Manipal: Blitzkrieg Dance Crew, a hip hop group from Manipal won at the Indian Hip Hop Championship held in Mumbai, and is all set to represent India at the World Hip Hop Championship in Las Vegas this August.
The group won at Mumbai in the mega-crew category (15-40 people).
The crew began working on an entirely new sequence last December. They had worked and improved the sequence and the hard work has paid off.
Keshav Goyal, President of Blitzkrieg Dance crew says that the crew never repeats any of its performances and performed something new every time.
The crew has been either winning or being runner-up at many of the events like MIT Manipal’s cultural fest Revels, the inter-Manipal University fest Utsav, and in other institutions such as NIT-Calicut’s festival Raagam held this year.
Their first performance was at IIM-Bengaluru, where they finished third but received good response from the crowd. They won the qualifiers for the Indian Hip Hop Championship held in NIT-K Suratkal in March.
It is for the first time a full college crew representing Manipal University has won the event without the help of any professional performers, says Anjan Sivakumar, Director of Hip Hop International India.
The 23-member crew is in need of help to participate in the World Hip Hop Championship. Though Manipal University has agreed to sponsor part of the expenses, there are a lot of other expenses to take care of. The crew has even started a campaign on a crowd-funding website.
