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"Breakdance" is a song written by Giorgio Moroder, Bunny Hull, and the song's performer, Irene Cara. Moroder's obsession with the dance hit "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock fueled his composition of the music, and Cara was inspired by the street performers she saw growing up in the South Bronx to write lyrics about what was then called breakdancing.
Breakdancing consists mainly of four kinds of movement—toprock, downrock, 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 early 1980s. [ 5 ]
Mr. Fresh and the Supreme Rockers were a breakdancing group known for their classic book, Breakdancing: Mr. Fresh and the Supreme Rockers Show You How, published in 1984.. The book was a common introductory reference for newcomers to the "breakin'" style of dance as it evolved in North America in the 1970s and 19
In May 1984, Joel Silberg's breakdancing-themed musical film Breakin' opened in cinemas, where Quiñones was cast as a lead playing Ozone. [9] The film opened at number one in the box office, earning $6,047,686. [10] and eventually grossed $38,682,707 in the domestic box office, [11] making it the eighteenth highest-grossing film of 1984. [12]
Will breakdancing be a sport at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics? Sadly, the answer right now is no because breaking isn’t on the schedule for L.A. 2028 right now. How-ev-er (!!!) there is still ...
Few people know who Grace Choi is. The American B-girl, as break dancers are known, won on Saturday the first Pan American gold medal for the sport that mixes dancing and acrobatics. “Sunny ...
In popular music, a break is an instrumental or percussion section during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a "break" from the main parts of the song or piece. A break is usually interpolated between sections of a song, to provide a sense of anticipation, signal the start of a new section, or create variety in the arrangement.
A woman has candidly reflected on her “funny trauma” of her father’s viral breakdancing career. Madi Hart posted a recent video to her TikTok to open about her relationship with her father ...