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Boom, clap, (pause), boom, boom, clap. The crowd goes ballistic while watching two young men battling at a Hip Hop dance competition. The man on the left goes first. As he stares down at his opponent he quickly walks in a circle to make enough room for him to dance. He instantly picks up his pace to retrieve enough energy to go straight into a power move. He starts off lifting his whole body with his hands and swinging his legs in circles. After about seven rounds he jumps up then quickly shuffles his feet. He then comes to an abrupt stop ending with a pose, waiting for his opponent. The guy on the right retaliates by copying the same shuffle but adding his own techniques; instead of doing it smoothly the way the break dancer did, he quickly contracts and relaxes his muscle to create a jerking effect and pops his chest along with the beat. The breaker then backs away and a small yet muscular African American man steps in. As the music smoothly transitions to a more aggressive beat,......

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