RADIOTRON A GLOBAL BBOY /BGIRL ORGANIZATION
Bboying:
The Purest Expression of Hip Hop
We are a b-boy/b-girl organization that produces dance competition
events. The Radiotron brings forth the authenticity, essence, preservation,
development and embraces the dance and other styles of the Hip-Hop culture.
For the past ten years Mr. Julio Cesar Rivas aka “Lil’Cesar”
(the re-creator of Radiotron) has produced/directed the RADIOTRON event. Where
he has exercised a unique judging system and has applied this concept in a
1 day expo/competition where dancers and artists can display their skills
and express themselves by providing them with the opportunity. Lil’Cesar
would like continue to provide the hip hop community with an atmosphere where
they feel a sense of belonging. Radiotron aims to establish breaking/b-boying
as a creative form of competition, which will be standardized and organized
as a dance sport. We invite you to come and experience the genesis of b-boying.
Our
Mission
Its mission is to create a clean and unique environment event
through an organization. Radiotron will provide dancers/artists with trophies,
plaques, metals and prize money. We are giving dancers a place of opportunity,
where they feel appreciated, recognize, respected, and accepted. Radiotron
is creating a space where b-boys can display their skills and express their
art form. Our organization is giving a 100% integrity by bringing Breaking/B-boying
to its fullest potential by being consistent within our dance community and
using special strategies with the judging system. We intend to cultivate and
integrate the expressions of “Traditional, Current and Developing styles
of B-boying/Breakin as a recognized and organized competitive dance form.
Lil’Cesar will also help bring the Global B-boy/B-girl Organization
together and unite many countries.
Outcome
The Radiotron event will continue to help create job opportunities
and will secure financial stability for B-boys and Bgirls within the hip hop
community throughout the world. With sources such as sponsorship, broadcasting,
promoting, licensing, merchandising, advertising, judging competitions, prize
money and world travel opportunities. With our extensive experience, contacts
and connections, the Radiotron event will empower him/her into its own self-sufficient
industry. Allowing the dancer to have access to new realms of possibilities
and develop his/her talents to new heights never imagined.
The
History
RADIOTRON, Hip Hop's most celebrated & anticipated B-boy
event, featuring 1 day of exposition & competition. Radiotron, the original
B-Boy event, has always been the innovator, the pacesetter and the gage by
which all other Hip-Hop events worldwide are measured. The following details
the evolution of RADIOTRON. The history of the RADIOTRON events is long and
interesting, In the early 80's, kids gathered at a community center in the
Mac Arthur Park area of Los Angeles to practice what they called "Breakin."
They nicknamed the community center "RADIOTRON." It was not just
a community youth center; it also served as a safe place for young dancers
in Los Angeles to focus on their creativity, leaving the negativity that plagued
the inner city at the door. Kids from different neighborhoods, beliefs &
backgrounds came to RADIOTRON, ignoring their differences and participating
in recreational activities that had a definite Hip-Hop flavor & ultimately
played a part in defining Hip-Hop culture.
RADIOTRON
soon became the focal point of early Hip-Hop culture, playing host to Breakin's
1st underground event in 1982. Movies like Breaking 1, Electric Boogaloo,
Breaking and Entering, as well as many music videos were filmed at RADIOTRON.
It was the foundation and continues to be the mother of Hip-Hop in Los Angeles.
RADIOTRON not only provided a strong base; it also carried the past to the
present for the future of breakin.
In 1985, the community center that had become affectionately known as RADIOTRON was demolished due to legal issues. Although only one wall stands of the community center that once housed the original RADIOTRON location, it continues to live in the hearts & minds of b-boys and b-girls throughout the hip hop nation, so from now on think of the RADIOTRON event as a super global hip hop family reunion.
Lil’
Cesar created the RADIOTRON event, a 1 day expo/competition where dancers,
artists, & spectators can display their skills & learn from those
around them, just like he did at the original RADIOTRON. The past events are
all available on video because he feels that each event carries so much history.
His mission is to remain 100% dedicated to giving his best effort in developing
this event, making each one better than the last. By keeping the event mainstream
& staying one hundred percent down with Hip Hop even through the hard
times, Lil’ Cesar insures that the Hip Hop family always has a place
to belong.
Breakin has lived on as a unique expression that combines both sport and art
and is executed by talented youth around the globe. This pop culture phenomenon
has remained an untapped source, a sleeping giant awakened by Lil’ Cesar
Productions and others worldwide. Under the auspices of LCP, RADIOTRON is
organized and orchestrated by "old school" B-Boys (breakers) to
maintain its authenticity for it's audience.
Big
name stars that are synonymous with the international hip-hop movement have
supported & appeared at prior RADIOTRON events. Old school legends such
as: Air Force Crew, Kurtis Blow, Ice -T, Dre, Shake City Rockers, Greg Mac,
Egyptian Lover, Mr Freeze, Fresh, Chain Reaction, Don Camballock, Jurassic
5, Huey, New York City Breakers, Rocksteady, Tony Bazel, Pop n Taco, Fabulous
Lockers, Boogaloo Shrimp, Baka Boys, Sway and Tech, Pop n Pete, Orko, Mr.
Wiggles, Renegades, Style Elements, LA Breakers, Rockin Wizards, Project Blow
and Michael Jackson Productions are but a few of the names that have attended
prior RADIOTRON events.
Lil' Cesar, from Air Force Crew, has taken on the responsibility of keeping RADIOTRON alive, as he was one of the kids that learned to dance there. He has spent the last 20 years dancing all over the world with his group the Air Force Crew and has worked with artist like Janet Jackson, Kurtis Blow, & Madonna and Jay Leno to name a few. In 1997 he received The Wake Up Show Award form 92.3 The Beat and its millions of listeners that selected him in acknowledgement of his talent as a driving force in the Hip-Hop Nation. In 2000, he received the Innovator Award at the first annual Hip-Hop Awards in recognition of his lifetime achievements & contributions to Hip-Hop dance.



