Vietnamese footwork burns Bangkok at hip-hop dance battle (Photos)

Participants from Russia to Singapore took to the dance floor last night for curated dance competitions, showcases, and exhibitions at Badvibes, Vol. 2.

Badvibes pitted competitors in a whirlwind of dance, disses, and dramatic moments , surrounded by a rowdy crowd of dance fans at Host BKK off Rama IV Road. 

Competitions were divided into two-on-two freestyle hip-hop, pitting teams of dancers against one another in a friendly, confrontational bid to play up to the panel of judges and a raucous crowd on the dancefloor and in the stands.

Hip-hop one-on-one, which started with hundreds of entrants, was slowly whittled down to two. 

“For freelance we have like 60 teams mostly based from different countries like Vietnamese, Malaysia, India,” says Kevin Bondoerffer—the French-Thai organizer of the event who was also a competitor and has…