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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 .
Munk began his music career in Sydney in the late 1980s, he was breakdancing and inspired by artists creating Hip-Hop music, he decided to teach himself and took to it fast, learning bass, keyboards, drums - and how to manipulate a sampler with a scratch pad. [3] Munkimuk was the founding member of Deadly Award-winning group South West ...
The term break has been used in music, particularly jazz music since the 1920s, in which a solo musician is given a break in which to play solo for a time. 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.
"Street Dance" is a song by American hip hop act Break Machine, released as their debut single in 1983, from their album Break Dance Party (released as Break Machine in the UK). It became an international hit, topping the charts in several countries as well as peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart .
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 ...
Breakdancing is typically done with the accompaniment of hip hop music playing on a boom box or PA system. Breakdancing includes four dance styles: rocking, b-boying/b-girling, locking and popping, all of which trace their origins to the early 1970s. [131] A silhouette shows a man break dancing. One of the 4 elements of hip hop.
Netizens might notice Raygun's viral Olympic breakdancing clips start to vanish online due to copyright enforcement by the IOC. The post Videos Of Raygun’s Viral Olympic Breaking Performance Are ...
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.