Cypher Skillz is here! La Familia b-boy crew recently launched a weekly training session for the breaking scene. This event is billed as Cypher Skillz. To find out what ‘cypher’ and other street dance terms mean, head to our slang post! Led by GG, one of the earliest La Familia members, Cypher Skillz is designed…
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Contents What is street dance slang? If terms like ‘she got smoked’, ‘winery’ and ‘I strongly died’, leave you with question marks floating overhead, you are not alone! Like in any community, the street dance slang is colourful and unifies those who understand. Some terms are so obscure they need true clarification, while others can…
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Contents A quick intro to break dance in London Our city has enjoyed a rich breakin’ (‘break dance’) culture since the early 80’s. From the cobblestones of Covent Garden to Black Sheep bar in Croydon, there are memories and moments in every postcode. In a bid to cover the most important points on break dance…
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Contents A short story One Sunday, Sep and I were training outside Salusbury Primary school and something quite interesting happened. Several families strolled by, and a young girl of about 7 years slowed down her walk as if caught in a spider’s web. Looking through her blue-framed glasses she appeared truly oblivious to her mother’s…
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Contents Finding the best hip-hop dance class in London Here at B-Better we think we have the best hip-hop dance class in London (!) and will touch on that more later on. Click here to go to our classes. First we have to discuss what ‘best’ actually means. According to Merriam-Webster, the adjective ‘best’ means…
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Contents What is Street Dance? For the short answer visit our post here where more than 10 street style dances are listed. In this post we’ll learn more about what street dance classes are actually teaching and 5 ways you can maximise your experience! Before we go on, you can fast forward to booking our…
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Contents Free dance classes? OK, tell me more This Summer, B-Better and our show team, Manifest Nation, are appearing at a number of festivals around Camden. As we are meeting tons of awesome people we wanted to give something special to the public. Two of our lucky community are going to win 1 year of…
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It has just been confirmed on Monday December 7th that in 2024 we will officially see Breaking at the Olympics! For many, this is a reason to celebrate, but what might it mean for the worldwide bboy / bgirl scene at large? Contents How did this happen? After ‘piloting’ Breakin’ at the 2018 Youth Olympics,…
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Young bloods get busy at Two Two Steps! Last month our Junior dancers from Manifest Nation performed at The Urban Dance School show, ‘Two Two Steps’! For five of them, it was their first show for MN and they definitely impressed. Company director, Damien, hosted the show, and it was a great occasion to reunited…
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After 15 years in education, B-Better has a chance to be recognised officially for our adventures! One Dance UK, the national body for dance, have opened nominations for their 2019 awards across all sectors of the dance industry, and our category is ‘Inspirational Work in Education’. If you’d like to vote for us, please click…
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