Break Dancing

How to Do Cannonball Footwork in Break Dancing

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Do the cannonball down on the floor and impress your friends with your cool break dancing moves. Break dancing is performed to hip hop music with a snap and twisting movement. Done right, break dancing moves will contort your body to its fullest ... more »

How to Do the Popping Breakdancing Move

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Popping in breakdancing is a visual sensation of the mastery of the body's muscles. You can appear as if you are moving in a frame-by-frame film to floating off the ground. While popping is done during the toprock portion of breakdancing, the ... more »

How to Download Music for Breakdancing

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Music plays a very important role in breakdancing, as it sets the tone and speed for all of the moves you make. The easiest way to find the music fitting your style is to download music from the Internet... more »

How to Participate in a Breakdancing Battle

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The breakdancing battle has been a big part of breakdancing since its beginnings in the South Bronx of New York City in the 1970s. Basically, a breakdance battle is the challenge of putting one person's breakdancing skills up against another ... more »

How to Buy Breakdancing Videos

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If you miss the days of the "Robot" and the "6-step," you don't have to take a trip down memory lane to relive the breakdancing craze of the 1980s. VHS tapes of this art made famous by the 1984 movie "Breakin" abound on the web--many at a great ... more »

How to Practice a Coin Drop

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Breakdancing can be a mix of toprock (uprock) moves and downrock (6-step) moves. When you go from toprock breakdancing (pop and lock, gliding) to downrock, you need a transition. The coin drop is one of the basic transitions all breakdancers need ... more »

How to Do the Breakdancing Air Freeze Move

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The air freeze in breakdancing requires a great deal of strength and endurance, much more so than breakdancing moves closer to the ground. Just as with many other breakdancing moves, there are many variations of an air freeze. Learn the basics by ... more »

How to Form a Dance Crew

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With the success of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and movies like Step Up 2: The Streets, dance crews have never been so popular. But there is more to hip-hop dancing than good moves and a banging soundtrack. Dance crews stand for solidarity, ... more »

How to Break Dance

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In the club, on the street or in your home, break dancing commands attention and--if done correctly--adoration. It’s a spectacle in itself, an athletic feat, and an accomplishment in body movement. And, like any dance form, all you need is ... more »

How to Do the Turtle in Breakdancing

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The turtle is a breakdance power move that requires a great deal of balance and upper body strength. This move consists of balancing all of your weight on your hands and then turning the body at least 360-degrees. Follow the directions below to ... more »

How to Do the Wave Break Dancing Move

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Break dancing combines so many facets of movement. You must have speed, agility, strength and rhythm just to pull off even the basics. But with a little dedication, (and some bumps and bruises along the way) you'll be "hittin' the streets" or at ... more »

How to Improve Breakdancing Skills

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Breakdancing started in New York City's South Bronx in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, breakdancing became popular as movies such as "Breakin'" were watched by millions of teens across the USA. Today, you can quickly improve breakdancing skills ... more »

How to Take Breakdancing Lessons Online

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Breakdancing has gone through several different phases over the years and almost died out during the mid 1990s. New breakdancers introduced their own versions of this popular dance style in the early years of the new millennium for a resurgence ... more »

How to Perform Basic Breakdance Moves

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Ever thought it might be cool to impress your friends with your hip breakdancing moves? Here’s some good news: you can learn how to breakdance simply by learning a few basic moves and following a few simple steps... more »

How to do a windmill/breakdance

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You will learn the basic steps in performing a "windmill" as a break dancer. You will amaze your peers as this is a very difficult dance move. This is a lot of fun when you get the move down... more »

How to Back Spin Like Michael Jackson

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One impressive break dancing move is the back spin. Using momentum from the legs, the dancer spins very quickly in place while lying on his or her back and then pops into the next break dance move. With practice, you can learn to back spin like ... more »

How to Backspin

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Do you want to impress when you're on the dance floor? Learn to do the backspin. Of course, this is something that won't work well if you suddenly whip it out at a wedding reception--unless the proper music's being played, of course. When it is, ... more »

How to Do 6-Step Footwork Moves in Break Dancing

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Break dancing is not just a style of dance but a means for a person to express themselves through a unique art of motion set to music. When someone learns to break dance everything starts with the footwork, which is the basis for all break ... more »

How to Do a Break Dancing Tripod Freeze

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Break dancing is full of all sorts of moves that require balance, agility, strength and that little innate quality that separates the men from the boys: rhythm. Here is how to perform one of the flashier moves in break dancing called Tripod Freeze... more »

How to Do Air Swipes in Breakdancing

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The air swipe is one of the power moves of break dancing. Upper body strength and strong abs are a key factor in any of the power moves, especially any swiping move. Keep in mind that along with perfecting moves, break dancing is about creating ... more »

How to Do Basic Top Rock Moves and Steps in Break Dancing

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Top rock is the standing up part of break dancing that dancers begin with and use to transition to the flashier down rock moves. Although top rock is sometimes thought of as basic, it is a central part of break dancing and helps define a dancer's ... more »

How to Do Corkscrew Go-Down Moves in Break Dancing

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Once you have learned the fundamentals of break dancing, it is time to move onto an intermediate level move. The corkscrew is fun go-down move that is very useful in choreography. It is a predecessor of more difficult moves... more »

How to Do Side to Side Break Dancing Moves

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Side to side stepping is a top rock break dance move that's easy to learn and to customize to your own dance style. If you have basic rhythm, you should be able to pick up the step in no time at all. Even without a strong sense of rhythm, you'll ... more »

How to Do the Back Rock in Breakdancing

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Acrobatic breakdancing moves, like the back rock, began appearing on the scene in the early 1980s. Prior to that, breakdancing largely involved foot work and floor rock. The back rock requires strength and endurance but is easier to learn than ... more »

How to Do the Indian Step in Break Dancing

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The backbone of your break dance is top rock, which is your introduction where you show your movements and your style. The Indian step is the most basic top rocking step. Inspired by traditional Native American dance, it's a dynamic step that ... more »

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