Every year, dozens of Venezuelan migrants travel to Colombia to join a community formed around break dance. It kicks off an electric exchange of steps and tricks that keeps the artform constantly evolving.
Joseph Azuaje, a bboy who goes by 'Alf,' performs a somersault during a short Rebel Warrior crew performance in front of a restaurant in western Cali, Colombia, in January.Joseph Azuaje, a bboy who goes by 'Alf,' performs a somersault during a short Rebel Warrior crew performance in front of a restaurant in western Cali, Colombia, in January.— is known as a bboy or a bgirl, with the"b" referring to breaking.
Laura Mámbel, 30, performs a headstand on a terrace in the El Rincón neighborhood of Medellín, Colombia. Her main goal is having an economically sustainable life through dance.Everything is expensive' — phew, that expression takes me back to the Venezuelan crisis; the same reason why I and other artists decided to leave the country. During my first years in Colombia, I dedicated myself to doing 'fareo' — that is, short presentations under traffic lights.
dancers and three Venezuelans bboys, Ibsen Jiménez, Jim 'Mighty Jake' Párraga and Joseph 'Afl' Azuaje. Yoandri Bacho, bboy 'Kimera', maded a play/stop tattoo in his chest to symbolize his connection with music, especially hip hop.Gabriel Arocha, 36, moves to the rhythm of a song in the living room of his apartment, located in Medellín's Las Violetas neighborhood in July. Arocha, who was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, arrived in the city in 2017, when the migration crisis was just beginning.Being a migrant and a bboy means trying the street.
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