![]() ![]() Some power moves are borrowed from gymnastics and martial arts. Some examples are the windmill, swipe, and head spin. The breaker is generally supported by his upper body while the rest of his body creates circular momentum. Power moves are acrobatic moves that require momentum, speed, endurance, strength, and control to execute. The most basic of downrock is done entirely on feet and hands but more complex variations can involve the knees when threading limbs through each other. Downrock includes moves such as the foundational 6-step, and its variants such as the 3-step. ![]() Transitions from toprock to downrock and power moves are called "drops".ĭownrock (also known as "footwork" or "floorwork") is used to describe any movement on the floor with the hands supporting the dancer as much as the feet. Toprock can draw upon many other dance styles such as popping, locking, tap dance, or house dance. A great deal of freedom is allowed in the definition of toprock: as long as the dancer maintains cleanness, form and the b-boy attitude, theoretically anything can be toprock. Toprock has a variety of steps which can each be varied according to the dancer's expression (ie. It is usually the first and foremost opening display of style, though dancers often transition from other aspects of breaking to toprock and back. Toprock generally refers to any string of steps performed from a standing position. These include toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes/suicides. There are four primary elements that form breaking. Freeze, and hip-hop historian Fab 5 Freddy use the term "b-boy", as do rappers Big Daddy Kane and Tech N9ne. or b-girls, what you call break girls." In addition, co-founder of Rock Steady Crew Santiago "Jo Jo" Torres, Rock Steady Crew member Mr. Frosty Freeze of the Rock Steady Crew says, "we were known as b-boys", and hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa says, "b-boys, what you call break boys. B-boy London of the New York City Breakers and filmmaker Michael Holman refer to these dancers as "breakers". For those immersed in hip-hop culture, the term "breakdancer" may be used to disparage those who learn the dance for personal gain rather than for commitment to the culture. Most b-boying pioneers and practitioners prefer the terms "b-boy", "b-girl", and/or "breaker" when referring to these dancers. The obvious connection of the term "breaking" is to the word "breakbeat", but DJ Kool Herc has commented that the term "breaking" was slang at the time for "getting excited", "acting energetically" or "causing a disturbance". DJ Kool Herc is a Jamaican-American DJ who is responsible for developing the foundational aspects of hip-hop music. The original terms arose to describe the dancers who performed to DJ Kool Herc's breakbeats. ![]() The terms "b-boy" (break-boy), "b-girl" (break-girl), and "breaker" are the original terms used to describe the dancers. The dance itself is properly called "breaking" according to rappers such as KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC. The term "breakdancing" is also problematic because it has become a diluted umbrella term that incorrectly includes popping, locking, and electric boogaloo, which are not styles of "breakdance", but are funk styles that were developed separately from breaking in California. ![]() Purists consider "breakdancing" an ignorant term invented by the media that connotes exploitation of the art and is used to sensationalize breaking. Although widespread, the term "breakdancing" is looked down upon by those immersed in hip-hop culture. The terminology used to refer to b-boying (break-boying) changed after promotion by the mainstream media. ![]()
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