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First of all Breaking is a dance. If you are not on beat and on point with the rhythm and groove you are not Breaking. Listen to and feel the music.
Breaking took shape with a certain form and has a certain definition. Build on the toprock/ground movements/ending formula. Because when you bust a set it's like telling a story, you need a beginning, a middle and an end.
It is a form of hip-hop dancing which is popularly known as breaking. It consists of top-rock, up-rock, footwork, power moves, and poses. B-boying came from Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-boying" was created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-boys means break boys and they were called so because they dance to the break part of the music. Later, by repeating this break part done by a DJ, "break beats" was born.
Although people tend to pick up only power moves, true b-boys should master all the elements of b-boying. There are controversy between people who emphasize on style and power moves. One puts his emphasis on power moves and their combination and the other shows their style and individuality by footwork and poses. Rock Steady Crew has been the one who emphasizes styles to show dancer's individual flavor. Even though power moves have a great impact and very energetic, it is hard to put individual flavor into the moves. Also power moves really don't go with the beat since it is spinning. It is closer to gymnastic moves rather than dancing. Because of these resasons, Rock Steady Crew suggests that footworks emphasized style should be the direction of breaking of the 90s.
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