Break Dancing

霹靂舞An amazing dance style is back 令人嘆為觀止的舞蹈形式又捲土重來了by Chelsea Ewald

Break dancing is a style of dance like no other. The moves are jaw-dropping, and watching dancers performing them will make your head spin. Break dancing takes skill, strength and rhythm. The style combines acrobatics, Kung Fu-like moves and dance to create a totally unique art from. Although its roots are American, today its popularity has spread around the globe.

Break dancing breaks new ground
Unlike many styles of dance, break dancing is fairly new. In fact, its history only dates back a few decades. It all began in 1969 with music superstar James Brown. While singing his hit song "Get on the Good Foot" Brown did a high-energy dance. his "Good Foot" dance caught on and soon this style of dance became known as B-boy. Identified by its quick footwork, B-boy hit the streets of New York City. There, dancers would gather to hold "dance battles." These battles often helped settle disputes between people without using violence.

As B-boy spread throughout the 1970s and 1980s, its style changed. It became more athletic. At this time, the general public began to call it break dancing. Since dancers danced when a song took a break from worlds and played only music, the name fit. The focus of the dance grew to include more than just fancy footwork.

Break dancers, also known as b-boys and b-girls, were now doing head-spins, back spins, hand spins and flips.

Break dancing today
Break dancing became less popular from the late 1980s and into the a990s. It was still around but no longer in the spotlight. Today, however, break dancing is back and stronger than ever. The competitions take place all over the world. These modern-day dance battles no longer settle disputes. Instead, they are used to determine the most talented b-boy and b-girls. These dancers' skill and moves are more impressive than ever! People can now be seen breaking into break dancing all over the world.

More Information:
Power moves in Break Dancing.
1. The Windmill: a move where the dancer spins from his back to his chest while twirling his legs in the air.
2. Head-spins: the dancer spins on his head while lifting his hands in the air.
3. Flare: an incredibly difficult move borrowed from men's gymnastics.
4. Jackhammer: when a dancer balances on one hand while spinning and bouncing up and down.

Grammar on the go:
Unlike many styles of dance, break dancing is fairly new. In fact, its history only dates back a few decades.
unlike many styles of dance.
"unlike many"- to bring up something that is very unique from something else.
Unlike most cats, the Turkish Van likes to swim.
Unlike most companies, this company allows its workers to bring their children and pets to work.

Vocabulary Tips:
make one's head spin-暈頭轉向 頭昏眼花, 使人傷腦筋 spin-旋轉
*The roller coaster ride really made our heads spin.
*All of my new work responsibilities really made my head spin.
break new ground- 新天地 新局面 創新ground-地面
*The scientist finally broke new ground in biochemistry after years of hard work 新發現 .
dispute -爭執 爭論 爭吵
*The dispute over the import policy became more and more severe between the two parties.越來越激烈
*The couple's best friend finally helped them resolve their long-lasing dispute.

Chat Room:
hit- 打, 到達, 抵達, 前往, 擊中, 命中目標
B-boy hit the streets of New York City. - "hit" - arrive, appear.
hit the market-在市場上推出 (抵達)
Let's hit the beach-前往海灘
hit the jackpot-中頭獎
a hit- "hit" (n)- 成功而風行一時的事物