BREAKDANCER HOME CULTURE 1. The Dance 2. A Non-Violent Alternative 3. A Counter-Cultural Dance 4. Breakdancing in the Mainstream 5. Relation to Technology 6. The Moves 7. References TUTORIAL 1. Rotation in the Human Body 2. Software Tutorial · Menu · Buttons · Joints · Animation · Rotate and Translate · 3D View SOFTWARE TEACHING MATERIALS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CSDT HOME

Relation to Technology

Technology was also an important cultural theme for early breakdancing. The generation of the 1960s, before the b-boys, had promoted Afros, tie-dye and dashikis; a return to Africa and nature. But breakdancers were creating an identity based on their own surroundings - the artificial world of urban spaces. Robot moves, "electric boogie" (described as "a dance in which an invisible electric force seems to jut from joint to joint"), and names like "Freakzoid" or "Lockatron Jon" convey a community that is comfortable with technology and claiming ownership of a technological future.