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breakdance

Also known as b-boying, breaking, break dance, Breakin', b-girling, breakdancing

thumb|Breaking in the street, 2013 thumb|A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017 Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (women), is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the Bronx borough of New York City.

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Breakdancing, also known as breaking, b-boying, or b-girling, is a style of street dance that originated in the Bronx borough of New York City, developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans. The dance style is characterized by dynamic moves performed in the street, including acrobatic elements like standing on one's head.

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Dance.title: Breakdancing
Dance.image: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed Team – Battle for 3rd Place (53).jpeg
Dance.caption: Breaking at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Dance.genre: Hip-hop dance
Dance.inventor: Street dancers
Dance.year: 1970s
Dance.origin: New York City, U.S.

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Commons category: Breakdance
alternative name: Bboying

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Contents

Terminology
History
Influences
Kool Herc and Early Breaking
Cultural Expansion, Rock Steady Crew, and Mainstream Adoption
Return to the Underground and International Resurgence
Uprock
Worldwide expansion
Australia
Brazil
Cambodia
Canada
China
France
Japan
South Korea
Soviet Union
Dance elements
Styles
Music
Major competitions
Female presence
Media exposure
Film
Television
Literature
Video gaming
References
Further reading
External links

Breakdancing consists mainly of four kinds of movement—toprock, footwork, power moves, and freezes—and is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in funk, soul, and hip-hop. Its modern dance elements originated among the poor youth of New York during the 1970s and early 1980s. It is tied to the birth of hip-hop, whose DJs played songs featuring rhythmic breaks for dancers.