Members of Wan Squad and its ‘young guns’ junior squad Bad Boyz with merchandise at the new Gordons training studio
Weight training pep talk
“We don’t train like how we used to in our old crews. That was just doing dance practice, but in Wan Squad we actually train , like lifting weights”
go for ambassadors who are NRL (football) players, so it’s tough,” Pyan says. “But the boys, they do get paid for what they do here. They’re doing this as a living, they’re on a wage, yearly, with all our ambassador work and gigs. It’s confidential how much, but they’re not millionaires. Not yet.” For the past three years Mountain Dew has sponsored an annual PNG dance competition hosted by Wan Squad, with last year’s event at APEC
House in November the biggest yet with 22 dance crews from around the country vying for K20,000 prize money and the chance to compete at House of Champions in Brisbane. Five-member crew Easthood from Ensisi Valley (Port Moresby suburb) won but unfortunately could not travel to Brisbane as nobody had a passport. Pyan says the
difference between the Mountain Dew
well, hopefully – South Pacific Islanders. We’re inviting dancers from Samoa, Fiji and Tonga.” So what does the future look like for Wan Squad? “We know we’re not going to be able to do this forever,” says Pyan. “When you reach a certain age you end up wanting to settle down with a wife and kids, find a career that’s not so physically exhausting. But we
competition and regular nightclub comps was the industry development aspect. “We have kids’ divisions and we’re trying to encourage dancers to get ready to go (compete) overseas. For the next one (tentatively scheduled for September 21, 2024) we’re actually going to be bringing –
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