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Breakdancing a form of African American dance that emerged from the hip hop culture of the South Bronx, New York, during the mid-1970s. Drawing upon several African American dance forms, break dancing coalesced in the 1970s and reached its peak in popularity during the 1980s.
Breakdancing developed ....
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.... dance clubs welcomed breakdancers to their floors. And like rap, breakdancing appeared in a number of popular films, including Wild Style (1982), Breakin' (1984), and Beat Street (1984), which featured the Rock Steady Crew, breakdancing's most renowned posse. This publicity, which deemphasized breakdancing's confrontational aspect, turned the dance into a national sensation among white as well as black youths; suburban schoolchildren donned hip hop fashions, and some white teenagers signed up for breakdancing lessons.
Widespread media attention diminished breakdancing' ....
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