As hip-hop turns 50 on Friday, one of its pillars, breakdancing, was on display last weekend in Phoenix at the World Hip Hop Dance Championship. The event featured 3,000 dancers from at least 37 ...

Once or twice, he gets some oppositional forces going, a line of dancers holding still as another line eats space. But much of the evening is just unison or solos. It’s still superior hip-hop dance.