
"Flexing"isadancestyleforgedinfareastBrooklyn,atthedead-endofahandfulofsubwaylines.FlexdancerschannelthegrittinessandcrimeofEastNewYorkintochoreographedviolencewithgunmovements,simulatedbone-breaking,andthemimickedrippingofheartsfromopponent'schests.Throughbattlesdancersgainrespect,craftanartisticidentity,andsometimesfindasanctuaryfromthepovertyandviolencethatsaturatestheirneighborhood.Nootherstyleofstreet-danceisthisviolent,scary,orbeautifullytheatrical.Inthispurelydo-it-yourselfscene,creativityandambitionbringacommunitytogetheraroundfrequentdance-battleshowcasesthathavebeguntoattractaninternationalaudienceandmaycatapultthebestdancersintocareersintheaterorfilm.Followingagroupofdancersforovertwoyears,FlexisKingsexploresthehopesandrealitiesofthisunder-acknowledgedandtotallyunfundedgroupofurbanartists.