Quote #4 (My Data Base Quote)

Feel the beat of the streets

With moves borrowed from gymnastics and martial arts, breakdancing builds some serious muscle.

Born in the streets of the South Bronx in the 1970s, breaking combines fast, nimble steps and acrobatic floorwork, pitting dancers against one another in a battle of style and skills.

Different dancers emphasize different moves - and different muscles, says Toronto b-boy Jerome Villa, also known as FreshFX. He competed last weekend at Break the Cycle 6, the Canadian b-boy championship held at York University.

Those who favour power moves - gymnastics-inspired spins and stunts - develop strong arms and shoulders, he says, while those who hone their footwork strengthen quads and calves. Freezes, techniques that halt the body mid-motion, call on the core for stability.

Regardless of style, breakers must have the stamina to perform, Villa says. In a typical one-on-one tournament, dancers face off in about a dozen 15- to 20-second bursts - what amounts to interval training on the dance floor.

"One set is enough to break a sweat."

Many breakers use dance as their only workout, he notes, but strength and core training can help master certain moves. The frog stand is a building block to several freezes.

I picked this as my data base quote because it is telling and talking about how beakdancing was started. It was basically started and done in the streets. People go out to the d
streets and would battle or just go do it because they wanted to or just to practice. A lot of people are actually starting to like the fact of doing breakdancing.

Paola, Loriggio. "Feel the beat of the streets." Toronto Star (Canada) n.d.: Newspaper Source. EBSCO. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.