Kaba Modern
Kaba Modern (KM)
Founded 1992 | Competitive
Kaba Modern is an urban collegiate dance group established in 1992 by Arnel Calvario. As a proud part of the Filipino-American club Kababayan, at the University of California, Irvine, he founded the group to perform in the modern dance suite of their annual PCN (Pilipino cultural night). The group has since evolved to be one of the most cutting edge Hip Hop dance crews in California. Kaba Modern’s legacy has lived on, first and foremost, as a family of artists, while embracing diverse styles of dance to create a name for themselves in the dance community.
CADC
Chinese Association Dance Crew (CADC)
Founded 1994 | Competitive
Chinese Association Dance Crew, more popularly known as CADC, is an offshoot organization that stems from UCI's Chinese Association. Formed in 1994 by Lawrence Yang and Chris Wang and previously exclusive only to UC Chinese Club events, CADC (formerly known as CA Modern) has expanded their goals and gained a place within Southern California's hip hop dance scene with in the last several years. CADC is strictly a collegiate team, meaning that all dance members are official UCI students and CA club members. Although these two requirements have restricted many potential talented dancers from joining the team, CADC's past and present coordinators have done an outstanding job of recruiting teams with talent and most importantly, great chemistry.
Bboys Anonymous
Bboys Anonymous (BBA)
Founded 1998 | Exhibition
B-Boys Anonymous is a freestyle-dance based club that welcomes all members of the UC Irvine community, regardless of experience or background in dance. Serving as an open environment for students to learn and grow as dancers, B-Boys Anonymous serves to spread the knowledge of Hip Hop culture and the art of freestyle to a greater audience by hosting open dance floors, workshops, and competitions, among other events.
MCIA
Modern Completely Insane Anteaters (MCIA)
Founded 2003 | Exhibition
Established 2003 by Alex Pantig as a branch of the school spirit pit crew, Modern Completely Insane Anteaters, more commonly known as MCIA, is an exhibition hip-hop dance team that gives its members opportunities to dance, grow, and have fun while upholding the values of respect, family, and its roots. Currently in the fifteenth year of its dance journey, MCIA has grown to become not just a hip-hop team, but a dance family. MCIA has been fortunate enough to have established ties within and outside the Irvine dance community. Over the years, the team has performed for events around Southern California, including at UCLA, Clippers' basketball games, and various nightclubs, while staying true to its roots and continuing to perform on the UCI campus and at UCI basketball games.
Common Ground
Common Ground (CG)
Founded 2004 | Competitive
Established in 2004 by co-founders Brian "Big B" Amigable, Kirk Arradaza, Tommy Pham, and David "Q-boi" Quach, Common Ground is based at the University of California, Irvine. CG is comprised of both UCI and non-UCI students, bringing together a unique, diverse group of dancers from all over southern California. The team strives to show how much passion and love they have for dance and the hip-hop community. At the same time, they maintain a family environment by hanging out together, caring for each other, and sharing the desire to dance.
LVO
Level V Origins (LVO)
Founded 2006 | Exhibition
Level V Origins is an exhibition dance team that exists to provide the opportunity for those who have never had previous dance experience to explore hip hop dance. Our goal is to develop and hone leadership skills through our shared passion for dance while also expressing our Vietnamese-American identity.
INSA
I Never Stand Alone (INSA)
Founded 2008 | Exhibition
INSA Dance is an exhibition hip-hop dance team based at UC Irvine. Founded in 2008, our mission is to continue to share our passion for dance with the public. As a family, we uphold our values and the name I Never Stand Alone.
Urban Mótus
Urban Mótus (UrMo)
Founded 2010 | Exhibition
Founded in 2010 by Ben Lee, Jessica Lee and Jeffrey Jin, originally Urban Motus was a constituent of the Konnect Club at UCI but since then has become its own organization that strives to demonstrate artistry through a variety of dance styles.