>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING CULTURE, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES, AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM >> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," WE MEET A COUPLE WHO TEAMS UP TO CREATE WORKS OF FUNCTIONAL BEAUTY IN GLASS, A LOCAL DANCE INSTRUCTOR TEACHES THE ART OF BREAKDANCING, ALONG WITH SOME VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS.

WE GO TO A MUSEUM THAT GIVES VISITORS A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH GAMES OF THEIR YOUTH.

AND, A STUDIO PERFORMANCE BY COLUMBUS SINGER-SONGWRITER WONG.

THIS AND MORE, RIGHT NOW, ON "BROAD & HIGH."

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>>> WELCOME TO "BROAD & HIGH."

I'M YOUR HOST, KATE QUICKEL.

IN OUR FIRST STORY, WE LEARN HOW GLASSBLOWING IS A TEAM SPORT.

WE MEET CHRISTA AND GWEN, WHO CONVERTED AN OLD STANDARD OIL SERVICE STATION IN DELAWARE, OHIO, INTO THEIR STUDIO AND GALLERY SPACE.

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>> I GET TO PLAY WITH LAVA ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS, AND THAT'S MY JOB.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO I STARTED GLASS IN CCAD IN '93.

I HAD A FRIEND CALL ME UP AND HE ASKED ME IF I COULD HELP HIM WITH SOME PUNTIES AND BITS, AND AT THE TIME I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANT, AND SO I WENT DOWN TO THE HOT SHOP AND THAT WAS IT.

SO I TOOK GLASSBLOWING THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS MUCH AS I COULD.

HAD TO DROP OUT IN '94.

WORKED IN A TATTOO AND PIERCING STUDIO FOR SIX YEARS, THAT'S WHEN I MET GWEN, AND THEN, UM, WITH HER SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGEMENT, STARTED GETTING BACK INTO GLASS AGAIN.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT OUR SON WAS BORN, SO, WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO IT, IT WAS EASY FOR HER TO GO BACK TO WORK BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH MORE STABLE.

AND SO THEN I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME PARENT.

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>> WE TALKED ABOUT OPENING THE SHOP, PROBABLY FOR AS LONG AS WE'VE BEEN MARRIED, WHICH IS OVER 20 YEARS.

SO WE JUST DECIDED TO OPEN UP THE SHOP.

IN THE SHOP I DO MOST OF THE BUSINESS STUFF.

I DO ALL THE MARKETING, THE WEBSITE, THE SALES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND THEN I ALSO ASSIST IN THE GLASSBLOWING, SO I'M KIND OF AT AN APPRENTICE LEVEL.

>> GLASSBLOWING IS A TEAM SPORT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MORE COMPLEX THINGS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE.

THAT'S JUST REALLY ALL THERE IS TO IT.

AND STOP, PLEASE.

BEAUTIFUL, THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THINGS BY YOURSELF, IT IS MORE LIMITING, JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T ENOUGH HANDS, OR, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH HEAT, OR, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS THAT COME INTO THAT.

BUT, I MEAN, WHEN YOU DO STUFF BY YOURSELF, IT HAS A TENDENCY OF BEING MORE SIMPLISTIC.

SOON AS SOMETHING GETS INTO TWO GATHERS OR MORE, IT CAN GET A LITTLE UNWIELDY FOR ME, AND PLUS, ALSO, SINCE, YOU KNOW, TRANSITIONING, I'M NOT AS STRONG AS I USED TO BE, SO THINGS I WAS ABLE TO DO BEFORE, I CAN'T DO ANYMORE.

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I'M JUST VERY FORTUNATE.

I HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND, YOU KNOW -- AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT HELPED MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

IT'S KIND OF STRANGE BEING -- LIKE, BEING IN DELAWARE, AND SORT OF, BEING ISOLATED, AND BEING TRANS, AND BEING IN GLASS.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF US THAT ARE LIKE THAT, SO THERE ARE SOME NON-BINARY FOLKS AND THERE'S SOME TRANS FOLKS AND THEN, WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT IN THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, GLASSBLOWING'S A VERY, YOU KNOW, WHITE, MALE DOMINATED THING, YOU KNOW.

AND SO -- BUT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE TRY TO TAKE STRIDES IN MAKING SURE IT'S MORE EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, AND TO KIND OF BE A PART OF THAT, I THINK, WOULD BE NICE.

GLASS IS A REALLY IMMEDIATE PROCESS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LOVE IT.

YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING AND WHEN YOU PUT IT AWAY IN THE ANNEALER, YOU'RE DONE FOR THE DAY.

UM, IT'S NOT LIKE PAINTING OR DRAWING OR CLAY -- CLAY ESPECIALLY, LIKE, WHERE YOU HAVE THIS TIME WHERE YOU CAN GO BACK IN AND KIND OF NOODLE SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM RIGHT AWAY.

YOU'RE NOT FORCING THE GLASS INTO WHAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE DOING, YOU'RE TALKING TO IT.

AND YOU USE THE TOOLS TO TALK TO IT.

HOW YOU USE THOSE TOOLS IS LIKE, JUST HOW YOU TO TALK TO ANYBODY ELSE.

IF YOU USE THE TOOLS AGGRESSIVELY OR YOU USE THEM IN A MANNER THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE GLASS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.

IT'S KIND OF A LOT.

I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO THE WHOLE TEAMWORK THING, IT'S -- YOU'RE A TEAM WITH THE GLASS.

YOU KIND OF HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO IT FOR IT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.

IF IT DOESN'T LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO IT.

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>> IT USED TO BE A STANDARD OIL SERVICE STATION.

IT WAS BUILT IN LATE-1930s.

I REALLY ENJOY TAKING BUILDINGS AND PUTTING THEM BACK INTO THEIR ORIGINAL LOOK AS MUCH AS I CAN.

SO WHEN I SAW THE SPACE, ALL I COULD SEE WAS JUST WHAT IT COULD BE.

WE'RE IN THE GALLERY SPACE NOW, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A GALLERY FOR EMERGING ARTISTS, GLASSBLOWING STUDENTS FROM CCAD, OR OSU, OR SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL PLACES.

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IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE WHICH PEOPLE RESPOND TO WHAT THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE WALK IN, AND THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY HEAD FOR ALL OF THE RED GLASS.

OR OTHER PEOPLE WILL WALK IN AND THEY'LL IMMEDIATELY LOOK AT THE PERFUME BOTTLES.

AND THOSE WILL REMIND SOMEBODY OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S PERFUME BOTTLE COLLECTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT LITTLE PERSONAL CONNECTION.

AND THEN WHEN THEY BUY A PIECE OF GLASS AND THEY TAKE TI HOME, THAT'S A PIECE OF GLASS THEY'RE GONNA HAVE FOR MANY YEARS, AND SOME OF THEM, THEY'LL EVEN PASS THAT PIECE DOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN.

SO IT'S NICE HAVING A LITTLE PIECE OF PRETTY, BEAUTIFUL THINGS, THAT CAN GO INTO THE NEXT GENERATION.

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>> I'M DEFINITELY MORE OF WHAT YOU'D CALL A CRAFTSPERSON THOUGH, NOT NECESSARILY AN ARTIST, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY HAPPY PLACE IS.

I'M MOST HAPPY MAKING THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

IF I CAN MAKE THINGS THAT ARE NICE -- VERY GENTLY, THERE YOU GO.

BEAUTIFUL.

IF PEOPLE RESONATE WITH THE THINGS THAT I MAKE AND THEY WANT TO TAKE IT HOME AND THEY FEEL HAPPY ABOUT THAT, THEN I'VE WON.

THAT'S -- THAT'S, TO ME, THAT'S THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S THE GOAL.

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>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FO THEIR CREATIONS, CHECK OUT SEVENTHCIRCLEGLASS.COM >>> NO MATTER WHAT ERA YOU WERE BORN IN, THERE'S LIKELY A GAME YOU PLAYED THEN, AND PROBABLY STILL WISH YOU COULD PLAY NOW.

IF YOU'RE PICTURING PINBALL MACHINES OR ARCADE GAMES, THE REPLAY AMUSEMENT MUSEUM IN TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, IS THE PLACE FOR YOU.

NEXT WE TAKE A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE ART AND TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THESE AMUSEMENTS.

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>> MY NAME IS BOBBI, I WORK THE FRONT DESK AND HELP HANDLE OUR EVENT CALENDAR, TRY TO PLAN SOME FUN EVENTS FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND PLAY FOR.

I'VE WORKED HERE FOR FOUR YEARS.

I LOVE IT.

MY HUSBAND AND I ACTUALLY HAD OUR -- OUR WEDDING HERE, SO I LOVE IT LIKE IT'S MINE, EVEN THOUGH I JUST WORK HERE.

BRIAN AND BECKY ARE JUST BIG GAMERS THEMSELVES.

THEY LOVE AMUSEMENTS, THEY LOVE PLAYING GAMES, SO I THINK THAT THEY AMASSED THIS COLLECTION AND KIND OF FELT SELFISH JUST KEEPING IT ALL TO THEMSELVES, AND WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD.

>> A PLACE LIKE REPLAY IS LIKE A TEST GROUND FOR THESE GAMES.

WE SEE THINGS BREAK THAT NOBODY ELSE SEES, WE HAVE PROBLEMS THAT NOBODY ELSE WILL ENCOUNTER BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PLAYS THAT THESE GAMES GET ON THEM.

YOU KNOW, LONGEVITY'S ALWAYS THE GOAL -- WANNA MAKE SURE EACH REPAIR IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA MAKE THE GAME LAST A LOT LONGER, HOPEFULLY, AS OPPOSED TO, LIKE, CONTINUALLY GOING BACK IN AND FIXING SOMETHING.

BUT YEAH, THERE'S SORT OF A CHECKLIST AS FAR AS LIKE, LOOKING FOR BAD CONNECTORS, BECAUSE THAT CAN JUST CAUSE THINGS TO OVERHEAT IF THERE'S NOT GOOD SIGNAL GOING THROUGH.

>> JUST CLEANING THE PINBALLS SO THE GAME WILL PLAY PROPERLY IS A BIG PART OF IT.

A LOT OF THE OLDER GAMES WE'LL SWITCH OUT TO A DIFFERENT STYLE OF LIGHTBULBS, AND PUT L.E.D.s INSIDE OF THEM.

SO, JUST TO TAKE AWAY THE HEAT, IT DRAWS LESS POWER, SO THERE'S -- THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT TO KEEP IN MIND.

THE DESIGNERS OF THE GAME WOULD PUT NOTES IN THE GAME THAT A WELL-LIT GAME IS GONNA BE PLAYED MORE.

AND FOR THAT MATTER, A CLEAN, WELL-LIT GAME.

SO IT'S MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME IN FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND THEY KIND OF JUST START WALKING AROUND.

AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY WHAT MAKES THEM GO UP AND PUT THEIR HANDS ON THAT FIRST GAME.

ESPECIALLY IF ITS ONE THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

BUT I THINK IT ALWAYS COMES DOWN TO SOME PART OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH IN THEIR LIFE, SOME PART OF THEIR HISTORY, WHETHER THEY'RE INTO CARS, OR LIKE, IF IT'S SOME KIND OF MOVIE THAT THEY'RE INTO.

IT COULD BE A BAND THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON ONE OF THESE GAMES.

A LOT OF IT WILL -- WILL DEFINITELY BE, LIKE, THE ARTWORK I FEEL LIKE.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE GAME, IT'S GONNA BE THE ARTWORK.

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>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE COLORS, IF IT'S THE IMAGINATION.

I MEAN, THE OLDER PINBALL MACHINES FROM THE '70s, THEY DEFINITELY POP, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE EYE-CATCHING, SOMETIMES SLIGHTLY SUGGESTIVE IN A SEXUAL MANNER.

BUT, THESE WERE BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A ROOMFUL OF GUYS PLAYING PINBALL, WHERE THERE WEREN'T REALLY CHILDREN INVOLVED, MAYBE NOT WOMEN AROUND.

SO YOU CAN THE -- THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT, AND CHANGE OF ART, KIND OF MOVING BACK FROM RISQUE ART PIECES AND BEING MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY.

>> I MEAN, YOU CAN FIND OUT A LOT ABOUT YOURSELF JUST BY PLAYING GAMES, WHETHER IT'S JUST BY YOURSELF YOU CAN KIND OF TELL HOW COMPETITIVE OF A PERSON YOU ARE AND HOW WELL YOU DEAL WITH, LIKE, STRESSFUL SITUATIONS.

TO ME, IT'S GAMING THERAPY.

IT'S VERY RELAXING, GETTING TO HIT THE FLIPPERS, JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH THE GAME HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.

I JUST LOVE IT.

IN A PLACE LIKE REPLAY WITH THE GAMES THAT WE HAVE HERE, THIS STYLE OF GAMING IS SOMETHING WHERE, EVEN IF YOU'RE PLAYING BY YOURSELF, YOU STILL HAVE, LIKE, A SOCIAL CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE, WHETHER YOU HEAR SOMEBODY YELLING OUT OF FRUSTRATION BECAUSE THEY JUST LOST THE BALL, OR SOMEBODY IS, LIKE, CHEERING BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT A REPLAY OR AN INSANELY HIGH SCORE.

WE DEFINITELY HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN THAT ARE TRYING TO SET HIGH SCORES.

UM, REPLAY IS KNOWN FOR HAVING SCORES THAT ARE JUST SUPER HARD TO BEAT BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN AND PLAY THE GAMES.

I HAD, UH, NUMBER THREE, NUMBER FOUR FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND, UH, I'VE BEEN SURPASSED, SO I GOTTA HAVE TO GO CHASE IT AGAIN.

>> MY BEST HIGH SCORE HERE IS GONNA BE MY GC ON TALES OF ARABIAN NIGHTS.

IT'S 44 MILLION, I GOT TO THE WIZARD MODE, AND RESCUED THE PRINCESS.

PART OF MY, LIKE, HIGH SCORE CHASE ISN'T EVEN TECHNICALLY THE SCORE, IT'S MORE BEATING THE GAME AND REACHING THAT WIZARD MODE, WHATEVER THAT FINAL OBJECTIVE IS.

>> MY SON IS IN THE NAVY NOW, HE'S IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

I'LL SEND HIM, LIKE, A TEXT MESSAGE REAL QUICK AND SAY, "LOOK AT THE SCORE I JUST PUT UP."

AND HE'LL DO THE SAME THING.

IF HE GOES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HE'S ABLE TO PLAY PINBALL OR ANY OF THE VIDEO GAMES, HE'LL SEND ME A SCORE BACK.

SO, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND CONNECT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDS OF MILES APART.

>> SEEING THE GENERATIONS ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER, ENJOY, AND LOVE THESE GAMES, IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO.

I KNOW WE'RE DOING ETH RIGHT THING, I KNOW WE'RE HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND WE'RE SHARING ALL THIS FUN WITH GENERATIONS TO COME, 'CAUSE WE NEED THE YOUNGER KIDS TO BE INTERESTED IN THIS.

IF THERE'S ANY HISTORY OR FUTURE FOR ARCADES, WE GOTTA GET KIDS PLAYING.

WE GOTTA GET KIDS PLAYING PINBALL, WE GOTTA GET KIDS PLAYING THE RETRO GAMES, 'CAUSE SOMEONE'S GOTTA BE INTERESTED ONCE WE'RE GONE.

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>> TO FIND OUT MORE, OR TO PLAN YOUR VISIT, GO TO REPLAYMUSEUM.ORG.

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>>> COLUMBUS NATIVE JAMES ALEXANDER TEACHES MUCH MORE THAN POPPIN' AND LOCKIN'.

HE'S PASSING DOWN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF HIP-HOP IN HIS DANCE STUDIO OF PARSONS AVENUE.

AND HIS STUDENTS AREN'T JUST LEARNING THE INS AND OUTS OF BREAKDANCING, THEY'RE ALSO LEARNING VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

>> MUSIC IS NOT MEANT TO BE HEARD IT IS MEANT TO BE -- >> FELT.

>> FELT, RIGHT?

SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET WARMED UP.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WANTED TO BE A DANCER GROWING UP.

I WANTED TO BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, AND THIS ENDED UP BEING WHAT I'M DOING, SO IT'S LIKE KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

READY, GO.

SIDE, SIDE, SIDE, SIDE, MY NAME'S JAMES ALEXANDER.

I'M THE OWNER OF FLAVOR'D FLOW STUDIO.

SO HERE AT FLAVOR'D FLOW, MY MAIN FOCUS IS TO INTRODUCE THE DANCE AND PASS IT DOWN CORRECTLY, AND THE CULTURE OF HIP-HOP.

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THERE'S A LOT OF STIGMA -- NEGATIVE STIGMA AROUND HIP-HOP CULTURE AND THE DANCE DUE TO THE MEDIA.

AND THAT -- THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT HIP-HOP CULTURE IS ABOUT, OR EVEN THE DANCE.

IN HIP-HOP CULTURE WE HAVE THREE MAIN DANCES TO THE CULTURE.

THERE'S BREAKIN', WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF HIP-HOP CULTURE, THEN THERE ARE -- THERE WAS POPPIN', WHICH IS A WEST COAST -- CAME FROM FRESNO, CALIFORNIA -- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND THEN WE HAVE LOCKING, WHICH CAME FROM LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ALRIGHT, READY?

HERE I TEACH BREAKING AND POPPING.

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START DOING THE LITTLE TURN.

POPPING IS MORE KNOWN -- A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA HAVE CALLED IN POPPING AND LOCKING, OR POP AND LOCK, WHICH IS ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT DANCES.

WITH POPPING, IN THE 70s IT WAS JUST A MUSCLE ISOLATION, IT WAS JUST A QUICK HIT OF THE MUSCLE.

NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT IT AS THE ROBOT, THE WAVES, THE MUSCLE ISOLATIONS, UM, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> I'VE BEEN DANCING FOR ABOUT -- THIS'LL BE MY SEVENTH YEAR DANCING.

I CAME TO COLUMBUS IN JUNE, I FOUND THIS PLACE IN AUGUST.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

IT'S MY -- IT'S PROBABLY BEEN MY FAVORITE DANCE STUDIO TO PRACTICE FROM.

HERE IT'S KIND OF MORE -- IT'S MORE RELAXED.

IT'S MORE ABOUT THE ART, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I FOUND OUT UNIQUE HERE.

IT'S LIKE VISUAL POETRY.

I MEAN, IF SOMEONE COMES ON, YOU HEAR THE BEAT, YOU GOT -- YOUR BODY STARTS BOUNCING AND YOU'RE LIKE -- AND JUST GET TO IT, IT'S JUST EXCITING.

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>> UM, WITH B-BOY, B-GIRL, THAT ORIGINALLY MEANT "BRONX BOY," "BRONX GIRL," BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM.

AND THEN IT MOVED OUT OF THE BRONX AND THEY STARTED CALLING IT BREAKING, OR BREAK-BOY, BREAK-GIRL.

AND THE TERM ORIGINALLY MEANS TO BREAK OUT AND DANCE.

WHEN THE MEDIA PICKED IT UP IN 1982, THEY STARTED CALLING IT BREAKDANCING BECAUSE WE DANCE TO THE BREAK OF THE MUSIC.

COINCIDENTALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE DO DANCE TO.

SO, BREAKIN', THE ORIGINAL STYLE OF HIP-HOP STARTED IN THE LATE '60s IN THE BRONX.

WHEN IT STARTED IT WAS ONLY DANCING ON YOUR FEET.

WHEN CALIFORNIA STARTED PICKING IT UP, THEY REALLY STARTED PUTTING IN THE POWER MOVES.

AND NOW, IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST A MUST THAT YOU MIX ALL THESE TOGETHER.

UH, THERE ARE FOUR PARTS -- MAIN PARTS TO THE DANCE.

THERE'S TOP ROCK WHICH IS LIKE DANCING ON YOUR FEET, THAT'S YOUR INTRODUCTION.

THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE GROUND YOU GOT YOUR FOOTWORK -- THEN GO BACK DOWN TO WHERE YOU'RE AT.

-- WHICH IS DANCING ON YOUR HANDS AND FEET.

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GO BACK TO SQUAT.

FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND GO.

FREEZES, WHERE IT'S JUST STOPPING MOTION.

THEN POWER MOVES, WHICH ARE -- THE POWER MOVES ARE WHAT BREAKIN' IS KNOWN FOR.

UH, THE WINDMILLS, THE HEAD SPINS, STUFF ON YOUR HANDS.

AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF BREAKING CAME FROM, IS THAT IT'S FREESTYLE, WHICH IT IS, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK FREESTYLE IS DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU WANT.

AND WHAT -- ACTUALLY, WITH BREAKING AND POPPING AND ALL THIS STUFF -- FREESTYLE IS FREESTYLING WITH THE MOVES GIVEN.

>> MY NAME IS LUCY AND MY B-GIRL NAME IS MISFIT AND I'VE BEEN DANCING FOR TWO YEARS.

THE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT IT IS THAT, I GET TO MAKE NEW FRIENDS AND JAMEY -- WHICH IS OUR INSTRUCTOR, HE DOESN'T JUST TEACH DANCING, HE TEACHES, LIKE, BEHAVIOR AND STUFF, WHICH I REALLY LIKE.

AND ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT GOING TO THESE CLASSES AND STUFF IS THAT, IT'S NOT ALL CHOREOGRAPHED, WHERE YOU CAN -- HE TEACHES YOU THESE MOVES AND THEN YOU CAN MIX THEM UP AND MAKE THEM INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

>> FLAVOR'D FLOW IS ALL ABOUT HAVING FLAVOR IN YOUR FLOW, AND FLOW IS JUST ABOUT HOW YOUR -- YOU PUT YOUR DANCE TOGETHER AND WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO.

SO WHAT YOU LEARN IN THESE MOVES IS HOW YOU FLOW WITH IT, SO, YOU KNOW.

JUST LIKE I TRY NOT TO TEACH CHOREOGRAPHY, I DON'T' WANT YOU TO LEARN MY DANCE, I WANT YOU TO LEARN THE DANCE.

AND THEN I WANT YOU TO FLOW, PUT YOUR FLAVOR, STYLE INTO HOWEVER YOU WANT TO.

NICE, GUYS.

SPIN AND FREEZE!

TEACHING THE YOUNG ONES, I WANT TO ALSO INSTILL A LOT OF THE VALUES AND VIRTUES SUCH AS COURAGE, SELF-ESTEEM.

>> WELL, I'VE ALWAYS LOVED MUSIC AND DANCING, BUT I'M -- I GOT ADHD, SO I'M ALWAYS ACTIVE AND I ALWAYS HAVE ENERGY.

SO THIS KIND OF GETS MY ENERGY OUT SOMETIMES FOR THE NEXT DAY, SO I'M NOT ALL CRAZY AND GRUMPY IN THE MORNING.

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>> YOU KNOW, IF YOU GIVE THEM CHARACTER, PERSONALITY, AND HARD WORK, THEY'RE GONNA FULFIL THEIR DREAM AND WORK HARD AT IT.

I SEE YOU GUYS ALL GROWING, AND I LOVE IT AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS.

THIS IS THE BEST WAY I CAN GIVE BACK.

YOU KNOW, IF I CAN CHANGE SOMEONE'S LIFE, I'VE DONE MY JOB, I FEEL.

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>> CHECK OUT CLASSES AT COLUMBUS'S FIRST HIP-HOP CULTURAL BASED DANCE STUDIO AT FLAVOREDFLOWSTUDIO.COM OR FIND THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>>> NEXT, ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF OUR LOCAL MUSIC SERIES, WITH COLUMBUS SINGER-SONGWRITER, T.WONG.

HERE HE IS, PERFORMING THE TITLE TRACK OFF HIS 2017 ALBUM, "THE UPSIDE DOWN," AND IT WILL BE NO SURPRISE HE'S A BIG FAN OF THE NETFLIX HIT, "STRANGER THINGS."

NETFLIX HIT, "STRANGER THINGS."

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>> WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF USE HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL.

SUPPORTING ARTS, ADVANCING CULTURE, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS EVENTS, AND CLASSES, AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM