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Steffan Clemente staged the musical So! What Happens Now? to exhibit dancers in this style like Richard Colón. A musical technique called the “merry-go-round” influenced Clive Campbell’s practice of isolating and extending percussive sections of music for dancers in this style. One of the first sequences dancers in this style often learn is the six-step. Dancers in this style (-5[1])hold their position in moves like pikes. (-5[1])Dancers in this style likely drew inspiration from capoeira and Bruce (10[1])Lee films for “freezes” and “power moves” like swipes. (10[1])Floorwork in this style is called downrock (10[1])and includes moves like windmills. (10[1])Dancers called b-boys (-5[1])and b-girls perform, (10[1])for 10 points, what style of improvisational street dance often performed to hip hop music? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: breakdancing [or breaking; accept b-boying or b-girling until read; prompt on hip hop dance]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins APenn A58-5
Elias ZiyadehPenn BColumbia B65-5
Jack RadoColumbia ABard A7610
Alex WongRutgers ARutgers C8510
Robert WangPenn State BJohns Hopkins B9210
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan APenn State A9710
Ethan FurmanHaverford ALehigh A100-5
Will HollisterLehigh AHaverford A10310
Chauncey LoColumbia BPenn B11910
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AJohns Hopkins A11910

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2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%50%102.88
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%43%98.71
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%44%99.22
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%96.71
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%90.67