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ing their technique and form for their individual styles.
Regarding their diet, with all the calories they burn performing
such strenuous dance moves, quantity is never an issue.
However, they strive to assure that the quality of what they consume
will enhance there performance.
FASHION: There is an entire genre of dress is associated with
the breakdancing scene. Breakdancers typically wear low pants,
t-shirts and a hat tipped sideways for safety purposes, and the
dance must be performed in sneakers. BEAT WHAKZ’s “must
have” dance shoe is the Nike Huarache. “There is no other shoe
that allows us to perform close to the Huarache.”
FUNCTION is heavily intertwined with “B-Boy” fashion.
While dressing “fresh,” the rule that one’s gear needs to match
has remained a constant, but with certain playfulness. For
dance shows, BEAT WHAKZ dresses as “pretty” B-Boys;
choosing nice pants and shirts. Not necessarily the same style,
but same color.
MUSIC, to me, is what feelings sound like. According to
Beethoven, music is the mediator between the spiritual and the
emotional. From what I observed in both their dance and their
demeanor, music is BEAT WHAKZ’s vehicle for conveyance of
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Although most people assume that the musical selection for
Breakdancing is restricted to Hip-Hop, this is not the case for
the BEAT WHAKZ. As long as the tempo and beat pattern conditions
are met, breakdancing can be readily adapted to different
music genres. Overall, the music has to have rhythm. Whether
it’s jazz, soul, funk, electro, disco, R & B, rock or even opera, if
the music has the rhythm and tempo that touches the soul of
these fine gentlemen, the birth of their creativity and unique
style is born. They prefer a faster tempo, but if a slower piece
of music inspires their soul, it is always explored. Additionally,
it has to be positive; full of energy that is not only contagious to
each other, but in turn, is contagious to their audience.
If you haven’t had the sheer delight of watching these talented,
highly skilled dancers perform, I encourage you to do so. I
know I will be returning to see them repeatedly. I found in
them something special. At such a young age, they already
know how to reach for something greater than they are able to
express directly through language, so they found it in their
dance. It is what they seek to share through the medium of their
dance that drew me to them like a magnet. A painter paints pictures
on canvas; a musician paints their pictures on silence,
dancers paint their pictures with their bodies. Their dance is
like the hidden language of their souls.
At the close of our meeting I concluded that what motivated
these men were not earthly prizes or possessions, nor the
respect of colleagues. Instead, they put their soul and minds
into something and reach an extraordinary place. When they
dance together, they are in a territory of inspiration where their
intuitions accelerate, and something more than the realm of
time, space and matter takes over; I call that something ―
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