STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL
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STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL (SDI) are the governing body of HipHop/Streetdance in the UK being affiliated to the British Dance Council (BDC) who are the members of the International Dance Organisation (IDO) who are linked to the Olympic Federation through the International Dance Sports Federation. As the UK representatives on IDO, the SDI have the sole rights to send dancers from the UK to the "Official recognised” World Championships which are held in Bremen Germany and as BDC members have sole and exclusive rights to grant Hiphop Streetdance Championships throughout the UK.
Kenrick(H2O) & Sarah Richards (above) now playing in the show "INTO THE HOODS" in the Novello Theatre
STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL is a democratic Organisation of professional teachers and dancers who teach or have an interest in street dance. Any teacher of streetdance or hiphop throughout the UK and the rest of the World may become a member.
Although conceived some years before, the SDI (Streetdance International) was finally set up at the end of 1997 by founder members Jane Hollis & Derek Povey and now, with over 300 members, the SDI celebrated it's 10th anniversary in 2007.
Since 1996 when the first street dance event was held, the Street Dance style has continued to grow and in 2008 there will be some 40 SDI events held throughout the UK. Our major competition event will be in April in Reading where dancers will be qualified at the Streetdance International Championships to represent England in the WORLD Championships in Bremen, Germany in June. Our other major event will be our second gala “Streets Ahead” at the London Palladium and this event which was a complete sell out in 2007 is also to be run in April. All our dates of all our events can be found on the diary page.
In 2007, the SDI sponsored the England team with £10,000 sponsorship and will again in 2008 sponsor the best dancers from England to go to the World Championships in Bremen in June which, with over 3500 championship dancers and over 7000 spectators everyday over 5 days, is not only the largest hiphop/streetdance event in the World but the largest dance event in the World!
If you are a professional dancer or teacher and interested in joining the SDI, the United Kingdom's ONLY democratic Streetdance/HipHop association there is a form in the 'links' section, which can be downloaded. Membership is £15 per year.
SDI COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Derek Povey (President)
Jane Hollis (Chairperson)
Heather Francis (Secretary)
Alison Anderson (Membership Secretary)
Yvonne Domican, Helen Kyriacou, Carrie Anne Sait , Kelly Chandler, Rachel King, Claire Miles, Katya Petrou, Samantha Barnes and Mark Cameron. Plus for Wales: Tracey Walters and Carima Heaven.
PRESS RELEASE March 1st 2008 First workshops for professional examinations to commence end of April .. contact SDI for details.
PRESS RELEASE February 1st 2008 Streetdance International join with BBC Your Game & BBC Blast to provide workshops and sponsor trophies for up coming BBC YOUR GAME Streetdance competition being run nationally from March to May at BBC Your Game events.
PRESS RELEASE January 1st 2008 Latest news 2nd LONDON PALLADIUM STREETS AHEAD showcase on Sunday April 27th. Tickets available direct from London Palladium. However places in show are filled and if you want to take part in 2009 contact us now !
PRESS RELEASE November 15th 2007 STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL is pleased to announce that our syllabus for a professional streetdance/hiphop examination has been accepted by the National Association and from January 1st 2008 every teacher in the Country can take this examination and be qualified to teach streetdance/hiphop. Throughout 2008 the SDI will be setting up area events where teachers can learn the syllabus at our special syllabus workshop and then also join in with other professional workshops we shall be running on the day. It is our aim to get as many professionals qualified as possible and to increase our membership and in doing so set up area committees and bring more competitions to all areas.
PRESS RELEASE October 15th 2007 Kenrick (H2O) Sandy of Boy Blue and Sarah Richards were both unluckily beaten into 2nd place at the World Championships in Bremen, Germany. Representing the SDI and England these two fabulous dancers were felt by many to be the well deserved winners of both the Championships only to find that all the judges did not agree and both were beaten by the narrowest of margins. However England in this only it's second appearance at these Championships showed the rest of the World that England was a country everybody has to watch out for in future.
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