Our 2019 Recap: The North Beasts

Throughout the summer months of 2019, a core group of approximately 15 youth dancers met once every week at Northeast Calgary’s Genesis Centre for Antyx’s weekly Hip Hop program. The group met with the purpose and intent to compete as a team in “Battle City”, a Calgary and area-wide competition that showcases “Breaking”, a hip hop-based dance form. Teams were recruited from different geographical quadrants throughout the city to compete, with the Antyx youth-based team being christened “The North Beasts”.  

With the supervision of Antyx staff, Battle City was kind enough to provide weekly coaching and training sessions from local professional dancers Justin Salcedo and Zak Buenventura of Calgary’s “JuiceBox Crew”. After two months of difficult training, learning, and cyphering together as a newly formed dance crew, the North Beasts made it through multiple hard-fought victories against different teams of Calgary dancers until they were eventually crowned the 2019 Battle City Champions! Judges and spectators were quick to praise the North Beasts team dynamic of energy, support, vibe, and love for one another as one of the key reasons for their triumph against other, sometimes more technical, teams that they had encountered.