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What are the 4 main movements in breakdancing?

Breaking, also called breakdancing or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance from the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes.

Can you teach yourself breakdancing?

Breakdance is form of freestyle street dance. However, if you want to teach yourself to breakdance, you can learn some basic moves on your own. Try figuring out the basic foot and arm work of breakdancing. From there, learn how to piece moves together to form a basic routine.

What kind of Music do you use to breakdance?

In this dance style, the dancers mimic fighting moves into rhythmic dance moves that opponents would use to ‘battle’ against one another. The music is not restricted to Hip Hop anymore. These days dancers choose Techno, Jazz, electronic, pop and an other types of music that suites their style.

Which is the best break dance move for beginners?

The 3 step is one of the most popular beginner break dance moves. It consist of 3 steps that are done in a circle. In this move you will start with one leg extended in front of you and then will switch the legs as fast as you can so that the other leg is extended, from there you bring the leg side where you end up in a kind of push up position.

When to use a baby freeze in breakdancing?

Freezes in Breakdancing are meant to draw attention to the dancer and are usually put in at the end of some footwork combination like the 3-step above! The baby freeze is great to start out with since its small. It still requires lots of coordination and practice so take it slowly and make sure you don’t skip anything.

What kind of dance do B-Boy’s do?

There were also breakdancing battles between gangs or clicks. Another dance called “uprock” influenced the b-boy dancers. In this dance style, the dancers mimic fighting moves into rhythmic dance moves that opponents would use to ‘battle’ against one another.