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Funkstyles
What are funkstyles?
‘Funkystyles’ refers to the original street dance styles from the early days of hip
hop: locking, rocking and breaking (breakdance, or b-
Back before street dance had become what it is today, before records were sampled by rappers, and hip hop was in it’s earliest form, ‘funk style’ described the way dancers danced to a funk record at social dances.
A lot of the earliest forms of breaking (breakdance) evolved from early forms of funkstyles. Although less commercially known, many of the original funk dance styles still have a dedicated following to preserve the nature of the dances.
Here’s a selection of everything funkstyle that TooMuchFlavour has reported on...
Funkstyles: Facts and key people
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Training with your hip hop dancing idols isn’t something many can boast about in the UK, because they rarely stay for long enough to do classes.
Mr Wiggles was in London for the Pioneers workshops at Sadler’s Wells last month
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Results, reports, reviews and features, we’ve plenty of information on the UK B-
Also, check out our video interviews with the crew representing the UK, Soul Mavericks!
Remember when you were younger and got a pair of trainers, convinced they’d make
you perform better? Well the new Asics Sports Style and b-
They seem unstoppable, and now they’ve clinched a double, qualifying for Battle of
the Year AND the UK B-
Plus! Read our blog
Mavericks by name, mavericks by nature, a second victory in a month for the winners of Battle of the Year UK 2009
Also:
At last year’s qualifier they were knocked out before the final, this year only four crews turned up!
Without the defending champions, Soul Mavericks have been proving their skills in the circle
Hosted by Kymberlee Jay, B.Supreme has reached its fourth year with a programme that promised to draw a wider audience than ever before with two shows over two nights at the Southbank Centre.Read our review of the UK and international nights. Read >>
b.supreme, the UK's only festival for women in hip-
The UK’s top breakers are gearing up to take on some of the best crews from across the UK for a place in the championship finals.
The Northern heats have already taken place -
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Trinity Warriors has won the Regional Conflict South qualifiers for the B-
Read the result and watch the video of the finals inside!
Read >>
