Sakae

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Dance: Hip-hop, Free Style, Soul & Punking

Born in the 80’s, Sakae have been dancing for almost 14 years in China. He started with 90’s hip-hop and locking and move on to other styles of street dancing such as soul dance and punking.

He has took part in many performances and have participated in some worldwide and national dancing competitions such as Juste Debout, Japan Dance Delight in Shanghai, KOD, from which he made good friends with Kato (from D’oam, Osaka, Japan); In the Circle (a local underground all style battle), he got to know Hongou (from HexBex, Osaka, Japan) and Takesaburo (from XXX-Large, Tokyo, Japan) and cooperated with them to stage a show. Furthermore, Sakae is the designated choreographer for the concert of a Chinese well-known CCTV show “The Same Song” in Hangzhou and another concert of a Taiwan popular TV show “Kang Xi is Coming” in Shanghai. He has also been invited as a dance judge for a TV Program “QUEST USA” Hosted by David Wu in 2007.

In addition, he has won many dance competitions. Just to name a few:

  • Aug 2007: Shanghai “on the Stage” National Street Dance Challenge, 3rd Place
  • May 2009: Rucker Baskerball Park Street Dance Competition, Champion
  • Sep 2009: Shanghai Tourist Festival Street Dance Battle, 2nd Place
  • Sep 2010: Shanghai Tourist Festival Street Dance Battle, 2nd Place

On top of all the above, Sakae teaching experience as listed below:

  • 2004-2007: Chinese Nave Dance Studio, Wuhan, China
  • 2007-Now: Mastercool Dance Studio, Shanghai, China
  • 2008-Now: Dragon Dance Studio, Shanghai, China
  • 2011-Now: Soul Dancing Dance Studio, Shanghai, China
  • 2007-2011: Many Colleges and Universities: Shanghai International Studies University; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Shanghai Fudan University; Shanghai Tongji University; Shanghai Normal University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai Ocean University; Shanghai Lixin University of Commerce; Shanghai Commercial Foreign Language College

"I believe as a street dancer, apart from the styles you like, to acquire other styles is very necessary indeed. This has been good for my own development. In this way, one can dance in various performances or events accordingly "

- Sakae