Get Ready for the World of Dance 2014 Tour

We’ll admit it: Stalking incredible hip-hop choreographers and dancers on YouTube is a favorite activity here at DS.

Can you really blame us though? There’s just too much good stuff out there!

So naturally, we’re STOKED for the start of the 2014 World of Dance Tour—the largest international urban dance competition in the world. Top hip hoppers from around the globe come to WOD to compete, but it’s so much more than a competition. It’s a celebration of the culture, the people and the ideology of hip hop. It’s entertainment. It’s education. Basically, it’s all the satisfaction of a glorious YouTube binge…but live.

While the tour officially kicks off in Belgium on March 23, its first U.S. stop will be L.A. on April 12. What happens when you bring the Jabbawockeez, 8 Flavahz Crew (CamCam!), Marlee Hightower, Mos Wanted Crew, Street Kingdom and Keone and Mari Madrid to the same venue? Magic. Magic is what happens.

For all you east-coasters out there (or for anyone else not convenient to L.A.), don’t worry—WOD will be making its way across the country (in addition to stops in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Canada). Click here for the full schedule and to buy your tickets.

And in the meantime, get excited with this super epic teaser for World of Dance L.A.: