Break dancing originated in the United States, and was founded by James Braud, a black singer on the east coast of the United States. When he sang a new song on 1949 TV, he created a strange movement, and young people competed to imitate it and held a dance competition in the street. After this dance spread to Los Angeles on the west coast, there appeared a dance that imitated the movements of puppet robots. Hip-hop, a combination of two major schools in America, is very popular with young people. Because this kind of dance is mostly performed in the street, it is also called "street dance".
The English name of this dance is "Break Dance", which is translated into "Blake Dance" in Chinese and also translated into "break dance" figuratively. For people who dance "Blake Dance", break dancing is a special term. Only those movements that cling to the ground and concentrate on the head, shoulders, back and knees are called "thunderous". Dances that imitate puppets, robots or moonwalks are another form of "Black Dance".
Break dancing, break dancing and swing dancing are all break dancing. The early break dance, called B-Boying, originated in the Bronx, new york in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Break dancers are called B-Boy or B-Girl, where "b" stands for break, Beat, Bronx or Boogie, and later Break Boy is widely accepted.
[Edit this paragraph] The classification of break dancing
Style movement
Style movement is the basis of break dancing, and it is also the main embodiment of break dancing style. Including the following dance styles:
A dance that simulates fighting.
Top rock dance: A dance in which the body stands upright and swings.
Footwork: Lie on your back, support the ground with your arms, and turn your legs quickly.
Freeze: the body is suspended in the air, and both hands support the ground.
Strong movement
The floorboard of a series of high-skilled movements, which are mainly divided into rotation, jumping, sliding, floating, leg brushing, somersault and kicking. It is characterized by rotating or prancing around all parts of the body.
[Edit this paragraph] The history of break dancing
When many people see breakin for the first time, they can't help asking: Where did these boys learn to dance like this? This is because break dancing looks so different from other dances. For many people, running-in seems to have no source, but in fact it is not. Breaking in has its origins. There is a superstar james brown in breakin, and the super event of dancing is good feet.
On 1969, when Hustle was still very popular, JamesBrown successfully made his signature action "Get on the Good Foot". If the audience has never seen james brown's performance in a live concert or on TV, they should know that it is true. When he is performing his unique skills, what he does is absolutely what the audience will expect him to perform. Good feet at that time became the latest dance style at that time, and the tradition of professional dancing was established at that time. At that time, dancers will gather in Harlem and dance on the 1 16 street in Harlem World. At that time, the details, challenges and competitions in dance were all concerned, and the most important point in breakin's history was that breakin was very suitable for dancing. Not only good feet are suitable for competitive sports, but even young people who take part in dancing are like athletes. Good feet will soon be called B-Boy, and then they will be called broken. At that time, there was no head turning, windmill turning and back turning. Now it is called old-fashioned beer.
Old-fashioned breaks are only floor sports or floor rock. In other words, the old-fashioned break at that time was more complicated than the current break. There may be a head turn and a back turn in the current break, but the so-called head turn is a head-down turn, and the back turn is a back-down turn. But the floor rock movement involves quite complicated leg movements, and the speed is very fast. It didn't last long before there was a lot of dancing. At that time, old-fashioned breaking was quite popular among many teenagers and gangsters, and breaking began in the street. Usually, the best dancers in rival groups show their wisdom when dancing, not fighting. They are all dancing outside the venue. If someone accidentally intrudes into other people's territory, they will also use the method of full dance to prove that one party is better than the other in the group. Sometimes, they also reach an agreement that the loser will never go near the winner. Sometimes they just want to win the respect of their opponents. Unfortunately, these break dances don't always stop fighting. In fact, they often lead to fights, which hurt the health of dancers, and they can't gain the wisdom of dancing. Nobody likes to fail. There is also break dancing now, but the scope is wider. They are not fighting, but these broken groups get together to practice their performances. Then set up a formal group. These groups not only practiced and performed, but also began to have their own unique dance steps. In these groups, some people devote themselves to their dance, which may be because they have no other hobbies at that time, so they have to practice all day, develop more complicated movements, improve their forms and increase their speed. Then Afrika Bambaataa appeared. Afrika Bambaataa is a legendary and famous DJ, and breakin's successful growth is largely attributed to this person. He is a record producer and a member of the soul sound wave force. Soul Sonic Force's "Looking for the Perfect Beat" was also voted as the fourth best jazz and popCritics in 1983, and Afrika Bambaataa was also the leader of Zulu in Bronx. 1969, Afrika Bambaataa found that breaking is not just dancing. He found that breaking seemed to accomplish something. He saw the potential of breakthrough and encouraged the dancers to keep it up. After hard work, he believes that as long as they persist, something good will happen. Then Bambaataa formed the first breaking group, King Zulu. King Zulu won many dances, participated in many performances and performed in many clubs in new york. At the same time, they didn't win many supporters for ZuluNation. The value of old-fashioned breaking was popular around 1977 until Freak appeared, and he released a quite popular album called "Freak Out", which was produced by Shieks. Then around 1979, at the beginning of 1980, a new breaking group was born. This team is a rock band. Although Rock Steady Crew has a special talent, many people still think they are old-fashioned POPs. But Bambataa encouraged them. He told them that as long as they continued, they would eventually find a faithful wife. He helped them to move on. Soon, they began to perform in some rock clubs in new york, such as Madder Club, Leeds and so on. When Rock Steady began to perform for Marcon McClaren and BowWow Wow in Ritz, people began to pay attention to them, and breaking became popular again, but the new type of breaking was different from the old one. Rock Steady added a lot of stunts, and now it's not just floor rock, but also windmill, hand turn and head turn.
198 1 year, Charles Ahearn made his own hip-hop movie "Wild Style", which tells the story of rap, murals, graffiti and breaking houses in the Bronx. In this film, Ahern asked Rock Steady to perform the broken part, so Rock Steady began to become an outstanding broken combination, and a new broken type became more and more popular. 1982 In the spring, Roxy was a well-equipped skating rink in new york, but the skating craze soon subsided. In June, 1982, Pat Fuji changed Roxy into a dance club, which opened on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.
Roxy soon became the center of Hip Hop, where rappers, DJs and break dancers gathered to perform. If you want to find a good break dancer for your TV show or video, come to Roxy. If you just want to see and learn some new moves, come to Roxy. Roxy began to hold and sponsor breakthrough competitions. Participating in these competitions can help the winners to be known to more people. In June, 1983, Pat Fuji hired professional jazz dancer Rosanne Hoare to plan the activities of street art consortium, which included burglary, rap and graffiti art. Rosy has established a formal home for hip-hop culture.
Although street art Consorium is not a fantasy, Rosy does provide a home-like environment for the dancers of BRAEKING. She is like the dance director of these dancers, helping them to increase their dancing potential. She also helped many dancers find business or performance jobs. Most importantly, Rosy is a friend who will always be there so that these dancers can rely on her. Even she herself is keen on learning to brake.
[Edit this paragraph] The development of break dancing
1983 in the spring, two unprecedented dance moves opened many Americans' eyes: first, the dancers of the Rolling Stones in new york City jumped out of the backspin in a short shot of the movie "Dance of Lightning"; Secondly, in a special TV program, pop singer Michael Jackson created a "moonwalk" in which the body slides backwards. 1984 At the beginning, when the actors of the new york Break Dance Company jumped on the stage of the Kennedy Center in high spirits to pay tribute to the modern dancer Catherine Dunham, break dancing was not a strange term to most Americans at least. This is a free-spinning gymnastics dance, which began to rise in the streets of South Bronx, new york about 10 years ago, replacing the early street gang fights.
At first, break dancing was just a way for urban youth to show off their physical strength in a non-violent way, but later it quickly developed into a street culture. If graffiti and percussion on the subway and walls in new york are the art of urban youth, then it goes without saying that break dancing is their ballet.
In the late summer of 1984, two feature films and several commercial TV dramas were staged. In the spotlight, the break dance performance is incisive. With the release of these movies and TV series, Americans are already familiar with break dancing and "Bang Bang" dancing. As the most difficult and unusual break dance in modern popular dance, it has aroused people's extensive interest.
Disco music is banging. A 20-year-old painting major at Michigan State University, nicknamed Rolling Stone, stood at the corner of Charles Street and Saratoga Street, surrounded by many spectators. At first, his body suddenly twisted a few times, and then he lay on the ground and twisted.
There is a self-evident rule in dance, that is, every turn and rotation must have a preparatory action, a series of actions or just a representation, so that dancers can gather strength to complete the subsequent rotation. Break dancing also follows this rule, but only once again. In ballet, modern dance and jazz dance, the explosive power often comes from the arms. The dancer stretched out her arm hard, then retracted her hand and began to spin. In break dancing, almost all the strength comes from the dancer's legs. Under the booing of the onlookers, the young man was timid and wobbly. He put his hand on the lacquered cloth spread on the ground, lifted his legs high, divided them into V-shapes, and rolled them up on his back.
With a quick twist, he lay on the ground and rolled on the ground with the inertia brought by the windmill. Finally, it seems that he can only turn a few more times, but at this time, he jumps backwards and turns around with his head as the fulcrum, just like a ballet dancer turns on her toes. The dancers jumped from the ground and walked to the "rocket" dance team. Onlookers cheered him loudly. He doesn't look sloppy at all, but his African crew cut is a little flat.
Hip-hop dance with fast pace, close to the ground and rotating anywhere except the feet is often called "break dance". But for thunderbolt dancers, "thunderbolt" is a special term, and only those actions that are done on the floor or close to the ground are called "thunderbolt".
There is also a dance called "Bang Bang". People who dance this kind of dance concentrate their muscle strength on a certain part of their bodies, and then suddenly twist and swing violently.
Break dancing is passionate, and the action of "Bang Bang" dance has a neurotic manic impulse. What is different is its wave action. At first, a certain part of the body, such as hands or feet, fluctuates like waves, and then this fluctuation obviously affects the whole body. This kind of action is mechanically inflexible, which makes the dancers' joints particularly tired. Break dancing needs strength, while "Bang Bang" dancing needs agility and harmony. Skilled people can move different parts of their bodies in different directions at the same time. There is a technique that people who dance "Bang Bang" like to play: the movement is "transmitted" from one person to another, and the dancers shake and fluctuate one after another, as if there is an electric current passing through their bodies.
Combine the action of "bang bang" dance and break dance to form freestyle dance steps. The "prodigy" team is a freestyle dancer, and its members are very young. This is the only break dance group in Baltimore with female members. But girls don't break dance, and women don't have the strength to support their own weight necessary for most of the break dance movements.
It's one thing to know the names of break dancing movements and the basic jumping methods, but it's another to jump out of these movements. So where did street dancers learn it? "I learned it from TV." A 18-year-old McDonald's clerk said. They see some strange actions from animated movies on TV, so they imitate them. Sometimes they compare the videos of break dancing at the Kennedy Center in new york.
Break dance groups have been established, and some groups have managers. Performers also want to put the dance on the screen. Because many young dancers are black, society says that break dancing is a springboard for black boys to get out of slums.
However, what will happen if the break dance follows disco? Break dancers don't have to worry about that. They rejected all the rumors that break dancing was about to decline and thought it was jealousy.
(1) a common action in break dancing, the dancer shoulders on the ground, keep balance, and push her body to rotate with her hands.
(2) This action is called "windmill rotation", which is the most fancy action in break dancing. Dancers roll backwards on their shoulders, while their legs are held high and suspended in the air, making various rotations and scissors movements.
The movie "Break Dance"
Original film "Breaking the Name"
Chinese name of break dance
Dance director Charles Parker
Director Joel Silberg.
Starring Lucinda Dickie.
Adolphe Que Norns
Michael chambers
Year 1984
Genre drama/music
File format rmvb
Video size 7 16x480
Code rate 598
The file size is 373m.
The film is 86 minutes long.
Shanghai film copy factory copy
Dance opponent Agai Wenyuan
Dance opponent B- Weng Zhenxin
Introduction:
When many people see Break Dance for the first time, they can't help asking: Where on earth did these boys learn to dance like this? This is because break dancing looks so different from other dances. For many people; There seems to be no source for' breaking the door'; But this is not the case; In the history of intrusion; Most importantly, Breakin' is very suitable for street dance. There are many forms of its expression: turning head, back top, rolling, etc ... It is fast and elegant. It is very popular among many teenagers.
The film Break Dance was made on1984; China was introduced in 1987 (that year; There is a wave of break dancing in China.
This is a great film against the dance tradition in 1984; The spotlight masked last year's flash dance. Although the actor's film performance skills are very general; But the dance and music in it are incomparable to any Hollywood musical.