Breakdance is a crazy street dance. Breakdance training for beginners

Brakedance

Brakedance or b-boying(English) breakdance) - street dance, one of the currents of hip-hop culture. All dance breaking came from New York from the south Bronx, except for pop locking, which came from California. Breakdance originated in the late 60s, but it is generally accepted that it was formed as a separate dance by 1973. For the first time, the dance was introduced to the general public by James Brown, as breakdance dancers participated in his show.

Origin of the term

This is a dance that belongs to the hip-hop culture, and inside it is called "breaking" (breaking, English breaking). As such, it was conceived by the creators of this movement (Afrika Bambaataa).

To distinguish between male and female dancers, the MCs announced "B-boys". b-boys) and "B-girls" (eng. b-girls). The word "B-Boying" gained popularity in the 1980s when it became public knowledge. David Toop describes breakdancing as an adaptation breaka(English) Break), a dance that was popular before it was ousted Freak, but resurrected by the likes of the Nigga Twins, Spy and Zulu Kings. However, one of the founders of hip-hop, Dj Kool Herc, claims that the word breaking comes from a slang word break, (literally "pause") since, initially, best dancers went into musical losses during the song - pause. For the first time, the word "b-boy" was used by Dj Kool Herc, who called people who performed breakdancing that way.

Breaking Varieties

Breakdance, in fact, as a dance is represented by only one form - breaking (or b-boying). In our country, for a long time it was customary to divide breakdancing into “lower” and “upper”. Such a division was born back in the mid-80s of the last century, when only fragmentary information about breakdancing got into our country through the iron curtain. Largely due to the lack of truthful information on the territory of the CIS for a long time, the “upper break” developed, which did not exist anywhere else in the world, so Western dance culture has gone far ahead.

In fact, what we called the "top break" is a different form of street dance, originating not on the East Coast of the United States, but on the West. These dances are based on funk culture West coast and are represented by Popping, Locking and Electric boogaloo styles (not to be confused with electric boogie!). The locking style was invented by a man named Don "Campbellock" Campbell, and was developed and known with the help of The Lockers, which he created. The Electric Boogaloo and Popping styles were created by Sem "Boogaloo Sam" Salomon and developed by his Electric Boogaloos team.

Funkstyles

• strobing- Imitations of movements in the light of a stroboscope. It consists of many small phases, stops, with sharp transitions between them. It is important that for easy and correct execution style muscles should be relaxed. It is necessary to work out the gesture first smoothly and relaxing, then also smoothly, but with full muscle tension.
• Dimestop- Dimestop is both a style and a way of stopping, fixing. The name comes from the American "dime" - a coin of ten cents, and "stop" - stop. This is explained by the fact that when a person studied this direction He scattered coins around him. Stepping on a coin while moving, the dancer froze for a moment. Thus, dimestop is a quick stop of the whole body or part of it, but without any impulse or push.
• Floating/Gliding- Sliding is also a separate style among other funk styles, and a separate movement. In total, there are more than 40 of its variations. The most popular are glide - sliding left, right or along geometric figure(circle, square), moonwalk. This, of course, not counting all kinds of knee glides - sliding on your knees. Here it is necessary to make a digression and draw a clear line between gliding and floating. All of the above are glides. Floats should be understood as nothing more than elementary heel-toe walking.
• Waving- waves. It is the waves, combined with fixation, that are called “electric boogie” in Russia. Although, of course, this is not “boogie”, but wavering is one of the funk styles. Its main idea is to imitate the fact that a wave or a bunch of energy moves through the dancer's body. Rather, it is a visual effect, not an idea. Waving exists great amount substyles.
• 3D- Information on this style very stingy. We can only say that 3D is a combination of wave and strobing, when the wave traveling through the body is divided into more points.
• bopping- the secret style of the dancer Boppin "Dre (Andre), and the LA Bopping crew. The students of Boppin Dre founded a team that practices mainly this direction. The shortest definition says that bopping is a dancing robot.
• king tut (tutting)- primitive slang king tut - short for " king", was originally an imitation of ancient Egyptian drawings depicting people in various poses. It was characteristic that in all movements right angles were observed between the body and arms, shoulder and forearm, forearm and wrist. The palms are even (or “boat”), fingers together, legs either together or at certain angles to the body.
• spider man- this is a style that has not yet been mastered in Russia. What is it, all these "digits" and "spidermen"? Once upon a time, Poppin "Pete, the brother of Boogaloo Sam, the founder of The Electric Boogaloos team, created the spiderman style, the essence of which was to work with the fingers. Subsequently, a wave of rave culture swept America, then two styles of dance appeared that did not have nothing to do with funk - one was called "liquid", and the other "digits". Digits is a dance exclusively with fingers. That is, palms and fingers perform certain sequences of movements to the music. Qualitatively performed, this dance is simply mesmerizing. Unfortunately, today day, you can see it only by searching the Internet for video clips.At one time there were entire sections dedicated to videos of liquid and digits.However, now it is not so easy to find them.Finger waving speaks for itself - waves with fingers, in various sequences and combinations.Attention of the viewer always involuntarily embraces not the dancer as a whole, but only separate parts of his body... A very important role here is played by the hands and feet.
• Robot (botting)- it was this style, at one time, that made the name of breakdance in the Soviet Union (however, this is debatable). One of the founders of botting (robotting) is the American mime Robert Shields. In the seventies, there was a show on television where two talented artists demonstrated the art of pantomime in various subjects. The show was called Shields & Yarnell (Yarnell - that was the name of Shields' partner). Perhaps this TV show is not the only thing that prompted the creation dance direction but, in any case, she had simply a huge impact to the dancing youth. Perhaps that is why Robert Shields is considered almost a living legend and enjoys great respect among people who know the history of funk styles. He himself, being already an elderly man, is the owner of a design company, but sometimes he chooses the time to show up at major events, like the Freestyle Session and Bboy Summit. "Robot" Shields is a classic, and he uses just the dimestop technique, although this is not necessary in modern times. The secret of botting as a style lies in two things. In technology, this is, of course, isolation. All movements should be as isolated from each other as possible. "Isolation" is a pantomime term, and you can read more about it in the relevant sources. The second secret lies in attitude. There are some more important details. The viewer's attention is fixed not on the body as a whole, but on such things as hands, fingers and, of course, the face (in particular, the eyes). Therefore, the above parts of the body and facial expressions must be given special attention.
• Hitting/Ticking Both of these terms are double meaning. On the one hand, they imply what is called "fixation", that is, a sharp contraction of the muscles and, as a result, a strong, or not very noticeable push. On the other hand, “ticking” can also be called your own direction in dance. The dancer uses sharp muscle contractions not at the beginning or end of the movement, but during it. In other words, “ticking” is like strobing, only smooth and with fixation.
• Strutting- Stratting - as a style, it implies characteristic movements, that is, leg movements. The essence of movement is full step breaks down into several small steps. For example, the dancer is standing, the right leg is in front, the left is behind, the body is in the middle. In a normal walk, the weight of the body is transferred to the right foot and the left step is full length, so that it is in front and the right is behind. The simplest stratting will imply that you first need to put your left foot to the right, and only then step forward. Thus, your step is divided into two parts. You can, of course, divide it into smaller segments. You can add ticking here (fixing the body) or dimestop for every small step.
• Saccin" (Sacramento style)- the style originated somewhere in Sacramento. Sekkin implies characteristic movements of the legs, along with fixation. Pose "A": right leg behind, left leg in front, body in the middle, body weight on two legs. Pose "B": everything is the same, only the legs have changed places - the right one in front, the left one in the back, the body remained in the same place. During the step, the leg that is in front moves first. She stands back, and then the other leg steps forward. The body remains in place, that is, the steps are performed without direct movement.
• Filmore- Fillmore as a direction also takes its name from Filmore street. There is practically no exact description of this style anywhere. Fillmore, performed in the process of popping, involves movements of the hands, observing clear angles. Fillmore has nothing to do with Egypt. The arms are either straight or bent at a right angle. An analogy was given to soldiers marching with rifles in a parade.
• Popping- popping is both a separate dance style, and at the same time the so-called umbrella term, that is, a general term for all funk styles. Although it is still incorrect to use it as a general term. Popping, as one of the funk styles, involves the rhythmic contraction of all the major muscle groups of the body to the music, creating a wince effect. Free movement on the dance floor, the body takes various poses and positions in space. The process of popping comes down to changing various positions to the rhythm along with pop fixation. The main music for popping is funk. Popping has a set basic movements, such as "fresno", etc. By itself, in pure, it is not at all like what is used to be understood as "upper breakdance" in the former Soviet Union. However, popping is the most common funk style. Its creator is Sam Solomon (Sam Solomon, founder of The Electric Boogaloos).
• boog- Boogaloo is extremely difficult to describe, but this style is very interesting. In Russia, this style in battles was combined into electrickboogie, popping. His father is also Sam Solomon (Boogaloo Sam). Boogaloo is a very fluid style, characterized by the fact that the body assumes unnatural poses, making smooth transitions between them. One of the basic movements are the so-called boogaloo rolls, literally “rolls”. Rolls mean the rotation of various parts of the body - legs (leg rolls), hips (hip rolls), chest (chest rolls), etc.
• Snaking - A style that includes several sub-styles. Snaking was created during the dawn of funk culture by members of the Mysterious Poppers. The dancers in this group each had their own version of snaking in their arsenal. The most common of them, and, perhaps, the hallmark of the whole style, was the "cobra". This is a complex, multicomponent wave. The meaning of the cobra is in the simultaneous rotation of the head, shoulders (in different directions, one clockwise, the other against), rotation of the chest (in the direction opposite to the head), hips, as well as certain leg work (when the right shoulder is below during rotation, it bends the right leg, thus, the knee is brought forward, and when the left shoulder is below, vice versa).
• Slowmo- Slowmo (short for slow motion - slow motion) is an imitation of slow motion video or film playback. Slowmo looks very impressive, subject to high-quality performance. For example, at some point in the dance, you can sharply slow down to the rhythm of the music and repeat the movements already performed, but only slowly, and then accelerate sharply, or vice versa, slow down slowly and stop completely.

More about locking, electric boogaloo and popping

Types of breaking elements

As such, the bottom break does not exist. Breaking is a combination of a complete set of elements, as well as a change of levels.

• en:Footwork- footwork, which is performed on the floor. It includes elements of Sixsteps, Scramble, Fivesteps, Babylove, Zulu Spin, Pretzels, CC, Swing, etc.
• Toprock- the level of breaking, which the townsfolk call the top. In fact, Top rock, along with footwork, is one of the most obvious indicators of the level of B'boy'ya or B'girl. Top Rock is made up of many elements. Below is an example of just a few and the main ones: Cross Step, Indian step, outlaw step, salsa step, front step, march step, etc.
• Frieze- fading for a couple of seconds in one position. This type includes Baby freeze, Headstand freeze, Chair, Halo freeze, etc.
• power move(Power Elements) - Also called "Air Moves" - power rotational moves like Windmill, Flares, Head Spin, Air Twist (Air Tracks), Elbow Twist (Elbow Tracks), Flare (Fly), Elbow Flare (Elbow Fly) , 1990 (Spine), 1999 (Revers), 2000, Elbow Spine (1990), Elbow Revers Spine (1999), Halo (Tracks), Windmills, Muchmills, Swipes, Airplane mills, Headspin, Turtle, Cricket, Jackhummer, Ufo, Alligator, Wolf etc.

Elements of lower breakdancing

Flare/Delasal- in Russian: fly - rotation of the legs in a circle, placing it in a corner, alternately changing hands.

windmill- in Russian: gelik (from Helicopter) - Rotation on the floor with legs wide apart. Rotation occurs due to the swing movements of the legs. The transition across the back should be through the area of ​​the shoulder blades to reduce the chance of injury to the spine. After the transition from the shoulder blades, the head rests on the floor, the hand rests on the press to be able to make the next run. There are varieties of this element, one of which is to set the position of the hands behind the back and, as a result, after the transition from the back, the hands are not involved.

Munchmill- in Russian: a barrel - looks like a helix, but turning over occurs by jumping with the help of a push with the legs, which are crossed and pressed to the chest.

headspin- rotation on the head - rotation occurs with the help of hands. The position of the legs may be different. The most common is with the legs spread apart and bent into an obtuse (or right) angle. It is often performed in combination with a "helik" and ends with some element (most often in the form of one straightened leg and the second, placed across the knee, like an inverted "4").

1999/ninety-nine- in Russian: candle - rotation on a straight arm, there are many options for the location of the legs and the second hand.

2000\two-thousand- also called a candle, but this is a rotation on two hands. There are also many leg options.

Swipe- rotation of the body by 180 degrees around the horizontal axis with repulsion from the floor with one or two legs and change of the supporting arm. The key features of this element are the strong extension of the leg or legs with simultaneous twisting of the body. There are varieties of this element, one of which is to put the elbows on the floor, not the hands.

Turtle- in the Russian version: turtle - Horizontal rotation of the body on bent arms, which rest with the elbows on the press. Rotation consists in dragging the body from one elbow, which rests against a certain part of the press (right or left), to another supporting elbow while simultaneously directing the body in the direction of movement

airflare- one of the most difficult elements. With the movement of the arms, it is very similar to the Swipe element, but the main feature is that the legs do not come into contact with the floor, they constantly make swing movements in a circle in the air, thereby allowing the body to be kept in a position close to horizontal. There are varieties of this element, one of which is to put the elbows on the floor, and not straight arms.

Cricket- an element that is very similar to the Turtle element. In this element, instead of transferring the center of gravity of the body from one elbow to another, only one hand is used, while the second is a guide. The first hand makes a push, and due to this, the body bounces. At this moment, the first hand turns around and is placed on the floor, after which the second hand, resting on the floor, scrolls the body. There are variations of this element, one of which is to use only one hand to push and to twist the body.

Six steps- translated into Russian as Six Steps. It is called so because it consists of six leg movements. The hands in this element are the support. There is a movement of the legs in a different position, in addition, when rearranging the legs, they must be crossed twice. The result will be circular runs with your feet on the floor.

backspin- 360 or more degrees of spinning with legs wide apart or crossed. Similar to Windmill scrolling on the shoulder blades.

Flare- (in Russian “fly”) the element is similar to the gymnastic element “dalasalom”, that is, rotation on a horse, only in this case on the floor and with legs apart.

baby freeze- a frieze similar to Turtle, but without rotation. Unlike Turtle, the head is lowered and one knee rests on the elbow, varieties: open baby freeze, close baby freeze, baby gun

Air baby freeze- standing on a slightly bent arm at the elbow with the knee placed on the elbow.

Air Chair- frieze, the elbow rests with the triceps on the hip part, the legs are together and on itself, the body turns as much as possible towards the floor, so that it seems as if the biboy is standing with his back to the ground.

Drill- One of the types of headspin, the legs are straightened up crossed among themselves, the arms are pressed to the shoulders, or apart, but do not touch the floor. B-boy spins fast, standing on just one head.

Halo- An element similar to Baby freeze, but with this movement, the b-boy scrolls his head to the side, then stands on Baby freeze and again "jackhammer" - an element similar to Cricket, but the jumps are made on one hand.

These are not all elements of b-boying, dance is unlimited and b-boy is primarily individual.

Ten commandments of battle

• Don't sleep!
• Never show all your "arsenal" of movements
• Never make moves that are not yet perfected
• Don't use multiple exits at once
• Never repeat the opponent's moves (usually the list of exceptions are those cases when, after the repetition, you complete your opponent's move with a spectacular ending)
• Less words, more focus
• The battle is won not by movement, but by thought
• If this is a battle - let me know about it, influence the unconscious!
• Keep your eyes on your target!
• Dare to accept your defeat.

Legendary teams

Rock Steady Crew

Highly professional, one-of-a-kind and inimitable legendary Rock Steady Crew. Its founder is a certain Jo-Jo. Now R.S.C. not just a dance group consisting of several dancers, it is a whole empire that takes root all over the world.

Not everyone can become a member, but there is still a small chance. The first Rock Steady Crew was registered in the early seventies in New York, and its second generation included seven dissimilar monsters. dance culture: Crazy Legs, Prince Ken Swift, Baby Love Buck 4, Kuriaki and Doze. Crazy Legs and Prince Ken Swift are still official members of R.S.C. Buck 4 and Kuriaki passed away a few years ago for unknown reasons. The last member of the Doze team devotes most of his time to the art of graffiti.

To date, officially the Rock Steady Crew includes: Crazy Legs, Prince Ken Swift, Y-Not, Mr. Wiggles, Masami, Orko, Bailrock.

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Flying Steps

But still, the direction of music for this dance is not limited only to those listed above. You can dance to any genre of music (often these are remixes of different songs). On world battles, such genres as European electronica and even operatic compositions are also progressing.

In the USSR and Russia

1986, the first battles in the club "Oktobris" in Riga

Among the first electric boogie dancers were Igor Zakharov, Oleg Smolin, Alexei Gerulaitis, Konstantin Mikhailov.

Performance of b-boys on Sparrow Hills

The homeland of breakdance is considered to be one of the poorest areas of New York - the Bronx. It was there, in the sixties, that his story began. During that period of time, with the increased popularity electronic music, among young dancers, elements of various rotations on the ground were very often used, this direction was called Good Foot.

The dancers, one might say, “broke” the usual movements to the beat of the records, there were no rotations yet in the usual break dance movements. As the culture consolidated its position, the dancers were forced to stretch their imaginations even more for active opposition in dance battles. There was even a slogan saying that it is better to fight with the help of creativity, without resorting to weapons, and the youth fought, gathered in teams to defeat their opponent. That is why the teams developed their own individual style, which laid the foundation for the breakdance sub-styles.

Such dances became so "accustomed" and became fashionable that after some time, in the seventies, the legendary rapper Afrika Bambaata offered to hold competitions on a cardboard surface among New York dancers. And in 1977, a young Rock Steady Crew appeared, which made a very big contribution to the development of this direction. And already in the eighties, the team held a world tour, showing a new direction in dance to the whole world.

Break dance includes elements of previously unrelated martial arts and techniques, such as:
* Brazilian wrestling capoeira;
* American jazz;
* Korean kung fu;
* acrobatics;
*twist, etc.

1970-1980 break dance culture becomes an integral part of hip-hop.

At the very beginning of the eighties, breakdance spread throughout Europe, gaining no less popularity than at home. But there was no lack of information. On television they told how to correctly perform certain elements of the dance, and in some educational institutions they even replaced lessons physical education breakdance lessons. By the end of the eighties, "break" became an independent direction in art. And it is art, not sports. At competitions, the score is not for the correct execution of movements, not for the observance of techniques, but for the self-expression of the performer, his sense of tact.

The film "Breakin"", released on screens in 1985, made break dance very popular in the USSR. The first production of dances of this style in the Soviet Union was organized by Alexei Kozlov, after which a real dance boom came. Young people sought to learn a new dance style they liked True, the so-called upper break or boogie initially gained popularity.This is a type of movement where everything happens in a vertical position, the main elements are performed with the hands, but neither the hands nor the body itself come into contact with the floor once again.

Top breakdance can be divided into several styles:

* electric boogie (electricboogie) - plastic that imitates an electric discharge, including a variety of elements, such as sliding, ticking, waves, etc .;
* robot (robot) - the principle is the same as that of the electric boogie, but all movements are stylized as mechanical ones;
* king-tat (kingTut) - based on movements performed mainly by arms at an angle of 90 °, which is similar to ancient Egyptian dances;
* pop-locking (poplocking) - at the heart of this style are rhythmic swaying of the body, jumping, sharp movements with the hands of locking and poping.

1987, 1988, break dance gains popularity in the USSR, becomes a mass movement. However, the lack of information hindered the desired development.

1990-1991, during the collapse of the Soviet Union, when it became possible to receive information from the West, the dance direction began to be hampered by political and economic events.

However, it was in the early nineties that the lower break dance, or, as it is also called, breaking, became widespread in the USSR. In this version, most of the movements and techniques are performed on the floor and acquire power performance.

The lower break, like the upper one, can be distinguished by styles:

* style (style) - begins with solo improvisation, and then is complemented by running, footwork in headstands;
* power tricks (powertricks) - a combination of tricks, friezes, e-twist, knee jumps, etc.;
* power move (powermove) is already the most spectacular and complex style, consisting of such elements as a helicopter (“helik”), consisting of rotations with legs, standing on a support from hands and head, a windmill (“windmill”) - the same as the helicopter in fact, headspin (“head”) - consists in rotation on the head, backspin - rotation on the back. Also in this style there are jumps on hands, sweeps, machmills (“barrel”), tartle, etc.

Nowadays, break dance is widely popular all over the world, but the USA and the East (Japan, Korea) are the greatest admirers of this culture. In Europe, he is also known, although to a lesser extent, but it is in Germany that the world championship in breakdance takes place - The Battle of the Year.

Since 2004, another international competition has been held - Red Bull BC One, which in 2011. took place in Moscow. Competitions are held on a specially equipped round stage, surrounded by cameras that film the entire performance from all possible angles.

And even now, walking down the street past the guys dancing break dance, it's hard to look away. In this dance, it is impossible to predict in advance what will happen next, what movements will be used. Breakdance attracts with its unpredictability and eccentricity. The spirit is also captured by the tricks themselves, which are very difficult to perform. To achieve such results, you need considerable ingenuity, willpower and physical fitness. This allows, while doing break dance, to strengthen muscles, correct the figure and get a lot of pleasure not only from the process itself, but, of course, the result - the admiring glances of the audience.

The Trix Family street dance school began its journey precisely with break dance, at a time when hip-hop was still a very young culture, and break dancing was its only dance manifestation. Times have already changed, but breakdance has remained and cannot be banished from our hearts. Anyone who truly loves this dance would like to start learning break-dance and is ready to join our ranks, we are waiting for our training!

Learning to breakdance is not easy!

He does not tolerate the weak. break-dance- dance for real men, strong in spirit and the character of a warrior, which is why girls are very valuable here, but, unfortunately, a rare occurrence.

Back in 1969, a certain James Brown surprised everyone with the unusual movements that he made while performing his hit "get on the good foot". These movements still looked a little like breakdance, but the real boys from the Bronx really liked it (a poor and gangster area of ​​New York, a real ghetto) and off we went. Breakdance turned out to be a very contagious phenomenon and the number of people infected with it grew by leaps and bounds. After quite a bit of time, it became not fashionable in the districts to sort things out by “hammering arrows” and using weapons, street guys more and more often began to call each other to the “Battle” (translated from English - Battle), but issues were resolved at this battle not with blood, but with a dance whose name is breake-dance.

Breakdancing for beginners is the work for which it is worth going forward!

The first to dance it were guys from poor areas and with very bad characters, which is why break dance is a rather tough, uncompromising dance and requires an incredibly lot of strength to perform, being in fact its manifestation. That is why, while developing, breakdance absorbed all the best not only from dances, but also from martial arts, gymnastics and acrobatics. Street guys are not so easy to captivate with ordinary dance, but break dancing turned out to be close in spirit even to gangsters.

Many people are fond of dancing. This lesson helps to acquire the skills of harmonious and free movement, to learn to control the body. Breakdancing teaches a sense of rhythm and free expression. Therefore, I will tell you how to learn how to dance breakdance at home for children, teenagers and adults.

Breakdance is a successful fusion of dance trends and styles. This skillful improvisation to the sounds of rhythmic music clearly demonstrates human thoughts. It looks unusual and beautiful and will easily repulse club dances and hip-hop.

Despite the seeming simplicity, mastering the dance is not easy. If you look closely, we will notice that a professional dancer has to perform many movements of varying degrees of complexity to create a complete picture.

The birthplace of dance is New York. Breakdance originated in the Bronx. In the 70s, people appeared in this area of ​​the American metropolis who, to the sounds of dance music moved in a different way. The dance was called "Good Foot".

During the dance, the performers often fell to the floor. They did not writhe in pain, but performed beautiful elements of rotation. Thanks to the efforts of the RockSteadyCrew team, the dance has become unsurpassed. The band members made the dance elements personal and appealing.

Later, Puerto Ricans managed to take the dance to a new level. They achieved this result by using a large number acrobatic tricks and new dance elements. In those days, films dedicated to martial arts were popular. As a result, the dancers included elements of wrestling in break dancing.

The popularity of breakdancing grew steadily until 1997, when young people stopped paying much attention to the dance. Nevertheless, some people who remained faithful to the dance continued to train.

Step by step action plan

Nowadays, there are a huge number of dance movements, which are not easy to master. Only a person who manages to overcome fear and believe in himself can achieve success.

• First of all, pay attention to the physical shape of your body. Maximize your flexibility, endurance and strength. Push ups, pull ups, swing your arms and legs. Work all muscle groups.
• Start with simple movements, gradually increasing the level of difficulty. This approach will help prepare the body and gradually build up skills.
• Pay special attention to the study of the technique of tricks and movements. Repeat them until you get the perfect result. Remember, breakdancing is based on constant training.
• In the process of mastering the next movement, pay attention common features and small details. It is recommended to move on to new movements after a thorough study of the previous ones.
• The headstand is an integral part of breakdancing. At the first stage, do it against the wall. The help of an outsider who can support will not hurt.
• Train in a spacious room. Before training, free up as much space in the room as possible. Otherwise, the movements will turn out to be constrained and constrained.

Video training for beginners

How to break dance for kids

Breakdancing is a dance that is potentially dangerous for children. It provides for the performance of various tricks and complex movements. The risk of falling and nasty injury is high. If you want your child to become an expert in this dance direction, enroll him in a special school.

1. Beginners consider the warm-up a waste of time. As a result, this often leads to sprains and tears. Breakdance involves the implementation of complex dance elements. Be sure to warm up and prepare your muscles and ligaments.
2. Don't let your child work in public. Trying to demonstrate skill, can do failed attempt. This is fraught with ridicule, which can cause a loss of desire to study further.
3. Teach your baby to look around an unfamiliar place for training and evaluate the quality of the surface. You can not immediately rush to perform complex movements. This is dangerous to health.
4. Excessive enthusiasm does not lead to good things. If the child is tired, it is time to stop the lesson. Otherwise, fatigue may cause injury. The intensity of training should be moderate.
5. Everyone is afraid of something, because fear is a manifestation of the instinct of self-preservation. If the child is afraid to perform a certain dance element, do not push. Over time, the baby will gain experience and overcome the barrier.
6. Uncertainty hinders the performance of tricks and movements. Often it leads to serious consequences and appears in the process of performing a certain element. To doubt the strength of the dancer begins to different reasons. Among them are trauma, a long pause in classes, and others. Therefore, to begin with, help the child recover and regain confidence.
7. If the child is exercising outside, do not allow it to be done in the heat. Intense physical activity at high temperatures negatively affects the functioning of the heart. Plus, this activity can cause dehydration.
8. Dancing requires the right equipment. First of all, buy your child comfortable shoes that are well fixed on their feet and will withstand heavy load. It is useful to get elbow pads, knee pads, a special hat and an elastic bandage. All this will come in handy during the study of elements of high complexity.
9. The child needs clothes that do not restrict movement. When choosing, be guided not by image and fashion, but by convenience and safety.

I did not focus on exercises, movements and tricks. Information on this subject can be found in various sources, including books, CDs and the Internet.

Video tips

In the presence of certain diseases, doctors do not recommend dancing break dance. We are talking about diabetes, injuries that limit joint mobility, diseases of the heart, spine and respiratory organs.

Break dance training for adults

Videos are constantly shown on TV in which young people perform various tricks. After watching, many guys and girls have a desire to acquire the same skills.

It will not be possible to achieve results in breakdance without constant practice and regular training. My story will tell you where to start and how to act to achieve your goal.

People with a poorly developed body and weak muscles will not be able to break dance. Only a strong, flexible and hardy person can do it. First, get in shape.

• Do strength exercises at home or outdoors. At home, do push-ups on your fists, train your abs and pull yourself up. Pay special attention to pull-ups. This exercise will strengthen the muscles of the arms and chest, pump up the shoulders. Exercise outdoors sports grounds.
• After strengthening the muscles, master the handstand and headstand. Use support first. Over time, the stand will turn out without it. Don't forget the vertical push-ups.
• Be sure to work on flexibility. Help simple exercises, providing for all kinds of slopes, extensions and deflections. The bridge exercise is great.
• After gaining strength and flexibility, learn tricks. Watch instructional videos. If you like a certain trick, carefully study the technique of its implementation and proceed gradually.
• Start with basic elements. The network execution technique is described in sufficient detail. That's why I don't paint it. I'll just introduce you to a few basic breakdancing figures.

Basic elements of breakdancing

• "Crab". One of the basic elements of breakdancing." Represents rotation on the hand. The execution provides for the pumped muscles of the hands. At first, learn to stand on your arm bent at the elbow, using your other hand as insurance. Improve your skills by doing spins and jumps.
• « Gelik» . Another important element. The technique may seem very difficult for a beginner. But, without this element, it will not be possible to learn spectacular and complex tricks. “Gelik” is a complex rotation through the back from the “crab” position, accompanied by leg swings.
• « Web» . When you master "Gelik", there will be no problems with this "Web". Represents an intricate rotation in which both hands participate.

Tips will help you master the basic elements, and then switch to difficult tricks. Before active training, be sure to review more than a dozen videos.

Many people break dance, and the new opportunities provided by musical compositions contributed to its development. I note that breakdancing is the only style where the dancer moves in two different planes.

Each dancer can choose which type of dance to prefer. But, to master the style, good physical preparation is required. All muscle groups are used in the dance. Therefore, pumping muscles before training is a must.

To look good on the dance floor, it is not enough to move correctly to the music. You will need to come up with your own unique style. Thanks to this quality, the dancer can loudly declare himself and achieve success.

School modern dance Trinity Dance invites everyone to break dance lessons. Breaking lessons are often chosen by those who do not want to blend in with the crowd. The culture of breakdance and hip-hop promotes a special lifestyle: in clothes, in language, and, of course, in movements. Classes in our school will help you to emphasize your individuality.

Everyone can learn how to dance breakdance, at least the basic movements. In our school, breakdance is taught by professional choreographers and real break fans. The groups accept both adults and children, there are classes for beginners and advanced levels.

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How to learn to dance breakdance: a school for children and adults in Moscow

In the lessons, in addition to how to dance, you will learn a lot about this culture, but Short story is. Back in 1967, Clive Campbell arrived in the South Bronx from Jamaica, later nicknamed Kool Herk. It is this person who is considered the founder of the hip-hop style, he became what we now call the familiar word "DJ". At that time in Jamaica, the DJ was the "master" of the musical life, around which the then youth was formed. After some time, they began to call him MC (“MC”, master of ceremony - master of ceremony) - Kool Herk picked up records, announced them, lost. Later, in addition to the announcement, the DJ began to read rhythmic texts to the music, this was called "rap".

Kool Herk soon, for the convenience of the dancers, begins to repeat instrumental breaks between verses - breaks. It was during such breaks that the dancers came out onto the dance floor and showed their maximum skill. Cool Herc noticed the enthusiasm of those dancers for breaks and coined the term b-boys (pronounced "b-boys"), break boys - describing those who moved in a break manner, and this dance itself was called breakdance, or breaking.

Break at the end of the 60s existed in the form of two separate dances - the New York acrobatic direction, which we now call the lower break, and the Los Angeles pantomime (the same upper break). It was this acrobatic style of breaking that was originally played by b-boys in breaks. It became popular after the moment when, in 1969, James Brown created the funk hit The Good Foot and introduced elements of this dance on stage.