Breakdancing
Breakdancing has a vast history that involves many important people, some who saw it as a way to express feelings, causing new moves to be invented. It was started where it was least expected , with James Brown and the “Good Foot.” After that people such as Afrika Bambaataa started getting ideas, a new way to dance came into play. In 1969, James Brown came out with his new hit record “Get on the Good Foot.” Then at one of his performances he busted out with the “Good Foot,” starting a whole new dance craze. The best way to describe the “Good Foot” is to imagine a majority marching in a parade taking steps high at the knee but keeping the leg raised at the knee in the air for a beat before dropping it down and simultaneously raising the other leg. The “Good Foot” also brought along moves such as “floating” and even the moonwalk (Bomb Hip-Hop magazine issue #46). Soon enough the “Good Foot” evolved into breakdancing, which was perfectly suited for competition. The best breakdancers, or B-boys as they were commonly known, in opposing gangs would battle dance wise instead of fighting. They would dance over turf, or because someone stepped on someone else’s shoe. Often times, a battle would be to
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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