B Boying

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Dance to me is like creating magic.Its the art of representing your emotions to the world.Its not just the quality movement to the moves but magic which we create in the moves,the rhythm the illusion which keeps the audience occupied to you.

Choreography just provide the structure for dance....its just could be aggression,humor,love,sadness.But a good dance is that when a person can't take eye of you.

We have many forms of dance existing in this world some are not even known by many people but through my blog i will try to describe all dance form which will be in my reach.

To start with i will like to introduce
B boying(b boy/girl or breaker)
A b-boy (or break-boy) is a male dancer who practices breaking or b-boying, the acrobatic hip-hop dance style, commonly known as "break dancing." B-girl refers to a female who practices breaking, and the term breaker is gender neutral.

• HISTORY OF BREAKING
  

Breaking or b-boying, commonly called break dancing, is a style of dance that evolved as part of hip hop culture among Black and Latino American youths in the South bornx during the 1970s. The term bboy came from the term of beat boy, because they danced to a specific beat. It is danced to both Hip hop and other genres of music that are often remixed to prolong the musical breaks.

Four basic elements form the foundation of breaking.

• The first is Toprock, a term referring to the upright dancing and shuffles.
  

• The second element is Downrock which refers to footwork dancing performed on the floor.
• The third element is the Freeze, the poses that breakers throw into their dance sets to add punctuation to certain beats and end their routines.

• The fourth element is the Power Moves. These are the most impressive acrobatic moves normally made up of circular motions where the dancer will spin on the floor or in the air.

The term breakdancing, though commonly used, is frowned upon by those immersed in HIP HOP CULTURE because the term created by the media to describe what was called breaking or b-boying in the street. The majority of the art form’s pioneers and most notable practitioners refer to the dance as b-boying.

• B-boying styles
  

There are many different individual styles used in breaking. Individual styles often stem from a dancer's region of origin and influences. Although there are some generalities in the styles that exist, many dancers combine elements of different styles with their own ideas and knowledge in order to create a unique style of their own.

• Power: This style of breaking is what most members of the general public associate with the term "break-dancing". Power moves comprise full-body spins and rotations that give the illusion of defying gravity. Examples of power moves include headspins, backspins, windmills, flares, airtracks/airflares, 1990s, 2000s, jackhammers, crickets, turtles, hand glide, halos, and elbow spins. Those b-boys who use "power moves" almost exclusively in their sets are referred to as "power heads".

• Abstract: A very broad style of breaking which may include the incorporation of "threading" footwork, freestyle movement to hit beats, , and "circus" styles (tricks, contortion, etc.)

• Blowup: style of breaking which focuses on the "wow factor" of certain power moves, freezes, and circus styles. Blowup-style consists of performing a sequence of as many difficult trick combinations in as quick succession as possible in order to "smack" or exceed the virtuosity of the other b-boy's performance. This is usually attempted only after becoming proficient in other styles due to the degree of control and practice required in this type of dancing. The names of some of the moves are: airbaby, airchair, hollow backs, solar eclipse, reverse airbaby, among others. The main goal in blowup-style is the rapid transition through a sequence of power moves.

• Flavor: A style that is based more on elaborate toprock, downrock, and/or freezes. This style is focused more on the beat of the song than having to rely on "power" moves only. B-boys who base their dance on "flavor" or style are known as "style heads".

• Burns: A type of move intended to embarrass the opponent by creating obscene or comical moves (i.e crotch grabbing) during battles.

• Flexi: A style that is noted mainly from its requirement of being flexible. More complicated threading and moves with "flavor" are also accompanied with power moves and freezes that also require flexibility.

Images of B -boying people doing various moves

This was my first blog i was just sitting in my room doing nothing so..i finally decided to write a blog on my interest that's dance.I have been thinking of writing a blog since one and half year but due to my laziness and....other factors lol i wasn't i made my account on blog on November i guess that was my first step and now on 26th may 2010 i m posting my first blog.

Hope you had liked it....hopefully still more to come so watch out.....

More dance form to come to be continued......

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