| Today you can learn how to breakdance from any | | | | DJ Afrika Bambaataa soon after introduced some |
| number of online video tutorials and brick and mortar | | | | musical changes and was able to popularize the dance |
| dance schools despite the ominous beginnings of the | | | | into the main stream of the community where it has |
| dance form. The art of breakdancing dates back to | | | | had a major impact to this day. Certain 'crews' of |
| the late 1960's in the ghettos of the South Bronx in | | | | breakdancing began to form in the late 1970s in New |
| New York City, where the dance was used as a | | | | York City. Rocksteady Crew became very popular |
| means of settling turf wars between rival gangs. | | | | for their break dancing. The crew of Bambaataa also |
| Its popularity grew in the 1970's and the 1980's among | | | | had major success with the dance form. |
| the Latino American and Black youths of the inner city. | | | | Slowly breakdancing began to evolve into a dance |
| Some people speculate that its origins go back to the | | | | that incorporated moves that include an assortment of, |
| "Charleston" and the "Lindy Hop". The break dance | | | | aerobic moves, hand spins, head spins, and flips. Break |
| seems to have been influenced by other dances and | | | | dancing is no longer a method used to settle gang turf |
| also the martial arts. | | | | wars as in the olden days. |
| If you observe breakdances you will see similarities to | | | | Nowadays, breakdancing has been fully introduced into |
| the moves of Kung Fu in the routines performed by | | | | mainstream America. Recording artists have utilized it |
| B-boy or a B-girl. Many have said that James Brown | | | | in their pop videos, into hip hop, and even dance |
| was the godfather of the breakdance. His song 'Get | | | | schools are offering classes so anyone can learn how |
| on the Good Foot' was hugely popular in 1969. The | | | | to breakdance if the hip hop is also being taught at the |
| breakdance 'Good Foot' did originate from the James | | | | school. |
| Brown song and it was later renamed as 'B-boy'. | | | | |