For 20 years, Francisco “Ali” Acuna Flores has been breaking. Now he's on the path at a chance to represent the nation at the Red Bull BC One World Finals.
a local nonprofit for hip-hop artists. It’s where he practices now. The center is named after DJ Kool Herc, the “father of hip-hop” according to their website.
Acuna Flores said he doesn’t have any signature moves, but you can see some common ones as he gets going: Toprocks, steps that are performed standing up, or applejack, where he jumps back onto his hands and kicks his legs out. When break dancers compete, most of the time they don’t get to choose their music, Acuna Flores said. Whatever the deejay plays, they make their own, a backing track to the main act of their improvisation. Francisco "Ali" Acuna Flores breaking at the HERC Hip-Hop Education Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.
“Because we bend our bodies in ways we’re not supposed to, we just come up with these moves that have no names, no structure to them,” he said. “It’s really just trial and error type of dance.”
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