Russian breakdancer tracks down participants from 1986 festival
May 8, 2016 3:13 PM Subscribe
30 years later - they've still got it! Proving again that once you are badass, you are always badass.
"Fuck the police guy" at 2:36 has DEFINITELY still got it.
Actual highlight is at 4:51, where one of the cutest things ever happens.
posted by selfnoise at 5:00 PM on May 8, 2016 [10 favorites]
Actual highlight is at 4:51, where one of the cutest things ever happens.
posted by selfnoise at 5:00 PM on May 8, 2016 [10 favorites]
Oh, didn't have filthy light thief's post yet.
posted by gt2 at 5:02 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by gt2 at 5:02 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's obvious that some of these people are either still in a scene, or they're dance teachers/dancers. Some of the others... aren't! And that's OK! They've all got better moves than I've got, all of them, and as a teen in 1986, I would watch b-boys and girls bust some serious moves on torn-up refrigerator boxes on my street every day.
Mad props, though, to Alexander Kolosovsky, the guy at 2:36, and Vladimir Stuhinskiy, the fellow at 2:52.
posted by droplet at 6:02 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
Mad props, though, to Alexander Kolosovsky, the guy at 2:36, and Vladimir Stuhinskiy, the fellow at 2:52.
posted by droplet at 6:02 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am totally in love with the guys who look so obviously MiddleAgedDudeTM, but then they bust a move and damn, they've still got it.
posted by bardophile at 7:40 PM on May 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by bardophile at 7:40 PM on May 8, 2016 [4 favorites]
There's a couple of soviet era breakdancing scenes in the excellent 1986 'Courier' film by Karen Shahnazarov, especially extended scene at the end:
https://youtu.be/QSc3uk8Q5w4?t=4818
It's got subtitles and the whole movie is well worth seeing..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(film)
posted by rainy at 7:59 PM on May 8, 2016 [3 favorites]
https://youtu.be/QSc3uk8Q5w4?t=4818
It's got subtitles and the whole movie is well worth seeing..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(film)
posted by rainy at 7:59 PM on May 8, 2016 [3 favorites]
By the way, this was Shahnazarov at his peak, by early 90s his work was getting weaker already and now from what I heard he's a bit of a Putin lapdog.
[edit] another breakdancing scene: https://youtu.be/QSc3uk8Q5w4?t=368
posted by rainy at 8:09 PM on May 8, 2016
[edit] another breakdancing scene: https://youtu.be/QSc3uk8Q5w4?t=368
posted by rainy at 8:09 PM on May 8, 2016
I like to think that in another 30 years there will be people busting the same moves while in residential care (body popping probably takes on a whole new exciting dimension in one's 80s).
posted by rongorongo at 11:58 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rongorongo at 11:58 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love that some of them have obviously kept up with current styles and techniques, but I also love that some of them are helicoptering and roboting like it is still 1984.
posted by Rock Steady at 5:58 AM on May 9, 2016
posted by Rock Steady at 5:58 AM on May 9, 2016
Ahh, what fun! I'm staying home sick today and am considering making gifs of a number of these...
posted by oh.ghoulin at 8:33 AM on May 9, 2016
posted by oh.ghoulin at 8:33 AM on May 9, 2016
Great video! I am from Ukraine and was doing break dance in early 2000's which was very popular at the time..
A lot of these dudes have somewhat serious faces which makes the video very funny.
posted by eli77bk at 11:31 AM on May 9, 2016
A lot of these dudes have somewhat serious faces which makes the video very funny.
posted by eli77bk at 11:31 AM on May 9, 2016
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posted by filthy light thief at 4:59 PM on May 8, 2016