Ringmasters

The Ringmasters crew from Brooklyn has been spotlighted nationally on the third season of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. The Ringmasters‘ mesmerizing moves include flexing, bone breaking, hat tricks, gliding, animation, pauzin (a style of poppin), connecting (a style of tutting), and dare devil stunts.

Flexing is a dance style that originated in Brooklyn – a trend that developed in East New York in the early 1990s. Since then, it’s been an outlet to vent emotions and show anger and frustration about racial discrimination in America: ›Our movements express where we’re coming from, what problems we’re struggling with right now. We tell stories that many can relate to – anger, love, sadness,‹ Marche says –a native of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn who began flexing at age 14. ›Where words often fail me, dance helps.‹-Source: YouTube, User: Thrash Lab