'Go for Red' with hip hop Dilated Nu [1]
Friday, July 15, 2011 - 18:45. Updated on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 09:54.
DILATED Nu a five-member Japanese hip hop dance group based in Sydney, Australia arrive in Tonga on July 19 on a three day tour that includes a performance at the Heilala Festival Block Party next week.
The talented group of dancers from Japan and Korea are well known in the Australian dance scene have won numerous competitions in Australia and abroad, both individually and as a group.
Accomplishments included winning the first place at the Just Debout France Locking World Championship, and they also won the World Dance Colosseum 2010. They have also made an appearance on Marvin Priest Own This Club music video.
Dilated Nu have their first free public performance on July 21 at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall followed by a stage performance at the Heilala Festival Block Party, themed 'Go For Red' a tribute to Tonga's National Rugby Team 'Ikale Tahi in which everyone is requested to wear red.
In addition the members Daisuke, Leo, Nao, Hicky and Yosuke who are also instructors at the Ace Dance Studios, Dance School in Sydney, would hold workshops with local hip hop dancers and visit schools in Nuku'alofa.
The Embassy of Japan in Nuku'alofa said their visit to Tonga is made possible through cooperation with the Japan Foundation that promotes cultural exchange between Japan and the world.