Ruslan Zhyvokorintsev

A few photos and newspaper clippings from the Turbo years turned up recently, and I wanted to share them here. A lot has happened since then — different countries, different work, a different life. But finding these again brought all of it back: the shows, the late nights, the people I did this with. I didn't expect anything like this to survive thirty years in someone's drawer, and I'm genuinely grateful it did. Thank you to everyone who was part of Turbo with me. Those years mattered.

Before breaking became an Olympic sport, before it was recognized by international federations, and long before it appeared on the world’s biggest athletic stage, it arrived in our countries through pioneers. One of the most influential crews leading that movement was Turbo. Turbo was among the first professional dance crews to introduce breaking and modern street dance to mainstream audiences across post-Soviet countries. At a time when breaking was still unknown to most people, Turbo...

People see the stage, the lights, the performance, and the applause. They see confidence, control, and energy. What they don’t see is everything that comes before that moment. Before every major performance, there is a long period of preparation that tests not only your physical ability, but your mental strength. The real work happens in empty studios, late at night, when no one is watching. It happens in repetition - performing the same movement hundreds of times until it becomes part of...