Hip-hop dancers ready to strut their stuff at World Champs

The Rangers dance crew is off to compete in a major hip-hop dance competition in the United States in August. Photo supplied By Jenna Edwards Two talented Pakuranga College dancers are off to Arizona in the United States to compete in the World Hip Hop Dance Championship from August 3-10. Emily Cooper, who’s in year 10, and year 12 pupil Emily Muir are performing in the Rangers crew from east Auckland’s Jaye’s Dance Studio, alongside former Pakuranga College pupil Alexia Hamilton. The Rangers crew has competed in the Hip Hop International New Zealand competition for the past three years, but this is the first time they’ve placed in the top five and qualified to take their talents to the world stage. Emily says: “We’ve been training hard and it shows. We improved our result at the Hip Hop International New Zealand competition by six places this year, but we can do more in the lead-up to Arizona. “We’re training for three hours until 10pm on Tuesday nights currently and will be doing five-hour days in the holidays before flying out to Worlds.” The crew is competing in the Varsity division and for many of the group it’s the last year...