World Hip Hop Dance Championships
The World Hip Hop Dance Championship is an international hip-hop dance competition created in 2002 by Hip Hop International. Countries that have participated in the past are Italy, Mexico, France, Japan, Switzerland, Morocco, Philippines, United Kingdom, China, Canada, Germany, Australia, Ireland, Malaysia, India, Colombia, South Africa, Nigeria, New Zealand, Denmark, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland, Uruguay and the United States of America. There are four sections of competition: hip-hop for adult, varsity (ages 12-18), and junior (ages 7-12) crews, popping for solo dancers, locking for solo dancers, and breaking for adult crews.
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