Ali Ramdani, born April, 18 1984, better known by his stage name Lilou, is an Algerian-French
b-boy breakdancer. He is part of the French crew Pockemon Crew and the all-star team LEGION X. Since the beginning of his career in 1999 he has won many international prizes, both with his crew and as a solo dancer. He has had a black belt in
Kung Fu
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since he was sixteen.
He practices Islam and can speak Algerian-Arabic, French and English.
Lilou was the winner of the b-boy competition
Red Bull BC One
Red Bull BC One is an annual international B-Boy competition organized by the beverage company Red Bull. It is an individual B-Boy competition, notable for being the only one of the major international breaking championships to not include a crew ...
in 2005 and 2009. He is one of the only three competitors to have won the Red Bull BC One twice, the other two being
Hong 10 and Menno. He also won
Battle of the Year
Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international breakdancing competition that began in 1990. It has been regarded as the premier b-boying competition in the world
and has been referred to as the "World Cup of B-Boying" ...
in 2003 with Pockemon Crew. In 2005, Lilou won the Chief Rocka award at the UK Bboy Championships. The following year, he was part of the Pockemon team that won the Crews competition at the UK Bboy Championships. In 2006 Lilou was featured in the game 'B-Boy', released by
FreeStyleGames
Ubisoft Leamington (formerly FreeStyleGames Limited) is a British video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Leamington Spa. Founded in November 2002 by six industry veterans formerly of Codemasters and Rare, the studios was bou ...
. In 2008 Lilou took part in
Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers (along with the Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, and other acts) in bringing the big beat genre ...
' video
Midnight Madness. He also appears in the film ''
StreetDance 2
''StreetDance 2'' is a 2012 3D British dance drama film and the sequel to ''StreetDance 3D'' (2010). The film has been released in RealD 3D, XpanD 3D and Dolby 3D with Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini returning to direct. ''Britain's Got Talent'' st ...
''. In 2012 he joined
Madonna's
MDNA Tour
The MDNA Tour was the ninth concert tour by American singer Madonna, launched in support of her twelfth studio album, '' MDNA'' (2012). Comprising 88 shows, the tour began on May 31, 2012, in Tel Aviv's Ramat Gan Stadium and concluded in Cór ...
as a dancer and choreographer. In 2014, he became the winner of
Undisputed
Undisputed may refer to:
Film
* ''Undisputed'' (film), a 2002 action-thriller-drama film
** ''Undisputed'' (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the film
* Undisputed II: Last Man Standing, a 2006 American martial arts film
* Undisputed III: Redempt ...
. In doing so, he became the world champion bboy in 2014. He lists
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...
,
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the mos ...
,
Muhammad Ali, and
Jamiroquai
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as influences.
References
External links
Lilou's profileat RedBullBCOne.com
Pockemon crewofficial website
Lilou Official Website
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1984 births
Breakdancers
Living people