Breakdancing Cal History at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina
breakdancing cal history at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. ing encouraged sensational movements such as multiple Brawley wrote several religious texts, including a book on spins while balanced on the head, back, or one hand. evangelism entitled Sin and Salvation, and edited the Bap- Dancing “crews” met on street corners, subway stations, tist Tribune and The Evangel. Brawley died on January 13, or dance floors to battle other groups with virtuosity, style, 1923, ending a long career in the ministry, education, pub- and wit determining the winner. Breakdancing came to be lishing, and writing. divided into several classifications of movement, including “breaking” (acrobatic flips and spins with support by the See also Baptists head and arms, with the shoulders as a point of balance), “uprock” (fighting movements directed against an oppo- nent), “webbo” (extravagant footwork that connected ■■Bibliography breaking movements), and “electric boogie” (robotlike dancing movements borrowed from mime). The electric Jackson, J. H. A Story of Christian Activism: The History of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Nashville, Tenn.: boogie style, reminiscent of a long tradition of eccentric Townsend, 1980. African-American dances, developed in Los Angeles con- Pegues, A. W. Our Baptist Ministers and Schools. Springfield, current with electronically produced disco music. In this Mass.: Wiley & Co., 1892. Reprint, New York: Johnson Re- style dancers typically appeared to be weightless and rub- print Corp., 1970. ber limbed, performing baffling floating walks, precise Simmons, William J. Men of Mark. 1887. Reprint. New York: body isolations, and pantomimed robotic sequences. This Ayer, 1968. form includes the “moonwalk,” popularized on national Washington, James Melvin.
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