2008 Woodie Awards
Breakdancing Club attracts local following
Issue date: 5/1/08
It's 10 p.m. and the end of breakdancing practice, but club members remain on the floor in the SDS room of the Mattin Center as breakbeats blast from the speakers. The Godzilla Containment Unit, also known as the Hopkins crew of the Breakdancing Club, lounge around with other students who show up to practice to learn new moves.
Members of Hopkins Breakdancing Club were fresh from the Break-Off competition they hosted during Spring Fair last Saturday on the Mattin Courtyard. The club has grown to include members from local universities.
"We have people who go to different colleges who come, like people from University of Maryland College Park, Morgan State, Towson University and the Hopkins School of Medicine," club president junior David Harris said. "Most of our members started in college, and they're all growing really quickly. In a year and a half or two we're going to have a really nice squad."
The one-on-one battle attracted dancers from New York to Washington, D.C. as part of the club's efforts in developing the breakdancing scene at Hopkins, as well as Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Breakdancing Club is planning to host another competition next Spring Fair and also considering an event for Fall Festival.
"The battle experience is really fun," said Harris, who has been dancing since sophomore year of high school. "It's sometimes portrayed as a really dangerous culture, but it's actually really goofy. We compete against each other but also help each other out. It's a real teaching and learning culture."
"There's a big emphasis in breaking on hitting the beat, which sounds really simple, but you don't choose your music in breakdancing, which is something that I think is unique as opposed to other dances," Harris said.
The jam this past weekend was the first opportunity that the two newest members of the Godzilla Containment Unit, Marasigan and freshman Alex Yeh, have had to compete.
"I got blown out of the water, taken back to school by [eventual battle winner] Rapid One," Yeh said.
Members of Hopkins Breakdancing Club were fresh from the Break-Off competition they hosted during Spring Fair last Saturday on the Mattin Courtyard. The club has grown to include members from local universities.
"We have people who go to different colleges who come, like people from University of Maryland College Park, Morgan State, Towson University and the Hopkins School of Medicine," club president junior David Harris said. "Most of our members started in college, and they're all growing really quickly. In a year and a half or two we're going to have a really nice squad."
The one-on-one battle attracted dancers from New York to Washington, D.C. as part of the club's efforts in developing the breakdancing scene at Hopkins, as well as Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Breakdancing Club is planning to host another competition next Spring Fair and also considering an event for Fall Festival.
"The battle experience is really fun," said Harris, who has been dancing since sophomore year of high school. "It's sometimes portrayed as a really dangerous culture, but it's actually really goofy. We compete against each other but also help each other out. It's a real teaching and learning culture."
"There's a big emphasis in breaking on hitting the beat, which sounds really simple, but you don't choose your music in breakdancing, which is something that I think is unique as opposed to other dances," Harris said.
The jam this past weekend was the first opportunity that the two newest members of the Godzilla Containment Unit, Marasigan and freshman Alex Yeh, have had to compete.
"I got blown out of the water, taken back to school by [eventual battle winner] Rapid One," Yeh said.
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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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