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break dance

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break dancing also breakĀ·dancĀ·ing (brkdnsng)
n.
See breaking2.

break dance n. & v.
break dancer n.

break dance
Noun
an acrobatic dance style associated with hip-hop music, originating in the 1980s
Verb
break-dance, [-dancing, -danced]
to perform a break dance
break dancing n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.break dancebreak dance - a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music
dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Verb1.break dance - do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"


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Velasco, in his self-written artist's biography, puts it this way: ``It's much more fun to see a 43-year-old white man break dance and rap than a kid, right?
Any Place You've Ever Been," "Rituals and Improvisations," "The Simplest of All Mysteries," "Resistance as Memory," and "Dangerous Doubts" are metaphorically the feet that cause us to shake, rumba, shuffle, salsa, tango, Lindy Hop, and break dance to the poems that are truly the dance.
Linyekula's vocabulary is polyglot, drawing from ballet, break dance, butoh, and African folk and pop dances.
 
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