Awesome Breakdancing
This Robot Cannot Human
This self-proclaimed “little nerd robot” sure can dance. Bryan CHIBI Gaynor’s moves are more machine than human. This Robot Cannot Human has a knack for choreographing robotic dance moves to unlikely songs like Alice in Chains’ Them Bones, Tool’s Schism, and Weezer’s Island in the Sun. Find more of this robot’s creative videos on YouTube.
He’s a Dancing Machine
Dancer Stephane Deheselle, aka “S,” shows off his insane flexibility in this performance from the 2016 I Love This Dance All-Star Game. After starting with his back to the camera, his robotic moves gradually transformed into smooth, organic ones that made us imagine he was some kind of strange bird from another planet.
Insane Dance Moves
Freestyle hip hop dancer and So You Think You Can Dance season 10 champ Fik-Shun Stegall shows off his incredible muscle control, balance, and precision in this performance from the 2014 World of Dance in Las Vegas.
Dancing Like Machines
Dancers Jackson Chavis, BluPrint and Taylor Pierce take robotic dancing to the next level, working in perfect sync in this routine they choreographed to Kid Cudi’s 2009 track Day ‘N’ Nite. Be sure to check out more mad dance moves on Jackson’s TikTok feed.
Poppin’ John: Lockdown Getdown
If there’s one thing you can definitely do while stuck at home, it’s dance. We all have our own favorite moves, but most of them couldn’t hold a candle to the smooth-flowing choreography of dancer Poppin John, who wowed us with his colorful living room performance.
Just Dance: Able
Choreographer Jacob Jonas teamed up with ILL-Abilities, a breakdancing crew who proves that physical challenges won’t stand in the way of those with a strong will and dedication to their craft. A beautifully shot and inspiring short film from NOWNESS.
Breakdancing with Smoke Grenades
The breakdance crew of OK World Wide show off their spinning talents, with the added bonus of colorful trails of smoke being emitted from their feet. The brightly colored festivities were captured in brilliant 4K by filmmaker Ali Kubba.
Mechanical Mondays
Dancer maddchadd transforms himself into a robot with a degree of precision rarely seen, introducing just the right amount of stutter and mechanical movement in not only his torso, arms, and hands, but every little facial expression. Do you even blink, bro?
Illusion of Choice 2
(PG-13: Lyrics) Marquese Scott, BluPrint, iGlide, and AndreAndroiidRucker follow up their incredible dance video from 2012 with another sick set of robotic and slow-motion maneuvers. We want to see these guys in a dance-off with World Order.
Breakdancing Record Attempts
BBIC 2016 Contestants Reel
The contestants of the 2016 Bucheon Bboy International Championships warm up at various parts of Bucheon, South Korea to the tune of Imagin8’s High Seas & Childish Dreams. The real star here is YAKfilms’ videography. They could probably make a stylish video about snails.
Nonstop: Air Chair
Dancer Marquese “Nonstop” Scott never ceases to amaze us with his smooth-as-butter moves. This time out, he uses his skills to seemingly defy gravity and create furniture out of thin air. The track is Stwo’s Her (Majid Jordan Edit).
First Wave
In 4/26/86, breakdancing enthusiasts from all over the USSR attended a dance festival in Vinni, Estonia. Break Dance 80s tracked down 50 of the event’s participants – now in their late 40s to 50s – and had them show off their moves for old time’s sake.
Gravity
The always incredible Poppin John teamed up with dancer Solto to turn in this mindbending (and bodybending) street performance set to Revolvr & Genisis and Splitbreed’s track Unstoppable. The gimmick at the end is worth the price of admission.
Robot on an Airboard
Dancer Madd Chadd appears to be more robot than human as he pops, locks and breaks it down into controlled mechanical movements all while he maintains his balance on a wheeled Airboard. The track is So by Dabow.
Breakdancing Grandpa Prank
Australian musical act Justice Crew got together with the guys from The Royal Stampede to prank bystanders with the help of one of those ultra-realistic old man masks, turning what they thought was a geriatric into a B-Boy.
B-Boy Powermoves Compilation
From the Mind of Hannibal put together this edit of some of the most insane B-boy windmills, headspins and flares ever witnessed. We were dizzy by the end of the clip, so we can only imagine how the dancers felt.
One-legged Break Dancer
Here’s your no excuses video for the day. YouTuber Claire Blogga shares this clip of a one-legged bboy. Not only does he pull off the same stunts that able-bodied dancers can do, he also incorporates his crutches into his moves.
King of Pop x Kings of Popping
Dancers Ricardo Walker and Poppin John show off their incredible control as they perform to a dubstep remix of Michael Jackson’s Beat It. But instead of a dance battle breaking out, it’s a seamless collaboration between the two.
Breakdancer Strength Training
Australian breakdancer Simon Ata demonstrates some of the exercises he does to keep in shape for his dance routines, with precision control over muscles we didn’t even knew existed. Seriously, this is some next level Cirque du Soleil sh*t.
Breakdance Gone Crazy
An amazing dance routine by the B-boys of the Morning of Owl crew as they bring down the house at Korea’s R16 breakdance competition with some moves we’ve never seen before. Watch the full battle here.
Headspin on a Can
B-girl Spinderella returns with another painful looking headspin, this time planting her head on the top of a metal soup can and rotating. Perhaps her skull is has a layer of protective rubber built in. Swag!