S E O U L D I V A

Last year, I went to see Planet B-Boy, a documentary about B-Boy crews from around the world, meeting in Germany for the International B-boy competition.  The film was by Benson Lee, an esteemed Asian film maker.

The film featured 2 crews from Korea, and lemme just say, they did a SeoulDiva very proud.

A few weeks ago, Benson posted a link up to this free show @ Lincoln Center called Hip Hop Now:

http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/hhgn

I was SO excited to see that Last for One were part of the lineup, since they were also featured in Benson Lee’s Planet B-Boy:

There was NO question, I HAD to go.

It was a beautiful, sunny day.  I was really happy to see such a diverse group of people in the audience!  You had:

• the Upper West Side Culturally Curious Crew

• the Boogie Down BX

• the Asian-Americans coming to support their peeps

• the Asian-Asian families with kids and grannies in-tow, to support their peeps

• the too-cool-for-school Brooklynites with hairstyles a la Kid ‘n Play, bright neon kicks and clear-lense glasses

First act:  The Chinese American Arts Council Martial Arts Society.  I don’t know if their act had anything directly to do with breakdancing, but as I was watching, the similarities between some of the martial arts moves and breakdancing were really striking.

Second act: FootworKINGz: “an all-star dance ensemble featuring the best of Chicago’s footworkers.”  They came on stage looking all fly: matching shirts that said “I AM CHICAGO HIP HOP” and looking all CORDinated.  :)

But then they started dancing, and they kinda looked like a hip-hop Riverdance.  It’s like that line from Friends, where Chandler says: “They move about as if their legs are detached from their bodies!”  Here’s a lil’ bit what I’m talking about:

To be honest, I was really there to see Last for One.  And I think a lot of people were, too.  They did not disappoint: here was their first set!

(Please excuse the MORONS who kept walking in my shot.)

Here was their amazing 2nd set:

(Please excuse my occasional outbursts of “NICE!” comments  throughout the video.  I was a proud momma!)

Everyone knows I’m a proud Asian Gyal.  It was a beautiful night.  The evening basically demonstrated how the Hip-Hop culture had managed to cross over and touch the entire world.  Interestingly, it was sponsored by Bloomberg (BTW, Mr. Bloomberg, whoever is doing your PR – MAD props!)

I was especially happy that I got to see my fellow South Koreans perform and shine on stage.  GO U ASIANS!!