“I saw a Soviet Union propaganda documentary about ‘the bad life’ of the U.S.A.,” recalled Dima Morovkin, 38, known as Master Crab, who learned his moves in the 80s. “There was just a small fragment where black kids were dancing in the streets, and the documentary said that big American gangsters were making them dance to earn money,” he added, laughing. Anti-American sentiment may be big in Russian politics right now, a sure vote-winner for the country’s leaders, but the popular embrace of Western culture is at an all-time high, including a community of fervent break-dance disciples who live, sleep and eat the break-dance, or b-boy, life.