Breakdancing

I have found that there are many different subcultures within a specific category. The category of dance for example is contains people who are experts in many, many different types of dancing, from ballet to hip-hop. Within dance culture, breakdancing and the people who participate in breakdancing form their own unique subculture revolving around certain body movements and concepts. This street dance style evolved from the hip hop movement. The innovators were predominantly African American youths in New York City during the early 1970s. In the 1980’s MTV helped to integrate breakdancing culture into the mainstream media. Musicians such as Michael Jackson have used breakdancing moves in music videos and movies. The term breakdance refers to the music used to perform this type of dance, because the dancers are able to display skills during the break in a hip-hop mixed song. The dance routine is a combination of many different moves put together to create a routine. A basic routine might include moves such as toprock , a transition into downrock, a display of power moves, and end with a freeze or suicide. Breakdancing culture has its own unique forms of music, fashion, literature and competition style. True insiders in the breakdancing subculture participate in one or more of these elements. For most breakdancers, fashion is a defining aspect of their identity in the subculture. Adidas, nylon tracksuits, and boomboxes are a few prevailing fashion trends. According to Wikipedia.com, “Multiple stereotypes have emerged in the breakdancing community over the give-and-take relationship between technical footwork and physical prowess. Those who focus on dance steps and fundamental sharpness—but lack upper-body brawn, form, discipline, etc.—are labeled as "style-heads" and specialists of more gymnastics-oriented technique and form—at the cost of charisma and coordinated footwork—are known as "power-heads." Break dancing has also been associated with street gangs as a replacement to physical fighting.

I had to include two videos in this post because they are both so wiked awesome: