK TO WORLDS SAMEYEZZZ! ๐
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
UDO World Championships 2024 | Faculty Announcement ๐ฃ
We have a very special Judge joining us for worlds and she is a UDO OG๐๐ฅ
Representing Poland ๐ต๐ฑ
MARTA ๐
Marta Is a prominent dancer, teaching and performing in the UK dance scene as well as working internationally, having taught Dancehall Workshops across UK as well as held workshops in Japan, India, France, Italy, Russia, Romania and Gran Canaria! ๐
Marta is not only the DANCEHALL QUEEN ๐ after training in it for the past 10 years, She is also a B-GIRL and has been training breakinโ for the past 15 years๐ฎโ๐จ
Her credentials include; J-Fest Dancehall Battle Judge, Special K commercial, WIZKID, Lisa Mercedez, Juste Debout Dancehall World Finals - Top 8 and many more!
Watch until the end for some VERSATILITY! ๐๐ค
#ThrowbackThursday to UDO South West on the weekend ๐ฅ
What an incredible day it was!๐
We celebrated our fathers in style with the brilliant Fathers Day Dance Competition - Congratulations to all the Dads who got up on that Dance Floor and represented!๐คฉ๐ค
And of course, a LOAD more Dancers qualified for UDO Worlds which is in 8 weeks time!๐ ๐
We still have one more regional in the UK to qualify โฌ๏ธ
East Midlands | 7th July 2024 | Grantham Meres Leisure Centre ๐
BOOK ON NOW!
We have a very special announcement! ๐ฃ
Coming officially to UDO World Championships 2024 ๐
Watch this video to see what we are VERY excited to reveal to you๐คฉ
We promise, you won't be disappointed!
All will be revealed tomorrow at 8pm ๐ฐ
UDO British Dance Festival is BACK for 2025!๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ง
Do you want to be a British Champion? ๐
In Styles other than just Street Dance? ๐
Then get yourself to #BDF2025 ๐
Early Bird tickets are available NOW to reserve with just a ยฃ10 deposit Per Person!
๐ฅ @kasitzjay
UDO EUROPEANS is DONEโฆWhich can only mean one thing๐คฉ
THE COUNTDOWN TO WORLDS IS ON ๐๐ฅ
Only 12 weeks to go until the BIGGEST Dance Competition of the YEAR and it is already set to be the best one to date ๐ฎโ๐จ
So the question isโฆARE YOU GUYS READY?!๐ฅ
Only a few more majors left to #GetQualified but as of now, the countdown to Worlds is officially ON.
LETS DO THISโ๏ธ
UDO BDF | Day 2 Highlights ๐ฅ
UDO British Dance Festival 2024 ๐ฌ๐ง
DAY 2 | Highlights - Yesterday was a VIBE!โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
Encore Solos, Duos, Teams and not to forget our INSANE Parent & Child AND JUDGES DEMOS๐คฏ๐ฅถ
Your Judges move MAD! Whoโs Demo do you want to see first?๐คฉ โฌ๏ธ
๐ฅ @kasitzjay
UDO British Dance Festival 2024 ๐ฌ๐ง
@continuitydancecompany absolutely slayed with their Barbie-themed performance! ๐ฉท๐ฅ
Ken stole the show ๐ฅ
Every single team danced their heart out yesterday, congratulations to everyone who competedโฆROLL ON DAY 3!๐คช
#BarbieDreams
UDO British Dance Festival | Day 1
DAY 1 | HIGHLIGHTS โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
What an incredible first day of the UDO British Dance Festival 2024 ๐ฌ๐ง
You guys brought the ENERGY โก๏ธ
1V1 Battles | 2V2 Battles | Trioquads | Crew Battles
You know what to do, see someone you know - TAG EM BELOW โฌ๏ธ
๐ฅ @kasitzjay
The first ever 2V2 Battles at the UDO British Dance Festival and you guys went IN๐ฌ๐ง๐ฅ
Incredible exchange between these battlers ๐ค
You guys didnโt make it easy for the Judges as they wanted ANOTHER ROUND๐ฎโ๐จ
@anamal_dance_company VS @weareswagout โก๏ธ
Congratulations to Maisie & Jacob for becoming the first UDO 2V2 British Champions๐
