Breakdancing around the World: Uganda

Posted on October 16, 2008

Though breaking started in the Bronx, NY, it has since grown from a U.S. fad to world-wide phenomenon. I‘ll periodically post a “Breaking all over the World” blog to showcase b-boys and b-girls from all around the globe.

All across the U.S., there are community outreach programs that use breaking to help at-risk youth. But what about the rest of the world? The Third World? Can breaking be used to empower youth in war-torn countries in Africa?

Yes it can.

The Breakdance Project Uganda is one such example. Started in 2006 by Ugandan hip-hop artist Abraham “Abramz” Tekya and Irish B-boy Emile Dineen, this program has worked with over 300 underpriveleged youth including AIDS orphans, juvenile prisoners and homeless children. They also partnered with H.E.A.L.S., an NGO based in war-torn, Northern Ugandan, to rehabilitate ex-child soldiers who were abducted and brought into the LRA.

Breakdancing around the World: Australia

Posted on October 13, 2008

Though breaking started in the Bronx, NY, it has since grown from a U.S. fad to world-wide phenomenon. I‘ll periodically post a “Breaking all over the World” blog to showcase b-boys and b-girls from all around the globe.

Breaking never completely died, it just went underground for a while. In the late 90s and early 2000’s, b-boys and b-girls starting resurfacing anywhere you could hear a beat.

But there were different approaches towards the dance. You had styleheads, who focused more on footwork, and powerheads, who focused on some of the more dynamic moves. Few mixed power and footwork, but those who did would leave a fresh impression every time they threw down on a dancefloor.  

In 2002, a group of these b-boys from the land down under formed Fresh Sox in Melbourne. They were amongst the first on the continent to mix power and style and now have members Japan and Indonesia.

 

This video is FRESH SOX CREW - SEVENSHADOWS LOVE from Mason Rose on Vimeo.

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