Since its creation nearly 8 years ago, the Reading University BBoy (Breakdance) Club has grown in leaps and bounds to become one of the pre-eminent University dance clubs in the country.
Members have had the chance to compete in countries such as France and the USA. The Club has also held its fair share of competitions and international events such as the successful "All City" event and "Circle Prinz" event both held in 2007.
Members come from a myriad of countries, backgrounds and abilities. Girls and guys get down in a way that only Reading Uni can provide!
Reading has a proud history in the world of bboyin (Breakdance), why not join us and become part of it!
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What The Club Does
When most people think of a University Breakdance club their minds draw a blank. Its not a concept many are familiar with yet the fact that many Universities have a Breakdance club can surprise those that thought it died in the 80's.
The Club is a social group as well as a platform to learn or improve skills in the world of breakdance.
With regular training times and many social events, there is always something to do.
The Club is also responsible for some of the UKs finest Breakdance events with two successful international events in 2007 alone.
Articles
Alien Ness - Moves vs Movement
Within the dance, you have Moves vs. Movement and most people just concentrate in one specific move but not getting into the dance and the movement. It's only because the younger generation of B-Boys don't know ????. Back in the days, we would go to a club and pump spank and all with the girls and when it came to time to Break, we still had that rhythm. Nowadays, if you want to do Breaking, you think that you have to do million Headspins but you can't dance with a girl in the club with Headspins. If you don't deal with the rhythm, at that point, I can't consider you a B-Boy. To me, a B-Boy' got to be in tuned with that one main element and that's what moves our spirit; the drum. If that drum doesn't move you and you can catch that rhythm, then you are not B-Boying. Move without a movement is just simple tricks. You got a lot of kids out here that does one round of footwork and jump up and freeze on one hand and everybody will go crazy but I can teach a chiwawa to stand on one hand, but I can't that chiwawa how to catch the groove! There's a big dfference!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ8sS-JyLgc
Ken Swift on foundation
Foundation is the combination of the mental approach, philosophies, the attitude, the rhythm, style and character combined with the move. Foundation is not moves, people think that " Oh I got Foundation" and they throw a little sweep and do a swipes and do a little thing you know chair freeze and says I got Foundation, but Foundation isn't a move. Foundation is the ability to understand, making connection with the song and expressing the attitude and putting the flavor on to the move. You don't put the flavor to the move then it's not Foundation. So Foundation to me is the attitude in the move combined, the whole package. People think Foundation is just moves. Foundation moves are the actual first moves the Bboys did in the 70's. There are moves that can be considered as Foundation moves, but no move can be a Foundation move unless it has style on it because if you do a move with no style and no flavor, that's just whack! That's not Foundation, Foundation is the combination of the attitude, the understanding of the song and then putting that on top of the Top Rock, on top of the move and on top of who you are. That's what Foundation is.
Ynot on Toprock
Do not confuse 'toprock' with 'uprock'. They are two different dances!!! People confuse this all the time. Uprock has its own foundation. Toprock is the essence of the dance. The time where you follow the rhythm and at the same time prepare to do a move. It consists mainly of steps done in a repeated pattern or freestyle. After such steps are created they are then done to the music, following the beat or rhythm. In toprock there is a certain 'groove'. All dances have a groove, or a way of moving your body to the music. For b-boys/b-girls the groove is a bouncy forward motion. One important aspect of toprck is your 'step'. Meaning, the way you step with your foot. You should put your body weight into your step and step with confidence and conviction. Most steps made up into toprock came from imitating James Brown, tap dancers, and other influencial characters of the time. Steps were also taken from other dance styles like the hustle, salsa, and lindy hop. When these steps are taken from other dances they are manipulated to look like toprock, meaning you just add a bboy groove to it. To completely understand toprock you must listen to the music! This is a dance so what we do starts with the music. People always ask me, 'ynot, how can I make my toprock better?' I tell them, 'just listen, the key to dancing is in the music.'
Anthony_denaro
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