<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1AXzB4_1H0iAQ5000" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1AXzB4_1H0iAQ5000" width="1834" height="1130" ><figcaption>Scar “SKR” Miyashita-Jaime doing a handstand spin or "star walk" on Nov. 5. "Freestyling doesn't have moves, it has concepts. Feeling how you want to move." Brayden Vallow / Montana Kaimin</figcaption></figure>On a cold Wednesday night, when only streetlamps light the empty foggy roads, you may hear the faint bass from a speaker under the Beartracks Bridge. If you look closer, a pair of dancers throw down shimmies and “star walks” to rap music while no one is watching. University of Montana junior Scar “SKR” Miyashita-Jaime, 20, and senior Aiden “Morph” Kelly, 22, created Hip Hop Missoula, a club for anyone interested in hip-hop culture, music, and, most of all, dancing in ciphers. “All it takes is a bounce,” Miyashita-Jaime said. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0ywfIk_1H0iAQ5000" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0ywfIk_1H0iAQ5000" width="1864" height="1112" ><figcaption>Dance name "Skr" plays "Look Like My Mama" by Tyler the Creator on Nov. 5. “Rappers' delight is my favorite track; my father has it on vinyl. It went straight into my body."</figcaption></figure>Ciphers are freestyle dance circles, usually having a sound system or MC, master of ceremonies, present to direct and keep the vibe up. “The perfect world for ciphers is a handful of people dancing and a bunch just hanging out,” Kelly said. Dancers can then step in and dance on the floor with their own unique style until the next dancer decides to enter. There is no pause for new dancers to enter the cipher. “Just show up and throw down,” Kelly said. Miyashita-Jaime and Kelly’s favorite style is animation. Miyashita-Jaime said animation focuses on storytelling. Kelly believes the dancer’s body should look like it’s skipping frames, like stop motion. “Think about a classic cartoon, like Mickey Mouse driving a boat bouncing around, now just imagine you are the character,” Kelly said. Kelly, from Helena, didn’t get exposure to prominent hip-hop dancing. “My sister was a really incredible modern dancer, but even growing up around it I never felt like I had a place in it,” Kelly said. After taking Introduction to Hip Hop Dance at UM, Kelly found his calling. “Freestyle gives so much to me; it allows me to loudly and confidently be myself and I want to inject more of that into the world,” Kelly said. <figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3YtOQp_1H0iAQ5000" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3YtOQp_1H0iAQ5000" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Aiden "Morph" Kelly dancing under the Caras Park bridge on Nov. 5. “I love picturing a little ball of energy [when dancing] and then throwing it around like it's a real ball” Brayden Vallow // Montana Kaimin</figcaption></figure>Miyashita-Jaime took a love for dance at a young age. “I did ballet and I hated it,” Miyashita-Jaime said. They later became drawn to freestyle.Hip Hop Missoula will take to the streets every Wednesday night for open ciphers and use the Zootown Dance Collective space near the Southgate Mall as it moves into the winter. “There’s a bounce within everybody. It’s a heartbeat, you know?” Kelly said.</div></body>

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