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 B-boying or breaking, also called breakdancing, is a style of 

street dance that originated primarily among African American 

and Puerto Rican youth, many former members of the Black 

Spades, the Young Spades, and the Baby Spades, during the 

mid 1970s.[1] The dance spread worldwide due to popularity in 

the media, especially in regions such as the United Kingdom, 

Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Russia, and South Korea. 

While diverse in the amount of variation available in the dance, 

b-boying consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, 

downrock, power moves, and freezes. B-boying is typically 

danced to hip-hop, funk music, and especially breakbeats, 

although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music 

along certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns.

A practitioner of this dance is called a b-boy, b-girl, or breaker. 

Although the term "breakdance" is frequently used to refer to 

the dance in popular culture and in the mainstream 

entertainment industry, "b-boying" and "breaking" are the 

original terms. These terms are preferred by the majority of the 

pioneers and most notable practitioners

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