O.P.F Portugal @ Eurobattle Portugal | qualifier | 23th February

who are we? | meet Catarina

 

Catarina

«Iniciei a minha aprendizagem dentro da cultura Hip Hop em 2009, tendo obtido interesse pelo Freestyle em 2012 e procurado desenvolver-me através do estilo Hip Hop/Newstyle. Apenas em Agosto de 2013 optei pelo Popping como estilo predilecto, no qual pretendo evoluir, explorar e criar.»

who are we? | meet NimeZ

 

NimeZ

«Comecei a dançar em 2008; em 2011 iniciei-me no estilo electro e em 2012 no estilo com o qual mais me identifico: popping.»

who are we? | meet Lady Bug

 

Joana Sousa aka Lady Bug

Filha, irmã e madrinha de 5. Filósofa. Consultora Filosófica. Comunicação e Conteúdos. Voluntária. «Eu só poderia acreditar num deus que soubesse dançar (F. Nietzsche).

Daughter, sister and godmother of 5. Philosopher. Philosophical Consultant. Communication and Contents. Volunteer. «I would only believe in a god who could dance.(F. Nietzsche)»

who are we? | meet Ymura

 

Ymura

«Comecei o meu percurso na dança em 2009 através do Electro-Dance, estilo emergente em França no início deste milénio. A meio de 2013, iniciei a prática do estilo Popping, embora com mais seriedade e autonomia.»

Popping Factory Portugal | interview @ www.ruadebaixo.com

 

read all about it HERE

who are we? | meet Dennis

Dennis

 

«Entrei no movimento em Outubro de 2011 com o estilo Krump, estilo que desenvolvi durante 5 meses. Ganhei o único torneio de Krump em que participei.
Em Abril de 2012 comecei a praticar o estilo Hip-Hop Freestyle, estilo que me encontro a desenvolver até hoje e espero continuar a desenvolver durante muitos anos.»

Eurobattle 2014 | Lisbon, Portugal

who are we? | meet Ricardo

 

Ricardo

«O meu percurso começou em 2006 e desde então, Locking, foi o meu estilo de eleição, após alguns meses a praticar bboying e popping. Fui sempre autodidacta, sempre à procura de novos conhecimentos e a procurar evoluir com isso em todos os aspectos possíveis !»

who are we? | meet DevllinPop

 

Devllinpop

Dançarino de hip hop que desempenha a vertente popping. Começou neste estilo em 2009, com a orientação de Marco Menezes, conhecido por Obelixx , na altura já um dos praticantes da cultura com mais conhecimento na matéria. Em 5 anos de popping, Devllin fez espectáculos por várias zonas do país; conheceu o reconhecimento como popper nas competições nacionais em que participou, tendo ganho cinco.

who are we? | meet Nusik

 

César "Nusik" Monteiro

Dançarino com formação na Escola Superior de Dança.
Professor de dança, coreógrafo e formador.
Trabalhou com grupos dentro e fora do país tais como Next Escola de dança (Portugal) e Impact Dance (Inglaterra).

who are we? | meet HolyPop

 

Ivan Farinha aka HOLYPOP

«I am 18; I was one of the first members of O.P.F, here in belgium. I dance for 4 years already, various styles like hip hop ,house,krump but Popping is my passion. I study Sports and Dancel.
I was vice champion in a international dance competition HIP HOP UNITE, JFB SUMMERBATTLE Winner Popping; among others.

who are we? | meet Denzel

 

Denzel Bruckenburg aka BRUDEN

«I am 18, one of the first members of O.P.F. I dance for 3 years already ,popping is my main style, although I dance other styles. Finalist on inumerous popping and all style battles.»

who are we? | meet Obelixx

 

 

 

 

 

Marco Menezes aka Obelixx , the founder and instructor at Obelixx Popping Factory (O.P.F).

«I am a dancer for 17 years, i started as a Bboy , a little time after I explored my african roots with Kuduro dance and Kizomba. Then I fell in love with the style Popping.

I saw a lack of coaching and sharing knowledge from some older dancers; so I took the iniciative and started teaching. Here Ia am, 17 years later with more then 100 students spread over Belgium, Portugal, The Netherlands and some in the U.K.

My goal is to create a platform between people who want to share knowledge and people who need it; at the same time I want help those people to grow as dancers from the inside and out.»

Battle All Styles | @ Jazzy Dance Studios (Lisbon, Portugal)

 

 

on 21th January the Team Portugal O.P.F was represented at Battle All Styles event by our members

 

Nusik

DevllinPop

Ymura

 

and Jandira, featuring as judge

 

it was a great day to O.P.F Portugal because we felt like our members were so much in the groove of showing what O.P.F is about: dancing your ass off, using your body and your soul

 

Nusik (in the picture, with Budha) was one of the finalists. PROUD!

 

here you can watch some of the battles:

 

Slow vs Nusik

 

DevllinPop vs Ymura

 

BadNewz vs Nusik

 

Edgar vs DevllinPop

 

 

UNITY! O.P.F

 

just dance

who are we?

Obelixx Popping Factory (O.P.F)  is a collective of top dancers under the management and coaching of Marco Menezes aka Obelixx. O.P.F aims to be a community  - we’re not just a group of people dancing around – we do that to (and we love to dance!); but our motto takes us far away from that: “we will expand your horizons, twist your reality, enhance your dreams”. 

 

We started in 2013, after a long way on recruiting top dancers, from different styles. Mainly, we’re popping dancers, but we embrace all styles: our focus are the dancers and their passion and love for dancing, not the dance style itself. If you tell us, hey, I wanna join you and build my own style: we answer “that’s perfect”.

 

Our community  started in Belgium, Antwerp but we’re moving on to other countries, like Germany and the Netherlands.

We have 14 top dancers working on this project as we speak, House dancers, Bboys, Bgirls, Poppers, Lockers, Experimental Dancers, we have it all.

 

Some are busy with teaching, others with practice, others with the process of learning a new skill or style, others coaching, event planning, even film/media production.

 

O.P.F is starting right now at Portugal, with a collective of people that includes dancers from different styles. We have the pleasure to have in our crew people like Ricardo Rosa, an international champion on the style "Locking". Also we have Marco ABS, another really great dancer, but even better as a coach – Marco is  recognized by his teaching methods. Jandira Baptista is knowned by her drive in dance and her skills concerning event planning and as a international hostress.  Cesar Nusik also international champion on the style "Hip Hop freestyle", this allround dancer is difficult to define on a simple sentence exceptional dancer and mentor. Last but not least we have the connecting link Joana Sousa, that has a degree in philosophy, and is presenting us amazing breaktroughs on that field and innumerous others:  she is our consultant, philosopher and resources manager.

 

Besides the dance teaching, we’re also commited on giving our dancers coaching and consultation, in a perspective of personal development. Remember our motto? “We will expand your horizons, twist your reality, enhance your dreams”- this is why we bring you  teachers and coachs from different areas. Their variety in skills, styles, personality, way of teaching and sharing knowledge will make you a complete dancer from the Inside and Out.

 

O.P.F has a program that includes workshops, battles, judging, artistic shows, show case, coaching and philosophical consultation. We also teach people that want to learn how to dance, and we hope we can make them learn how to be a complete human being. It’s kind of a metaphysical way of looking at the act of dancing. To us, dancing is more than movement, it’s all about feeling, thinking and being who YOU are.

 

by Marco Menezes aka Obelixx