🎥 The stage is set. The categories are calling 🎞️
💛 To the Beat
Show the music in your arms, lines, textures, and movement. Rhythm, clarity, and pure musicality.
🖤 To the Feels
A category centred on emotion, storytelling, and feeling. NO lip syncing — it’s all about the dance, the intention, and the drama you bring to the floor.
💎 Show Your Talent
A celebration of individuality and cultural expression. From street to traditional - everything is welcome. Bring your story. Bring your style.
📅 Saturday, 27 June 2026
📍 The Barrel Store @corbanestate
⏰ 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Check‑in opens 11:30 AM)
🎟️ Open to spectators + dancers
Battle spots are limited! Registration link in bio.
#punking #whacking #waacking #w_acking #dance
💎 Better clutch your pearls Old Hollywood style…
🪩 W*ACK ATTACK IS BACK 💥
We’re bringing you a weekend stacked with workshops, community magic, fierce exchanges, and wall‑to‑wall W*acking.
Dress theme: Old Hollywood glam ✨
Friday 26 June: Workshops w/ International Guest
📍 Opanuku Studio - Corban Estate Arts Centre
Saturday 27 June: W*acking Battles (Battler checkin opens 11:30AM)
📍 The Barrel Store - Corban Estate Arts Centre
Sunday 28 June: Community Brunch
📍 TBA
Battle categories & registration go live on Friday - don’t blink 👀
💜Proudly supported by @creativenz & @corbanestate 💜
#punking #whacking #w_acking #dance
🪩 Massive thanks to everyone who came to Kill the Lights!
Giving a huge congrats to our winners:
Rookies Whacking 1v1 🥇 Gee @cheddar_cheee 🥈 Yao
Disco Open-Style 7-to-Smoke 🥇 S¢ENT @sheldonrua_
Props to all the battlers and W*ackcellent for bringing the heat! Photos are now up! Click the link in my bio.
📸 @archimedes_pictures
Catch you all at the next event in June ✌
WHACKING IS HERE FULL OF LOVE ❤️
#whacking #w_acking #80sDisco #dancebattle
Portfolio Highlight - Kill the Lights dance battle April 2026 (Part 1)
Big thanks to @moreno.creation and @tj.rmr for inviting me to shoot photos! Had a great time.
Kill The Lights Vol 1 @moreno.creation
🏆 @cheddar_cheee 😍😍
🥈 @nxi.yao 😍😍
Host: @tj.rmr
Judge @alexandra___page
🎵 @lovethatforyou92
Looking at some of the leading waackers in NZ
Are your students shining and leading in the scene ✅
Are they upskilling, individually heading for success whilst preserving the culture ✅
Started w @roselines0njw_07 & @kdope_dancecrew Waacking in my home library or carpark w our dingy lil speaker
That turned in to classes & workshops in various studio spaces,
Then @candeecollective just dived in n waacked day in n day out
And all of sudden Waacking became a @enbeatdance sensation
Waacking it Out ❤️🫶
Missing in the pic @daviidseth@8face603_ because one ran off n one was filming fckn TikTok ☠️
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