The obvious connection of the term "breaking" is to the word " breakbeat". The terms "b-boy" ("break-boy"), "b-girl" ("break-girl"), and "breaker" were the original terms used to describe the dancers who performed to DJ Kool Herc's breakbeats. : 60 The dance itself is called "breaking." The term "breakdancing" has become an umbrella term that includes California-based dance styles such as popping, locking, and electric boogaloo, in addition to the New York-based b-boying. Some enthusiasts consider "breakdancing" an ignorant, and even pejorative, term, due to the media's exploitation of the art form, while others use it to derogatorily refer to studio-trained dancers that can perform the moves but who do not live a "b-boy lifestyle", : 61 and accuse the media of displaying a simplified version of the dance that focused on "tricks" instead of culture. Instead of the original term "b-boying" ("break-boying"), the mainstream media promoted the art form as "breakdancing", the term by which it came to be generally known. Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the mainstream entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" were the original terms and are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners.
Breaking will now be featured as an Olympic sport, making its debut in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.Ī practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, breakdancer or breaker. The dance form has since expanded globally, with an array of organizations and independent competitions supporting its growth. It is closely attributed to the birth of hip-hop, as DJs developed rhythmic breaks for dancers. The modern dance elements of breakdancing originated among the poor youth of New York during the early 1970s, where it was introduced as breaking. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in hip-hop, funk, soul music and breakbeat music, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes. A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017īreakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American communities in the United States.
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