Top 8 Vol.7

The Well, Dublin
Saturday, 12th November 2022
Exhibition / Battles / Cyphers: 12pm – 4pm
After Party (Over 18’s): 7:30PM to 10pm
Entry: 15 Euro
Breaking Ireland Ranking Entry Fee: 20 Euro

Top 8 Vol. 7 returns to Dublin in November to showcase street dance and Hip-hop culture in its raw and authentic form.

This year is to focus on crew battles & exchanges paying homage to how the art-form came to be, it could be said that without crews/squads in the Hip-hop culture, Hip-hop would not have been widely spread the way it did and also possessing the qualities of a highly influential artform.

We will have old & new crews take to the stage both nationally and internationally, to showcase in an exhibition battle where there are no judges or the pressure of having one, which will allow each crew to fully showcase their artistry.

Dedicated cyphers will also break out allowing for a Cypher King & Queen to be crowed. Local and National dance school will also take to stage to showcase short pieces of street dance choreography to represent their locality, schools and most importantly themselves.

For the first time this year, we will hold a national ranking Breaking 1 vs 1 battle in line with the Irish Olympic Committee(IOC), Breaking Ireland and Dance sport Federation of Ireland (DFI) to award point for the national breaking ranking table towards the Paris Olympic Games 2024.

This is only open to all that are registered with Breaking Ireland via DFI/BI.
We then close with an after party where we have turntablism, DJ, MCee and Beatboxers, which will be strictly for over 18’s.

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Breaking Irish Crews

We will be calling on the following crews for Top 8. 5V5 Exhibition Crew Battles

• Recession Squad #Dublin/Waterford

• Northernsole #Belfast/Wexford

• Limerockers #Limerick/Waterford

• Limerockers Crew Next Gen #Limerick

• Outliers Cru #Cork/Waterford

• Dublin City Bboys #Dublin

Special Exhibition Battles:

Team Ireland 🇮🇮🇮🇮 VS Primal Instinct 🇬🇬🇬🇬(Invited crew)

Popping Crew battles

• IndaPockect Crew VS Dimensional Minds

KRUMP Crew Battle

• Team Ireland VS Team UK

Breaking Ireland Ranking Judges

• Barry

• Seb

• BBoy Spin

Dance Schools / Crew Showcase

TBC

DJs

• DJ CC

• DJ BOG

• DJ Khanfu (UK)

This was funded and supported by the Dublin Dance Festival & Arts Council of Ireland