Break dance "B-boying"

Break Dance

Breaking, also called breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: top rock, down rock, power moves and freezes.

Breaking was created by the African American youth in early 1970. The earliest break dancers were the 1st Generation Bboys known as Trixie (Lauree Myers), Dancing Doug (Douglas Colon),  Bboy Sasa, The Legendary Smith Twins, and Clark Kent. The groups included Zulu Kings, Star Child La Rock, Salsoul, and Crazy Commandos. By the late seventies, the dance had begun to spread to other communities and was gaining wider popularity at the same time the dance had peaked in popularity among African Americans and Puerto Ricans.

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1. Toprock

Toprock is a major element of b-boying and b-girling (breakdance). It generally refers to foot movement performed from a standing position, relying upon a mixture of coordination, flexibility, rhythm, and most importantly, style.

It is usually the first and foremost opening display of style, and it serves as a warm-up for transitions into the more acrobatic maneuvers of down rock.

    2. Downrock

Floorwork in b-boying (breakdancing) includes floor-based footwork, or down rock, as well as certain more athletic power moves. Downrock is performed with the body supported on the hands and feet.

It allows the dancer to display their proficiency with foot speed and control by performing intricate footwork combinations. The foundational move of down rock is the 6-step, although innumerable variants exist. The hands, legs, and knees may also be featured or support the body.

      3. Power moves

Power moves are loosely defined as moves relying on speed, momentum, and acrobatic elements for performance. They are prominent in B-boying, often the centerpieces of routines featuring the other elements (top rock, down rock, and freezes) that makeup breaking. Power moves are closer to gymnastics than dancing. B-boys who focus heavily on power moves and execute them as a main part of their routines are often called “power heads”.

    4. Freeze

A freeze is a b-boying technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting or balance-intensive position. It is implied that the position is hit and held from motion as if freezing in motion, or into ice. Freezes often incorporate various twists and distortions of the body into stylish and often difficult positions.

Spins are often combined with freezes, and the spins are usually done in the form of kicks. Various handstands (“inverts”, “Nikes”, and “pikes”) can be frozen, and skilled breakers sometimes incorporate the technique of threading into handstands by forming a loop with one arm and leg, then “threading” the other leg in and out of the loop.

             There are variant types of freeze

• Planche   -A freeze with your body straddled parallel over the ground, while arms are straight, you use your strength to hold your body weight.
• Baby Freeze – The hands are used for balance, with the nearest side of your waist on one elbow and a knee on the other, sometimes swapping leg placement.
• Air baby – A freeze with the knee resting on the elbow of the supporting arm.
• Chair Freeze – A freeze while you’re lying down arched to the floor with the arm stabbed into the back to support the body.
• Air chair – A chair freeze without the head or feet on the floor, usually facing the ceiling, with leeway for many leg variations.
• Elbow Airchair – A chair freeze, performed with a hand at the back and that elbow pointed at the ground. Hands and feet are removed from the floor to complete the freeze.

Double Airchair/Recliners – An Airchair freeze, having both arms in a stabbed position at the back. Only Contortionists and other extremely flexible individuals could be able to perform this move. It is very dangerous, and is not performed often.

Handglide Freeze – Similar to the Turtle freeze, except only one elbow is stabbed into the abs, the other is out to the side of the body and is either placed on the ground or held above it.

Hollow back – A more difficult freeze. It is basically a bridge with feet not touching the floor. There are many variations performed from a handstand, headstand, or on the elbows.

Invert – an inverted hollow back freeze. instead of making a bridge you crunch in your face to your legs so it makes a v shapes as in to “invert” the hollow back.

O Freeze- a hollow back with an extreme arch the feet touch the b-boy’s elbows, this resembles an ‘O’ shape.

Pike – A freeze with one hand planted on the ground while the entire body is perpendicular to the floor with both feet held high to the air.

Turtle Freeze – Both arms are bent in front of the chest with the elbows stabbing into either the abs or surrounding area. All the weight is placed onto the hands and the rest of the body is suspended above the ground. See float.

Birthday Elbow- a freeze on the elbow wherein the b-boy’s head rests on his hand, the body is horizontal, facing the ground.

Flag-standing on one hand while facing the side and punched the other hand forward

L-kick-standing on one hand while crotch and bend one leg while holding the end of a straight leg with the other hand

V-kick-balancing two hands and kicking feet V-shaped on

Y-freeze-standing on one hand and balance while opening leg shape ‘Y’.

Shoulder freeze-balance the body using the shoulder while making freestyle legs

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