Australian Hip Hop Champioship with Taeko "KoiFysh" Carroll and Yuri Tag

During the end of May an annual event called Australian Hip Hop Championship is held by UEG. This is a battle of the best dance crews from all over Australia to compete for the title of the best Hip Hop dance crew.

Every year a new set of international guests are invited to judge this fierce yet friendly competition. This year Yuri Tag from Kaba Modern and Taeko “ Koifysh” Carroll from Fysh n Chicks, who’s crews competed in the US dance show Americas Best Dance crew, where brought down with the help of Nu- Lite entertainment.

The lifestyle of dance in comparison to the US is far greater in comparison to ours but our unique ability to take it to a new level made judging this competition hard for our international guests.

The venue was held at “The Palms “in Crown casino, making the acoustic and seating arrangement extremely comfortable whilst listening to Dj REV spinning the decks during intermission. The energy of the crowd was like that of the Olympic Games, enormous roars, continuous cheering for there favourite teams which created a encouraging atmosphere for all our dancers. In the end only one crew would seize the title as “Austalias best dance crew” and here are the results as follows

Under age 16+
1) Urban Force Juniors
2) Kstar
Open age
1) DVP
2) J-Town
3) Beatphonik
With our friends from the US down to help judge, UEG could not help but organise a dance workshop so we were able to learn from the best and expand our knowledge and “LIVE” in the dance, as stated by Taeko in her intermediate/advance class.

Taekos’ and Yuri’s classes have there own unique styles which allowed all dancers to learn new theories and concepts of musicality in there “Chore- O”. The vibrant and encouraging energy from these two dancers gave us all a great experience when attempting “TO KILL“there choreography on hand, even if we failed. This is something that we as dancers need “ENCOURAGEMENT”. The 2 days of intense work shop held at Melbourne Music Academy was an experience never to be forgotten. If ever these ladies are in your town I strongly encourage you to participate as it is an experience you will not regret or ever forget.

To Taeko and Yuri in conjunction with Nu-lite entertainment, I think I speak for all the dancers in Melbourne who participated in your workshops and met you, that we all enjoyed ourselves and that you can call Australia a home away from home if you ever come back. Mad love to our new US mates and we hope to see you both back for some more aussie tucka ( aussie food ). Mad love goes out to you both.