What is Breakdance?
[[File:Breakdance.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A breakdancer]] [[File:Mills.gif|thumb|250px|A breakdancer performing stabbed windmills into a back spin]] '''Breakdance''' (also called '''breaking''', '''b-boying''' or '''b-girling''') is a type of [[dance]] that is done by people who are part of the [[hip hop]] culture. ''B-boy'' means boy who dances on breaks ([[breakbeat]]s). Breakdancing was invented in the early 1970s by African American and [[Latin America|Latino American]] inner-city youth in the [[South Bronx]] in [[New York City]].The dance style evolved during the 70s and 80s in big cities of the United States.<ref name=Aprils>{{cite book| author = April, Matthew| title = Foundation: B-boys, B-girls, And Hip-Hop Culture In New York| year = 2009| publisher = Oxford University Press|pages=125, 141, 153}}</ref> Breakdancing uses different body movements, spins, arm movements, leg movements, all of which are done to the [[rhythm]] of hip hop music. Breakdancing was most popular in the 1980s but continues to be common today. There are four categories in breakdance. They are power moves ([[windmill]], tomas, airtrax and so on), style moves, toprock, downrock (footwork), and freezes (chair, airchair and so on). Many of moves come from [[gymnastics]] and [[kung-fu]]. Breakdancers dance with breakbeats. The difficulty of their skills decides the better b-boy. One of the biggest breakdance contests in the world is [[Battle of the Year]] (BOTY). It has several different types of contests. There are one-on-one battles, team battle, contest of showcase and so on. B-boy battle means dancing on random music. In 2013, the team coming from South Korea, [[Fusion MC]], won the championship. [[Floorriorz]] coming from Japan got the award of best show. Good behavior with the sub ==History== '''How it started''' Breakdancing can be traced as far as the 1970s. It became an influential form of dancing through the mediums of local parties across the Southern Bronx of New York with a growing trend of DJs. When using two copies of