Break Dancing - Break dancing is danced to funk or hip hop music generally and is often remixed to make the "breaks" last longer. We have and link to sites that offer help on how to breakdance, video clips, moves, MP3s & accidents.
There are a large amount of different breakdance moves that can be performed. Whether it's a drop, footwork, freezes, "power moves", floats, hand hops, spins or something else, the imagination is almost endless.
Breakdance Moves
Introduction
Breakdance incorporates many types of moves that can vary as widely as a breaker's imagination and athleticism
will allow. There is a large number of breakdance moves that can be performed, and there are competitions throughout
the world, with a growing number of dancers becoming sponsored for what they love doing.
Floor Rock Breakdance Moves
Floor Rocks are "rocking" or style moves performed while much of your body (hips and/or shoulders) are touching the
floor. Although some moves may involve flowing or spinning like movements, they are not power moves. Floor Rocks are
either used as transition moves (into a power move, freeze, etc.) or in between footwork.
Body Rock (aka Back Rock) - A move in which you lay flat on your back and only torque you hip and legs, alternating left and right. This move is similar to the CC' in footwork, only being done with your shoulders and upper-back touching the ground. For example, your right foot will "tap" or "kick" over to your left while your left knee remains bent, then your left foot will "tap" or "kick" over to your right while your right knee remains bent.
Scissors - A move started while laying straight on your side, then bending your body in to touch your toes (simulating a scissor motion). Once you unbend and become straight again, you turn to your opposite side and repeat.
Belly Swim - While laying on your back, you splay out your arms to turn onto your belly then sweep your arms out in front of you to return to your back all while using a continuous "swimming" motion.
Body Glide - This breakdance move is similar to the belly swim but looks like the "superman" in power-moves because your legs and arms remain splayed as you turn over. Unlike only using your arms to "swim" you over (as done in a Belly Swim), a body glide requires you to swing your legs to "glide" your momentum for turning.
Side Slide - Performed on your side like a scissor, you kick a leg forward or backward spinning you on your hip axis. This move is like a side spin in power but more stylish with shorter rotation. Sometimes the forehead or hip is touched or, the arms are folded while rotating. Also, the dancer may scrunch in and freeze at the end.
Homer Simpson - Laying on your side, you "run" while your hips and shoulders touch the ground rotating you on your axis in a circular motion.
Easy Moves - If you're new to breakdancing and aren't sure where to begin here are some easy breakdancing moves for you to practice before going onto the harder moves. Easy breakdancing moves from a range of sources.
Other pages you might be interested in
How to Breakdance - You can try and learn how to breakdance by buying DVD's, watching free online video tutorials that give step by step instructions. Or generally just by practising and trying different things. Also the six step breakdance.
The most relevant links we could find, placed here free
Hiphop RnB Soul
- Some nice videos/animated gif's on how to do various breakdance moves. As well as the video (if it has one), they also explain in writing of how you actually go about doing that particular move. www.hiphoprnbsoul.com
Drop Breakdance Moves
Coin Drop - Drops down on one arm and goes into a windmill.
Knee Drop (aka Colt-45) - A downrock where puts one foot behind the kneepit of the other and drops to the floor.
Sweep Drop - One leg sweeps in front of the other, giving impression of tripping yourself.
Thread Drop - A leg thread is done but as soon as strong foot hits ground, it is bent.
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