B-boying or breaking, is from New York City during the early 1970s. It consists of 4 kinds of movements: toprock, footwork , power moves and freezes. B-boy pioneers Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon and Kenneth "Ken Swift" Gabbert, both of Rock Steady Crew, cite James Brown and Kung Fu films as influences to b-boying. Many of b-boying's more acrobatic moves, such as the flare, show clear connections to gymnastics. B-boying is danced on hip-hop, funk music, and especially breakbeats. -Top rock refers to any string of steps performed from a standing position. It is usually the first and foremost opening display of style, or transition. -Downrock (also known as "footwork" or "floorwork") is used to describe any movement on the floor with the hands supporting the dancer as much as the feet. Downrock includes moves such as the foundational 6-step. -Power moves are acrobatic moves that require momentum, speed, endurance, strength, and control to execute. Some examples are the windmill, swipe, back spin, and head spin. Freezes are stylish poses that require the breaker to suspend himself or herself off the ground using upper body strength in poses such as the pike 

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• Battle of the Year (BOTY) was founded in 1990. It is the first and largest international breaking competition for b-boy crews. BOTY holds regional qualifying tournaments in several countries.Crews who win these tournaments go on to compete in the final championship in Montpellier, France. BOTY was featured in the documentary Planet B-Boy (2007). 

• The Notorious IBE is a Dutch-founded in 1998. IBE (International Breakdance Event) is not a traditional competition because there are not any stages or judges. Instead, the winners are determined by audience approval. 

• Chelles Battle Pro in Chelles, France. 

• Red Bull BC One in a different country every year. A documentary based on the competition called Turn It Loose (2009) profiled six b-boys training for the 2007 championship in Johannesburg. 

• Floor Wars in Denmark. 

• R16 Korea in South Korean 

• World B-Boy Classic in Rotterdam. 

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Link to Movies/Documentary:

• Movies: Wild Style, Flashdance, Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, Delivery Boys, Krush Groove, and Beat Street. 

• The 2002 documentary film The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy provides a comprehensive history of b-boying including its evolution. 

• The 2007 documentary Planet B-Boy around competition Battle of the Year. 

• The 2007 documentary "Inside the Circle" 

• The 2010 German documentary Neukölln Unlimited 

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