![]() ![]() Some enthusiasts consider "breakdancing" an ignorant, and even pejorative, term, due to the media's exploitation of the art form, while others use it to derogatorily refer to studio-trained dancers that can perform the moves but who do not live a "b-boy lifestyle", : 61 and accuse the media of displaying a simplified version of the dance that focused on "tricks" instead of culture. ![]() ![]() Terminology Ī common claim is that the term "Breakdance" was a creation of the media or of Rock Steady Crew manager Ruza "Kool Lady" Blue, this may be incorrect as it was used by Hiphop pioneer Kurtis Blow in a 1980 profile by Bill Adler in the New York Daily News, prior to any other media coverage, and prior to Blue's 1981 arrival in New York. Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the mainstream entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" were the original terms and are preferred by the majority of the pioneers and most notable practitioners. Ī practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, breakdancer or breaker. Following the proposal by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) the IOC decided to include Breaking on 7 December 2020. Breaking will now be featured as an Olympic sport, making its debut in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. The dance form has since expanded globally, with an array of organizations and independent competitions supporting its growth. It is closely attributed to the birth of hip-hop, as DJs developed rhythmic breaks for dancers. The modern dance elements of breakdancing originated among the poor youth of New York during the early 1970s, where it was introduced as breaking. Breakdancing is typically set to songs containing drum breaks, especially in funk, soul music and hip-hop music, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns. While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, breakdancing mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes. In the interim, read my interview with Simonetti here and grab your Demons tour tickets here.A breakdancer performing outside Faneuil Hall, Boston, United Statesīreaking in the street, 2013 A breakdancer standing on his head in Cologne, Germany, 2017īreaking, also called b-boying, b-girling or breakdancing, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and later Puerto Rican communities in New York City, United States. Stay tuned for full coverage of the event. Simonetti and his bandmates - guitarist Daniele Amador, bassist Cecilia Nappo, and drummer Federico Maragoni - put a fresh spin on the songs, seamlessly flowing from Carpenter’s unmistakable cue into Oldfield’s prog-rock odyssey while clips from the respective films play on the screen behind them. “One is Halloween, and the second is ‘Tubular Bells’ from The Exorcist.” The crowd erupted as he began playing the iconic Halloween theme. “I have two favorite horror films, also for the music, and we did a special arrangement for these two songs,” Simonetti told the audience. While the majority of the set consists of classic Goblin cues from the likes of Dawn of the Dead, Suspiria, and Deep Red, the band also performs renditions of John Carpenter’s Halloween theme and Mike Oldfield’s “Tubular Bells” from The Exorcist.Įnjoy my live footage of the covers from last night’s event at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, Massachusetts: That alone is worth the price of admission, but the band follows it with a full greatest hits concert. Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin is currently touring North America with a live score to Lamberto Bava’s Demons.
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