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History of Hip Hop
Dance
 Breakin seems so different from all other
kinds of dancing that the first question people ask when
they see it is:
"Where
did these kids learn to dance like that?" To many people,
this dance seems to have come out of nowhere. But like
everything else, Breakin did come from somewhere,
something and someone. In the case of Breakin, the someone
is the great superstar, James Brown, and the something is
the dance, the Good Foot.
In 1969, when James Brown was getting
down with his big hit "Get on the Good Foot" the Hustle was the
big dance style of the day. If you've ever seen James Brown
live in concert or on TV, then you know he can really get down.
And when he performed his hit, he did the kind of dance you'd
expect James Brown to do. High Energy. This almost acrobatic
dance was appropriately enough known as the lot of kids around
New York City. By the time the Good Foot became the new dance
style, the tradition of dance battle was well established.
Dancers would gather at places like Harlem World on 116th
Street in Harlem and Battle-dancewise.
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 Battles are covered in more detail in
the section on battles, challanges, and contests, but the
important thing as far as the history of Breakin is
concerned is that Breakin was particularly well-suited for
competition. And not only was the Good Foot well- suited
for dance battles, it appealed to certain young men who
were very athletic. The Good Foot, which was soon to be
called B-Boy and shortly after that Breaking, was very
different from the Breaking we see today. In some ways it
was simpler. There were no Headspin. No Windmill. No
Handglides or Backspins. It was what is now called
old-style Breaking. Old-Style Breaking consisted only of
floor work, or Floor Rock, and in a way it was more
complex than modern Breaking.
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 There may be some small variations on the
Headspin and a Backspin, but basically, a Headspin is a
head spin and a Backspin is a back spin. But Floor Rock
can involve some extremely complicated leg moves, and it
is done very fast. And it did not take long before where
were a lot of Breakin battles happening. Among those for
whom old-style Breaking was especially popular were many
of the youths and street gangs that roamed the South
Bronx. And it was in those streets that Breaking really
started. Often, the best Breakers in opposing gangs would
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They would battle over turf. Or because
someone stepped on someone else's shoes. They might battle
prove that their gang was better than the other gang.
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