Question

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 (10[1])inspiration from capoeira and Bruce Lee (-5[1])films for “freezes” and “power moves” like swipes. (10[1])Floorwork in this style is called downrock and includes moves like windmills. (10[2])Dancers (10[1])called (-5[1])b-boys and b-girls perform, (10[1])for 10 points, (10[1])what style of improvisational street dance often performed to hip hop music? (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: breakdancing [or breaking; accept b-boying or b-girling until read; prompt on hip hop dance]
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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

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin WytmarUIUC APurdue A58-5
Neal JoshiWashU BIndiana A65-5
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU CWashU D7110
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern APurdue C77-5
Alvin GuoUChicago CUIUC B8510
Aden SunUChicago AUChicago B9710
Sam AlahiUIUC CPurdue B9710
Jiping FangUIUC DPurdue D9810
Sophia GnadingerUChicago DMiami99-5
Evan DaviesMiamiUChicago D10310
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CNorthwestern A10610
Alex AkridgeIndiana AWashU B11810
Eric YangPurdue AUIUC A11810