Dance

Performances, battles,
showcases, and crew projects

8/15: Pistahan SF

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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7/17: HOMELAND CULTURAL CENTER presents their annual jam: IMPACT

Looks like I’m DJing at Homeland’s annual jam, IMPACT! =) Featuring 2on2 popping, and 1on1 Locking, Waacking, Roboting categories. The battles are on the 17th, and the showcase is on the 18th. Super excited about the trip to LA in general just because I love doing the music for battles and also I get to…

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Groovmekanex performance at “Burn This Disco Out”

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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Groovmekanex performance at Vitamin Water MJ party

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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Know Your Rank Workshop: Locking Music

Had a great time teaching the Locking class during the Know Your Rank Workshop. Mine was the first class at 11am, I’m glad everyone was able to come out! To the students who took today’s class, here is some of the music we were using, as promised. 3 separate mini mixes, 3 tempos each to…

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6/25: BURN THIS DISCO OUT: MJ Tribute

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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Wiki Dojo / MF*ers at Battlefest New Schoolz

Here is the collab show I did with Bionic and Kool Raul. The Wiki Dojo aka MotherFunkers. Everyone did such a great job in such a short amount of time. Looking forward to working with everyone again soon. Bionic (Supreme Soul / MGF) Kool Raul (Supreme Soul / Beatz N Pieces) Me (DS Players /…

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6/26: Know Your Rank Workshops

Teaching a locking workshop for KNOW YOUR RANK this Jun 26th. Planning on teaching an all level class good for basics, as well as intermediate to advanced who want to learn anything else from variations, power, etc. Something for everyone here. Get your pre-sales quick. The instructors line-up is sweeeeet! After teaching, gotta head over…

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Judges Showcase (Jardy, Crix, Dennis) @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

Judges showcase for the All-Styles Category. Fun times getting down with Jardy and Crix. Some of my favorite dancers in the BAY! For this, I just felt like dancing. Didn’t strictly lock or stick to a specific style, but just danced to have fun and let the music tell me what to do. Gotta love…

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Groovmekanex Showcase @ Head Hunters 10 yr Anniv

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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Head Hunters Crew 10 yr Anniv

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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Music Video: Jenn Grinels “Friction”

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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Locking Class, Thursdays @ City Dance SF with Jay Pee / Dennis Infante

Wussup everyone! Come check out our locking class. Jay Pee and Myself will be teaching on Thursdays (Him & I alternate classes every week). We will be teaching basic foundation, variations, musicality exercises, and short routines or occasional soul train/freestyle at the end. Here’s an old clip of how we get down. Locking to some…

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Workshop & DJ

Teaching a Hip-Hop workshop and DJing the battle after! Come out for a good cause! -Dennis ————– All The Way Live Foundation Presents: The Town to the Boogie Down: part II 100% of the proceeds will help the students from East Bay Arts High School on this educational adventure to New York City. Workshops 11am-2pm:…

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Nu-Origin’s Bike Chase

Funny moment during our road trip in a few years back. L.A. Biker coming down the hill behind us, and the music we’re listening to matches everything like a soundtrack. HA

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Groovmekanex Performance @ WOD San Mateo 2009

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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Pt. 2 Judges Showcase @ Soul Select All Styles Battle 2009

Round 2 Judges showcase performance at the Soul Select All Styles Battle in Mt. View July of 2009

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Pt. 1 Judges Showcase @ Soul Select All Styles Battle 2009

1st Round Judges showcase performance at the Soul Select All Styles Battle in Mt. View July of 2009 Myself & Bboy Precise in this clip

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90’s Hip-Hop Class, Wednesdays @ City Dance (Annex) SF

Instructor: Dennis Infante Description: A fun class that focuses on various party dances of the 80’s/90’s era, like The Running man, Roger Rabbit, Reebok, The Guess, etc. Learn fundamentals, variations, and a little choreography while dancing to music ranging from golden era hip-hop, new jack swing, and 90s R&B. We also cover freestyle exercises on…

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OneCypher.com Street Dance Website

Just re-launched the new and improved OneCypher.com.  Now revolving around all aspects of Street dance and culture, from History, classes, blogs, events, interviews.  Check it out!  onecypher.com

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