Kaba Modern is an urban collegiate dance group established in 1992 by
Arnel Calvario. As a proud part of the Filipino-American club
Kababayan, at the University of California, Irvine, he founded the
group to perform in the modern dance suite of their annual PCN
(Pilipino cultural night). The group has since evolved to be one of
the most cutting edge Hip Hop dance crews in California. Kaba
Modern’s legacy has lived on, first and foremost, as a family of
artists, while embracing diverse styles of dance to create a name for
themselves in the dance community.
Kaba Modern has a rich history of award-winning performances at
competitions such as Bust-A-Groove, Bodyrock, Fusion, and Vibe. On
the global scale, they recently placed 3rd in US nationals and was a
finalist among 52 competing international teams in the world for the
2009 Hip Hop International Dance competition. Kaba Modern was also
most recently featured as one of the final crews on the first season
of the hit MTV show, America’s Best Dance Crew, and continues to
accrue a fan base in countries all around the world.
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated… Kaba Modern.
