WHEN: Sat. 6/22/24 from 6pm-10pm EST
WHERE: Eighteenth Street Lounge (Shaw)
1230 9th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001 United States
AGES: All Ages Event
COMPETITORS: $25
PRIZES: $1,000
Please see the full ISSF schedule: www.internationalsoulsociety.com.
The ABYSS, presented by Assassins DC and Urban Artistry, Inc., offers a new perspective on producing house dance experiences, by focusing on and honoring the most essential elements of house dance culture: the human spirit and cypher participation.Test your skill sets in the ABYSS Final Cypher Session at the International Soul Society Festival here in Washington DC. Through this competition, we hope to inspire a culture of honesty, integrity, self-discovery, and fearlessness, along every participant's journey to evolved artistry.
DJs: DJ Oji and DJ Mate Masie
Vocalist: Evar After
Percussion: AmaKweku Cultural Arts Featuring Themba Sipho
PRE-SELECTION: Doors 6pm. Pre-selection starts at 7:00 PM. The pre-selection round will consist of 1-on-1 showcases, with each participant getting one, un-timed run. Both dancers, one dancer, or neither dancer will advance. An Advisory Committee, made up of the event organizers and House Dance professionals, will choose at least 12 dancers to advance to the final cypher session.
THE FINAL CYPHER SESSION: The cypher session will be a one-hour cypher of uninterrupted exchanges between the chosen dozen from pre-selection.
JUDGING: The 12+ finalists will choose a winner amongst themselves. Each dancer will have one vote, but cannot vote for themself. The dancer with a majority of the votes will be the winner.
