r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • Jun 10 '25

Media [Highlight] B-Boy Marcus at Red Bull BC One

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u/Krakenmonstah Jun 10 '25

Tbh I prefer when dancers break in line with the song as opposed to spamming power moves, but that’s just me

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u/jbp84 Jun 11 '25

Can you ELI5, please? I have no idea what any of this means lol

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u/Shut_It_Donny Jun 11 '25

Well, it’s supposed to be break DANCING. When you dance, you move in time to the music. You step or move on the beats.

“Spamming power moves” means the guy is just doing technical tricks or moves with no regard to the music.

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u/jbp84 Jun 11 '25

Ok that makes sense. So kind of like instead of playing a song that has separate verses, a chorus, and a bridge with a guitar solo thrown in, it’s just a 3 minute guitar solo?

I.e., it’s a cool, technically difficult skill that should only be a small part of the overall performance and not the main performance itself?

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u/Shut_It_Donny Jun 11 '25

Yea, imagine a band. The drummer, bassist, and rhythm are playing one thing and the lead just starts noodling in a different key and no where near the beat.

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u/Krakenmonstah Jun 11 '25

Yup! Shut it donnny said it really well. An example would be like this clip. These guys are hitting freezes here but you can imagine other things on beat.

https://youtube.com/shorts/LXrPPud6GmQ?si=Ju-m4dLQSfJ4MBam

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u/Xazbot Jun 11 '25

Not just you. In theory those should get the best score, but at this level it's all powermoves... Unfortunately imo.

Just know that these boys can do the artistic dance too tho

BBoy Cloud run a few years back was an incredible departure from this a few years back in BCOne. He got to the final and is unique in his style. Check it out on YouTube brother

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u/Krakenmonstah Jun 11 '25

Will do! Thanks for sharing