subject: Do You Know The Breakdancing History? Read On - It Will Inspire You To Learn The Art! [print this page] Breakdancing history is very interestingBreakdancing history is very interesting. Given the unique nature of this dance type, one might wonder how and where it all started in the first place. Some even might think that it suddenly appeared from nowhere. However as it is always the case, there exists a beginning to this wonderful art of breakdancing.
A group of African Americans in New York City giving life to this exciting dancing type can be marked as the origin of brakdancing in 1960's. In its initial stage it was just a collection of movements copied from all other types of dances and martial arts. Over a period of time it has evolved to become a properly structured dance which is known as breakdancing today.
Tracing the names and types of dances which might have migrated to breakdancing is almost impossible. However, looking at the breakdancing history, some people speculate that breakdancing might have originated from the "Lindy Hop" and also the "Charleston". However just by watching a good breakdancer for a few moments you begin to see some similarities of kung fu moves within the dance, confirming that breakdancing has been derived from other dances and martial arts.
Breakdancing history shows that the true God Father of this wonderful art is James Brown. He enjoyed a huge success in 1969 with his smash hit "Get on the Good Foot". Subsequently a type of dance emerged from this song and it was named after "Good Foot", and was later renamed the "B-boy". Soon after this, a disk jokey (DJ) by the name Afrika Bambaataa popularized breakdancing with various musical changes which have impacted the breakdancing community forever.
Afrika Bambaataa was instrumental in launching breakdancing into a whole new realm of success. With an assortment of new aerobic moves such as head spins and flips, this newly evolved form of breakdancing can easily be distinguished from the old style of breakdancing. Other movements such as body waves and hand stand hops are becoming common practice in modern day, in addition to the head spins and flips.
Looking back at the breakdancing history, old fashioned breaking remained popular until about 1977, when the Freak took over. Then many breakdancing crews including Rock Steady were formed in 1979/1980. Many people did not like Rock Steady saying they are old fashioned. But Africa Bambataa encouraged them to persevere and stick with it, for a better future. True to effort and conviction, Rock Steady started dancing at various clubs and suddenly breakdancing was back again.
In 1981, Charles Ahearn made his Hip-Hop movie, Wild Style, a raw version of rap singing, graffiti, scratching, and breakdancing in the Bronx. Encouraged by Ahearn to do the breaking, Rock Steady became the pre-eminent Breakdancing crew and the new style became even more popular. By 1982 the Roxy was a well established New York roller-skating rink. Although the popularity of roller skating began to fade, Pat Fuji turned the Roxy into a dance club and the Roxy quickly became the Hip Hop centre.
Breakdancing has now made its way into the mainstream of today's life. Popular artists have started introducing elements in breakdancing into their hip hop and pop videos. You would also find that more and more dance centres and academies offering it as a dance option since the dance has been further popularized by an assortment of Hollywood movies. You would also find that more and more on-line courses bring in breakdancing lessons for those who want to learn this art. You need to do some research though, to find the right on-line program. There are so many popular dance competitions especially on TV which have inspired so many youths taking to learn breakdancing.
