BREAKING LANGUAGE
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.