2008 Woodie Awards
Breakdancing Club attracts local following
Issue date: 5/1/08
"But now I think I've become more relaxed and not as nervous about competitions in general. When you get schooled by somebody that good, it just encourages you to get better."
The competition, however, is only one of the events that the club participates in. The past year, the crew has performed at shows such as Culture Show and Hopkins Got Talent, as well as a performance outside the Recreation Center during Orientation Week.
The crew also performs at showcases alongside other campus dance groups, such as Eclectics, JOSH and SLAM performances that will take place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The dancers start packing up the speakers and getting ready to leave. For a second, they stop joking around and turn serious.
"A lot of people have this preconception about breaking, like how it's still in the style that it was in the mid-eighties, but now it's actually lot different," Frison said. "You still have the old style, but you also have the new style, and really, that's just all types of styles. You have abstract styles, where people do crazy contortions; you have people who specialize in flips, and acrobatic moves, and then you have fundamental kids who focus more on the foundations. It's changed so much, it's just not the same thing that it used to be."
Marasigan nods. "You just have to keep it underground."
The competition, however, is only one of the events that the club participates in. The past year, the crew has performed at shows such as Culture Show and Hopkins Got Talent, as well as a performance outside the Recreation Center during Orientation Week.
The crew also performs at showcases alongside other campus dance groups, such as Eclectics, JOSH and SLAM performances that will take place this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The dancers start packing up the speakers and getting ready to leave. For a second, they stop joking around and turn serious.
"A lot of people have this preconception about breaking, like how it's still in the style that it was in the mid-eighties, but now it's actually lot different," Frison said. "You still have the old style, but you also have the new style, and really, that's just all types of styles. You have abstract styles, where people do crazy contortions; you have people who specialize in flips, and acrobatic moves, and then you have fundamental kids who focus more on the foundations. It's changed so much, it's just not the same thing that it used to be."
Marasigan nods. "You just have to keep it underground."
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tyrone smith
posted 6/11/08 @ 10:02 PM EST
hopefully its not to late im new to dc and from ny and was hoping to get into the breakdance scene if anyone has info hit me up ruinerking@hotmail
bethany clayton
posted 6/19/08 @ 12:17 PM EST
ive been dancing since i was 3 years old i can do jazz mordern ballet tap and break dance the lot im trying to find a dancing club to help me do you no anyone? im 11 years old now
yours sincerly bethany clayton
J
posted 7/29/08 @ 8:55 PM EST
hey,
met some people in a gym that were talking about the sessions held on teusday nights at the college but i called around and no one on campus seemed to know anything about what i was talking about. (Continued…)
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