Break dancing was a new craze that hit the scene during the 1960's and took the African American community by storm. There are several factors that constributed to the creation of break dancing. The most popular reason for the birth of break dancing was that is was the result of the gang wars brewing in New York. it was to be believed that the same muscles you use to fight are that of the same you use to break dance. The B-Boy with the best moves was thought to be the best fighter in the group. This in return made break dancing one of the most dangerous dances due to the fact B-Boys would try the most rickest moves if this meant saving a loss.
A popular face associted with break dancing is James Brown. During the time of James Brown popular hit "Get on the Good Foot", people were beginning to pick up on his high enery way of dancing. soon the Good Foot adopted the name B-boy, then Breakdaning, or just Breaking.
In my paper I plan to show how break dancing relates to the Functionalist and Interactionalist approach.
This is really interesting, I would have never guessed break dancing was related to gangs. I really thought break dancing was just a type of dance the emerged. Did this type of dancing stay in just the lowbrow class or did it emerge eventually to other classes?
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