Bboying, Breaking & Hip-Hop Dance

BORN TO ROCK UK BOTY 2008 SHOW

2008-04-12T05:12:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2008 (Lille) - Gambler show (Part. 2/2)

2008-04-12T05:10:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2008 (Lille) - Gambler show (Part. 1/2)

2008-04-12T05:07:00.000-07:00

good lock & popping

2008-04-01T08:52:00.001-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 - Morning Of Owl vs Extreme Crew (Part 2)

2007-08-09T22:40:00.002-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 - Morning Of Owl vs Extreme Crew (Part 1)

2007-08-09T22:40:00.001-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 - Jinjo Showcase

2007-08-09T22:39:00.001-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 - Morning Of Owl Showcase

2007-08-09T22:38:00.001-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 - Rivers Crew Showcase

2007-08-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Extreme Crew Showcase at 2007 Battle of the Year Korea

2007-08-09T22:33:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2007 Korea Max Crew Performance

2007-08-09T22:32:00.001-07:00

BOTY 2007 Korea TG breakers Performance

2007-08-09T22:31:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2007 Korea TIP crew performance

2007-08-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2007 Korea Able Crew

2007-08-09T22:29:00.001-07:00

Triple 8 Funk - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

Formality - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:10:00.002-07:00

Dziah - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:10:00.001-07:00

Freshh - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:09:00.001-07:00

Philippine Allstars - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:08:00.002-07:00

Eclectik - 2007 World Hip Hop Championships

2007-08-09T22:08:00.001-07:00

Kaba Modern at Hip Hop Internationals 2007: World Finals

2007-08-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

Tuxedo at Swiss Hip-Hop Championship 2007 2nd place

2007-08-08T11:26:00.000-07:00

status - hip hop championship qualifiers 2007

2007-08-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

ReDragoN from Nemisis UK Hip Hop Championships 2007 Finals

2007-08-08T11:20:00.000-07:00

Nemisis UK Hip Hop Crew Championships 2007 Finals

2007-08-08T11:16:00.000-07:00

Final BOTY IBERCIA 2007 (4)

2007-08-08T04:26:00.002-07:00

Final BOTY IBERCIA 2007 (3)

2007-08-08T04:26:00.001-07:00

Final BOTY IBERICA 2007 (2)

2007-08-08T04:24:00.000-07:00

Final BOTY Iberica 2007 (1)

2007-08-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

BOTY BENELUX 2007 FINAL BATTLE

2007-08-08T04:17:00.000-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 FINAL BATTLE - T.I.P vs Extreme (Part 2)

2007-08-08T04:11:00.000-07:00

Boty Korea 2007 FINAL BATTLE - T.I.P vs Extreme (Part 1)

2007-08-08T04:10:00.000-07:00

BOTY 2007 NW Final Battle FUNK FELLAZ VS JACKSONS--Part 2

2007-08-08T04:08:00.003-07:00

BOTY 2007 NW Final Battle FUNK FELLAZ VS JACKSONS--Part 1

2007-08-08T04:08:00.001-07:00

BOTY 2007 - Smockemon Show

2007-08-08T03:58:00.000-07:00

Gambler Crew 2007 Documentary

2007-08-08T03:57:00.000-07:00

Gambler Crew

2007-08-08T03:56:00.000-07:00

Hip Hop World challenge Cico versus Hong 10

2007-08-08T03:54:00.000-07:00

Cico vs KYS

2007-08-08T03:53:00.000-07:00

Cico vs Punisher (5-13-07) full battle

2007-08-08T03:52:00.000-07:00

Cico vs. Pelezinho - Red Bull BC One 2005

2007-08-08T03:51:00.000-07:00

Bboy Cico

2007-08-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

B-boy Cico

2007-08-08T03:48:00.000-07:00

bboy katsu, junior and cico @ battle of norway

2007-08-08T03:47:00.000-07:00

B-Boy Junior @ a Competition

2007-08-08T03:41:00.001-07:00

breakdance Benji vs Junior

2007-08-08T03:34:00.000-07:00

Bboy Junior - Breakdance

2007-08-08T03:32:00.000-07:00

PS: I was looking for the complete info about bboy junior but wasn't able to find much, so if any one have complete info about him then plz do provide the link or atleast the email id so that i can contact you.
thnx

Bboy Junior

2007-08-08T03:30:00.000-07:00

Best baby Bboy- 1 year later.-Prepair yourself!

2007-08-07T13:25:00.001-07:00

Worlds best baby bboy-BooginsRoc-Zeekboogie

2007-08-07T13:21:00.000-07:00

Baby break dance

2007-08-07T13:01:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - ISPO 2007

2007-08-07T12:59:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - In Da Arena

2007-08-07T12:55:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - DW TV English

2007-08-07T12:54:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - B.Boy The Game - TD1

2007-08-07T12:53:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Amigo

2007-08-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Nike TV Spot

2007-08-07T12:49:00.001-07:00

Flying Steps - RTL2 News

2007-08-07T12:48:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - RTL2 News - B.Boy The Game

2007-08-07T12:47:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - B.Boy The Game - Games Convention 2006

2007-08-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - B.Boy The Game Training Trailer

2007-08-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - B.Boy The Game Trailer

2007-08-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Super Electric

2007-08-07T12:40:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps: Breaking It Down

2007-08-07T12:39:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - We are electric

2007-08-07T12:38:00.000-07:00

Red Bull Beat Battle 2007 - Flying Steps

2007-08-07T12:36:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Red Bull Beat Battle 2005

2007-08-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Red Bull Underground Break Part 1

2007-08-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - Red Bull Underground Break Part 2

2007-08-07T12:31:00.002-07:00

FLYING STEPS Showcase at BOTY 2003

2007-08-07T12:31:00.001-07:00

Flying steps - the bboylife

2007-08-07T12:30:00.000-07:00

Flying Steps - TV Total

2007-08-07T12:21:00.001-07:00

Flying Steps - BOTY 2000

2007-08-07T12:19:00.000-07:00

All About Windmills

2007-08-07T12:17:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 19 : The DPS Lock Combo

2007-07-21T22:42:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 18 : Getting out of Hammerlocks

2007-07-21T22:41:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 17 : Short-Stride Salsa Combo

2007-07-21T22:38:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 16 : The Submarine 'boop' Combo

2007-07-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 15 : Salsa Elements (Reloaded)

2007-07-21T22:36:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 14 : Salsa Basics Reloaded (Drills)

2007-07-21T22:35:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 13 : More Simple Salsa Moves

2007-07-21T22:30:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 11 : Getting out of 2-hand holds

2007-07-21T22:29:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 10 : Some minor hand tricks

2007-07-21T22:28:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 9 : Another Rushed Episode

2007-07-21T22:27:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 8 : MagicDrop Hands with Copa

2007-07-21T22:26:00.002-07:00

Salsa Episode 7 : Double-Hand turn and the Tai-Flip

2007-07-21T22:26:00.001-07:00

Salsa Episode 6: The Open-Break, Switch, and Combo Starter

2007-07-21T22:25:00.000-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 5: Extended Beginner Salsa Lesson

2007-07-21T22:24:00.000-07:00

Salsa Episode 4: Slick Salsa Combo 1

2007-07-21T22:23:00.001-07:00

Salsa Episode 3: Simple Combo 1 with Styling

2007-07-21T22:22:00.002-07:00

Salsa Episode 2: CrossBody Lead and Some Styling

2007-07-21T22:22:00.001-07:00

Salsa Dance Episode 1: Basic Step

2007-07-21T22:19:00.000-07:00

Before Starting I wud like to thank to all the uploaders to provide such a useful content.

Salsa

2007-07-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

So people as i promised here is salsa tutorial for all of you. I hope that you are gonna like it as much as i liked or may be more than that. All the Best :).

Salsa

Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean (especially Cuba), Latin America and North America. Salsa is danced to Salsa music. There is a strong African influence in the music and the dance.

Salsa is usually a partner dance, although there are recognized solo steps and some forms are danced in groups of couples, with frequent exchanges of partner. Improvisation and social dancing are important elements of Salsa but it appears as a performance dance too.

The name "Salsa" is the Spanish word for sauce, connoting a spicy flavor. The Salsa aesthetic is more flirtatious and sensuous than its ancestor, Cuban Son. Salsa also suggests a "mixture" of ingredients, though this meaning is not found in most stories of the term's origin. (See Salsa music for more information)

Salsa is danced on a core rhythm that lasts for two measures of four beats each. The basic step typically uses three steps each measure. This pattern might be quick-quick-slow, taking two beats to gradually transfer the weight, or quick-quick-quick allowing a tap or other embellishment on the vacant beat. This is not to say that the steps are always on beats 1, 2 and 3 of the measure. (See Styles below.) It is conventional in salsa for the two musical measures to be considered as one, so the count goes from 1 to 8 over two musical bars.

Typically the music involves complex African percussion rhythms based around the Son clave or Rumba clave. Music suitable for dancing ranges from slow at about 120 beats per minute to its fastest at around 180 beats per minute. (See salsa music).

Salsa is a slot or spot dance, i.e. the partners do not need to travel over the dance floor but usually occupy a fixed area of the dance floor, rotating around one another and exchanging places. Although traveling is not ruled out, it is not a necessary part of the performance. But in a social setting it is bad etiquette to "take up" too much floor by traveling.

History

The history of "Salsa" dance is peppered with hearsay and contradiction. Although few would disagree that the music and dance forms originate largely in Cuban Son, Most agree that Salsa as we know it today is a North American interpretation of the older forms. New York's Latino community had a vibrant musical and dancing scene throughout the '50s but found limited success with the 'Anglo' mainstream. In the 1970s, adoption of the term "Salsa" reduced the linguistic and cultural barriers to mainstream adoption of Latin music and dance.

The modernization of the Mambo in the 1950's was influential in shaping what would become salsa. There is debate as to whether the dance we call Salsa today originated in Cuba or Puerto Rico. Cuba's influence in North America was diminished after Castro's revolution and the ensuing trade embargo. New York's Latino community was largely Puerto-Rican.

Salsa is one of the main dances in both Cuba and Puerto Rico and is known world-wide.

The late Celia Cruz, hailed by many as the queen of salsa, said that salsa does not exist as a rhythm, but that it is rather an exclamation for music such as guaracha, bolero, cha cha cha, danzon, son, rumba, etc[citation needed]. The famous Latin composer and band leader Tito Puente also argued that there is no such thing as salsa but only mambo, rumba, danzon and cha cha cha, etc.

According to the late David Melendez, one of the first organizers of the East Coast Salsa Congress and a salsa dancer in New York since the 1970s, the word 'Salsa' first referred to the music. The term was coined in the 1970s by young musicians like Hector Lavoe, Larry Harlow, Ray Baretto, Willie Colon, who wanted a different name for the kind of music they were playing. The term 'salsa' was then popularized by Izzy Sanabria, owner of the Latin New York magazine, and Jerry Massuci, owner of Fania Records. Today, the term 'salsa' as we know it, has become synonymous with the dance, yet the dance suffers a "crisis of authenticity" whereby dancers are perpetually disagreeing over what qualifies and does not qualify as "salsa".

The dance steps currently being danced to salsa music come from the Cuban son, but were influenced by many other Cuban dances such as Mambo, Cha cha cha, Guaracha, Changuí, Palo Monte, Rumba, Abakuá, Comparsa and some times even Mozambique. Solo salsa steps are called "Shines", a term taken from Tap dancing. It also integrates swing dances. Salsa can be a heavily improvised dance, taking any form the interpreter wishes. Modern Salsa has elements of Jazz, funk, reggae, hip-hop and samba.

Foundations

Basic step
The basic movement common across most salsa styles is to step quick-quick-slow over the 4 beat measure. Typically the quick steps are on beats one and two, and the slow step is on three. Beat four may be used to transfer weight slowly, or in some styles a tap or kick is used. Notable exceptions to this timing are New York Mambo and Colombian styles, which begin the three step sequence on beat 2; and Cuban styles, which may start the sequence on any count.

Break step
The Break Step is important in most styles of salsa. It serves two functions. First, the break step occurs on the same beat each measure and allows the partners to establish a connection and a common ground regarding the timing and size of steps. Secondly the break step is used in an open break to build arm tension and allow certain steps to be led. On which beat the break step occurs is what distinguishes different Salsa styles, generally "On One" from "On Two."

Basic Step On One

On counts 1, 2, and 3, the leader steps forward, replaces, and steps backward. On count 5, 6, and 7, they step backwards, replace, and step forward again. The follower does the same, but with forward and backward reversed, so that the couple goes back and forth as a unit. This basic step is part of many other patterns. For example, the leader may dance the basic step while leading the follower to do an underarm turn.

The following variants of the Basic step may be used, often called breaks.

Forward break: Starting from either foot, step Forward, Replace, In-place, counting 1,2,3 or 5,6,7
Back break: Starting from either foot, step Backward, Replace, In-place, counting 1,2,3 or 5,6,7
Side break: Starting from either foot, step Sideways, Replace, In-place, counting 1,2,3 or 5,6,7

Basic Step On Two

If the break steps occurs on count 2 and 6, it is called "On Two".

A popular style of dancing "On Two" is known as "New York Style" or "Eddie Torres Style":

The basic step starts on beat 1 with the lead stepping back on the left foot followed immediately with step further back on beat 2 with the right foot. On beat 3 the "replace step" occurs by fully shifting weight - returning it - to the left foot which is still in the same place it was from beat 1. Beat 4 consists of a pause, weight being maintained on the left foot while the lead prepares for beat 5 on which a step forward with the right foot takes place. On beat 6, the lead take the next break step going further forward on the left foot, replacing back on 7, and pausing on 8, and so on the pattern repeats.

Eddie Torres Style is so called because it was widely formalized and popularized by Eddie Torres whose clear teaching style and production of instructional videos opened up access to Salsa for many New Yorkers. It is not claimed that he invented the style. In those videos, Eddie Torres himself calls this "Night Club Style"[4].

Dancing on 2 means that the break step synchronises with the accented slap of the tumbao pattern played on the conga drum. For this reason it is said to be more punchy and rhythmically oriented, whereas on 1 is more melodically oriented.

Note that commonly On 2 starts the basic pattern with the lead moving back and the follow moving forward, while On 1 the lead starts the basic step forward and follow steps back.

Common turns

The following turns are used in almost all salsa dancing regardless of the basic used or style employed.

Outside Turn (Underarm Turn) – similar to the "arch turn" in swing and many other dances, follower turns clockwise

Inside Turn – follower turns counterclockwise (to her left)

Spot Turn – either, or often both, partners turn 360° remaining in the same spot

Extension – partners break in opposing directions to build arm tension between them. Often leads into a spot turn or an in-and-out.

In-and-Out (Copa) - From a cross-hand hold (left over right), leader creates an extension, then pulls the woman in with the right hand while leading the left hand over her head to the other side of her, causing her to turn 180° to her left. The follower is then pushed back out, and will do at least another half left turn to return her to facing the lead.

Cross Body Lead – follower is led to opposite side of lead, causing them to swap positions in a counter-clockwise fashion. Exists in other Latin dances such as Cha-cha-cha.

Reverse Cross Body Lead – same as Cross Body Lead, but couple exchanges positions in a clockwise fashion.

Basket – A type of extension where the leader is behind the follower and holds the follower's arms wrapped around her shoulders while she breaks forward and the leader breaks backward.

Windmill – A type of lead for a turn where rather than leading the turn from above the follower's head, the leader loops the arm widely down and up, so that the lead is more vertical than horizontal.

Original Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_(dance)

Glide, Hand Spin & Valdez

2007-07-20T22:37:00.000-07:00

Spin

2007-07-20T22:26:00.000-07:00

A spin is a breakdance move that involves rotation of the breaker's body about some axis in contact with the ground. It is possible to perform a spin on virtually any part of the body, but bare skin often causes painful and spin-killing friction with the floor. To solve this problem, many breakers employ pieces of cloth or wear long clothing, pads, or caps. When the dancer uses his hands to aid in speeding up the spin, it is called tapping. A dancer may tap for a few rotations and then glide for subsequent rotations. Spins form an integral part of many breakers' routines, while others eschew them in favor of more complex-looking repeated movements, back and forth, after each rotation in a given direction.

Variants

1990s and 2000s are spinning handstands sometimes considered to be power moves.

Back Spin - A spin on the upper back. The legs are often tucked into the chest and the move is often linked with windmills.

Butt Spin - Similar to the backspin, but performed on the lower back or in a sitting position.

Hand Glide - A one-armed spinning float. The breaker balances on one arm that has the elbow stabbed into the torso. The other hand pulls against the floor to spin the body in a circle. The move is usually performed with a glove to reduce friction.

Headspins - The body is balanced vertically with only the head in contact with the floor. This spin is perhaps the one most commonly associated with breakdancing. Kid Freeze claims to have invented it.

Knee Spin - A spin on one or both knees, usually in the kneeling position. Breakers often perform freezes or stylish movements of the upper body while spinning.
Sideways Hand Glide - This variation looks like a Side Freeze, but the free hand is used to spin the body.

How To Break Dance - Head Spin Tutorial

2007-07-20T22:25:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn Rock (uprock) Legends

2007-07-20T22:15:00.001-07:00

Rockers sampler - Uprock

2007-07-20T22:10:00.000-07:00

PS: So you think it's cool, well it is :).

How to (Up)Rock instructional by Buz T.O.R.

2007-07-20T22:08:00.001-07:00

UPROCK BROOKLYN HISTORY CLIP ONE

2007-07-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

PS: If you are learning this then having some background knowledge always helps ;).