The Capsule

Open styles vs All Styles, ASAP Rocky telling a breaker to move at his concert, Doyah's 29 million view round, and why Brotherhood dominated IDL but lost the championship to GRV.We start with the open styles vs all styles debate and why it's on event organisers to define their categories, then review Dance Your Style USA: staging, why live streams need to mic the crowd, and why Kidd The Monster was the standout performer. We get into the AI accounts stealing Doyah's 'Lineup Battle' round and what makes that round so strong, the real context behind ASAP Rocky's "stop breakdancing" clip, and the Miyu vs Marlee Hightower Hip Hop final at JOAT in Montreal, including how to train one minute battle rounds. We finish on the IDL championship controversy, where Brotherhood won every league event but GRV took the title, and why leagues, series and live streams are the future of the battle scene.The Capsule Canvas, our scratch night for hip hop, street and club dance, is on 9 October at Chisenhale Dance Space, London. Tickets: https://whatson.chisenhaledancespace.co.uk/events/chisenhaledancespace/2378503Follow us:https://www.instagram.com/thecapsule.ldn/https://www.instagram.com/theduke.ldn/

Red Bull Bring The Vim 2026, the Russia debate, Misha Gabriel on the dance industry, and Jungle's Sunshine visual album. We get into Red Bull Bring The Vim's fourth edition at BOXPARK Croydon, its first international lineup with One Dialect, Outsiders, +32 and La Revolution, and whether concept battles actually help storytelling or whether the Afro music carries it alone. We break down the AI generated call out post aimed at Buddah Stretch for dancing in Russia during the war in Ukraine. We react to Misha Gabriel's reel on the dance industry not being fair, why direct booking beats open auditions, and the fake networking that class culture breeds. And we review Jungle's Sunshine visual album choreographed by Will West: one take camera work, lighting, and locations used as backdrops. Comment your thoughts below.https://www.instagram.com/thecapsule.ldn/https://www.instagram.com/theduke.ldn/

Five years of The Capsule and a solo episode catching up on everything happening in the street dance scene right now.Luke breaks down the Raygun documentary and what he would have done differently with that worldwide platform, why the bullying conversation still matters even when you disagree with someone, and whether the doc owed anything to the breakingscene at all.Then it is Summer Dance Forever and the Snipes Warrior edition, why the cloak and mask reveal did not land, and the impossible problem of raising the stakes at an event where every dancer in the prelims is already world class. Plus a conversation about popping music, whether DJs are still taking risks the way theydid with tracks like 'Push' and 'AM To PM', and why the style feels disconnected from its music right now.Also in this episode: the AI adverts from Fusion Concept and where the line sits on generative AI in dance marketing, a shout out to the Flavorama team and why event organisation is an art form in itself, a One To Watch pick, and the ASAP Rocky casting call paying 200 euros for ten hours that reopened the whole argument about underpaid dance work, unions, and whose responsibility it actually is.Capsule Canvas scratch night is on October 9th. Submit dance films, choreographed pieces, freestyle pieces or talks, or grab a ticket through the link in our Instagram bio.Follow alonghttps://www.instagram.com/thecapsule.ldn/https://www.instagram.com/theduke.ldn/The Capsule is a street dance media platform covering battles, culture, community, and the industry. New episodes weekly.

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In this episode of The Capsule, recorded live at Beyond the Moves Experience in Paris, we sit down with Taylor Yudat - one of the most respected voices in French Electro dance - to break down the culture from the ground up.Taylor takes us through the birth of Electro in Paris, the Tektonik party scene, clubs like Metropolis and Mix Club, and how the Technoparade pushed the style from nightclubs into the streets and eventually into battles. We get into the technical foundations of Electro - arm-based movement, circular lines, bounce, tempo - how it connects to House, Waacking, Locking, Art Style and Jump Style, and how Taylor's path into Electro led him into the Hip Hop world through Jimmy Yudat and the legendary Yudat crew.We also cover:The difference between "doing Electro moves" and actually dancing ElectroHow Electro dancers have influenced arm movement in modern hip-hop battlesTaylor's own journey battling in the All Style sceneThe current state of Electro schools in Paris (Le Capsule vs La Planche) and his own teaching philosophyWhere beginners can start learning Electro today (Instagram tutorials, the ARTE documentary "Robo")His thoughts on newer dancers borrowing movements without knowing the culture behind themWhether you're a street dance head, a battle judge, or just curious about where all those arm threads and lines actually come from, this one's essential.🎧 Watch the full episode and subscribe for more conversations with the people shaping street dance culture.Follow The Capsule: https://www.instagram.com/thecapsule.ldn/Follow Duke LDN: https://www.instagram.com/theduke.ldn/#ElectroDance #Tektonik #StreetDance #HipHopCulture #ParisDance #WorldCup #BeyondTheMoves #TheCapsule