If the JUSTE DEBOUT event, created by Bruce YKANJI SONE has since become 2002 a must-have of streetdancers around the world, the JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL founded in 2009 by Bruce YKANJI and Guy WELADJI, is developing discreetly… but surely! As a teacher in Dietetics and Sports Nutrition at the JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL, I discovered a world of performances: artistic, scenic, creative, physical, athletic…, who seduced and impressed me. And yet, I have the habit of ensuring the nutritional preparation of many high-level sportsmen, actors, leaders… for which, being at the top everyday is a real challenge!<\/p>\n
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\nThis is the reason why I wished to attend a meeting JUSTE DEBOUT, and share with you my impressions as well as the experience of my day on the final of the 03 March 2019 in Paris. A unique experience where all the ingredients of a successful international SHOW were concentrated: professionalism of the organizers, juries and dancers, as well as vibes, passion, sounds, rhythms… and talents! My first JUSTE DEBOUT!!<\/p>\n
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The calm before the storm….<\/p>\n
The morning started quiet for me, in the Press Room where we are communicated the instructions regarding backstage access and the conditions of filming, recordings, taking pictures of the stage and dancers. But outside the ACCORHOTELS ARENA of Bercy, it is a huge crowd that is already stamping with impatience, a few hours before the start of the meeting. From the end of the press brief, the batteries recharge, both material and people, because the day will be long, dense,… Dance! And it is indeed a total immersion in the flow, the floor and the extravanganza that I look forward to. I am in the starting blocks, I look forward…<\/p>\n\n
It starts to get restless in the corridors. Opening doors, spectators are rushing. I swallow a coffee for the road and direction the show room. The corridors leading to the area reserved for the press, at the feet of the stage, are endless and I feel fevered, I hear the sound, I vibrate… The DJ has already announced the color, it’s going to be hot, SHOW! End of the tunnel, I arrive in the arena, and there I enter another dimension, colors, sounds and energies… Wow! Paradise…!<\/p>\n
Welcome to the dance <\/strong>flow\u00a0!<\/p>\n At once hypnotized and amazed, I head to the stage where the first battles began. Bruce Ykanji and Nasty animate the encounter. The 4 juries for this final are internationally recognized dancers\u00a0: Tony Mc Gregor (House), Nelson (Popping), Manu Oponga (Locking) and TweetBoogie ( Hip-Hop).<\/p>\n And from that moment on, I wish the day would never end. I have the wonderful opportunity to be able to attend this event in the best possible place, because I am attached to the stage, to the boards, to photograph these dancers. Their gestures, movements, are both artistic and athletic prowess, because physical engagement is visible and palpable. The floor of the scene vibrates and boundes to the rhythms of the dancers. Their bodies wrize, grind, fly and wave. Their faces go through different palettes of expressions, from impassivity to jubilation through rage and madness… battles! I hear their breath, I feel their breath, their feet type the ground, their hands slam… They are in a trance, I go into a trance with them, the public enters into a trance and screams… The DJs are magicians, they all connected us! These include: Stew, Tijo, Rob manga, Batsu, T-SIA, Emii, spice RSA, BOUM…<\/p>\n Last round\u2026 Each passage on stage leaves its imprint, with the pleasure of observing various styles and orientations. Challenging synergies, beautiful surprises, especially with very young dancers, reckless, cheeky to wish and with already a mastery of their bodies. JUSTE DEBOUT is an event, a show, a re\/union that I have savored and adored!<\/p>\n This day of battles ends with the final verdict for each category. The winners of this 17Th JUSTE DEBOUT Edition are: The JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0: talents to train the succession!<\/p>\n From the stage to the school boards, or vice versa… As teachers of dance teaching at JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL are talents, having lived or not experience JUSTE DEBOUT, but in all cases have proven themselves and for some achievements of titles, during international meetings. At the JDS, it is a story of transfer, transmission of knowledge and passions, as within a large family. The goal is to prepare the succession, to reveal talents, to find jewels in the making…<\/p>\n For this, a 3-year PRO training is provided, comprising courses of different styles of dance, Anatomy, history, dietetics\/sports nutrition (for my part)…. Many internships and short courses of development are also offered throughout the year, with exceptional guests: all this information on the school’s website! On the other hand, as in any course of excellence, there are conditions: entrance auditions to access the PRO training, and exams to be validated at the end of each of the 3 years of the course. There is no success without work and attendance…<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Today there is the problem of professionalisation, and more specifically that of the professional training of the hip-hop dancer, as a specialist on the technical level, but also as an interpreter. The modern hip-hop dancer has to be just as successful on the stage as in the competitions\u00a0\u00bb, JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL.<\/p>\n Finally, I am happy to be part of the JDS teaching team, to bring my grain of sand to the building. Challenges and passion in the universe of JUSTE DEBOUT. GOOD AND GREAT VIBES AT THE JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0! An experience to live!<\/p>\n Contacts JUSTE DEBOUT and JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0: www.juste-debout-school.com FRENCH TRANSLATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0SI LE JUSTE DEBOUT REVELE DES TALENTS,<\/em> Si l\u2019\u00e9v\u00e8nement JUSTE DEBOUT, cr\u00e9\u00e9 par Bruce YKANJI SONE est devenu depuis 2002 un passage incontournable des streetdancers dans le monde entier, la JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL fond\u00e9e en 2009 par Bruce YKANJI et Guy WELADJI, se d\u00e9veloppe discr\u00e8tement \u2026 mais s\u00fbrement\u00a0! Etant enseignante en di\u00e9t\u00e9tique et nutrition du sport \u00e0 la JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL, j\u2019y ai d\u00e9couvert un univers de performances\u00a0: artistiques, sc\u00e9niques, cr\u00e9atrices, physiques, athl\u00e9tiques\u2026, qui m\u2019a s\u00e9duite et impressionn\u00e9e. Et pourtant, j\u2019ai l\u2019habitude d\u2019assurer la pr\u00e9paration nutritionnelle de nombreux sportifs de haut niveau, d\u2019acteurs, de dirigeants\u2026 pour lesquels, \u00eatre au top au quotidien est un r\u00e9el enjeu\u00a0!<\/p>\n C\u2019est la raison pour laquelle j\u2019ai souhait\u00e9 assister \u00e0 une rencontre JUSTE DEBOUT, et partager avec vous mes impressions ainsi que le v\u00e9cu de ma journ\u00e9e sur la finale du 03 Mars 2019 \u00e0 Paris. Une exp\u00e9rience unique o\u00f9 \u00e9taient concentr\u00e9s tous les ingr\u00e9dients d\u2019un SHOW international r\u00e9ussi\u00a0: professionnalisme des organisateurs, des jurys et des danseurs, ainsi que vibes, passion, sons, rythmes\u2026 et talents\u00a0! Mon premier JUSTE DEBOUT\u00a0!!<\/p>\n Le calme avant la temp\u00eate\u2026.<\/p>\n Une matin\u00e9e commenc\u00e9e au calme pour moi, en salle de presse o\u00f9 on nous communique les consignes quant aux acc\u00e8s en backstage et les conditions de tournage, enregistrements, prises de photos de la sc\u00e8ne et des danseurs. Mais \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur de l\u2019ACCORHOTELS ARENA de Bercy, c\u2019est une foule immense qui tr\u00e9pigne d\u00e9j\u00e0, quelques heures avant le d\u00e9but de la rencontre. D\u00e8s la fin du brief presse, les batteries se rechargent, aussi bien du mat\u00e9riel que des personnes, car la journ\u00e9e sera longue, dense, \u2026danse\u2026 dance\u00a0! Et c\u2019est bien une immersion totale dans le flow, le floor et la liesse que j\u2019attends avec impatience. Je suis dans les starting blocks, j\u2019ai h\u00e2te\u2026<\/p>\n Cela commence \u00e0 s\u2019agiter dans les couloirs. Ouvertures des portes, les spectateurs s\u2019engouffrent. J\u2019avale un caf\u00e9 pour la route et direction la salle de spectacle. Les couloirs menant \u00e0 la zone r\u00e9serv\u00e9e \u00e0 la presse, aux pieds de la sc\u00e8ne, sont interminables et je me sens f\u00e9brile, j\u2019entends la sono, je vibre\u2026 Le DJ a d\u00e9j\u00e0 annonc\u00e9 la couleur, \u00e7a va \u00eatre chaud, SHOW\u00a0! Fin du tunnel, j\u2019arrive dans l\u2019ar\u00e8ne, et l\u00e0, je rentre dans une autre dimension, de couleurs, de sons et d\u2019\u00e9nergies\u2026 WAOW\u00a0! Paradis\u2026\u00a0!<\/p>\n Welcome to the dance flow\u00a0!<\/p>\n A la fois hypnotis\u00e9e et \u00e9merveill\u00e9e, je me dirige vers la sc\u00e8ne o\u00f9 les premiers battles ont commenc\u00e9. Bruce Ykanji et Nasty animent la rencontre. Les 4 jurys pour cette finale sont des danseurs reconnus sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale\u00a0: Tony Mc Gregor (House), Nelson (Popping), Manu Oponga (Locking) et TweetBoogie ( Hip-Hop).<\/p>\n Et \u00e0 partir de cet instant, je souhaite que la journ\u00e9e ne finisse jamais. J\u2019ai la chance fabuleuse de pouvoir assister \u00e0 cet \u00e9v\u00e8nement \u00e0 la meilleure place possible, car je suis accol\u00e9e \u00e0 la sc\u00e8ne, aux planches, pour photographier ces danseurs. Leurs gestes, mouvements, d\u00e9placements, sont des prouesses \u00e0 la fois artistiques et athl\u00e9tiques, car l\u2019engagement physique est visible et palpable. Le sol de la sc\u00e8ne vibre et rebondit aux rythmes des danseurs. Leurs corps se tordent, se d\u00e9hanchent, volent et ondulent. Leurs visages passent par diff\u00e9rentes palettes d\u2019expressions, de l\u2019impassibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la jubilation en passant par la rage et la folie \u2026 battles\u00a0! J\u2019entends leur respiration, je sens leur souffle, leurs pieds tapent le sol, leurs mains claquent\u2026 Ils sont en transe, je rentre en transe avec eux, le public rentre en transe et crie\u2026 Les DJ sont des magiciens, ils nous ont tous connect\u00e9s\u00a0! Ce sont entre autres\u00a0: Stew, Tijo, Rob Manga, Batsu, T-Sia, Emii, Spice RSA, Boum\u2026<\/p>\n Dernier round\u2026<\/p>\n Au fil des heures, les d\u00e9cibels sont amplifi\u00e9s avec la musique et le public d\u00e9chain\u00e9. La tension et le niveau augmentent sur sc\u00e8ne car on arrive aux finales dans chaque cat\u00e9gorie\u00a0: House, Popping, Locking et Hip-Hop. Au-del\u00e0 de leur transe, les danseurs se transcendent. Je ne veux pas bouger de ma place, ne pas perdre une seule de leurs vibrations et \u00e9tincelles. D\u2019ailleurs, je ressens mon corps comme une caisse de r\u00e9sonance, car je suis tr\u00e8s proche des enceintes et de la sono. J\u2019ai la sensation de bouger avec chaque danseur et d\u2019\u00eatre synchronis\u00e9e avec eux, car tout pulse en moi\u00a0: sons, vibes. J\u2019en prends plein les yeux, les oreilles et le c\u0153ur\u2026 ou l\u2019\u00e2me\u2026 Ma \u00ab\u00a0soul\u00a0\u00bb exp\u00e9rience\u2026\u00a0!<\/p>\n Chaque passage sur sc\u00e8ne laisse son empreinte, avec le plaisir d\u2019observer divers styles et orientations. Des synergies interpellantes, de belles surprises, en particulier avec de tr\u00e8s jeunes danseurs, t\u00e9m\u00e9raires, effront\u00e9s \u00e0 souhait et avec d\u00e9j\u00e0 une ma\u00eetrise de leur corps. Le JUSTE DEBOUT est un \u00e9v\u00e8nement, un show, une r\u00e9\/union que j\u2019ai savour\u00e9 et ador\u00e9\u00a0!<\/p>\n Cette journ\u00e9e de battles s\u2019ach\u00e8ve par le verdict final pour chaque cat\u00e9gorie. Les vainqueurs de cette 17\u00e8me \u00e9dition du JUSTE DEBOUT sont\u00a0: La JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0: des talents pour former la rel\u00e8ve\u00a0!<\/p>\n De la sc\u00e8ne aux planches de l\u2019\u00e9cole, ou inversement\u2026 Car les professeurs de danses enseignant \u00e0 la JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL sont des talents, ayant v\u00e9cu ou non l\u2019exp\u00e9rience JUSTE DEBOUT, mais dans tous les cas ont fait leurs preuves et pour certains acquis des titres, lors de rencontres internationales. A la JDS, c\u2019est une histoire de passation, de transmission de savoirs et de passions, comme au sein d\u2019une grande famille. L\u2019objectif est de pr\u00e9parer la rel\u00e8ve, r\u00e9v\u00e9ler des talents, d\u00e9nicher des p\u00e9pites\u2026<\/p>\n Pour cela, une formation PRO en 3 ans est dispens\u00e9e, comprenant des cours de diff\u00e9rents styles de danses, d\u2019anatomie, d\u2019histoire, de di\u00e9t\u00e9tique\/nutrition du sport (pour ma part) \u2026. De nombreux stages et formations courtes de perfectionnement sont par ailleurs propos\u00e9s tout au long de l\u2019ann\u00e9e, avec \u00e9galement des invit\u00e9s exceptionnels\u00a0: toutes ces informations sur le site internet de l\u2019\u00e9cole\u00a0! D\u2019autre part, comme dans tout parcours d\u2019excellence, il existe des conditions\u00a0: des auditions d\u2019entr\u00e9e pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 la formation PRO, et des examens \u00e0 valider \u00e0 la fin de chacune des 3 ann\u00e9es du cursus. Il n\u2019existe aucune r\u00e9ussite sans travail et assiduit\u00e9\u2026<\/p>\n \u00ab\u00a0Aujourd\u2019hui se pose le probl\u00e8me de la professionnalisation, et plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment celui de la formation professionnelle du danseur hip-hop, en tant que sp\u00e9cialiste sur le plan technique, mais aussi en tant qu\u2019interpr\u00e8te. Le danseur hip-hop moderne se doit d\u2019\u00eatre tout aussi performant sur la sc\u00e8ne que dans les comp\u00e9titions\u00a0\u00bb, JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL.<\/p>\n Enfin, je suis heureuse de faire partie de l\u2019\u00e9quipe enseignante de la JDS, d\u2019apporter mon grain de sable \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9difice. Des challenges, de la passion dans l\u2019univers JUSTE DEBOUT. GOOD AND GREAT VIBES AT THE JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0! Une exp\u00e9rience \u00e0 vivre!<\/p>\n Contacts JUSTE DEBOUT et JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL\u00a0: www.juste-debout-school.com If the JUSTE DEBOUT event, created by Bruce YKANJI SONE has since become 2002 a must-have of streetdancers around the world, the JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL founded in 2009 by Bruce YKANJI and Guy WELADJI, is developing discreetly… but surely! 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\nOver the course of the hours, the decibels are amplified with the music and the public unleashed. The tension and level increase on stage as we arrive at the finals in each category : House, Popping, Locking and Hip-Hop. Beyond their trance, the dancers are transcendent. I do not want to move from my place, not to lose one of their vibrations and sparks. Besides, I feel my body as a sounding board, because I am very close to the speakers and the sound system. I have the sensation of moving with each dancer and being synchronized with them, because everything pulses in me : sounds, vibes. I take full eyes, ears and heart… or soul… My “soul” experience…!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Caleaf-Sellers-Tony-Ray-for-winning-Juste-Debout-2019-in-house-dance-category-photo-by-Little-Shao-.jpg\")
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\nChristian Poppin’c Triventi & Ness Westgang : Popping
\nTONY GOGO & LOCKING JAY : Locking
\nCaleaf Sellers & Tony Ray : House dance
\nDiabloo Juste Diabloo & Stylez’c StalaMuerte : Hip-Hop<\/p>\n
\nwww.juste-debout.com
\nInstagram : @justedebout_officiel
\nJD Youtube Channel: bit.ly\/1OC4nfn
\nTwitter\u00a0: @JusteDebout<\/p>\n
\nJUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL : 3 rue de l\u2019Est, 75020 Paris \u2013 France
\nTel: +33 (0)9 84 05 50 75
\nEmail: jds@juste-debout.com<\/p>\n
\nLA JUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL LES CREE\u2026\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>
\nPar Estelle PEYEN<\/p>\n
\nChristian Poppin’c Triventi & Ness Westgang : Popping
\nTONY GOGO & LOCKING JAY : Locking
\nCaleaf Sellers & Tony Ray : House dance
\nDiabloo Juste Diabloo & Stylez’c StalaMuerte : Hip-Hop<\/p>\n
\nwww.juste-debout.com
\nInstagram : @justedebout_officiel
\nJD Youtube Channel: bit.ly\/1OC4nfn
\nTwitter\u00a0: @JusteDebout<\/p>\n
\nJUSTE DEBOUT SCHOOL : 3 rue de l\u2019Est, 75020 Paris \u2013 France
\nTel: +33 (0)9 84 05 50 75
\nEmail: jds@juste-debout.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"