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Maria Budolak, Vova Khan, Margherita Vasselli, Kumari Suraj at the Russia Hip Hop Dance Championships

Let's be honest. This really sucks!

We all know how frustrating it is to put hours of work into a creating, teaching and drilling a routine, taking it to competition, doing an incredible performance, getting the result, and not  being able to figure out what the judges were watching. One of the things I like the most about Hip Hop International (HHI) is the clarity of the rules. There is always some subjectivity in judging dance, but at HHI the rules minimise the subjectivity. This is another area where HHI leads the entire world of street dance….

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