The success of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA has danced across the border as Season 1 finalist Vincent Noiseux and Season 2 finalist Nicolas Begin have made it to tomorrow night’s finale in Hollywood of RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS: AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW as part of Montreal’s Blueprint Cru. The popular Canadian group have already made history as the first-ever foreign crew to compete on RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW. Now, they go one-on-one with fellow finalists Poreotix to find out if they will take the $100,000 grand prize back to Canada.
Hosted Mario Lopez, the show airs Sunday, April 11 at 7 p.m. ET on MuchMusic. Before the finale, viewers can catch up on all the performances with full episodes of RANDY JACKSON PRESENTS: AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW available at muchmusic.com.
Known for his artistry and amazing technique, Noiseux advanced to the Season 1 Top 8 on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA, while Begin charmed fans with his b-boy tricks, head spins and always-present smile, taking him to the Season 2 Top 16. Both dancers excelled in their main dance forms, but also mastered a variety of other styles throughout the competition.
Representing the East, Blueprint Cru is known for their precise movements and relates their crew to an army – training hard to look like one unit and then learning the origin of the move to perfect it. This perfectionist crew doesn’t believe in tricks and stunts; they believe in unified movements down to every minute detail. In the six years since the group was founded, Montreal natives Derek “Derty” Rice, Lorena “Lo” Liebman, Nathalie Levy, Nicolas “Bboy Hero” Begin, Thien-Linh “TL” Truong, Vanessa Gagnon and Vincent Noiseux have become the premiere crew in the Canadian dance world.
Going up against Blueprint Cru and representing the West are Poreotix, who are inspired by robots and try to entertain the dance world with their unexpected humor and mixed style. Over the last couple of years, the Poreotix members, Chad Mayate, Can Nguyen, Charles Nguyen, Justin Valles, Lawrence Devera and Matt Nguyen, have honed their craft of popping and robotic movement, but it’s the way the crew blends the different dance styles that gives them a distinctive animated look.
Season 3 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA premieres later this year on CTV. Visit dance.CTV.ca for updates.
