breakdance
Sign in to savethumb|Breaking in the street, 2013 thumb|A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017 Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (women), is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the Bronx borough of New York City.
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Breakdancing, also known as breaking, b-boying, or b-girling, is a style of street dance that originated in the Bronx borough of New York City, developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans. The dance style is characterized by dynamic moves performed in the street, including acrobatic elements like standing on one's head.
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- Breakdancing
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- Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed Team – Battle for 3rd Place (53).jpeg
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- Breaking at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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- Hip-hop dance
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- Street dancers
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- 1970s
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- New York City, U.S.
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30 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- History
- Influences
- Kool Herc and Early Breaking
- Cultural Expansion, Rock Steady Crew, and Mainstream Adoption
- Return to the Underground and International Resurgence
- Uprock
- Worldwide expansion
- Australia
- Brazil
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- France
- Japan
- South Korea
- Soviet Union
- Dance elements
- Styles
- Music
- Major competitions
- Female presence
- Media exposure
- Film
- Television
- Literature
- Video gaming
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Breaking in the street, 2013 thumb|A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017 Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (women), is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the Bronx borough of New York City.
Breakdancing consists mainly of four kinds of movement—toprock, footwork, power moves, and freezes—and is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in funk, soul, and hip-hop. Its modern dance elements originated among the poor youth of New York during the 1970s and early 1980s. It is tied to the birth of hip-hop, whose DJs played songs featuring rhythmic breaks for dancers.