Established UK b-girls tend not to enter b-girl battles. In their opinion “the standard of competition in the UK battles is consistently poor”.
B-boying is a male dominated dance form - the common misconception in breaking is that b-girls only break for as long as it takes to find a b-boy boyfriend. B-girls want recognition and respect for their skills on the dance floor. They continually feel they have to go to great lengths to prove themselves and respect for b-girls, from both sexes, is notoriously hard won.
Established b-girls, not wanting to be segregated or sidelined by the boys, only throw-down in the B-BOY battles. Many of the newer b-girls, however, are anxious about competing against boys. They feel more confident battling girls.
All breakers improve with challenge. To be the best, you have to compete with the best. Is this lack of compromise a catch 22, a no-win situation? After all, no b-girl wants to be a BIG fish in a small pond.
Two possible ways to go:
Good b-girls consistently enter the b-girl battles, upping the stakes and making the competitions worthwhile.
- or -
Scrap single sex breaking battles. The b-girls intimidated by the b-boys will just have to stop complaining and start dancing!
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