Here is an interview I did with Funk’d Up TV. I feel honored to even be considered for this kind of interview and I apologize for all the re-takes we had to do due to my awkwardness and stuttering when conducting interviews hahah. Thank you Funk’d Up TV for all you do!
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Performing at this years Rock The School Bells with GroovMekanex! Gonna be a collaboration with other dancers from the community. The whole piece is on a theatrical tip, directed by Chaz “Funkee Asiatic” of GroovMekanex. Don’t miss the great workshops they provide before the show as well. Mark your calendars with a fat tip sharpie!…
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Here is our super last minute performance at Oaktoberfest hahah. To be honest, we didn’t rehearse for it and planned for mainly solos and little freestyle parts, but we forgot to designate who was freestyling on which part of the songs haha, oh well. I wanted to change up the songs for my solo, so…
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GroovMekanex will be in the spot performing at this year’s Oaktoberfest! See you there! A non-profit event for community development in Oakland’s Dimond District. There will be street art, multiple music venues, craft food, beer vendors, and much more! http://oaktoberfest.org/ “About The Music” is bringing you a little more of “Oakland” to the “Oaktoberfest’s” Family-Friendly…
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Comin’ for you Hawaii! Old School Hip-Hop and Locking workshops next week at The ArtSmith! 1116 Smith Street #215, Honolulu, HI 96817 (The Mendonca Building) For more info, or to pre-reg online go to www.dancersunlimitedHI.com Can’t wait! 8/15: Locking w/JayPee 7:30pm-8:30 Old School Hip-Hop w/Dennis 8:30pm-9:30pm 8:17: Locking w/Dennis 8:30pm-9:30
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Check out these great workshops, panels, and performances! GroovMekanex will be in the house showcasin’ some LOCKIN! Celebrating Bay Area Hip Hop Dance Roots! workshops, panel discussions, films live dance performances, live graffiti Workshop Teachers Traci Bartlow // Starchild Dance // Lindy Hop WIlliam Randolph // Black Resurgents // Boogaloo/Steppin Fayzo // Medea Sirkas //…
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GroovMekanex will be performing at the festival this year! We’re up around 3pm. Come out for a good time. The festival will be dope! ———- EastSide Arts Alliance & Cultural Center Presents 11th Annual MALCOLM X JAZZ ARTS FESTIVAL MAY 21, 11am-7pm, 2011 San Antonio Park, Oakland MAIN STAGE: The John Santos Sextet Grassroots Composers…
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It’s that time of the year again. SF Hip-Hop Dancefest is back! DS Players will be performing for program A and GroovMekanex will be performing for program B. (I will have a very busy weekend! hahahah). Super excited to rock the stage again with DS Players and finally perform here with my GroovMekanex brothers! More…
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Groovmekanex will be featured at Soulciety’s Empower 3 Showcase this Nov 6th & 7th! We will be playing the mischievous Clown characters haha. Should be really fun! Empower III: A performing arts production featuring a blend of dance, poetry, and music, with a creative twist of circus acts, all wrapped in a powerful storyline and…
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Here is a clip of our performance at Pistahan SF 2010. We performed for Soulciety Non Profit Org’s section alongside DS Players, and B.E.A.T.S crew! So much fun that day. Wish I got to watch the rest of the balut eating contest. Yes… balut eating contest… In this clip: Doc Lock Chaz Jay Pee Me…
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Groovmekanex will be performing on the main stage at Pistahan SF on Aug 15th! We’re going to be a part of Soulciety non profit org’s time slot presentation. Most likely around 1pm or so. Come out and celebrate with us at one of the biggest Filipino Festivals in the Bay Area. This 2 day event…
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Here is our MJ tribute performance at BodiRock’s “Burn This Disco Out” MJ Tribute event. This took place a few hours before the Vitamin Water performance in SF. Thanks again to BodiRock for having us out! This clip is a little dark, but you can still see majority of the performance. I actually felt better…
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Here’s our Michael Jackson locking tribute that we performed at the Vitamin Water / All The Way Live Michael Jackson party. Fun event. Thanks to All The Way Live and Vitamin Water for having us out.
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Come out this Friday and check out our Michael Jackson locking tribute. Groovmekanex will definitely bring that soul and funk, MJ & JFive style! Check out the line up! Housin Authority, Mix’d Ingredients, and of course BodiRock. We are first on the line up people! Should be on around 8pm or so. -Dennis —————– CELEBRATING…
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Here is the footage from our performance at the Head Hunters 10 yr Anniversary. We did a locking tribute to The Temptations. Funkee Asiatic, Doc Lock, Jay Pee, Myself and Mikey P.
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The Head Hunters Crew & Soulciety are proud to present: The Head Hunters 10 Year Anniversary! Date: May 15th, 2010 Time: 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Venue: Yoshihiro Uchida Hall [San Jose State University] 1 Washington Square San Jose, CA 95159 Admission: $10 $5 additional for cameras Host: Black Dynamite [Head Hunters] Formats: 3v3 B-Boy/B-Girl…
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Here is a music video that a few of us danced in. The song is called Friction, by acoustic artist, Jenn Grinels. If you look closely, you can see my foot in one of the shots!! hahah. Had a lot of fun at the shoot that day, we also got to dress up like mobsters!…
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Our performance at World of Dance San Mateo 2009. We did a locking tribute to the Temptations. Had so much fun with this piece.
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My first performance with Groovmekanex. This was at Mighty 4 SF in 2007. It was me, Jaypee, Doc Lock, and Funkee Asiatic. Short clip from the event. This was filmed by the folks with IAMHIPHOP.com
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GroovMekanex performance at the EXTREME AUTOFEST car show. Moscone Center, San Francisco, Ca Sat 12/1/07. Getting funky and Lockin’ it up for you here are: (order from left to right in opening) Dennis (Soulo) Doc Lock JayPee Mikey P Funkee Asiatic
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