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The soul of dance is more than just steps or tricks... it is the feeling or "movement" according to Ness. One of the most well-known bboys, Alien Ness, is giving a little insight on what breaking is about; this...

A few of my tricks to getting headspins.
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Body Rock Classes are taught by world class bboys Fever One (Rock Steady Crew, DVS Crew) and Jeromeskee...

Development in freezes and power The derivative of power can be traced to freezes; this...

A1 crew's very own doctor, Dr. Shogun PhD in genetics and bboyology, illustrates the importance of rhythm. I would like to share with you his professional take on this very abstract concept. You can find his original article: Importance of Rhythm
.................................................... "The Importance of Rhythm Bboys/bgirls often describe breaking as having four key ingredients: toprock, downrock (footwork), freezes, and power. Rhythm ties these four principle components together at a higher level, but rhythm is also necessary at a finer scale for each individual ingredient. I was reminded of this fact today, when I was working on power moves (one of my greatest weaknesses). I've noticed with power that sometimes you hit it "just right," and you are able to do many more consecutive iterations of the move than you have ever done before....

I love teaching textbook moves and the technicality of the dance, but the spirit of breaking or the approach of it, cannot be easily passed down. Here is one of my teachers, Poe1, talking about it; the interview is pure gold, so check it out (the attached video). 6 things I like from the interview (I hope yall learn as much from this as I did!): "...We were making new things out of older things, and making new things out of mistakes... that's how we approached it when we were kids... we would improvise and try to land, no matter where we land it, we make sure we land it looking good. Even if we...

It turns out that I start with 25 moves when I teach my beginners!
By sharing this I suggest you guys to teach
and spread breaking in this format (of course it's up to you). Skip my
rambling if you like, and go ahead take a look at the list. If you don't know the moves on this list, go ask a bboy/bgirl, do your research, or take a class with me! Those of
you who learn from me should be very familiar with this list.

Though my way is not necessarily better than how someone else
teaches... like Poe1: his first class was 3 hours worth of toprock and
before even touching the floor, he teaches how you gotta generate power
with sweeps. Very crazy stuff. But I prefer to share things this way to
my...

A fancy way of getting up.

Dont confuse this with a butt spin! If you can do lots of rotations of backspins then you are ready for...

Flares are part of the power move family, along with windmills, headspins, air-flares, 1990's, 2000's, jackhammers... Power moves are tough and take alot of practice. Not many people can do...