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Lucy Blue To better talk Bboying or Breaking, to better understand the links with gym and boxing...

A
Acrobatics

Aerial movements, similar to the one in Gym, like saltos

Air chair

Freeze on the wrist with dorsal flexion, the elbow close to the body the legs towards the ceiling

B
Battle

Competitions between dancers.

Bboying, or Breaking

More popular names for Breakdancing.

Bgirl, Bboy

Breakdancer, female or male.

Bite

Stealing or copying the movement of another dancer.

Baby freeze

Freeze in support of the wrist and a dorsal flexion, elbow close to the body, one leg parallel to the floor.

C
Crew

Group of dancers.

D
Drops / Transitions

Movements of transition between top rocks and footworks, between dancing standing up and dancing on the floor.

F
Flares

Powermove like on a pommel horse in the gym. Circular movement with the legs to rotate in support of the wrists.

Footwork

Dance steps, the dancer varies the different supports (hands, feet, knees, the back...).

Freeze

A static figure, generally on a superior member or the head.

H
Hand-Hop

Tricks with a series of jumps on one hand.

Headspin

Powermove turning on the head.

L
Landing

Landing in support on one part of the body.

P
Powermove

Circular movements in support on top of the body (wrist, elbow, shoulder, head) the dancer throws legs in the air to rotate.

S
Slip

Falling while sliding.

T
Toprock

No need to prepare anything to start up with. The dancer gets to the middle of the circle, feels the music, makes leg movements, dances standing up. He creates steps inspired by Latin dances and boxing gestures.

Tricks

A series of freezes, the dancer throws the legs like a piston-engine in between each move.

Turning

Change of direction, reversing the support.

W
Windmill

Powermove on the corner of the head as support ("the crown"). The dancer rotates helped by the movements of the legs and the wrists.

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