Crazy Eyes Crew is an Azerbaijani hip-hop dance crew founded in December 2012,[1] which won several national dance competitions in Azerbaijan in 2013 and gained fourth place in the World Dance Championship in Copenhagen in the same year.[2]
The members of the group are Emin "Evan" Aghayev, Javid Mammadov, Malikmammad "Wild Man" Abdullayev, Ildirim "B-Boy Makvin" Mirmammadov, Murad "Loss" Dadashov, Tamras Abasov, and Babek "MadBeaT" Gulubeyli.[1]
In February 2013 Crazy Eyes Crew won the title among the four teams in Baku, and in April they won the national dance title, also winning the SilkWay International and Baku cup competitions in the same year. They have been recognized at the Azeri Dance Stars Awards at the Heydar Aliyev Palace in January 2014.[3]
In 2014 the group reached the semi-final of the Turkish national competition Yetenek sizsiniz Türkiyə (Turkey's Got Talent), broadcast by Star TV,[4] gaining an audience approval rating of 93%.[5]
In 2015 crew member Maga Abdullayev won his category as a soloist at the Azerbaijan Open Dance Cup in Baku.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Кто они, азербайджанские танцоры, покорившие жюри турецкого проекта Yetenek Sizsiniz?" [Who are they, the Azerbaijani dancers who won over the jury of Turkey's Got Talent?]. 1news.az (in Russian). 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Азербайджанские танцоры вошли в пятерку лучших на Чемпионате мира по танцам" [Azerbaijani dancers come in the top five at the World Dance Championship]. 1news.az (in Russian). 23 October 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Azeri Dance Stars Awards held in Baku". Azernews. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Азербайджанская танцевальная группа "Crazy Eyes" успешно выступила в Турции" [Azerbaijani dance group "Crazy Eyes" performed successfully in Turkey]. Trend News Agency (in Russian). 17 January 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
- ^ "Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye Crazy Eyes Crew'in İkinci Tur Performansı" [Second round performance of Crazy Eyes Crew in Turkey's Got Talent]. Beyaz Gazete (in Turkish). 19 January 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Dancers burn up dance floor at Open Dance Cup". Azernews. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2016.