Daiveon, aka Baby Jam, competes in a two-on-two breaking competition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of local nonprofit 206 Zulu, which has been running its hip-hop-inflected arts and education programming out of Washington Hall since 2010. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
HERE THEY ARE: 58 dancers wearing sneakers and T-shirts and hoodies, assembled in the spacious, elegantly curvaceous, two-story ballroom of Washington Hall, ready to battle.
The contenders have come for the 206 Zulu Throwdown: a two-on-two breaking competition, with pairs of b-boys and b-girls (but mostly b-boys), ranging in age from 7 to upper 40s (but mostly in their 20s), facing off for a $5,000 cash prize.
These dancers are the latest faces in a century-plus lineage — not the lineage of hip-hop and breaking, but the lineage of Washington Hall.
Anna Nagy (left) and Justine Palacio take their turn on the floor at the 206 Zulu Throwdown, a two-on-two breaking competition — with a $5,000 prize — at historic Washington Hall. (Kevin Clark / The Seattle Times)
