Victor Quijada of Rubberband talks about how much breaking and popping meant to him growing up and how it drove his founding of the Montreal dance company.

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If you've ever seen RUBBERBANDance Group perform before, you're already aware of its resolutely physical nature. RUBBERBAND dancers (including Anne Plamondon, whom we've covered before) are athletic and unafraid — and, let's face it, it looks kind of dangerous.

In this video made by filmmaker Alexander Álvarez Cadilla, you'll go inside Rubberband's rehearsal for their upcoming tour. And you'll meet RUBBERBAND's founder, choreographer and art director, Victor Quijada. He's originally from Los Angeles, where he earned his chops dancing in hip hop clubs and on the street. As he puts it, "My first contact with dance was not in the dance studio but it was in the street with ciphers, with b-boy and breaking, popping. And that hip hop culture became a huge part of my life throughout my childhood, my adolescence."

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