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BattleFest Features Breakdancers Bone Flexing | New York Post
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3:40Now PlayingYou’ve heard of the “jitterbug,” “mambo,” and the “running-man” dance styles. Now, you might want to make a mental note of a fairly new dance called “flexing.”
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This bone-splintering style that was nationally featured on “America’s Best Dance Crew” may look like something out of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not.” But it has been a part of the Battle Fest Dance League since the performance platform was created three years ago in the heart of Brooklyn by a couple of youngsters who say their hometown gave birth to the style.
Spectators describe Battle Fest as a competition where “flex” dancing is taken to another level and a place where one can watch brand new dance moves. Battle Fest contenders compete one on one, showcasing their skills and emotions in an arena where they may wow a crowd of judges or fall to skepticism.
According to the league founder Kirsha McIntrye, 21, the participants incorporate flexing with contemporary dance, poppin’ & lockin,’ electric boogaloo, Egyptian tutting (the same moves seen in Michael Jackson’s “Remember the Time” music video) and other styles.
But the league’s co-founder, who goes by the name Reem, 25, says, “the biggest misconception is that flexing or our style came from hip hop, and it didn’t. It actually came from reggae. It came from ‘bruk up.’”
The “bruk up” is a Jamaican dance that is difficult to find in the typical mainstream dance bible. It’s more of a dance that’s seen on DVDs purchased along with a small dinner order of jerk chicken, plantain, rice and peas.
Bruk up involves sporadic movements accompanied by contorted facial expressions, as highlighted in the music video for Busta Rhymes’ “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See.”
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