Keep Steady, Keep Stylin’

August 2025 marks the ten-year anniversary of my romance with breaking—ground zero, the second-floor flag room of the University at Buffalo’s Student Union. Hours were spent dusting the floor with a pungent mix of funk, sweat, and style with some of the finest b-girls and b-boys this side of the Niagara River. Friendships were forged while some friendly callouts went unanswered—that’s on me Jay C. Truth is I was too nervous to even enter the cypher circle 99.999% of time, but this fear ironically birthed Outer Circle. You can probably guess who was the sole member of that crew.

Time has passed, relationships have faded, but the beat goes on. 518BREAK is the new stomping ground for a dancer still trying to scratch that creative itch, repaired Achilles tendon and all. As the old creed goes: keep steady, keep stylin’.

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