The original terms arose to describe the dancers who performed to DJ Kool Herc’s breakbeats. The terms of “b-boy” (break-boy), “b-girl” (break-girl”, and “breaker” are the original terms used to describe the dancers. The dance itself is properly called “breaking”, according to rappers such as KRS-One, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, and Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC. The term “breakdancing is also problematic because it has become a diluted umbrella term that incorrectly includes popping, locking, and electric boogaloo, which are not styles of “breakdance”, but are funk styles that were developed separately from breaking in California. Purists consider “breakdancing” an ignorant term invented by the media that connotes exploitation of the art is used to sensationalize breaking. Although widespread, the term “breakdancing” is looked down upon by those immersed in hip-hop culture. The terminology used to refer to b-boying (breakdancing) changed after promotion by the mainstream media. The majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners prefer these original terms. Although the term “breakdance” is frequently used to refer to the dance, “b-boying” and “breaking” are the original terms. B-boying is typically danced to hip-hop, funk music, and especially breakbeats, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns.Ī practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, b-boying consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes. The dance spread worldwide due to popularity in the media, especially in regions such as South Korea, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and Japan. A style of street dance that originated among Black youths in New York City during the early 1970s.
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