Youness El Mouaffaq (1994), better known by his stage name Cri6, is a London-based Moroccan competitive

b-boy Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

. As of July 2017, he has won a silver medal in the

Hip-hop dance Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in ...

category at the VIII

Jeux de la Francophonie The Jeux de la Francophonie (Canadian English: ''Francophonie Games''; British English: ''Francophone Games'') are a combination of artistic and sporting events for the Francophonie, mostly French-speaking nations and former colonies of France, ...

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, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa. Accessed 2017-07-26

Career

Youness El Mouaffaq was born in

Fez, Morocco Fez or Fes (; ar, فاس, fās; zgh, ⴼⵉⵣⴰⵣ, fizaz; french: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès, Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the List of cities in Morocco, second largest city i ...

. He performed in some of the international dance competitions included

Red Bull BC One Red Bull BC One is an annual international B-Boy competition organized by the beverage company Red Bull. It is an individual B-Boy competition, notable for being the only one of the major international breaking championships to not include a crew ...

World Final,

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The Notorious IBE The Notorious IBE is an international hip hop dance festival festival in Heerlen, The Netherlands. Between 1998 and 2005 the festival took place at Nighttown in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 2008 the festival moved to the city of Heerlen in the ...

, BBIC Korea, B.I.S China. Youness El Mouaffaq, competing as

Bboy Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

Cri6, has been rising as a top competitor on the scene for the past few years. He's a member of El Mouwahidine and Lhiba Kingzoo with fellow Moroccan B-Boys, and The Wolfer. At the

2017 Jeux de la Francophonie The 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''VIIIèmes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''8th Francophone Games''), informally known as Abidjan 2017, took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, from July 21–30. This was the first edition of ...

, the Canal aux Bois stage hosted the final phase of

competition. Youness El Mouaffaq won the silver medal in the Hip-hop dance category, competing together with the Moroccan national team 04 Lkarwa and succeeded in hoisting the flag of Morocco in the skies of Abidjan and thus offering the country a silver medal at the VIII Jeux de la Francophonie. Youness El Mouaffaq ranked 18th place globally at WDSF World Breaking Championship that took a place in

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on June 23, 2019. He also participated in numerous international events such as: * 30.11.2019 Hustle & Freeze Vol.14

* 23.06.2019 WDSF World Breaking Championship

* 15.03.2019 Circle Industry

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* 13.10.2018 DPC Jam

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

* 27.09.2018

World Final

* 21.04.2018 JBL Unbreakable World Final

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* 17.12.2016 Risk Battle 2017

* 22.10.2016 D.Point.C Jam

Awards

* 1st Place

3 vs 3,

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

– 2019 * 1st Circle Industry Finals,

– 2019 * 1st Place Best Moroccan

B-boy Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

– 2019 * 1st Place Battle of East,

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– 2018 * 2nd Place DPC JAM,

– 2018 * 2nd Place Les

– 2017 * 1st Place Show and Prove, UK – 2016 * 2nd Place Pasha 2312 All styles,

– 2016 * 1st Place

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

Cypher – 2015

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cri6 Dancesport 1994 births Breakdancers Living people People from Fez, Morocco Moroccan dancers