breakdance

Now, 5% was up top and 95 was on the floor when- When it was usually 95% was on top, all this finesse and class and check out what I'm doing.

But then when Breaking was born, it was really radical.

It's an interesting dance that had a moment.

And that moment stood the test of time.

But we just were so excited about getting down because we knew it was new and people loved it.

So we were just excited at that time.

Continuing on with like the media representation of Breaking, you were in Style Wars, Wild Style, and Beat Street.

Beat Street is one of the only films that you were in that wasn't a documentary.

What? It got weird.

I was break dancing.

You got that right.

Yep, you were definitely break dancing.

You're in the right age range for this.

When it was blowing up in the 80s, did you ever try to learn how to break dance? Oh, sure.

right, right.

I know it's not about The Breakdancer.

It is not about The Breakdancer.

It's a spy movie.

Jack and the Beanstalk movie.

The camera is on you because you're the breakdancer.

Breakdance is a new thing.

Mm-hmm.

The actual human interest story, this 37-year-old lecturer.

She's an academic.

And she made her mark on academia by publishing the following text: Deterritorializing Gender in Sydney's Breakdancing Scene: A B-Girl's Experiences of B-Boying.

I mean, this is just rich material.

There's, like, it's so interesting that this wacky Australian gal who's, you know, she's cer- you know, she's a better athlete than I am, but she's not, not a very good dancer.

The breakdancer.

Oh, yeah.

Breakdancer.

Yeah.

There is a documentary about her.

Okay.

Breaking became too focused on power moves.

Breaking, yeah.

It's become nowadays too focused on power move, power move, power move.

That's true.

Okay, okay.

All right.

Breaking still isn't really equal.