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The legendary hip hop crew, Elite Force appeared and choreographed the opening act for Soul Train 25th Anniversary show. The members are from Mop Top Family, a group of hip hop/house dancers in NYC, who appeared on PBS’s legendary documentary “Reckin shop live from Brooklyn”. The original dancers of Elite Force were Buddha Stretch, Link aka Henry, and Calef and Ejoe (according to the their website.) In Japan, their first appearance was in 1994 when they were invited to perform for the 1st Japan Dance Delight. (the members were Stretch, Link, and Loose Joint) Next year, they were invited again for 2nd Japan Dance Delight and the members were Stretch, Link and Ejoe. Currently, the official members of elite force are buddha Stretch, Link, Terry and Bobby. It is safe to say that Elite Force has had the biggest influence on the freestyle scene or new school hip hop or whatever you call it (basically the hip hop style after bboying). Elite Force choreographed and appeared so many music videos mainly in 80s and 90s including Heavy D, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson (Remember the Time) and etc.. The members are still very much active and they are traveling all the time being invited to perform or judge for dance events around the world.In this clip, the dancers are Loose Joint, E-Joe, Stretch, and Link dancing to aretha franklin’s “Rock Steady”. You can see the style is very different from what you see on MTV these days. This may be just me but the thing I like about their choreography is the flow. I see lot of young dancers who put so many moves in the routine but each moves are often disjointed and not flowing well with the music. Elite Force’s choreography has very smooth flow to the music.

For more information please check their website at www.eliteforcecrew.com