{"id":205496,"date":"2019-03-06T20:53:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T01:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=205496"},"modified":"2019-03-12T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:39:46","slug":"filipino-dance-group-advances-to-next-round-of-world-of-dance-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/06\/filipino-dance-group-advances-to-next-round-of-world-of-dance-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino dance group advances to next round of \u2018World of Dance\u2019 US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“90.3 is the magic number. We’re going to The Duels! Thanks for all the love and support. See you at the next round?” (Photo<\/a>: @vpeepzofficial<\/a>\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

VPeepz, a group of Filipino dancers aged 11 to 16, has advanced to \u201cThe Duels\u201d round of American dance competition \u201cWorld of Dance,\u201d judged by Jennifer Lopez, Derek Hough, and Ne-Yo.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group travelled from the Philippines to the United States for their bid in the television show, performing a dance routine to the song \u201cHow Low\u201d by Ludacris wearing fireman outfits which the judges felt appropriate because the performance \u201cwas absolute fire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After their performance, Hough asked the group why they took the long trip to join the competition, to which one member answered saying, \u201cI guess we just want to show the world that even though we\u2019re all different, I can say that there\u2019s unity in diversity \u2026 dance really brought us together.\u201d Touched by those words, J-Lo then stated, \u201cTo hear your mission statement from your mouth, from how you feel and what you\u2019re all about, to me, this is why I have so much hope for the future of this world.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She adds, \u201cThese kids are 11 to 16 years old. And to hear them talking about diversity and unity and love and class, it\u2019s beyond. I wasn\u2019t thinking that when I was 5th grade. But now you know the state that the world is in and you guys are honestly going to change the world and make it a better place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ne-Yo also chipped in a word about the group\u2019s synchronization, exclaiming, \u201cSuper strong formations. Super clean moves. Synchronicity \u2014 ridiculous. I say it a lot, dancing with one mind, everybody moving at the same time, on the same accord, you guys got that in spades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of their performance, the group received an overall score of 90.3, which advances them to the next round.<\/span><\/p>\n

The third edition of \u201cWorld of Dance\u201d premiered on February 26. The overall winner of the dance contest will be taking home a grand prize of one million dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VPeepz, a group of Filipino dancers aged 11 to 16, has advanced to \u201cThe Duels\u201d round of American dance competition …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":205497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106,54365,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","category-instagram","category-entertainment-ph","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}