Hype 5-0 performs to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew."Mark Davis/PictureGroup - Friday, March, 5, 2010, 7:5 PM

Blueprint Cru performs to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew."Mark Davis/PictureGroup - Friday, March, 5, 2010, 7:5 PM

Hype 5-0 performs to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew."Mark Davis/PictureGroup - Friday, March, 5, 2010, 7:5 PM

Static Noyze performs to Lady Gaga's "Beautiful Dirty Rich" on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew."Mark Davis/PictureGroup - Friday, March, 5, 2010, 7:5 PM

Static Noyze performs to Lady Gaga's "Beautiful Dirty Rich" on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew."Mark Davis/PictureGroup - Friday, March, 5, 2010, 7:5 PM

Static Noyze (Cambridge, MA): Static Noyze has always felt like outcasts, never really feeling like they fit in with anyone but each other. Bored with what they call "stock hip-hop" – routines and moves that they've seen before – this off-the-wall group of dancers promises to shake up the Season 5 "ABDC" stage with their distinct style of dance. They consider themselves to be innovators and describe their dance style as hip-hop with a contemporary twist. What makes them truly unique though, is that they use their routines to convey offbeat stories told through cutting edge moves and costumes. Static Noyze does not mind being called odd. In fact, they embrace it. These eccentricities are what make Static such a unique group and they hope America finds their unconventionality charming.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Saltare (Raleigh, NC): These professional jump ropers are seeking exposure for their sport while at the same time conquering the dance world during the fifth season of "America's Best Dance Crew." They have walked away from their college degrees and steady jobs in pursuit of a dream: to become professional jump ropers and pioneers of a burgeoning sport. All six members are a part of the USA Jump Rope All Star team, which only features the best of the best in the country. Saltare comes to “ABDC” to expose the sport they’ve dedicated their lives to, challenge themselves in a different arena, and prove that jump rope is more than just child’s play. Now they must incorporate their unique skill set into major performances that and transition their trademark jump rope into viable dance routines.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Poreotix (Westminster, CA): These shaded showmen inspired by robots aim to entertain the "America's Best Dance Crew" Season 5 audience with their unexpected humor and revolutionary mixed style. Over the last couple of years, Poreotix has laboriously honed their craft of popping and robotic movement and are at the top of their game. The way in which the crew blends the different dance styles gives them a distinctive animated look, and their integration of humor makes their performances fiercely entertaining. Poreotix are true showmen and never perform without their trademark shades. They use them as a tool to hide emotion so they can provide unexpected twists in their routine, taking the audience from serious to funny without tipping their hand.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Hype 5-0 (Honolulu, HI): Driven to prove that Hawaii has a thriving hip-hop community, Hype 5-0 is out to show there is more to Hawaii than swaying grass skirts and coconut bras. With limited funds for travel, Hype 5-0 has honed their skills by spending countless hours on the Internet studying crews from the mainland. Now after conquering the island dance scene with imported moves this hard-hitting crew is ready to export themselves to the mainland and take the "ABDC" Season 5 stage by storm. They have immense Hawaiian pride and incorporate native dance moves in all of their routines.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Heavy Impact (North Hollywood, CA): These big boys are out to break negative stereotypes and prove dancers come in all sizes. These guys have big hearts and hope they can inspire others who have a passion for dance saying, "No matter what the size, if you love to dance, you are a dancer." Heavy Impact hopes that their combination of infectious feel-good dancing and inspirational charm will win over America, but they know this isn't going to be an easy feat. They know when they walk out on the "ABDC" Season 5 stage, people are going to assume they are a joke based on their appearance and this has been a hurdle they have faced their whole lives.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Blueprint Cru (Montreal, Canada): This Canadian crew is out to storm Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew" and demonstrate a level of synchronicity never seen before. Being the first-ever foreign crew to compete on "ABDC," Blueprint has a lot to prove. Their motto is "Precision, precision, and precision." Every move this crew does, they do as one, moving together. This dance crew is run like an army, training hard to look like one unit, to learn the origin of the move, and then striving to perfect them. This perfectionist crew doesn’t believe in tricks and stunts, they believe in unified movements down to every minute detail.MTV - Wednesday, February, 17, 2010, 10:17 AM

Swagger Crew (Atlanta, GA): Tired of trendy club dances, this brash Atlanta crew feels its time to put true Southern street dancing on the map. These confident dancers are fired up by the complete absence of Atlanta crews represented on past seasons of "America's Best Dance Crew" and know they have what it takes to put Atlanta on the map on the show's fifth season. With a combination of southern cockiness, fast footwork, and determination this crew is ready to bring some raw swagger to the "ABDC" legacy.MTV - Thursday, January, 28, 2010, 12:28 AM

X-treme Motion (Houston, TX): These former Texas Southern University majorettes are bringing their bootylicious bucking style to the mainstream stage. These high energy, acrobatic and stunt-filled Southern belles are on a mission to show the world their majorette style of dance is “often imitated but never duplicated.” Their style is influenced by both street jazz and hip-hop, but what really makes them distinct is an intense booty-shaking move they call “Buckin’.”MTV - Thursday, January, 28, 2010, 12:28 AM

Jungle Boogie (Stone Mountain, GA): These dancers pride themselves on their southern "Cranking" style and are on a mission to become kings of the dance jungle. "Cranking" uses big step movements and arms to cover the entire dance floor and each of the six members has a unique animalistic move to wow the Season 5 "ABDC" competition.MTV - Thursday, January, 28, 2010, 12:28 AM

Royal Flush (Atlanta, GA): This crew has auditioned every season and their refusal to give up has finally paid off. Changing members after each audition, the crew believes it finally has the dream team it needs for success on Season 5 of "America's Best Dance Crew." Educated on the streets, this diverse crew's styles include krumping, tutting, popping, breaking, and even a hint of salsa. They do not claim to be "professionally trained dancers," leading to difficulties in finding work in the dance industry. "ABDC" is finally offering them something no one else would: the opportunity to be champions.MTV - Thursday, January, 28, 2010, 12:28 AM

WE ARE HEROES (Los Angeles, CA) – This group of effervescent young women came together from New York, Idaho, and as far as Japan to fulfill their dreams of dancing in Hollywood. Growing up in all corners of the globe, they were inspired by everything from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson and have honed their dancing into something they call "Glam Style," which they hope is good enough to crown them the first girl crew to win "ABDC."MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

VOGUE EVOLUTION (New York, NY) – The first openly gay crew to ever compete on the "ABDC" stage, the five members of Vogue Evolution are out, proud, and determined to live their lives the way they want to. Their distinctive "vogue" style of dance mixed with hip-hop makes this crew unique, along with working to educate others on AIDS/HIV awareness. They hope to touch everyone watching with their outspoken flair.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

SOUTHERN MOVEMENT (Nashville, TN) – Urban cowboys that hail from the country music capital of the world, Southern Movement fuses hard-hitting hip-hop choreography with country line dancing. They pride themselves on being able to hang in the club one night and a country bar the next. Referring to their style as "Hick-Hop," this crew plans to bring something unexpected to the "ABDC" dance floor and their main goal is to change the way America views the South and its residents.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

RHYTHM CITY (Bronx, NY) – Struggling on the streets of the Bronx with little to no familial support gave Rhythm City no other option than to stick together, and they intend to use their original style from the Bronx -- “the birthplace of hip-hop” -- as a secret weapon on Season 4 of "America's Best Dance Crew." The crew has placed highly in an array of dance competitions including Invasion, Blazin’ the Stage, The Main Event, Switzerland’s Dance 2 Dance and, most recently, they won first place at Culture Shock EDC. From living in foster homes to surviving abuse, exposure to life on the streets has taken its toll on each member. As a result, crew leader Alonzo Williams created Rhythm City, a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting kids off the streets and involved in dance.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

FR3SH (Matawan, NJ) – With a unique blend of jazz and funk, Fr3sh infuses a sense of humor into their choreography and compare themselves to the movie "The Breakfast Club," priding themselves on being rowdy and rebellious. Their mix of sarcasm, humor, cockiness, and raw talent could take them all the way to the top on the fourth season of "America's Best Dance Crew."MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

MASSIVE MONKEES (Seattle, WA) – This Seattle crew have grinded their way through national and international competition at the highest level over the past five years. They have won a number of prestigious titles including B-boy Summit 2000 and the World B-boy Championships at Wembley Arena in London, England. The Monkees are actively involved in their community, working at local centers with children, coaching child sports, and teaching b-boy classes. They even have their own holiday, as April 26th was dubbed Seattle's official Massive Monkees Day in 2004. With this much talent and personality, they could be next in the line of b-boy crews to walk away with the $100,000 prize and the "America's Best Dance Crew" title.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

ARTISTRY IN MOTION (North Hollywood, CA) – An all-female crew trying to break the stereotype of "bootyshakers," Artistry in Motion are strong-minded women who will bring their own contemporary and original style called "contemp-hop" to the "America's Best Dance Crew." Season 4 stage. Proud feminists, this all-girl group knows their energy, force, and sex appeal make them more than capable to take on and dominate any all-male crew in their way. MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

BEAT YA FEET KINGS (Washington, D.C.) – This D.C. crew will take the stage with their very own dance style called "Beatin' Ya Feet." Their performances consist of a unique mix of footwork that could make them unstoppable. Although their style is currently only known around the D.C. area, the Kings believe they have created something the rest of the world should see and catch up to. Featured on "It's Showtime at the Apollo" and an MTV inauguration special, they are slowly making their way into the public eye. Combined with their fresh style, this crew also exudes humility and, when they need it most, a hard energy that could make them the "America's Best Dance Crew" Season 4 champions.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM

AFROBORIKE (Las Vegas, NV) – Comprised of fiery Puerto Ricans and Cubans, Afroborike is a hot Salsa crew ready to bring their own brand of raw and sexy Latin dancing to the fourth season of "America's Best Dance Crew." These dancers are hungry to experience the "American dream" and long to have the freedom of movement they have seen in American music videos.MTV - Thursday, August, 6, 2009, 7:6 AM