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Foundation: the best book on b-boy culture ever written

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of seeing Joe Schloss, adjunct professor at NYU, speak about b-boy culture along with Ken Swift. Schloss spoke about b-boying in a way that I had never heard anyone speak before, combining the rigor of academic inquiry with insider knowledge as a practitioner of the craft. …

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B-boy Cypher at World of Dance 2010 in Brooklyn (video)

Posted on May 31, 2010 by

The World of Dance showcase on Saturday featured lots of amazing performances on stage at Brooklyn Tech High School in Fort Greene.  Still you can only watch so much choreographed routines. I yearned to see some more raw, freestyle dancing, which really is where hip-hop dance has its roots and foundation.  So I was happy…

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Lilou of France wins Red Bull BC-One (again)

Posted on November 20, 2009 by

Here's some exciting footage from the latest Red Bull BC-One breaking / b-boy competition in New York City, which took place a couple of days ago.  It killed me that I couldn't be there to see this in person. But having this awesome footage (and so quickly!) is a nice consolation prize. Congrats to Lilou…

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B-boys and B-girls Battle to be the New “King of New York” in East Village (video)

Posted on November 2, 2009 by

Yesterday evening was the sixth annual "Kings of New York" Dance Competition at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. Here's a montage of some of the 8-on-8 crew battles.  Sorry, I didn't catch all the names of the crews.  Congrats to Dynamic for winning the KONY6 best crew crown (again, apparently)!  They featured incredible…

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A History of the Jazz Split

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlfLr9YmMJU

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