Breakdancing to Bach in Berlin

Breakdancing combines with Bach in Berlin this month as an award-winning dance group and an avant-garde musical director put an ultra-modern spin on the German composer's almost 300-year-old music.

Beginning on Tuesday, Berlin-based Flying Steps, four-time world champions in breakdance, perform to works from Johann Sebastian Bach's "Das Wohltemperierte Klavier" ("The Well-Tempered Clavier") for 12 nights.

"Flying Bach" is billed as "hip-hop philosophy meets classical genius" and a "Bach battle in 12 rounds."

The composer's preludes and fugues are played either on piano and harpsichord, or given an electronic makeover, pumped through speakers at Berlin’s modern art museum, the Neue Nationalgalerie.

As the group's founder Vartan Bassil explains, the six dancers of Flying Steps mix up breakdancing with so many different high-energy styles that it can look like something completely new.

"It is a huge challenge to perform to classical music. With hip-hop we move in time with the beats. But with Bach we also have to transform quieter noises into movement, and mirror the feel of the music with our dancing.

"In breakdance, technique and acrobatics take centre stage, the combination of individual moves. But for 'Flying Bach' we wanted the emotion of the music to come across."

Joining Flying Steps' Vartan, Benny, Mikel, Lil Ceng, KC-1 and Lil Rock on stage is Japanese contemporary dance artist Yui Kawaguchi, the show's only female dancer.

Video artist Marco Moo meanwhile beams live visuals on the walls, onto the museum's huge windows behind the performance and at one point onto a white sheet held up by the dancers on stage.

For the project, Flying Steps teamed up with German director Christoph Hagel, who is no stranger to giving classical music a modern makeover having previously staged Mozart operas in a power station and in a metro station.

"My job was to explain the music, to make the dancers understand how artfully and refined Bach composed his music. But I stayed out of the choreography," he said.

The result was a new experience, and Hagel says he was amazed by how well breakdance lends itself to Bach, better than classical ballet, for example. He also thinks traditionalists could learn a thing or two from the group.

"Flying Steps have such an unpretentious way of listening to and interpreting music ... I am amazed by their energy and directness - it's not something I know from the high-minded world of high culture," Hagel said.

"We want to show that Bach is high-energy music and that hip-hop can be great art."

"Flying Bach" runs until May 1.

AFP (news@thelocal.de)

History

Elements of breaking may be seen in other antecedent cultures prior to the 1970s,but it was not until the '70s that breaking developed as a street dance style. Street corner DJs would take the rhythmic breakdown sections (or "breaks") of dance records and loop them one after the other. This provided a rhythmic base for improvising and mixing and it allowed dancers to display their skills during the break. In a turn-based showcase of dance routines the winning side was determined by the dancer(s) who could outperform the other by displaying a set of more complicated and innovative moves.Shortly after the Rock Steady Crew came to Japan, breaking within Japan began to flourish. Each Sunday b-boys would perform breaking in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park.One of the first and most influential Japanese breakers was Crazy-A, who is now the leader of the Tokyo chapter of Rock Steady Crew. He also organizes the yearly B-Boy Park which draws upwards of 10,000 fans a year and attempts to expose a wider audience to the culture

Uprock

A related dance form which influenced breaking is Uprock also called Rocking or Brooklyn rock. Like toprock, uprock is also performed while standing. The difference is that uprock is a war dance that involves two dancers who mimic ways of fighting each other using mimed weaponry in rhythm with the music. Uprock as a dance style of its own never gained the same widespread popularity as breaking, except for some very specific moves adopted by breakers who use it as a variation for their toprock.When used in a b-boy battle, opponents often respond by performing similar uprock moves, supposedly creating a short uprock battle. Some dancers argue that because uprock was originally a separate dance style it should never be mixed with breaking and that the uprock moves performed by breakers today are not the original moves but poor imitations that only show a small part of the original uprock style.

Battles

It has been stated that breaking replaced fighting between street gangs.On the contrary, some believe it a misconception that b-boying ever played a part in mediating gang rivalry. Both viewpoints have some truth. Uprock has its roots in gangs.Whenever there was an issue over turf the two warlords of the feuding gangs would uprock. Whoever won this preliminary battle would decide where the real fight would beThis is where the battle mentality in breaking and hip-hop dance in general comes from."Sometimes a dance was enough to settle the beef, sometimes the dance set off more beef."
Crew versus crew battles are common in breaking. Battles are dance competitions between two individuals or two groups of dancers who try to out-dance each other. They can be either formal or informal but both types of battles are head to head confrontations. They can take the form of a cypher battle or an organized battle. A crew is a group of b-boys/b-girls who dance together. A few of the most well known crews are the Rock Steady Crew, Last For One, Super Cr3w, Gamblerz, Mortal Combat, Flying Steps, and Massive Monkeys. B-boy crews such as the Rock Steady Crew and the New York City Breakers changed breaking into a pop-culture phenomenon when they received a large amount of media attention by battling each other in public at the Lincoln Center in 1981.

B-boy battle at Hip Hop Festival Serious Side II in Salamanca, Spain.

Informally b-boying began with the cypher, the name given to a circle of breakers (and casual onlookers) who take turns dancing in the center. There are no judges, concrete rules, or restrictions in the cypher, only unspoken traditions. Although participants usually freestyle (improvise) within a cypher, battling does take place. This was the origin of b-boy battles and it is often more confrontational and personal. Cypher dancing is more prevalent in communities with an emphasis on what is regarded as authentic and traditional hip-hop culture. Battling "in the cypher" is also a method of settling differences between individual dancers or crews.
Organized battles set a format for competition such as a time limit or a cap on the number of participants. Organized battles also have judges who are usually chosen based on their years of experience, level of cultural knowledge, contribution to the scene, and ability to judge in an unbiased manner. On occasion organizers invite judges from outside the breaking community and these events (jams) are sometimes met with disapproval from b-boys/b-girls. Organized battles are publicized to a much greater extent than informal events. They include famous international level championships such as Battle of the Year, UK B-Boy Championships, Red Bull BC One, Freestyle Session, and R16 Korea. However, the trend in recent years to place excessive emphasis on organized battles may detract from the spontaneous aspect of the culture that is emphasized in cypher dancing.

B-boying

Dance techniques

 

Dance techniques

For more details on this topic, see List of breakdance moves.

There are four primary elements that form breaking. These include toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes/suicides.

A b-boy practicing downrock at a studio in Moscow.

Toprock : generally refers to any string of steps performed from a standing position. 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 has a variety of steps which can each be varied according to the dancer's expression (ie. aggressive, calm, excited). 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 can draw upon many other dance styles such as popping, locking, or house dance. Transitions from toprock to downrock and power moves are called drops.
Downrock : (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. Downrock includes moves such as the foundational 6-step, and its variants such as the 3-step or other small steps ("techs") that add style. 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.
Power Moves are acrobatic moves that require momentum and physical power to execute. The breaker is generally supported by his upper body, while the rest of his body creates circular momentum. Notable examples are the windmill, swipe, head spin, and flare. Numerous moves such as the flare are borrowed from gymnastics while other more uncommon moves are borrowed from martial arts.
Freezes : are stylish poses, and the more difficult require the breaker to suspend himself or herself off the ground using upper body strength in poses such as the pike. They are used to emphasize strong beats in the music and often signal the end of a b-boy set. Freezes can be linked into chains or "freeze ladders" where breakers change positions to the music to display musicality and physical strength.
Suicides : like freezes are used to emphasize a strong beat in the music and signal the end to a routine. In contrast to freezes, suicides draw attention to the motion of falling or losing control, while freezes draw attention to a controlled final position. Breakers will make it appear that they have lost control and fall onto their backs, stomachs, etc. The more painful the suicide appears, the more impressive it is, but breakers execute them in a way to minimize pain.

Power vs Style

Multiple stereotypes have emerged in the breaking community over the give-and-take relationship between technical footwork and physical power. Those who focus on dance steps and fundamental sharpness are labeled as "style-heads." Specialists of more gymnastics oriented technique and form—at the cost of charisma and coordinated footwork—are known as "power-heads." Such terms are used colloquially often to classify one's skill, however, the subject has been known to disrupt competitive events where judges tend to favor a certain technique over the other.
This debate however, is somewhat of a misnomer. The classification of dancing as "style" in b-boying is inaccurate because every b-boy or b-girl has their own unique style developed both consciously and subconsciously. Each b-boy or b-girl's style is the certain attitude or method in which they execute their movements. A breaker's unique style does not strictly refer to just toprock or downrock. It is a concept which encompasses how a move is executed rather than what move is done.

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List Breakdance Move

Top Rock

The Top Rock is a combination of steps done while standing up. This is the entry dance that Bboys and Bgirls use to start their set. These steps are done before you do a power set or before you go down to the floor. This is the breaker's chance to show how well he or she can rock the beat and/or make gestures to intimidate their opponent. The object is to make a connection with the song either by gesturing on a horn or rhythm section while your feet usually step on the "snare" of the drum/beat section. (Note: Uprock was a jazz/rock dance which influenced top rock, uprock is not toprock)

• - Basic Top Rock
• - Indian Step
• - Uprock
• - Side Step
• - Boyoing
  • - Bronx Rock
  • - Brooklyn Rock
• - Power Step/Power Circle
• - Power Step Hop
• - Latin Rock
• - Derulo Rock

Floor Rocks

Floor Rocks are "rocking" or style moves performed while much of your body (hips and/or shoulders) are touching the floor. Although some moves may involve flowing or spinning like movements, they are not power moves. Floor Rocks are either used as transition moves (into a power move, freeze, etc.) or in between footwork.

• - Body Rock (aka Back Rock): A move in which you lay flat on your back and only torque you hip and legs, alternating left and right. This move is similar to the CC' in footwork, only being done with your shoulders and upper-back touching the ground. For example, your right foot will "tap" or "kick" over to your left while your left knee remains bent, then your left foot will "tap" or "kick" over to your right while your right knee remains bent.
• - Scissors: A move started while lying straight on your side, then bending your body in to touch your toes (simulating a scissor motion). Once you unbend and become straight again, you turn to your opposite side and repeat.
• - Belly Swim: While laying on your back, you splay out your arms to turn onto your belly then sweep your arms out in front of you to return to your back all while using a continuous "swimming" motion.
• - Body Glide: This move is similar to the belly swim but looks like the "superman" in power-moves because your legs and arms remain splayed as you turn over. Unlike only using your arms to "swim" you over (as done in a Belly Swim), a body glide requires you to swing your legs to "glide" your momentum for turning.
• - Side Slide: Performed on your side like a scissor, you kick a leg forward or backward spinning you on your hip axis. This move is like a side spin in power but more stylish with shorter rotation. Sometimes the forehead or hip is touched or, the arms are folded while rotating. Also, the dancer may scrunch in and freeze at the end.
• - Coffee Grinder/Helicopter: Go down on one bent leg standing on your toes with your hands on either side of your bent knee. Other leg is lying flat out on the floor beside you. Swing the leg that's on the ground. To avoid being hit by your swing leg; you pick up your hands and put them back on the floor, then use them to pick the rest of your body up lifting it over your swing leg. Drop your body and repeat.

• - Figure 4: 1 leg cross to another to form a "4" shape.

Freezes

Basic Terminology

• - Platform: The part(s) of the body that touch the ground, holding the rest of the Body in position. In other words, the supports of your freeze. Examples of platforms are: Hand, Elbow, Head, shoulder, back, belly, side, sometimes knee (see difference between Freeze and Pose). A freeze could have multiple platforms: The platform of a Tri-pod Headstand would be 2 hands and a head. The platform of a Baby Freeze is also 2 hands and a head, but the body is horizontal rather than vertical as in a Headstand.
• - Stab (breakdance move): The act of stabbing the elbow up into the abs, hip, side, or back. Your hands are on the floor holding your body up horizontally off the ground. Your entire body is balanced on that elbow making your fore-arm the fulcrum and is your primary support. Stabs are not required for all freezes; however, it is basic and a foundational requirement to advance to a greater level of moves and freezes. note: Stabs are required for: hand-glide, going into Windmill from hands, any Turtle variation (Pogos, Jackhammers), and Crab-Walks.
• - Suicide: A group of finishing moves that share some similarities to the freeze but are quite distinct, involve jumping into the air and landing on back, head,shoulder etc. to appear out of control.
• - Bridge: You are laying down on your back, then with your hands (up by your head) and your feet (by your bottom) on the ground, you push your hips up until you are arched like a bridge facing upwards. From a handstand you could fall backways into a bridge.

performing an airchair(left) and one performing a pike(right)]] Ground

• - Beginner Freeze: A basic freeze in which you are on your back, high on your shoulders, the hands are on the back waist, and elbows stabbed on the ground.
• - Baby Freeze: A basic freeze in which one hand is stabbed and the head and opposite hand are used for balance in a tripod position. While both legs are held in the air commonly with the opposite leg's knee of the balancing arm is placed on the balancing arm.
• - Airbaby (Underground): A type of freeze with one knee resting on the corresponding elbow and both legs in the air. Note: the knee that is resting on the elbow should be bent.
  • - 1-handed Airbaby: An airbaby with only the hand of the arm supporting the knee on the ground.
• - Reverse Airbaby: An Airbaby with all positions inverted.
• - Airchair: A type of freeze in which the breaker stabs their elbow into their back and balances on it while keeping their legs in the air.
• - Double Airchair: An Airchair with both arms stabbed at the back. (This move is very contortionist like)
• - Elbow Airchair: A type of freeze in which the breaker holds their body up at the waist with either one or two hands and balances on only their elbows while their feet and head is in the air.
• - Side Chair: A freeze in which the breaker stabs one elbow into their side and lifts his legs and head off the ground.
• - Chair Freeze: A type of freeze where the breaker balances with their elbow stabbed into their side and their head on the ground. They will then place one foot on the ground and cross the other leg over it.
• - Elbow Chair: A type of freeze where the breaker balances with their hand holding onto their side while their head and supporting elbow touch the ground. They will then place one foot on the ground and cross the other leg over it.
• - Handglide Freeze aka Table-Top: A type of freeze where the breaker balances on their stabbed arm and uses their free arm for support / A 1 handed Turtle.
• - Hong 10 Freeze/Halo freeze: A freeze popularized by bboy Hong 10. An upside down baby freeze.
• - Planche/Jimmy Fingers: A position from gymnastics which involves both hands being on the ground, straight arms, and the rest of your body is held off the ground completely horizontally.
• - Elbow Freeze: Breaker using one of his or her arm and elbow support the position.
• - Dead Freeze: Any freeze done laying flat on your back or stomach with out your legs or arms holding you up. Usually done after a power move or suicide. Your hands and legs can be in any formation but the typical Dead Freeze has the body flat and straight with the hands across the chest like a corpse in a coffin.
• - Air Anchor: A freeze where the ball of your foot supports the weight of your body. Your hand is latched onto your ankle and elbow is stabbed into your back. (This move is very contortionist like)
• - Elbow Nike: A Nike freeze only instead of being in a handstand, you are supported by your elbow planted on the ground and your other arm supports by helping to balance.
• - Shoulder Freeze: A freeze where you are holding you body up using one shoulder, one hand, and the side of your head. The other arm lays behind you and is not used to balance.
• - Spider/Frog Splash: A freeze where you start like in a push up position, but with your legs on and supported by your arms. This move can also be jumped onto. (This move is very contortionist like)
  • - Spider Hops/Frog Hops: Jumping while in a spider.

Air

• - G-Kick: A kick with the legs and arm forming a G shape by reaching behind your back and grabbing the leg on the side of your arm on the ground.
• - Headstand: A freeze while standing on the head, with or without hands on the floor for support.
• - Head Hollow/Scorpio/Master Sausage A headstand where the body is leaned over in an extreme back arch with the heels almost touching the floor.
• - Hollowback: A freeze that involves leaning backwards from a handstand position in an extreme back arch. In a true hollowback, the legs are together. Imagine "The Bridge" Position (see above), however feet don't touch the ground.
  • - Scorpion: A variant of Hollowback where one leg reaches back farther than the other resembling the tail of a scorpion.
  • - Invert/Ponk: A variant of the hollowback that involves bending the legs forward instead of backwards. An inverted hollowback.
• - K-Kick: A kick with the legs and arm in a K shape. It is like a L-kick with the corresponding arm of the extended leg as the standing arm for the body to lean to that side, with the bent leg pointed up, and the free hand reaches either to its side or reaching downward almost touching the floor. it forms a leaning K.
• - L-kick/Aú Batido: A kick with the legs in an L shape, also seen in Capoeira.
  • Nike: A kick that resembles the Nike sign.
• - Pike: A kick with both legs in the air and the free hand holding on to the feet.
• - Flag: A difficult freeze in which a one-hand handstand is maintained with both legs together leaning to one side...body resembles a flag

Power Moves

A Power Move is any type of move in Bboying which requires spinning and/or rotating in a way that can be done so in multiple rounds. All Power Moves (or series of a type of Power Move) can be connected in combos to form a "Power Combo". The first breaker to put this style together was Powerful Pexster NYC Breakers in 1983 his name was referred as

• - (Powerful Moves)[1] shorten to
• - (Power Moves) in the 90's by linguistics and poetic rhythm to make the name more catchy Syllable

First (Power Moves) in the 80's was [2] was the Float, Headmills, Flares, Airtwist,...etc and was the first Breakdancer to bring this style together with speed control and was considered the first king of combinations in 1984. Now Breakdancers all around the world has advance this Power Moves theory into a level beyond imagination. Breakdancers that use mostly (Power combos) in there sets are commonly known as "Power Heads". Example: Flare-Air Flare-Elbow Air Flare-Air Flare-1990...etc Or-Air Flare 1.5-Babymill-Windmill-Swipe-Windmill-Halo-Headspin...etc The possible number of combinations are endless and only limited by stamina, strength and imagination. On American reality series America's Best Dance Crew, Ronnie from Super Cr3w & Full Force, performed a combination, with these moves in this order: Elbow Air Flare-Munchmill-Gorillas. Shane Sparks recalled hearing, there are only four people in the world that can do that combination. In 2002 The Guinness Book of World Records began tracking number of power move rotations for their world record standings. At that time Canadian Gregory Burbidge broke records for Air Flare, Headspins, and Elbow Airflares. American Lauren Jacob held the record for Chair Flares. American Laura Derrick held the record for Tappingmills. Nicole Jones (nationality unknown) held the record for Munch Airflares. In 2004 Guinness removed these titles from their records. At the time Gregory Burbidge was the only one who still held records from the original group.

• - Air Flare An advance powermove starting from a 1990 or windmill or halo or headspin position. The bboy goes into a handstand with his body diagnal to the ground and legs spread out into a V-shape. The legs are swung, like windmills/halos, in a circular motion. Using the momentum, the bboy switches from arm to arm as the body rotates in the air. The most difficult part of this move is the switching of the arms (while in the air) while the back of the bboy is facing the ground (the circular leg swing is most important in a hand transfer). It is recommended that this move is tried on mats with a supervisor.
  • - Piked Airflare/Bongo Thunder: Airflare with the legs straight together, instead of V-shape.
  • - Munch Airflare: Airflare with the legs tucking in and kicking out, creating a "munch" motion.
  • - Lotus Airflare: Airflare done with the legs crossed over one another, in the lotus yoga position.
  • - One Legged Airflare: Airflare with one the legs sticking out while the other leg is bent in, looking like an L-shape. Sometimes it is done with the bent leg tucked into the shirt of the bboy.
  • - One Hand Airflare: Airflare using one arm.
  • - Elbow Airflare: Airflare with elbows.
  • - Forearm Airflare: Airflare with forearms.
  • - One Arm Elbow Airflare: Airflare using one arm but on the elbow.
  • - One Arm Forearm Airflare: Airflare using one arm but on the forearm.
  • - Airflare 1.5: instead of landing on your hands after doing one rotation of an Airflare/Airtrack, you keep your body rotating one half extra turn and land onto your back without the use of your hands. This is considered one of the most difficult and most dangerous of the Airflare/Airtrack moves.
  • - Elbow Airflare/Airtrack 1.5: instead of landing on your hands after doing one rotation of an Elbow Airflare/Airtrack, you keep your body rotating one half extra turn and land onto your back without the use of your forearms.
  • - Caveman: Airflare with shoulders.

A flare in motion.

• - Flare: A widely recognized power move that involves swinging the legs around in a circular motion while balancing on the hands.
  • - King Flares/Hopping Flare: A flare that is done while hopping from hand to hand.
  • - Virgin Flare/Double Leg Circles: A flare that is done with closed legs.
  • - Twin-legged Flare: A Flare with the legs straight out together.
  • - Crossed-legged Flare: Much like twin-legged flare, but the legs are crossed.
  • - Chair Flare:A Flare starting and ending with an airchair position, much like king flares but with bent arms.
  • - Double Chair Flare:A flare with both arms stabbed in the back creating a rotating double airchair.
  • - Sandwich Flare: A Flare with both legs in a piked position.
  • - Lotus Flare: A Flare with both legs crossed over each other in lotus/yoga position.
  • - Thread Flare: A flare that is done with by threading the legs with the free arm.
• - Swipe/Stigg Swipe: A power move where the breakdancer starts with his hands and feet on the ground and rotates his upper body to build the momentum to rotate his lower body. (Stigg swipe invented by jueogo Stiggletts)
• - Windmill/Mill: a debatable move (considered basic move or power move) in which the breaker can use the momentum from a previous move or start from stabbing your elbow in your stomach and feet supported on the ground, where you kick the opposite leg from the direction you are spinning to gain the momentium to rotate your self around onto your back and back onto your front. A variation of baby freeze and backspin and sometimes called a 'Continuous Backspin' by the Old Skool.
  • - Superman/Bellymills: A variant of the windmill where the arms are stretched out, like Superman, while the torso rotates on the chest/stomach.
  • - Criticals:The first full 360 degree rotation movement is done from a turtle or crab position. It requires a pushing motion and whipping both legs similar to a windmill but fully rotating in the air landing back into a turtle or crab position. This move was created by a group call "Critical Mass Rockers"bka L.A.B.
  • - Critical 2's:A variant of criticals that is from the swipe position landing nonstop into footwork or windmills or freezes.
  • - Forearm: Windmills performed by landing back on forearms when continuing the next spin.
  • - Windmill Critical: A variant where in freeze position during a windmill like Airflare 1.5 you push yourself off the ground and spin in the air back into a windmill.
  • - Airplane/Highrisers/Highrises: A windmill but your arms high as possible and spread
  • - Babymills/Cork screws/Munchmills: Windmills performed with tucked legs.
  • - Germanmills/Tappingmills:Windmills performed with one leg tucked on top of the other leg, the lower leg taps the ground while the upper torso rolls over similar to munchmills/babymills. the tap leg should be the opposite of the direction the windmill is rotating, i.e. if rotating CW, the right leg taps, if rotating CCW, the left leg taps. (Similar to doing a one-legged-swipe)
  • - Tombstone mills/Frankensteins: Windmills performed with piked legs.
  • - HandCuffs: Windmills performed with your hands behind your back imitating being handcuffed. Must be performed high up on ones back to avoid injury.
  • - Mummies: You do a windmill, but cross your arms over your chest.
  • - Nutcracker: A windmill with your hands on your groin area.
  • - Eggbeater: A windmill with hands to your thighs.
  • - Barrel: A windmill where your arms make a circle as if you are hugging a barrel.
  • - Confusions: A windmill with your hands on your ears or the side of your head.
  • - Lotus mills: Windmills done with the legs crossed over one another, in the lotus yoga position.
• - Back Spin: One of the first spinning and famous power moves ever made. A move which has the breaker balled up and spinning on his or her back.
• - Side Spin: Sometimes done after a windmill, the side spin is balled up like the back spin except the breaker is rotating on his or her side.
• - Halos: Similar to windmills, the only difference is the back roll on the ground but supported by arms while rotating, thus causing this move to also spin on the side of head, like a halo. Sometimes called a 'Neck Move' by Old Skoolers.
  • - One Handed Halo: Halos done on one hand.
  • - Double Halo: Doing two consecutive halos without touching your hands on the floor after one full rotation.
  • - Shoulder Halo: Halos done with the shoulders.
• - Headspins: A continuous spin done while balancing only on the head, the legs can vary indefinitely.
• - HeadSplide/Gromeks: A combination of a headspin and a headslide where the dancer rotates around using a headspin/halo technique whilst sliding forward upon his forehead. Usually achieving between .5 and 1.5 rotations and catching it in another head move.
• - Headslide:* Pushing off with your feet while your head on the ground and sliding forward.
• - Running Headslide:* Gaining momentum by sprinting and leaning your head towards the floor with your hands by your head. When your head touches the floor, kick your legs up and lift your arms so that you are only sliding on your head. To avoid injury, make sure your hands hit the floor before your head when sprinting and also wear a beanie.
• - 1990/90: A spinning one-handed handstand.
• - Deadman 90's: Similar to the 1990, the Deadman 1990 is done without alternating between hands before the spin. The bboy spins on the same hand he initially places onto the ground, making the deadman 90 easier to balance but harder to create momentum.
• - 2000/00s/Thousands: A 1990 with the spare hand on the wrist of your supporting hand.
• - Knee Spin: Spinning on a knee or both knees, in any direction.
• - Airbaby Spin: Spinning while in an airbaby.
• - Airchair Spin: Spinning while in an airchair.
• - Elbow Spin: A spin on the forearm.
• - Head Glide/Donut/Icy Ice: A spin performed after windmill where your hand is planted in your side and head drags on the ground and spins around your hand.
• - Reverse-Slush A spin performed on forearm or elbow. This move rotates counterclockwise if you are right-handed. BBoy Pop from the Gamblers Crew is famous for this move.
• - Spinning Flag A variation of 1990. A bboy rotates on his hand, but his body is doing a flag freeze. One of the hardest powermove. Bboy Physicx is famous for this move.

HandGlide

• - Hand Glide Spin/Handspin: A breakdance move that involves spinning around in a circular motion, using one hand to push and propel you while the other hand is positioned in the side pocket of the abdominal section supporting your weight balancing your body from not touching the floor.
  • - Side/Hand Glide: A breakdance move that involves spinning around in a circular motion, using one hand positioning you elbow in your side pocket of abdominal section like a (Head Glide) with out touching the floor with your head your elbow and wrist support your weight. This is also known as a sidechair spin or airchair spin.
  • - Straight leg/Hand Glide: A breakdance move that involves spinning around with your legs closed like a planche but supporting you weight by positioning your elbow in the side pocket of abdominal section supporting you weight with elbow and wrist strength.
• - Turtle: A breakdance move that involves positioning both elbows in the kidney pockets on the side of the body and both hands walk in a circular motion balanced. Each hand distributes the wieght of the person in an alternating action. The more advanced the more control this comes with strength.

L-Kick flip

A recently made kick move invented by breakdancer Kit Bodine.

Float

• - Float: is one of the first breakdance power move in the 80's that is an advanced version of the turtle that involves positioning both elbows in the pockets of side of abdominal. And both hands and walking in a circular motion and balancing body straight and with control. And speed and neat body stays stationary at all times.
• - Cricket: A breakdance move that involves hopping around in a circular motion while in the handglide position but hopping. Hands pump off of the floor one after the other.
  • - Hydro: Crickets pushing with both hands at the same time.
  • - Jackhammer: Crickets on one hand pumping off the floor balancing body with one elbow in the side of abdominal section hard for control to be a float but can be done.
  • - Darkhammer: A breakdance move where you hop from one side to the other with elbows in side of abdominal section hand to hand with balance.
  • - Hopping Turtles/Scratching Turtles: A breakdance move Variation of Darkhammers that involves putting you elbow in the pocket of the abdominal side and hop on one hand at a time while the other reaches out in front of you. Tapping you opponent on his foot was the first version..

PowerMove/Float

• - UFO A power move and (airmove)combined the 1st version is an unsupported float but with the legs drawn in to pick up speed and the momentum spinning around on your hands with the illusion of a space ship.
• - Boomerangs: A (airmove)and power move combined spinning around with upper body strength. Done with your legs spread open:
  • - Inside Boomerangs: hands down in front of you supporting you and propelling you in a circle.
  • - Outside Boomerangs: hands down behind of you supporting you and propelling you in a circle.
• - Gorillas: A power move that involves spinning around in a circular motion, using your body position in a tucked planche and you spin with your hands. it's a bit similar to the U.F.O. but instead of your legs going around, your whole body goes around.
• - Buddhas:A power move Walking/spinning around while arms are the holding the body up from behind and legs are in the tucked planche position.

Hand hops/Elbow hops/Other hops

Commonly known as Hand Hops or Rabbits, a "Hand Hop" is done in a two-handed or one-handed handstand. Legs will kick causing the hand or hands on the floor to hop. This is also done on elbows and other body parts using the same motion of kicking to "hop" you off the ground.

Two-handed

• - Basic 2 Handed Hand Hops/Rabbits: Hopping on two hands, pumping your legs up together.
• - 2 Handed Scissors: Hopping while kicking your legs back and forth.
• - Switch Hops: Hopping while switching from right to left hands.
• - Invert Hops: Hopping while in an invert.
• - 2 Handed Bicycle Hops: Rapidly kicking (or Bicycling) your legs multiple times in between hops.
• - 2 Handed Lotus Handhops: Hopping on two hands while legs are in the Lotus position.

One-handed

• - Basic Hand Hops/One Handed Rabbits: Hopping on one hand, pumping your legs up together.
• - Scissor Hops: Hopping while kicking your legs back and forth.
• - Threading Handhops: Threading while hopping.
• - Lotus Handhops/Yoga Hops: Hopping while Legs are in the Lotus position.
• - Handhop Pikes/Pike Hops: Hand Hopping while piked.
• - Split Hops/Open Hops: Hopping while spreading open and closing your legs.
• - Bicycle Hops: Rapidly kicking (or Bicycling) your legs multiple times in between hops.
• - Super Hops: Hopping and bending your elbow up while in the air to hop as high as possible.
• - Pretzel Hops: Hopping with one leg behind your head.
• - Clap Hops: Hopping and clapping your hand while in mid air.

-Elbow Hops-

• - Basic Elbow Hops: Hopping on one elbow, pumping your legs up together.
• - Elbow Switch Hops: Hopping while switching from right to left Elbows.
• - Elbow Scissor Hops: Hopping while kicking your legs.
• - Note: Most One handed hand hops can be done on the elbow.

-Other Hops-

• - Chair Hops: The Bboy/Bgirl is in an air chair freeze position and kicks up continuously, thus hopping on one hand.
• - Head Hops: Hopping on your head.
• - Shoulder Hops: the Bboy/Bgirl is in a shoulder freeze position and kicks up, thus hopping on the shoulder.

Blowups/Rollbacks

• - Rollback Handstand: A bboy starts off on his back or sitting down and rolls back to a handstand. This move is common to start a 1990 or a 2000.
• - Rollback Pike/Nike: Similar to a rollback handstand but usually done with one arm into a pike or a nike.
• - Rollback Airchair: A bboy starts off on his back or sitting down and rolls back to an airchair.
• - Elbow Rollback: A bboy starts off on his back or sitting down and rolls back on to his forearm freezing him in the air.
• - Rollback 2000 A bboy starts off on his back, rolls, than goes into hanstand position. Sudden twist of the body creates momentum and allows the bboy to perform 2000.

Drops

• - Drop Airchair: Usually starting from a handstand move and dropping into an airchair.
• - Drop Elbow/Forearm: Usually starting from a handstand move and dropping onto the elbow or forearm.
• - Head Drop: Dropping onto the head from another move.
• - Shoulder Drop: Dropping onto the shoulder from another move.

Suicides

• - ' The term suicide is most frequently used as a suicide from a babymill/munchmill movement onto the back laying flat on the ground.
• - Front/back Headflip: A headspring done without the use of the hands.
• - Hard Dive: An aerial dive landing on the shoulder or upper forearm
• - Pencil Spin:A headspin done with legs together and hand at the sides.
• - Suicide Rubberband: A backwards dive landing in the kip-up position with hands behind head.
• - Airtrack 1.5: Done after the completion of an airflare, after one hand is placed down instead of hopping onto other hand momentum is used to complete one or two whole aerial spins, usually landed in a munchmill or windmill to avoid injury.
• - Suicide Corkscrew: A Corkscrew or B-twist is done but landed on back or upper shoulders.
• - Coin Drop Drops down on one arm and goes into a windmill somewhat gliding on your back, then pushing your self back up. *You can try with no hands*
• - The Winder: Dropping onto the back from a handstand. The Bboy/Bgirl removes their supporting arms whilst in a handstand and lands prostate on their back. The Winder can also be executed whilst moving forwards or backwards. The more painful The Winder appears the better. Pioneered by UK Breaker Major League Chubb D.

by : wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakdance_moves

Beat Boy (bboy)

Beat boy

sebuah kesalah pahaman presepsi terbesar tentang penari breakdance atau bboy oleh warga dunia ini adalah bahwa mereka menari dengan tarian yang bersiat spontan.
Mereka tak tau apa yang mereka kerjakan.mereka hanya gila-gilaan.
Breakdance ada tarian yang diakui,seperti juga tarian lainnya.

Tarian ini mempunyai sejarah panjang,dan berbagai toko didalamnya yang tak dikenal banyak orang.
Jika diliat dari sisi sosial ekonomi new york pada akhir 1960an dan awal 1970an,bisa di bayangkan bagaimana hal sepertti Hip-Hop tak dapat berkembang karna pada saat itu tak ada satu pun energi dari kaula muda dan unsur mengekspresikan dirinya.

Hip-Hop bukan Rap,Hip-Hop adalah budaya yang terdiri dari 4 unsur,
-tarian(bboy), -MC
-DJ, -Grafiti.
Ke'empat hal inilah yang menjadikan suatu pilihan bagi stiap orang untuk mengekspresikan dirinya.itu adalah bentuk Hip-Hop yang murni.

Dalam Hip-Hop peraturan dibuat secara spontan kita dapat menamai suatu gerakan yang kita dapat lakukan dengan sesuka kita.
Hal ini memberi mreka semangat dan membuat mereka mau menjadi bagian darinya.
Kata BBOY berasal dari istilah “Beat Boy”.karna kita menari sesuai dengan irama hentakan sebuah lagu.
Dalam gerakan tarian ini sama dengan gerakan perkelahian.tanpa menyentuh orang lain atau lawan.tapi ketegangan sama seprti perang antar kelompok.
Mengadu gerakan adalah suatu inti dari bboy.itu intinya,dan bukan yang lain.

Ada pun Pengaruh lain dalam tarian ini adalah kungfu,senam,musik james brown dengan gerakan uniknya.smua dicampur untuk membuat suatu tarian yang khas dari bboy.
Banyak penari yang mempunyai gaya tersendiri mreka tidak boleh mengubah atau menggunakan gerakan lain.
Menari breakdance adalah gabungan hal unik,layaknya tarian terhebat.karna kau dapat mengambil ide dari manapun,tapi kau harus menambah ciri khas bboy didalamnya.
Diakhir 70an,bboy menjadi suatu hal yang menarik perhatian media.
Budaya Hip-Hop secara visual dikenal secara luas,melalui film “flashdance” dengan tarian breakdancenya,dalam garis miring “bukan dalam album rap.”


Di jerman,tarian breakdance hadir terlebih dahulu,tentu saja skaligus dengan musiknya.tapi pada saat itu tak seorang pun yang tertarik dari musik Rap.
Banyak orang yang suka dengan tarian breakdance dan tarian itu menjadi sangat terkenal.begitu kaula muda melihatnya,mreka pasti ingin meniru dan melakukannya.

Pernah ada pertunjukan tari yang menampilkan BACKSPIN dan BACKSLIDING. gerakan yang tak pernah kulihat sebelumnya,membuatku tertegun melihatnya seakan kepalaku terpukul dengan kerasnya.
Kami menonton film breakdance bukan untuk menonton kisah cinta atau alur critanya,tapi kami ingin melihat gerakan pada tarian jalannya.
Ketika kita melihat orang melakukan gerakan yang extreme,seakan takdir berkata “ini untukmu”
dan ada gejolak pada tubuhmu.sangat personal dan emosional bagiku.

Pada tahun 80-an yang terjadi adalah brekadance di eksploitasi.smuanya palsu!!
orang-orang dimasa itu tak mengerti apa arti breakdance sesungguhnya.mreka takan pernah mengerti dan tak tau bahwa tarian Break dance lebih dari apa yang mreka lakukan.dan skali lagi mreka tak akan pernah bisa mengerti.
Sejak saat itu breakdance sangat buruk reputasinya.dan itu menjadi akhir dari breakdance.
Dan sampai ada akhirnya ada salah satu comunitas yang bergerak untuk membanunkan atau mendirikan breakdance kembali dalam suatu EVENT yang sangat terkenal dengan nama....”BATTLE OF THE YEAR'S”.


BOTY pertama kali dipertunjukan pada tahun 1990,karna pada saat itu breakdance bukan jamannya lagi.BOTY ingin menunjukan kepada publik bahwa breakdance masih ada dan banyak berubah.bagi kami breakdance bukan sebuah sekedar mode untuk mencari atau memanfaatkan sesuatu.
Pada awalnya respon breakdance sangat kecil,sekitar 500-600 penonton yang menghadri pertunjukan BOTY.tapi makin lama,kegiatan ini mulai dilirik dan dikenal oleh komunitas breakdance disemua manca negara.
Dan semakin banyak pula komunitas disemua negara yang mengikuti kompetisi ini.
Tujuannya adalah menunjukan bahwa tarian ini adalah budaya tingkat tinggi.
mreka suka dengan apa yang mreka lakukan,mreka sisihkan semua tenaga dan waktu 7hari dalam seminggu untuk berlatih.
Sulit bagiku melihat anak mudah yang giat berlatih lalu selesai..!!!
menurutku itu sangat bodoh jadi harus melakukan sesuatu agar mereka dapat tampil di teater,atau tampil di'iklan untuk mendapat sebuah penghasilan.

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