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Breakdancing

Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (when performed by women), is a style of street dance developed by African Americans and Puerto Ricans in the Bronx borough of New York City.

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Genre
Hip-hop dance
Inventor
Street dancers
Origin
New York City, U.S.
Year
1970s

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Music

Female presence

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Breakdancing

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Breakdancing

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related to Major competitions · 85
Breakdancing → Algeria, Ali, All, American, Ami Yuasa, Asian, Asian Americans Charlie Shin, Australia, B-boy Cico, Balkans, Battle, Benson Lee, BOTY, Brisbane, Buenos Aires, Canada, CHEE-co, Chelles, Chelles Battle Pro, Cico
related to Soviet Union · 41
Breakdancing → At, Baltic, Beat Street, Belarus, Black Americans, Breakin, By, Cold War, Courier, Czech Jiří Korn, Dancing, Donetsk, Festivals, Gorky, In, Iron Curtain, Leningrad, Leninist Young Communist League, Mikhail Gorbachev, Morning Post
related to Japan · 39
Breakdancing → American, Ami Yuasa, As, B-5 Crew, B-Boy Issei, B-girls, BC One, Belarus, Body Carnival, BOTY, Crazy-A, Despite Taisuke's, Dynamic Rock Force, Flashdance, Floorriorz, Following, FoundNation, Groups, Harajuku, Japan
related to Australia · 35
Breakdancing → After, Alien Ness, American, Attack, Australia, Australian, B-Boy All Stars, B-Boy Blond, B-Boy Blue, Both, Brisbane, By, COVID-19, Dunne, During, Fresh Sox, Influential Bronx, Instagram, Jeff, Kid Tek
related to Canada · 33
Breakdancing → Bag, Beat Street, Boogie Brats, Breakin, Canada, Canada's Philip, Canadian Floormasters, Chicago, Civil, Contents Under Pressure, Danny Dan, Detroit, During, France's Danis, In, Intrikit, James Brown, Kim, Leading, Los Angeles
related to Video gaming · 31
Breakdancing → Android, B-boy, BC One, Break Dance, Break Street, Breakdance Champion Red Bull, Bust, Commodore, Dance Dance Revolution, Epyx, Floor Kids, Goro Majima's Breaker, Groove, Heat, In, It, Kid Koala, Korean, Luigi, Mario
related to Literature · 26
Breakdancing → Austin Chronicle, Avon Books, Beaumont, Breakin, Bronx, Brooklyn, Dalecki's, Fresh, Hip Hop, Houghton Mifflin, How, In, Kid, Kim Soo Yong, Korean, Linden Dalecki, Mr, New York, New York City, Nicolaus Schmidt
related to South Korea · 24
Breakdancing → American, Battle, Chon, Culture, Expression Crew, He, In, John Jay Chon, Korea Tourism Organization, Korea's Expression Crew, Korean, Korean-American, Los Angeles, Ministry, R-16 Korea, Radiotron, Seoul, Since, South Korea, Sports
related to Styles · 15
Breakdancing → Abstract, B-boys, Blow-up, Blowups, Breakers, Examples, Flavor, Like, Many, Power, The, These, This, Those, While
related to Dance elements · 14
Breakdancing → An, CCs, Footwork, Freezes, It, Lindy, Power, Some, The, There, They, Thomas Flair, Toprock, Transitions

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dance breaking breakers moves style new competition one crews power crew first early hip-hop like battle international toprock b-boy year

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BreakdancingGenreHip-hop dance1.00infobox
BreakdancingInventorStreet dancers1.00infobox
BreakdancingOriginNew York City, U.S.1.00infobox
BreakdancingYear1970s1.00infobox
Zimbabweinstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
Japaninstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
Israelinstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
Algeriainstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
Indonesiainstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
and the Balkansinstance ofBOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries0.80text
the b-girl crew battleinstance ofThere are several kinds of events0.80text
the Seven 2 Smoke battleinstance ofThere are several kinds of events0.80text

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