R16 Malaysian audition

So to all fans of true hip hop who respect the culture. Please head on down to Berjaya Time Square tomorrow and support put local Bboys crews. As they battle and thrill us with their dance moves to represent Malaysia at R16 Southeast Asian Regional to go Korea later in the year for R16. So the event is at 12pm till 6pm so get your groove on and be there! 




Media Release

‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival 2010
R16 Southeast Asia Final
In conjunction with ‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival 2010 and ‘Visit Korea Year 2010 – 2012’, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is organizing R16 Malaysia audition and R16 Southeast Asia Final in Malaysia. LG Electronics is the Presenter of the audition and R16 Southeast Asia Final.

The objective of festival is to promote the Visit Korea Year 2010- 2012, the R16 urban youth culture and the Korean wave (Hallyu).

KTO and Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism created R16 in 2007, to support grassroots youth culture such as Hip-hop & B-boy.

Since 2007, the 4-days event has regularly attracted more than 300 artists, musicians, dancers and promoters from all over the world to South Korea. R16 is rated as one of the top 5 B-boy competitions in the world which included the Battle of the Year, UK B-boy Championship, IBE and Freestyle Session.

Malaysia audition will be held on 24th April at Berjaya Times Square. Two top Malaysian B-boy teams will be selected to compete in the regional final.

All Malaysian B-boy teams who are interested to join the audition are welcome to register themselves at the Korea Plaza, Ground Floor, Menara Hap Seng, Jalan P.Ramlee, Kuala Lumpur or visit www.r16seasia.com to download a registration form or send their particulars to asthy@gfworld.com.my.

Each team is allowed to register a maximum of 8 crew members. Registration is free and begins from 16th March to 17th April 2010.

The winner of R16 Southeast Asia Final will be invited to compete at R16 World B-Boy Masters Championships in South Korea.

Besides, KTO will also be launching a special R16 tour package targeted to people who are interested to watch the final in South Korea in July 2010.

R16 Southeast Asia Preliminary and ‘Korea Be Inspired’ Festival will be held on 15th May from 2pm to 11pm at KL Life Center, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. Event managed by GF World (GFW).

For more information on registration and event, kindly contact:

Ashty Tan
Project Manager
GF World Solutions
Email: asthy@gfworld.com.my
Contact: +603 7960 9604

For general information, kindly contact:

Valene Tan
Communications & Events Manager
Korea Tourism Organization
Email: valene.tanjj@gmail.com
Contact: +603 2143 9000
Website: www.visitkorea.or.kr