MALTINA DANCE ALL: EPISODE TWO

Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory was a beehive of heightened activity as dancers across the Northern region of Nigeria, stormed the NICON Luxury Hotel, venue for the Maltina Dance All (MDA)  auditions defiling the weather reports of a heavy downpour. The momentum started to build as contestants showed off their dancing prowess from the registration point to intimidate others as each contestant prepare for the stage, conquering fears and stiffness. The focus of every contestant remains to show they have every element of “The Evolution”.

The first day of the auditions was a dance competition which saw different age categories compete for the different prizes Maltina had to offer. The dance was categorized into four age groups 5-12, 13-19, 20 – 29, as well as the 30 and above.

Audition Day 2 in Abuja recorded the highest number of family representatives who wanted to get the ticket to MDA academy. By the end of the auditions, four contestants; Biodun Ibrahim, Godwin Clement, Patience Ebute and Iyore Dosa impressed the judges and got that golden ticket to take their families to the academy. Check up the next episode right here, keeping you updated.

More pictures after the cut.

MALTINA DANCE ALL: EPISODE 1

 Maltina Dance All (MDA) is back with a bang and we are about to witness the twist, turns, flips, excitement and evictions that is part and parcel of Nigeria’s topmost and only family dance show. The quest for the family that has all it takes to tell the theme for season seven - “The ‘Evolution” - has begun in earnest. As the search gathers momentum, Maltina will be doing this on its mantra of “sharing happiness”.

Port-Harcourt, the River State capital, played host to the first regional audition for the 2013 edition with consideration for the South-South region. The garden city not only showed her affluence as an oil rich state but also the rich culture of dance, having produced some of the past winners in the Maltina Dance All competition.The audition which was held at the Atrium Centre opened the space on the first day for the people of Port-Harcourt, as they won for themselves LCD televisions, BlackBerry phones and Home Theatre in each of the 5-12, 13-19, 20-29 and the 30 and above categories.

Day 2 of the audition for the academy saw a huge turnout. This means that the Judges will have the daunting task of Dotting the “I’s” and crossing the “T’s” in the bid to select the worthy family representatives that will qualify their families for the academy. After separating the men from the boys, six winners were selected. These six are Briggs, Ekado, Ebenezer, Ikumionien, Tom and Asiyefia all emerged as the finalist from this region and were filled with excitement as they progressed to the screening stage of the competition. View pictures after the cut.

VIDEO: AMAZING

I know this is supposed to be a dance blog, but this video has been highly demanded and anticipated. Ochuko Emepheudaro, the girl in the video, is a 300 Level Medical student in the University of Lagos. The singer just won a whooping sum of a hundred thousand naira (N100,000) plus a music recording deal with Rotimi Keys in a contest organized by The Redeemed Christian Church Of God. Tell me what you think of her performance!

MALTINA DANCE ALL

Welcome to the seventh exciting season of Nigeria's premiere dance tv reality show - Maltina Dance All. The show will keep viewers amazed and inspired as talented dancing families showcase their moves in steps from Hip Hop, Jive, Gumboot, Pantomine, Wazobia and Salsa in the chance to become Nigeria's No.1 Dance Family.

An initiative of The Nations No.1 Malt Drink, Maltina, MDA as is mostly called has traveled across the country from Lagos to Benin, Enugu, Ibadan, Abuja and Port Harcourt, in search of dancers who represent the best in Nigeria with fun and excitement. The Maltina dance all team has spread their tentacles across the six geographical locations of the nation, searching for the best talent in dance, along with a supportive and equally good dance family.

The show is in Two parts : 1. Competition 2. Academy

At the competition, the best dancers are rewarded on the spot, following a very keenly contested competition across age bands.

On day 2, the aim of the competition is to select suitable family representatives that would lead their various family members into the maltina dance all academy.

Having been selected, they go through a number of fitness tests, 15 successful ones are invited along with their families to compete for a place in the academy.

In the academy, dancers go through some dance training from professional dance instructors. They then perform the dance style learnt and are graded by dance professionals as well.

5 families make it to the grand finale which is a one-hour show, transmitted live.

To participate, Nigerians of all ages can fill forms from this website, and can pick up/drop off forms at designated points. Forms will also be made available at the Screening centers to enable those who did not get to fill out forms previously do so.

The regional competition is open to all age categories, while only dancers within 18-30 age category qualify for the Reality/Academy.

Last season, the competition was the toughest it had ever been with seasoned dance professionals as judges - Muyiwa Osinaike, Michael Adegoke and Janell Burgess.

Last season's winner, The Green Family, danced off with a N6,000,000 cash prize, a brand new car, and the title of Nigeria's No.1 Dance Family.

The first season was won by The Onye Family, while The Opuwari's stole the hearts of the nation in season two and claimed first spot. The Ibiam Family won season 3 of the show. And the Adejo's were crowned champions in the fourth season. The Ekubo family were the season five champions. The Green family wowed the audience as they triumphed as Winners of the season six edition of the show.

Maltina Dance All was created by The Maltina Brand and its agency, Lowe Lintas.

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Silverbird network 8pm daily

Galaxy network 8pm daily

VIDEO: TALENT SHOW CASE

I wanted to share this video with you guys. It was performed at the Joshua-Ville’s talent show case.  I feel it’s a dramatic contemporary piece and it caught my attention. Choreography could have been better though, but I kinda liked it. Tell me what you think.

FADED

I remember how excited I was when I first saw that commercial. I felt street dance in Nigeria is finally being recognized. I remember the tough rehearsals that went down so my crew could make the competition. Its kind of disappointing how the publicity just faded. Nobody talks about it any more. I personally think street dance should be revived. Wanna hear what you guys think. #teamstreetdance.

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              EAZY DAVIDSON CORPORATION is the power house that runs Eazy Davidson’s Dance Diary, giving you all the ‘hot gist’ and keeping you updated on anything and everythinh that is happening in the world of dance. It is with the aim of starting a new era in dance in Africa and bringing dancers and dance crews into one community, ‘The dance community’.

Popularly known as eazy or dizzyfeet because of his immeasurable love for the art. His full name is Ezinwa Ugwuadu-Davidson Eromosele Uzoma. Yeah, I know, that is a mouthful. He was born on the 22^nd month of May in the early 90’s He is from the eastern part of Nigeria but was born and bred in Lagos. He is the first of three children. He is currently studying medicine and surgery in the college of medicine of the prestigious University Of Lagos. He is currently the head of logistics and dance in the dance company David’s Court International. He is also an active member in the Hephzibah dance and drama group. He has a vision to take dance in Africa to next level and he is encouraging other dancers to support this course.

            Yep, that’s a little about me I guess; CEO EAZY DAVIDSON CORPORATION.