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. : 61 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 breakdancing pioneers and practitioners prefer the terms "b-boy", "b-girl", and/or "breaker" when referring to these dancers. DJ Kool Herc has commented that the term "breaking" was 1970s slang for "getting excited", "acting energetically" or "causing a disturbance". 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. Terminology Ī common claim is that the term "Breakdance" was a creation of the media or of Rock Steady Crew manager Ruza "Kool Lady" Blue, this may be incorrect as it was used by Hiphop pioneer Kurtis Blow in a 1980 profile by Bill Adler in the New York Daily News, prior to any other media coverage, and prior to Blue's 1981 arrival in New York. 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.
Ī practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, breakdancer or breaker.
Following the proposal by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) the IOC decided to include Breaking on 7 December 2020. Breaking will now be featured as an Olympic sport, making its debut in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. 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 funk, soul music and hip-hop 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 performing outside Faneuil Hall, Boston, United Statesīreaking in the street, 2013 A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017īreaking, also called b-boying, b-girling or breakdancing, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and later Puerto Rican communities in New York City, United States.
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