truthfully? today in class we spoke about breaking. it was dope. i learned that its derived from Lindy Hop, tap dancing and African-rooted Brazilian martial art capoeira.
capoeira. now if your from nyc you KNOW capoeira. and if your shaking your head right now listen closely. have you ever walked by union sqaure and seen a large circle of people dance fighting without thier shirts off? some of the men are usually wearing linen cargo pants no shirt and have a tribal tatoo that takes up the majority of thier backs. lol im just playing. no but they usually dont wear shoes forreal. its pretty cool. google that shit :) but anyway, its amazing how so many cultures infuse to create this fusion of dance. check the pics..look farmilar?
(from left to right capoeira dance in union square; break dance cometition)
after we got into the topic of breaking we started talking about b-boys and b-girls; or break boys and break girls. b-girls and b-boys were vesselss through wich hip hop thrived. they were hip hop. they were about thier music, thier skill, and of course thier swagger. you didn't need "a mille" (haha you like that right) to be a b-boy or a b-girl, you worked with what you had. it didnt matter what you saw on tv or in the magazines because you were your own trendsetter. you told the media what was fresh. thats one thing i noticed. back then the media took direction from you, compared to this generation where we copy the media to a tee. truth b told. i wish i had been around for that.
so because i have such an exciting life and all i do after classes is go back to my room and google shit, i definately started researching b-girls. the one that stood out the most to me was honeyrockwell. she is very talented. check the video i posted.
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