A Brief History of Break Dancing

When someone mentions break dancing nowadays, people think of baggie trouser wearing, medallion brandishing kids sporting baseball caps at set square angles spinning on their heads.

This wouldn’t be far from the truth, however what they probably don’t appreciate is the immense skill and physical ability one must have to achieve such aeronautical splendour; plus its deep seated routes in African American culture not to mention its connection with hip hop and subsequently its distant link with the civil rights movement.

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