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Foundational Methodz
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7d •
Falling like
https://youtu.be/voIprW-gxXk?si=O9eQkCxx8sW-cDfu As the night falls like dominos, so do our challenges. One of my all time favs. Enjoy
1 like • 6d
Love this one! Donald Byrd has so many master pieces.
19d •
Motivation Strategies
What are your tips, tricks, strategies to keep yourself motivated and inspired?
1 like • 16d
@Frost DaCosta Hey Frost. These are all really great. Thanks. In regards to character building, I actually think it is the most important for me. Getting better at breaking is nice and all but actually growing as a person is so enriching. The cool thing is that simply being dedicated to breaking helps me build character and grow as a person. It's taught me how to be critical of myself and be disciplined. It's taught me about people and community. I could go on and on but the point is I wouldn't be myself today without breaking. I want to tie the 'character building' point with the 'visualization' point but I like to try to imagine/visualize who I want to be tomorrow. This kind of helps me get an idea of how I want to be breaking as well. Anyways thanks again!
29d •
Fresh track I found!
https://open.spotify.com/track/1HgqGMEWWMZcCEeUwLP4Xd?si=GRo2gienQfibo7H4g6xHrw
0 likes • 19d
Cool song! For anybody interested in this type of music, the subgenre is called future funk.
21d •
What is breaking? ELI5
What do you think makes breaking look like breaking? Context: I took a waving class, and it was very clear what makes waving look like waving- basically moving a ball of energy around. It got me thinking: what actually makes breaking look like breaking? I remember a while ago this came up and the discussion was “footwork makes breaking, breaking.” But then look at Pocket vs Menno at RBBC1 2015. Pocket wins with almost no footwork. If anything, the main things Menno and Pocket share are the basic two-step in toprock, baby freezes, and headstand. I’ve also heard people say “breaking is anything, just put some breakin’ flava on it,” but even that’s tricky because not everyone wants that classic Bronx flavour anymore. Dancers like Amir or Wing Zero are way outside that traditional style. So now I’m wondering: if footwork isn’t actually essential for something to look like breaking, why is it one of the first things taught? Cause it’s easy? But even then, the 6-step- which is often taught as foundation- wasn’t that originally made to teach ballet dancers because “real breaking” was too hard? Are CCs an original move from the crew? Even 1-step and reverse 1-step have been in capoeira long before breaking. And then there’s that 1950s African video where it pretty much looks like breaking to me. Just less structured. So… What even is breaking in simple terms? Is it just going crazy with levels and spinning? Idk. Am I going crazy? Do you guys think about this?
4 likes • 19d
Hi mark, I’ve actually thought about this quite a bit myself. You’re not going crazy (or maybe we are both going crazy). I’ve gone in circles with this topic and have changed my position quite a bit but I think I’m pretty comfortable with these three points. 1) The breaking looks inspired by the OGs breaking. It doesn’t have to be exactly the same but you want to be working with moves that are inspired by traditional toprock, footwork, power moves, freezes. An aesthetic that resembles the OGs makes it look more bboy as well. 2) originality. Maybe this is just me but I find when somebody looks too similar to somebody else, it looks less bboy. I think this is because it goes against the spirit of being original and having character…. It’s just not cool and that is not bboy. 3) the bboy is dressed fresh… If I think somebody is looking extremely bboy, he was definitely looking fresh af. lol
Nov 11 •
For the lab 🧪
The science of the two - Edan https://youtu.be/KumpfjN29O8?si=oiD_OBW7s6g-RVzh
2 likes • Nov 11
Banger!
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