Radikal Forze Jam

Projekt Team is New Zealand's leading Hip Hop and Street Dance collective. The collective have recently come home from being in Europe to participate in two of the world's prestigious Street Dance festivals Notorious IBE & Summer Dance Forever in The Netherlands.

The team's sights are now set on Radikal Forze Jam in Vietnam, 14th - 19th of March 2023. This year Projekt Team is taking over 16 dancers from the collective, 12 of which are Māori & Pasfika. Let's GO!

This will the FIRST time a street dance crew from New Zealand will enter the All Style events and battles - must give a huge shout out New Zealand Breaking scene who have represented NZ at RF Jam in the past. Here at home, Projekt Team host many battle events, dance workshops and performance showcases for the dance community. Since 2014, the collective have won many battle titles nationally and internationally. We hope to continue nourishing our own dance scene and making connections with the global street dance community. To see our work, click here.

Projekt Team Achievements:

• Battlezone Two-Time Champion (New Zealand): Myke Davis Hoeft
• Summertime in the LBC Runner Up Champion (Germany): John Vaifale
• Open Your Mind 2v2 Battles Runner Up Champions (Netherlands): Myke Davis Hoeft & Avneil Mohan
• #TheSoundProjekt Champion (New Zealand): John Vaifale
• Waves Within Vol 4 Champion (Worldwide Online): Ooshcon Masseur
• Proof of Existence Champion (New Zealand): Renee Sharp
• And much more...

So why Radikal Forze Jam?

The team of 5 who travelled to Amsterdam, Josh Mitikulena, Avneil Mohan, Myke Davis-Hoeft and John Vaifale, came back with their creative tool box filled with new skills, new connections, new ideas and passion for dance re-ignited. We want this for all our Pacific and Maori street dancers in Projekt Team, especially after two years of COVID, lockdowns and cancelled events. The closest opportunity for this is Radikal Forze Jam. Whom many of the street dancers from around the world we look up to will be attending and entering.

Radikal Forze Jam is Asia-Pacific's biggest street dance festival which includes street dance showcases, competitions, battles and workshops. We want to be able to travel as a collective to battle and represent New Zealand and our respective Maori and Pacific cultures including Tangata Whenua, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga and Niue. We want to show the world what we can contribute to the global street dance community and put New Zealand and our Pacific/Maori cultures on the map!

The Ask:

We are asking you to join us in this journey as we raise funds to get Projekt Team to RF Jam.

We aim to raise $10,000, with $5000 being matched dollar for dollar by Boosted x Moana.

The funds will go towards the costs of return flights for NINE Māori and Pasifika street dancers in Projekt Team. [Return Flights to Vietnam = $1,316.59NZD]

They are:

• John 'Happy Feet' Vaifale (Solosolo, Samoa)
• Avneil 'Avstract' Mohan (Fiji)
• Mele Tapueluelu aka Princess Brui5er (Vava'u, Tongatapu)
• Josh 'Kokonut' Mitikulena (Avatele, Niue)
• Sheldon 'Purebreed' Rua (Tainui/Waikato, Sa Papali'i)
• Byrin Mita aka XIII (Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu)
• Seidah Tuaoi aka Slim Seidy (Tafitoala, Falavao,Safotu, Samoa)
• Renee 'Nay Nay' Sharp (Ngāti Ranginui)
• Myke Davis Hoeft (Arorangi, Cook Island / Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine)

To Give Back:

As a way to say thank you, we will host a battle event before we leave as an opportunity for Projekt Team to prepare for the battles in Vietnam but also to celebrate with all who have helped us make our dreams a reality. If you've donated to our Boosted campaign, you will have free access to our battle events leading up to RF Jam.

We appreciate your support and kind donations, we can't wait to represent and dance in honor of you, our home and our people!

Projekt Team

[People First, Dance Second]