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Robots playing in Perú 🇵🇪 Thanks to my mentor @futureasns 🫡
FIF FAM COLLECTIVE 🔥

#funkinfocus #fiffam #robotdance #poppingstyle

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Popping Prelim @summer.dance.forever.japan 💃🏻🇯🇵🙌🏼!!

Shoutout to the dj 🙏🏼🔥🎧 @satoci_enomotion

Thank you for the video 🙏🏼 @diana.namiko

#popping #sdf #urbanartistrydc #funkinfocus #japan

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Tutting Practice 01
Mixing old techniques with new ideas, breaking down shapes, finding new angles.
And yes, I make sounds while I dance 😅 It just happens naturally, I’m so used to it that I only notice it when I watch the video back.
Not perfect, just process.
#tutting #tuttingdance #fingertutting #popping #robotdance animation dancepractice dancetraining streetdance berlindance dancer

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Tea Buggz speaks on what the foundations are really for.
Learn them. Understand them. Be funky with them. And then use them as a tool to express yourself.
At its core, the dance was also about showing who you are, having fun, showing off, and bringing your own personality into the movement.
Know the foundation. Find yourself inside it.

#funkinfocus #fiflegacy #Popping #boogaloo #Legacy

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#popping #boogaloo #fitnesslife

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🎤🤝👟 PASS THE MIC: Codes, Cultures & Ways of Being // Thur. 10/8 @ 7pm 👟🤝🎤

-A Community Town Hall-

Every groove, every style, and every rule we follow in the circle was handed to us by somebody who carried it before we got here. As our scenes grow and our eyes turn toward the present and the future, it's worth pausing together to talk about where each of our cultures comes from and the principles that made us who we are. Those principles are more than history. They are ways of being, and when we understand them, they keep us aligned with our own traditions, with each other, and with the people who opened the door for us.

Pass the Mic brings crew leaders and members from across the DMV's many dance communities into that conversation. This isn't a battle and it isn't a showcase. It's a real dialogue about history, community, respect, and identity, where each culture can speak for itself, and where we can talk honestly about what's been passed down, what's being challenged, and what's being reinvented.

📆 Thur. 10/8 @ 7-10 pm

🎤 Moderator: Junious Brickhouse (Assassins Crew)

👤 Panelists:
Booda Monk (LBX [Lead By Xample])
Brent Talley (Natural Elements Crew)
Ron Wheeler (Warpath Breakers Crew)
Russell Campbell (CAB Crew, Assassins Crew)

📍Urban Artistry Dance Academy: 11301 Georgia Ave.- 2nd Fl. (entrance on Price Ave.) @urbanartistrydc @wheaton_md

🖥 In-person and Zoom option - link in bio!

🎟 Free; Suggested donation $10

@soulsocietyfest: October 3-11th! - Workshops, Panels, Battles, and more! International Soul Society Festival is the longest running DMV Urban Arts Festival!

#UrbanArtistry #ss2026 #SoulSociety #dmvdance

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Tomorrow at @urbanartistrydc Dance Academy in Wheaton Maryland!

Book of Styles Workshop! (Online Available as well!)

Topics:
-Tutting, Animation, Waving, Popping
-How to Blend Styles Properly
-Exchange/Battle Training

Sign up online or at the door! 7-10pm tomorrow!

#thebookofstyles #poppingdance #wavingdance #tuttingdance #animationdance

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🍽💃📀 SOUL SOCIETY SUPPER CLUB ft. DEE CLARK // Terra Mare Restaurant // Sun. 10/11 @ 7:30pm 📀💃🍽

We are closing out our Festival with our first-ever Soul Society Supper Club! We'll break bread together and then get down to the all-vinyl (!) sounds of Dee Clark -- all at our favorite local spot, Terra Mare Restaurant 🍽

📆 Sun. 10/11 @ 7:30-10:30pm: Soul Society Supper Club
📍Terra Mare Restaurant: 2504 Ennalls Ave., Wheaton, MD @terramarewheaton
🎟️ Free entry; Please dine in and support @terramarewheaton

#UrbanArtistry #ss2026 #SoulSociety
#FollowTheMusic #LibraryOfCongress

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🎯🤖🌊 BOOK OF STYLES: POPPING STYLES WORKSHOP // Tues. 10/6 @7pm 🌊🤖🎯

@futureasns - Lead Organizer of The Book of Styles, offers a @bookofstyles Workshop!

📆 Tues. 10/6 @7-10pm: Book of Styles Workshop

🎬 @futureasns , @funkinfocus, @bookofstyles

🎯 Topics: Battle Preparation & Styles Training

(Popping, Tutting, Waving, Animation & Mixing Styles)

📍Urban Artistry Dance Academy: 11301 Georgia Ave.- 2nd Fl. (entrance on Price Ave.) @urbanartistrydc @wheaton_md

🎟️Entry: $40

The Book of Styles Battle honors, respects, and centers equally the multiple perspectives, traditions, and cultures that developed out of the Boogaloo Movement & Dance from Oakland in the 1960’s. As Boogaloo spread to the surrounding cities, it evolved, and was re-imagined based on the culture and spirit of the people in each location. The names of these African American Traditional Dance Forms are Boogaloo, Struttin, Robottin, Popping, Pop Locking, Bopping, Electric Boogie, Smurf Dance, Body Popping, etc

@soulsocietyfest: October 3-11th! - Workshops, Panels, Battles, and more! International Soul Society Festival is the longest running DMV Urban Arts Festival!

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MEMPHIS JOOKIN WORKSHOP // Sun.10/11 4:30-6:30pm

We are excited to have Dr. Rico teach a Memphis Jookin Workshop at Urban Artistry for @soulsocietyfest!

Come catch the feeling of Memphis Jookin. We’ll get into the footwork, bounce, and musicality that make this dance move the way it does. I’ll break down the foundations, show you how the steps connect, and give you room to add your own flavor. You don’t have to come in knowing how to dance. Just bring some energy, stay open, and let the music move you.

In the workshop, we’ll:

- Break down the foundations and signature footwork of Memphis Jookin.
- Find the bounce, rhythm, and musicality in the movement.
- Connect steps with glides, turns, and transitions.
Make room for freestyle, personality, and your own style.
- Talk about the Memphis roots and culture behind the dance.
- Move together, have fun, and leave with something you can keep building on.

Urban Artistry Dance Academy: 11301 Georgia Ave.- 2nd FI. (entrance on Price Ave.) @urbanartistrydc @wheaton_md

Entry: $40 ($70 for 2 Workshops on 10/11)

DR. RICO FLAKE
Memphis Jookin artist, choreographer, educator, and culture bearer

I’m Marico “Dr. Rico” Flake, born and raised in Memphis, where Jookin is part of how we move, create, and tell our stories. I’ve spent more than 25 years dancing, teaching, performing, and helping carry Memphis Jookin to audiences around the world.

I’m the founder of G-Force, one of the first organized Memphis Jookin crews, and a co-founder of UDig Dance Academy, an early school dedicated to teaching the style. My work has taken me to the stages of So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars, where I worked with Janelle Monáe on “Tightrope.” I also served as lead choreographer and star of Memphis Jookin: The Show, and have performed with artists and organizations including the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Memphis Grizzlies. (Bio cont. in comments.)

@soulsocietyfest: October 3-11th! - Workshops, Panels, Battles, and more! International Soul Society Festival is the longest running DMV Urban Arts Festival!

#UrbanArtistry #ss2026

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