Surreyѻýs Humuza Bazira is Canadaѻýs top street dancer, as judged by a crowd in Toronto at the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition national finals.
A hip-hop dancer and ѻýpopper,ѻý Bazira won the crowd-judged contest Friday (Aug. 26) at The Bentway, where close to 700 people gathered to watch 16 dancers compete.
ѻýHumuzza,ѻý as Bazira is known in the dance world, will now represent Canada at the international contest final in Johannesburg, South Africa in December, when heѻýll battle dancers from more than 30 countries.
In Toronto, Baziraѻýs ѻýenergetic persona, unique style, and ability to entertain won over the audience who selected him as the winner in the final battle against Kofi Black, who qualified in Montreal,ѻý according to a news release.
Bazira, 19, said the energy from the crowd and other dancers was ѻýexhilaratingѻý and pushed him to perform well.
ѻýI am looking forward to representing Canada and Vancouver at the World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will do my best to bring the title home,ѻý Bazira stated. In Toronto, he said, ѻýI got the opportunity to battle some amazing Canadian dancers who I look up to and am inspired by, so to come out with the win is a great accomplishment and something I am extremely proud of myself for. I would like to thank all those who have supported and continue to support me and especially my family from Vancouver and Toronto who cheered me on.ѻý
On Aug. 7, Bazira won the Red Bull series Vancouver qualifier, held during Vancouver Mural Festival.
Bazira has been dancing for more than five years, starting at Sullivan Heights Secondary.
ѻýI started out with a beginner class at my school and from there I joined the school hip-hop team and also a team outside of school,ѻý he told the Now-Leader in mid-August. ѻýI joined a team called Megabots, which Iѻým still on right now. Iѻýve done various competitions and battles.ѻý
Baziraѻýs ѻýHumuzzaѻý Instagram account is filled with videos of him dancing.
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