When this popped up in my
FlickrFox sidebar, I was riveted. Back in 2000 my b-boy friend exposed me to a lot of breakdancing. It would always make my heart beat faster. Even standing on the outside of the circle watching them dance, eveyone nodding heads to the rhythm, rocking along and cheering the moves. Headspins were one of those that got the people clapping. What a rush when everybody tuned in. No haters jealous of the space taken by breakers, everybody craning and nodding and rocking together, and the lightning-fast dancers in the middle of it all. B-boys and b-girls crouched on the inside edge, ready to jump in. Show off the fancy footwork or gymnastics. Crazy flexible bodies bouncing back and forth. A battle nobody had to die in. If the flow was good one would pounce up, the other give way. If the timing was off, they might both throw down. Play against each other. Fierce and sweating. We went wild for a tricky freeze or flip at the end.
Photo by pearwithlegs.
# posted by Sophia : 11:14 AM
