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Introduction
The art of breakdancing has been around for a pretty long time, it started in the early 1970's in The Bronx, New York. The movement of breakdancing has developed over the years, nowadays breakdancing has more of a modern style to it. I chose to do my research on breakdancing because i am a dancer, but the only thing i'm not so great at is breakdancing; i really wanted to learn about all its history and how it actually started. Hopefully along the way i learn how to physically breakdance, so i have the moves and the knowledge to match. I will be explaining how, where and when breakdancing started, also how to do it.

=Research Questions= The research questions i got answered for my topic are all them, except for some. The questions are more personal, and everyone might have different opinions on them. Like the question, Is it hard to learn how to breakdance? That question may have different answers when your asking different people. The rest of the questions were a bit easier to answer because its stuff that you can prove, and its accurate information.

Where did Break Dancing Start? Whats the difference between old school and modern day break dancing? What moves consist of break dancing? Do i need to be flexible to break dance? How did breakdancing start? Who invented breakdance? = **Annotation Bibliography** = Topic: Breakdancing

"History of Breakdancing." Weblog entry.//BBoy.org//. 22 Apr. 2004. 2 May 2011.

The purpose of this article is just telling the story of how breakdancing came to be. The site is called B-Boy.org, and it was written by a person who knows basiclly everything about breakdancing and the history of it. It explains how the only "breakin'" moves they did when it first started, are different from all the moves breakdancers do nowadays. Also explains how the actual concept of this dance started with a dance craze that looks nothing like what breakin' looks likes today. It was introduced by James Brown, when he first started doing a move called the "Good Foot", and that some how got transformed into beakdancing. Back when it first started, breakin' was just something dancers did out on the streets, but it has changed over the years. It has become a little bit less street then the original was.

"B Boy Breakin Moves Dictionary." //b-boy.com. b-boy.com.n.d.2 May 2011.//

The main purpose of this article is just telling people about all the different breakdancing moves. It also explains exactly how to do each one of the moves, tells you step by step where to position your body parts to perfect a move. It includes all the terms and slang to use when your breakdancing. Most of all the terms are used when someone (bboys or bgirls) is either breakdancing or talking about breakdancing. It was all published by B-Boy.com. All the info about the moves seems very accurate; for example, if you wanted to learn how to do these moves just read the step by step process and you would understand it pretty quick.

"History Of Breakdance" //Historyofbreakdancing.htm//. n.d. 16 May 2011

The main idea of this article is the "History of Break Dance", this article talks about how african-american gang members would substitute violence with dancing. They would participate in "dance battles", which means go head to head against other dancers to see who has mores breakdancing skills. This source provides a lot of dates and information of when breakdancing started, and gives specific detail of who danced this type of dance; and the people who were against it.

**Essential Vocabulary** __Battle__: A challenge between an individual or group of bboys/bgirls. __Bite__: Stealing or taking someone else moves or style. __BBoy__: Bronx Boy, Boogie Boy, as im one who dances to the break. __Combinations__: A combination is when two or more moves are executed right after each other. __Crew__: A group of bboy's down with each other. __Footwork/Downrock__: A rhythmic weaving of legs and fet in a continuous circular low around the axis of the hand that is carrying the the dancers weight. Usually combined with freezes or hesitations, and is followed by other moves. __Perfections__: A bboys best moves, the move that takes your opponents out. __Routines__: Connected and/or executed movements done in a practiced sequence. __Street Dancers__: Overall term refferring to break, boogie, and freestyle dancers.

=Plans For Presentation:= All i plan to do is go through all my sections for my topic such as, Where/When/How Breakdancing started. Who invented it, and how the moves from back then differ from the moves nowadays. And how they changed over the years.

Order of Presentation: 1. Reason why i decided to write about this topic. 2. Explain the history of breakdancing. Where/When/How it started. 3. Different types of old school breakdance moves, and new modern moves. 4. Explain how the moves differer from each other, how the developed over the years. 5. What breakdancing means to me. 6. Go over vocabulary.

= **May 6th 2011** =

Question 5: How did breakdancing start?

Question 6: Who invented breakdance?

@http://www.bboy.org/forums/interviews-articles/51945-history-breakdancing.html

A 5: Break dancing started when James Brown started to do a dance called the "Good Foot", which is somewhat like the hustle. Then kids from the streets in New York started to do the moves in more of an energetic aerobics movement.

A 6: James Brown didnt invent breakdancing, but he invented the concept.

= **April 29th 2011** =

Question 4: Do i need to be flexible to break dance?

@http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_you_have_to_be_flexible_to_be_a_breakdancer

A 4: I found out that i dont need to be flexible to be able to break dance.

=April 27th, 2011=

Today i am looking to do my first research on my topic: Being an expert at Break Dancing.

I am going to answer the question: Where did Break Dancing Start?

Once Source i found was

@https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/dosemag2/www/historyofbreakdancing.htm

This site gave me good information about break dancing and where it began. Some of the things i found out was that break dancing started in the Bronx, New York. It began in the early 1970's.

Question 2: Whats the difference between old school and modern day break dancing?

Once source i found was

@http://www.bboy.org/forums/interviews-articles/51945-history-breakdancing.html

What i found was that, back in the day there was not any type of head spins, windmills, hand glides and air flares. there was mostly complicated footwork and leg movements, with some back spins and Floor Rock.

Question 3: What moves consist of break dancing?

@http://www.b-boys.com/classic/bboymoves.html

i found a lot of different moves from break dancing, so many that i could not list them all.

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