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Style of street dance
Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying or b-girling, is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the Bronx borough of New York City. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BreakdancingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: If Memes Could Dance: A Case Study of Rachael Gunn and the 2024 Olympics Breakdancing ScandalInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Hip HopThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Aesthetics of Institutionalization: Breakdancing in FranceCited 36 times
- Go sideways: Hong 10A closely related topic
- Go sideways: History of hip-hop danceA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Aesthetics of Institutionalization: Breakdancing in France
Global Breakdancing and the Intercultural Body
Stress reaction in the carpal bones caused by breakdancing
Multiple subdural hematomas associated with breakdancing
“She Starts Breakdancing, I Swear!”: Metaphor, Framing, and Digital Pregnancy Discussions
Re-Contextualising Breakdance Aesthetics: Performance, Performativity, and Re-Enaction of Breakdancing in Uganda
Breakdancing Movement Based on Image Recognition Promotes Preschool Children’s Executive Function and Intervention Plan
Underdeveloped injury prevention in breakdancing may cause consecutive occurrence of a bilateral Stener lesion: A case report and literature review
🆕 Influential since 2022
If Memes Could Dance: A Case Study of Rachael Gunn and the 2024 Olympics Breakdancing Scandal
BREAKDANCING CHRONIC REPETITIVE TRAUMA - A CASE OF SLAP LESION REQUIRING ARTHROSCOPY AND PROLONGUED REHABILITATION
Physics Behind Breakdancing: How Are Different Physics Laws Used in Breakdance?
Retracted: Breakdancing Movement Based on Image Recognition Promotes Preschool Children’s Executive Function and Intervention Plan
📚 Books worth reading
Hip HopSteven Hager · 1984
Curtis the Hip-hop CatGini Wade · 1986- 📕Break danceBonnie Nadell · 1984
FoundationJoseph Glenn Schloss · 2008
Hip-hop dancingKathryn Clay · 2010- 📕Underground Dance MastersThomas Guzman-Sanchez · 2012
Breakdance!William H. Watkins · 1984
When The Beat Was Born Dj Kool Herc And The Creation Of Hip HopLaban Carrick · 2013
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🔗 Related topics
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- Ken Swift Kenneth James Gabbert (born August 13, 1966), better known by his stage name Ken Swift, is a second generation b-boy, or breakdancer. He was a longtime…
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