The 1Up Crew Teaches the Art of Dance Battles
b'Every Wednesday evening, the 1Up Crew gathers at In The Groove Studios in downtown Oakland for a free open lab session. That\'s where you\'ll see folks perfecting their moves and dancing in a variety of styles: turfing, ballroom, pop locking and krumping. It\'s all in preparation for monthly battles against other crews.\\nSome of the battles are freestyle, others are three-on-three dance-offs where teams choreograph routines in a format that\'s similar to the movie, "You Got Served."\\nBut this is real life, real people and a real story about dancing in Oakland-- as shown through one of the crew\\u2019s leaders, Tarik Rollerson, a third generation dancer from the town, who is part of a community that\\u2019s creating a new way of giggin\\u2019.\\nWe all know that in the Bay Area, \\u201cWe dance a little different.\\u201d\\nToday, Tarik gives us some insight on why we move the way we do.'