Breakdancing origin
"Breakdancing" sense of motion and rhythm is very strong, jumping up and down can be fun, young people to dance this kind of dance to the degree of intoxicated. So how did breakdancing come about?
Breakdancing originated in the United States, and its founder is the U.S. East Coast black singer James Browder. When he sang a new song on TV in 1949, he created his own strange and bizarre moves, which young people copied and danced in the streets. This dance spread to Los Angeles on the West Coast and was followed by a dance that mimicked the movements of puppet robots. In recent years, the United States on both sides of the East and West sides of the two major schools of street dance combined, popular with young people, because most of this dance is performed in the street, so it is also known as "street dance".
The English name of this dance is "Break Dance", which is translated into Chinese as "Blake Dance", and also translated into the image of "breakdancing". For people who dance "Blake Dance", breakdancing is a special term, only those close to the ground, to the head, shoulders, back, knees as the center of gravity, rapid rotation, rolling action is called "break". Another form of "breakdancing" is a dance that mimics puppets, robots or moonwalks.
Breaking, Breakdancing, Break Dance, Rocking are all breakdancing, the early breakdancing is called B-Boying, is the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Bronx, New York, the United States originated in the United States of America, a highly skilled black dance. Breakdancers were called B-Boys or B-Girls, where the "B" stood for Break, Beat, Bronx or Boogie, and later Break Boy was widely accepted.
Categorization of breakdancing
Style Move
Style Move is the foundation of breakdancing, and is also the main embodiment of breakdancing style. It includes the following dance styles:
Fighting step (Up-Rock): a dance that simulates fighting.
Top-Rock: a dance in which the body stands upright with a rocking motion.
Footwork: a dance in which the body is lowered to the ground, supported by the arms, and the legs are turned over and moved quickly.
Freeze: an aerial pause of the body done with the hands supporting the ground.
Power Move
A series of highly skillful movements, which are mainly divided into spinning, jumping, sliding, floating, brushing the legs, flipping, kicking several categories. It is characterized by the use of various parts of the body as a fulcrum, body rotation or leap.
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Original title Breakin'
Chinese title Breakdancing
Screenwriter Charles Parker
Director Joel Silberg
The film is the first of its kind in China. Silberg)
Starring Lucinda Dickey
Adolfo Quinones
Michael Chambers
Year 1984
Genre Drama/Music
File format rmvb
Video Size 716x480
Bitrate 598
File Size 373M
Film Duration 86Mins
Translated by Shanghai Film Translation Factory
Dance Opponent A - Gai Wenyuan
Dance Opponent B - Weng Zhenxin
Synopsis:
When a lot of people first saw Breakin' for the first time many people can't help but ask: where on earth did these boys learn to dance like this? That's because Breakin' looks so different from any other dance. To many people Julie; Breakin' doesn't seem to have a provenance Julie; but that's not the case Julie; one of the most important things about Breakin''s history Julie; is that Breakin' is perfect for street dance Julie; it's performed in many forms: head turns, back tops, spinning rolls, etc....... And it is fast and beautifully posed. It is doubly popular among many teenagers.
"Breakdancing" movie produced in 1984 Zhu Li; China introduced in 1987 (that year Zhu Li; the Chinese land set off a breakdancing craze).
This is one of the great anti-dance tradition movies of 1984 Julie; it overshadowed the previous year's Flashdance. While the actors' movie acting skills are average Julie; the dancing and music in it is unmatched by any Hollywood song-and-dance movie.
Film Review:
Breakdance is the classic Julie of the century; it was once popular worldwide in the 80s. China is no exception; once set off the national TV dance competition because of him. When I was in elementary school next door to a boy who has been fighting with me Julie; once in the class gala with fingerless gloves to perform glass wiping Julie; at that time the whole class vibration is quite big. In addition, everyone admires the old man is also a breakdancer Zhu Li; crazy love to do morning exercises in the morning when the playground breakdancing Zhu Li; the result was criticized by the teacher by name. There is also the legendary Chinese rap first person Bruce Lee is also a breakdancing master Zhu Li; and now all around the sohu chief executive tube Zhang Chaoyang is also a master. The degree of popularity can be seen.
If you look at "breakdancing" from the point of view of movie art Zhu Li; it is almost no movie art and ornamental Zhu Li; neither the plot of the heart-stopping Zhu Li; there are no handsome men and women Zhu Li; and even more no computer stunts and gorgeous picture. But why is it that so many people (many of whom are movie buffs) still remember it as a classic?
I grew up Julie; I have seen countless movies Julie; but the only one Julie that has had a significant impact on my life is this song and dance movie -- "Breakdancing".
Breakdancing is the only movie I've seen no less than seven times, and I still can't get enough of it, even though I've never heard of it, and I still can't get enough of it.
One night in 1987, when I was 14 years old and in my first year of junior high school, my best friend asked me to go to the movies with him. My best friend asked me to go and watch the movie that was playing in the unit Julie; I was reluctant but still went. This trip changed my life. I walked into the theater Zhu Li; although the movie has been played to the middle Zhu Li; but when I saw the dance on the screen Zhu Li; I suddenly as if reborn Zhu Li; was tightly attracted Zhu Li; at the same time I was shocked. The rest of the half hour was like a dream for me.
From that night Zhu Li; I recalled Zhu Li; while secretly practicing at home. Because I was afraid of others knowing (at that time I was particularly shy) Zhu Li; so I took advantage of the night when my family were asleep Zhu Li; ran outside to practice Zhu Li under the light of the corridor; by observing the shadow to experience the action. Then my mom finally found out. My mother was especially supportive of Zhu Li; she introduced me to a teacher, Zhu Li; I learned Zhu Li from that teacher for a few nights; but I didn't learn much. Later, I continued to practice on my own; I also communicated with my classmates; finally, I slowly made some progress. By the time I was in my second year of junior high school, I was able to perform on my own.
A year after the movie was released Zhu Li; I also wrote a special letter to the CCTV Zhu Li; please ask them to show "breakdancing".
I said in the letter: if you play once a day Zhu Li; I will watch once a day Zhu Li; until death. I don't know if my letter worked Zhu Li; anyway, later the central station really played it. I remember very clearly Zhu Li; at that time it was supposed to be broadcast in the afternoon of March 5 Zhu Li; on that day I was supposed to go to school Zhu Li; but you think about it Zhu Li; is it still possible for me to go to school? So I unprecedentedly skipped school for the first time Zhu Li; see my expression of death Zhu Li; my mother can not help Zhu Li; let me watch TV. I didn't expect Zhu Li; the central station even temporarily changed to play Lei Feng's movie Zhu Li; made me angry. But a week later on Sunday Zhu Li; the central station finally played "breakdancing". At that time I called on a large number of classmates Zhu Li; together to watch.
After high school Zhu Li; breakdancing gradually disappeared. My body is not as flexible as it was in middle schoolJulie; I gradually stopped dancing.
I didn't expect Zhu Li; after such a long time Zhu Li; now Hip-Hop is popular again Zhu Li; it is said to be the follow-up development of the year's breakdancing. But Julie; now these street dance Julie; but can never raise my interest ......
The development of breakdancing
In the spring of 1983, two never-before-seen dance moves called the eyes of many Americans: one is the "Rolling Stones" dancers in the movie "The Rolling Stones," which is the first to be seen in the United States, and the other is the "Rolling Stones" dancers in New York City. In the spring of 1983, two never-before-seen dance moves blew the minds of many Americans: one was the "Rolling Stones" dancers in New York City, who performed a backspin in a brief scene from the movie "Flashdance"; and the other was the body-sliding backward step "moonwalk" created by pop star Michael Jackson in a television special. In early 1984, when the performers of New York's breakdancing troupe jumped joyfully onto the Kennedy Center stage to pay tribute to modern-dance choreographer Katharine Dunham, breakdancing was no longer an unfamiliar term to most Americans, at least not in the same way as the spontaneous, gymnastic dances that began to take hold on the streets of New York's South Bronx boroughs about a decade ago, replacing the early days of street-gang brawls.
Breakdancing began as little more than a way for urban youths to show off their physical prowess in a nonviolent form, and quickly evolved into a street culture. If graffiti and percussion on New York's subways and walls were the art of urban youth, breakdancing was their ballet.
Breakdancing was in full swing in the late summer of 1984, when two feature films and several commercial TV spots were staged under the spotlight. With the release of these films and TV spots, Americans became familiar with breakdancing and "bang bang" dancing. As the most difficult and unusual of the modern popular dances, breakdancing aroused strong general interest.
The disco music thumped as Ramel Gamble, a 20-year-old Michigan State University painting major nicknamed "The Rolling Stone," stood at the corner of Charles and Saratoga streets, surrounded by a crowd of spectators. It began with a few sudden, rapid twists of his body, and then he lay writhing on the ground.
There is a self-evident rule in dance that every turn and every spin must be preceded by a series of movements or just a single appearance so that the dancers can build up their strength for the ensuing spin. Breakdancing follows this same rule, but with a twist. In ballet, modern dance and jazz, the explosive power often comes from the arms, as the dancer extends the arm and then uses the force of the retracted hand to start the spin. In breakdancing, on the other hand, almost all the power comes from the dancer's legs. The young man twists and swings, coaxed by the crowd of onlookers. He braced his hands on the lacquered cloth spread on the floor, raised his legs high in the air, and split them into a V-shape while rolling up with his shoulders back on the ground②.
With a quick twist, he lay down on the ground and rolled on the ground with the inertia of the windmill spin. At last it looked as if he could only spin a few more times, but at that moment he turned upside down and spun again with his head as a fulcrum, like a ballerina spinning on the tips of her toes. The dancer leaps from the ground and walks towards his fellow Rocket dancers. Onlookers applauded him, who didn't look the least bit disheveled, except for his flat-topped Afro hairstyle, which was a bit deflated.
Street dance, with its fast, close-to-the-ground moves and the ability to spin with every part of the body except the feet, is often referred to as "breakdancing," but for those who are not familiar with breakdancing, it's not as easy as it sounds. However, for breakdancers, "break" is a term of art, and only moves done on or close to the floor are called "break".
There is also a type of dance known as the "bang bang" dance. In this type of dance, the dancer concentrates the strength of the muscles of the whole body into one part of the body, and then suddenly and dramatically twists and sways.
Breakdancing is passionate and exuberant, while the "popping" dance has a nerve-racking, manic impulse. What sets it apart is its wave motion. At the beginning, a part of the body, such as a hand or a foot, undulates like a wave, and then this undulation obviously spreads to the whole body. This movement is mechanical and dull, making the dancer's joints especially tired. While breakdancing requires strength, "bang bang" dancing requires agility and harmony. A skilled person can move different parts of the body in different directions at the same time. There is one technique that breakdancers like to use: "passing" the moves from one person to another, with the dancers jiggling and undulating one after the other, as if an electric current were passing through their bodies.
The combination of "bang-bang" and breakdance moves creates freestyle steps. "The Prodigies are freestyle dancers, and their members are so young that they are the only breakdancing group in Baltimore with female members. The girls don't breakdance, though; women don't have the strength to support their own weight, which is necessary for most breakdancing moves.
It's one thing to know the names of breakdance moves and their basic jumps, it's another to dance them. So where do street dancers learn them? "From TV." Says an 18-year-old McDonald's fast-food clerk. They see strange moves on animated movies shown on TV and imitate them. Sometimes they also videotape breakdancing performed at the Kennedy Center in New York City and learn it by comparison.
Breakdancing groups have formed, and some already have managers. Performers also wanted to bring the dance to the silver screen. Because many of the young dancers were black, there was talk that breakdancing was a springboard for black boys who wanted to get out of the ghetto.
But what would happen if breakdancing were to follow in the footsteps of disco? Breakdance dancers aren't fretting about that. They dismiss all loose talk of breakdancing's imminent demise as jealousy.
1) A common breakdance move in which dancers balance with their shoulders on the ground and use their hands to propel their bodies and spin.
②This move, called the "windmill spin," is the fanciest of all breakdancing moves, in which the dancer rolls with her shoulders on the ground while holding her legs high in the air to make various spins and scissor moves.