¿That is the Breakdance?

The Breakdancing, also known as breaking, b-boying or b-girling is a style of

urban dance that is part of the movement of hip hop culture emerged in the Latin American and African American communities in neighborhoods such as the Bronx or Brooklyn, New York at the beginning of the 1970s. It is possibly the dance within the best-known hip-hop style. Break Dance is one of the so-called four elements of hip hop, the others being the MCing (rapping), DJing (or turntablism) and Graffiti.

History

The breakdance was born in the ghettos of America in the early 1980s (Bronx and Brooklyn). African Americans created a dance as a means of expression gathering dances already created, such as the Charleston, bachata, salsa; and also certain martial arts such as capoeira and gymnastics depotiva movements.

Contrary to popular belief, the breakdance is not danced together with the Popping and Locking. These three dances (known as Funkstyles) danced separately and by rule general and especially now, with music of different style. The belief that mixing steps of a style of dance and other dance is derived from the films that led the dance from United States to Europe. Which, to give greater commercialism to his films, joined the three dances in one in the choreographies of the celluloid.

The Breakdance Moves

The bboying is composed basically by: Top Rocking: all dance which is performed standing.Footwork: Is Top Rocking on the ground (when it is lowered to the floor to continue dancing).

Freezes: Are the courts in which the born for (such as frozen) in a posture, called freeze.

Powermoves: All movements more gymnastic, where you rotate or transitions there are apparently more "powerful" or"strong".

This set forms the Breakdance with their movements. It is a style of dance difficult to do but practicable, is required much skill.

Etymology

The term break is widely recognized as derivative of the break ("rotura") in a song that was dancing; Although however, breakdance, refers to the movement of the body, the person's ability to practice. Just in the part more strongly where the dancers showed his greatest exaltation. In the documentary, "The uncensored Kids", a hip hop pioneer DJ Kool Herc explains jargon "break" - a transition to dementia - makes a compliment to the explosive behaviour of the Bboys (Break-Boys), name used by him, for the first time, to refer children who danced in their festivals during their "Breaks". The DJ's improved ability to prolong this cut with the use of multiple dishes.

Origin

Bboying (Break Dance), began as a method of the rival gangs of the ghetto to resolve disputes over the territory. In a display of dances by shifts, the winning side was who demonstrated greater skill and managed to ridicule the opponent, at the beginning it was only a dance of foot without lowering to the ground, except in the "burns" where got off for a moment to make some gesture or posture of mockery or laughing to the opponent, well doing sleep, the dead...

It was later, and through the full power of the legend of James Brown funk and the rise of the dance groups, such as the Rock Steady Crew of New York, which prompted the competitive ritual of the wars of bands to see is wrapped by a phenomenon of pop culture, receiving massive media attention. Festivals, clubs, shows and other public events became typical locations for the b-boys, especially for the members of bands; dancing was fun for the threats of urban life.

Although his popularity fades in the 1980s, in the 00′s resurfaces grace to bboys such as Storm (Germany), Speedy, groups like Crew breaks... Bboying (Break Dance) remains as a dominant phenomenon, showing the media frequently in movies and commercials. For enthusiasts of Bboying (Break Dance), is a pleasant pastime, and for real bboys, a way of life. Battles underground, festivals, exhibitions, competitions of all levels. In Europe highlights the Battle of the Year and the UK championship; United States Freestyle Session and the Red Bull BC One international competition.

The dance

It is a dance that combines a number of aerobics and rhythmic, movements influenced from aboriginal dances, martial arts, gymnastics, and funk. The list of movements is enormous and requires great dedication and discipline to carry out. B-boying movements can be classified into 4 branches: style or Top Rocking(baile_de_arriba), footwork or Colts (feet work), power moves (movement of power) and freeze (frozen).