Most Wanted : Portsmouth Dance Crew

Most Wanted Street Dance Crew are based at the University of Portsmouth, they are a group of gifted and talented dancers who train 3.5 hours plus per week for performances and competitons.If you are interested in being part of the Most Wanted Dance Crew please come along to one of our drop in classes, details can be found here.

 We also hold auditions for those wishing to join the Most Wanted Street Dance Crews

Most Wanted Crew Audition Details

To secure your audition place please email carly-ann.purcell@port.ac.uk

Provide the name and age of the child auditioning and details of which audition you will be attending

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DEC 2012 Most Wanted Street Dance School – Hampshire Street Dance Champions

Two teams of young dancers from the UP FOR SPORT Most wanted Street Dance school have both won first prizes in the Hampshire street dance championships.
One of the groups have only been dancing together since the summer. ‘Most Wanted Ignite’, are aged 8 to 16 and come from across the city. They won the top prize in the under-18 newcomers category.
Their teachers, Shanice Burton, Grace Hall and Amber Jerome, all aged 16, are dancers from ‘Most Wanted Crew’ which also won first prize in the under-18s intermediate category of the same Hampshire Street Dance Championships and are taught by Carly-Ann Purcell.
Most Wanted dancers also competed in Solos and Duos, with Ellen Mcnaulty, Sofaya Looker-ere and GraceHall achieving 1st place for their solos and Shanice Burton, Grace Hall, Shauna Burnett and Sofaya Looker-ere gaining 1st place for their Duos.

Most Wanted Street Dance School is run by dance development officer Carly-Ann Purcell of the university’s Up For Sport staff. She said: “I am so proud of all my dancers, they have worked incredibly hard and have such a professional mind set. They completely deserve all they have achieved. We now cannot wait to perform at the university’s Most Wanted Dance Off at the Kings Theatre 23rd February.”

Most Wanted Placed First in UDO's @ Gunwharf Portsmouth Dec 2012

‘Most Wanted Crew’ featured on BBC1 last week on Alesha’s Street Dance Stars after auditioning in May 2011 and being picked from over 200 crews from around the UK They are taught by Carly-Ann. Street dance classes are held on Fridays (5pm-5.45pm, under 12s; 6.30-7.15pm, 12-plus) at the university’s Nuffield Sports Centre in Cambridge Road.

Most Wanted Take Part in Alesha’s Street Dance Stars

Most Wanted, urban dance group formed as part of a project at the University of Portsmouth, are one of the crews competing in the  CBBC’s street dance competeion  ’Alesha’s Street Dance Stars.’

The programme sees pop singer and TV presenter Alesha Dixon search the nation looking to find of the most talented dance crews.  Most Wanted, all aged between 10-16, auditioned to beat 200 other teams to win a place in the competition which will run for 22 episodes from today.

In April the group travelled to London to audition for the programme with their coach, Carly-Ann Purcell,  Dance Development Officer for the University’s ‘UP For Sport’ initiative.  She said the youngsters were over the moon to receive the news that they had made it on to the show.

“They were so excited to make it to the competition.  Filming took place in Manchester and involved staying away from home in a hotel which they loved.  A place in the show was down to sheer hard work and dedication and I was incredibly proud to see them be a part of it.”

The crew, made Sofaya Looker-Ere, Holly Roux, Josie Judd, Melissa Zulu, Amber Jerome, Shanice Burton and Grace Turner, have gone from styrength to strength since winning the Southern Street Dance Championships in 2010.