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miniMODE "Prisoners of War" Hip Hop Performance - Music: "Monster" by Kanye West - 3/2015

779 views · Published 23 March 2015 · 3:36 · Indexed 27 October 2026

Channel: FUNKMODE · 2015 · Entertainment

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miniMODE is FUNKMODE's youth performance company. Every Fall portion of their season consists of creating a new dance performance music video. 

The theme of this piece was post-apocalyptic dance battle showdown. Kinda like "West Side Story" + nuclear explosion/zombies/planet-wide earthquake - goofy jazz moves + cool Hip Hop wylin' out. The story focuses on two gangs who are meeting to fight and, as it heats up, steal members of the other crew while continue to war.

Our scouting crew found an awesome spot in Oakland (CA) where a building had, in fact, burned down and the spot was abandoned. Fences, concrete, graffiti, weeds and garbage gave us exactly the look we had conceptualized. The crew said, "We know it's right if it looks like a concrete arena where maybe a bomb had went off." Perfect!

We had special FUNKMODE costumers, hair dressers and makeup artists going for a theme that gave the feeling of people who were wearing whatever they were when the cataclysm happened, plus whatever they could find to make themselves look fierce for battle. They went for neutral colors in makeup for the most part and then added dirt and blood to accent and highlight their street living status. Hair was meant to be wild and edge, both to look hot and to intimidate enemies.

The song chosen was "Monster" by Kanye West (get it @ http://amzn.com/B004BSAHLY) because it had the best combination of tempo/music style to bring out the hard hitting, wild moves we wanted choreographically while setting a thematic mood with the lyrical content. We also included fight and weapons choreography to balance out the dancing and give the piece a more raw and hostile/combative feel. 

Props to this season's minMODE Crew (CutieCat, Demon, Fire, Foxx, JSTAR, Maze, Ottomatic, Tazzy, Via) for turning in excellent performances to create what looks to be their best performance video yet. 

Last season, miniMODE did a "Best Music of 2013" remix dance. You can see it @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HdCGG_NEZs

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