B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of street dance that originated among Black and Puerto
Rican youths in New York City during the early 1970s. The dance spread worldwide due to
popularity in the media, especially in regions such as the United Kingdom,
Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Russia and South Korea. While diverse in the
amount of variation available in the dance, b-boying consists of four kinds of
movement:toprock, downrock, power
moves, and freezes. B-boying is typically danced
to hip-hop, funk music, and especially breakbeats,
although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain
ranges of tempo and beat patterns.
A practitioner of
this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. Although the term
"breakdance" is frequently used to refer to the dance,
"b-boying" and "breaking" are the original terms. These
terms are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable
practitioners.
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