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20/12/2023

Connections vol.6 (The Head-swipe) Feat. Mounir

Hailing from France and the Vagabonds crew, Mounir during his preparation for redbull bc one 2013 where we can see him perform 2 versions of the Headswipe (Basic & one-handed).
It's 1935 and as a Part of the "Three loose screws" Harold Childs performs a super similar movement to the modern day Headswipe.
Finally 1959 Nigeria we witness the earliest known iteration of a Headswipe ever recorded on film done in the rawest cipher!!!

17/12/2023

It's the year 2011, Circle prince Cyprus final round is under way, bboys Pick up & Rif Raf are on the floor with a routine where Pick up throws an elbow back hand spring capping off the routine.
Journeying back to 1982 and connecting eras through movement to a gymnastics showdown between China and the USA where Mary Lou Retton on the floor throws a variation of the same move.

It's the year 2011, Circle prince Cyprus final round is under way, bboys Pick up & Rif Raf are on the floor with a routine where Pick up throws an elbow back...

17/12/2023

Connections vol.5 (The 1990) Feat. Cico

The 1990 another move that doesn't originate in breaking but was for sure taken to the next level.
Starting off we got Cico (Mauro Peruzzi) from Italy, for many years he was known for his brilliant power moves and dynamic combinations in breaking.
Together with groups like Second Floor, Killa Beatz and Spinkings he made a name for himself most known for being the first bboy to achieve 20 90's a record that stood for a loooong time until malish from Russia came took this move 3 steps further and is the undisputed king of 90's currently holding the world record at 50 rounds.
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Miriam LaVelle, from Chester, Pennsylvania (USA) achieved fame as a specialty dancer throughout the 1940s. Her acts comprised sequences of beautifully choreographed acrobatic moves executed to music in a way that was totally unique. Essentially a cabaret artiste, she also featured in several films and television shows.
References to her in the media started to fizzle out as 1950s approached, the last mention being in mid-1950. Many of the nightclub entertainers would have been feeling a cold draft at that point with the decline in live variety, Miriam no exception. And although there's no further mention of her, it's possible that her career persisted for a few more years, but not so prolifically as to catch the columnists' attention.
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14/12/2023

1910 China where an 8 year girl contortionist is performing for the crowd.

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10/12/2023

Welcome to another edition of my mission to connect as many moves from the past to the present, let's go.

Starting off we got SEBA from Germany at battle of the year 2005 together with "style crax" performing the shoulder dive during their showcase.

Jumping back to 1934 and the fallow twins where they perform the exact same move in sync with each other.

Welcome to another edition of my mission to connect as many moves from the past to the present, let's go.Starting off we got SEBA from Germany at battle of t...

08/12/2023

Connections vol.5 (The 1990) Feat. Cico Mauro Peruzzi
The 1990 another move that doesn't originate in breaking but was taken to the next level in breaking
The current world record standing currently at over 50 rounds by 10 year old Malish from Russia

06/12/2023

In this weeks Retro dopeness video we got Mostafa an acrobat with 2 very impressive stunts.
The first one is a 1-Handed balance on a tower of bottles that looks pretty unstable but Mostafa makes it look effortless.
And the second and most impressive is a knife to sword balance!!!

03/12/2023

Previously featured in Connections vol.77 (The Worm) and a man that doesn't require any introductions Junior one of the most well known bboy inside and outside of breaking in his judge solo in JJ-Street Baltic Session 2014 were he performs one of his signatures "The Side Hollow-back"
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Jumping back in time to 1953 Germany and an unknown duo of acrobats performing a side hollow to a mind numbing wavy transition to the floor that blew my mind seeing it for the first time.

Last but not least going all the way back to 1947 Finnish TV show that features another unknown acrobat performing the exact same side hollow to 1-arm balance as junior.
Amazing to see how all these moves connect through time.

https://youtu.be/Tzd3zKcXNgk

Previously featured in connections vol.77 (The Worm) and a man that doesn't require any introductions Junior one of the most well known bboy inside and outsi...

30/11/2023

Trio Hoganas was a Swedish acrobat troupe, internationally active in the years 1956–1975. The trio's members, all born in the late 1920s, came from Höganäs and initially called themselves Trio Höganäs.

The trio attracted attention with their art, mainly with the so-called "tooth rope", where two of the members held a rope outstretched with their teeth while the third performed balance numbers on it. It was the leader of Furuvik's Youth Circus Bodo West (Rosenberg), who in the early 1950s inspired them to this number and they performed with the circus from 1952.

Göthe Persson, Egon Larsson and Boris Bengtsson were the names of the original members. Persson and Bengtsson were later succeeded by Gert Karlsson and Egon Larsson's Danish-born wife Bende née Malling.

The trio toured Australia and New Zealand in the early 60s for more than a year. They have toured South Africa, Ghana, South America and the USA. In Sweden, they performed at the China variety show in Stockholm or at Liseberg in Gothenburg. In the 1969 season, they traveled with Cirkus Scott in Sweden. In September 1975, they worked at the Casino du Liban in Beirut. It was their last engagement. They subsequently withdrew and moved on to other activities.

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Trio Hoganas was a Swedish acrobat troupe, internationally active in the years 1956–1975. The trio's members, all born in the late 1920s, came from Höganäs a...

26/11/2023

Connections vol.118 (The Fake Gainer) Feat Daniel Grindeland

Welcome back to the channel, without further a do let's jump into this weeks video, starting off with Daniel and his signature move the "fake gainer" from 2022.
Daniel is one of the most dedicated and hardworking breakers who has played an integral part in putting Norway on the map. His achievements through his career are a clear result of the time and energy he spends on training and developing himself. With a deep understanding of his craft and all aspects that come with it, makes Daniel an incredible role model and inspiration for dancers around the globe.
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Fast travel back to 1908 and a five minute short film from Georges Méliès, Méliès himself appears in the movie as the jester. He bounces about and tries to entertain the king with his acrobatics, and this is where we spot something that looks like the "fake gainer"

Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.

Méliès was well known for the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves, and hand-painted colour. He was also one of the first filmmakers to use storyboards. His films include A Trip to the Moon (1902) and The Impossible Voyage (1904), both involving strange, surreal journeys somewhat in the style of Jules Verne, and are considered among the most important early science fiction films, though their approach is closer to fantasy.
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22/11/2023

Updates vol.2:
Updated titles descriptions and added chapters for better navigation to:
1 - Retro dopeness vol.1 - Feat. Fred Sylvester & Nephew - https://youtu.be/K7jffUYtUEs
2 - Retro dopeness vol.2 - Feat. Sun Jiayin -
https://youtu.be/9yRfnmXANaA
3 - Retro dopeness vol.3 - Feat. Peg leg Bates -
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4 - Retro dopeness vol.4 - Feat. The Teddy Bears -
https://youtu.be/1aOfCHdwMXA
5 - Retro dopeness vol.5 - Feat. The Mafi family -
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6 - Retro dopeness vol.6 - Feat. The Three Jacksons -
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Acrobats performed a balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building August 21, 1934.The Three Jacksons acrobats performed this on the world-famous sky...

15/11/2023

Retro dopeness vol.18 Feat. Paul Remus & Toy boys

This week, in the 18th edition of Retro Dopeness, we're featuring a trio of comedic acrobats from the golden year of 1951, presenting their routine. We've cherry-picked two standout moments that showcase their incredible skills.

Launching from a headstand, the trio kicks off their routine with an impressive inverted flag pose. The agility and coordination on display are nothing short of captivating.

High-Level Balance with an Awkward Twist: Brace yourself for a jaw-dropping moment as they execute a high-level balance in an incredibly awkward position. It makes you ponder – will we ever witness a headspin in such an unconventional stance?

Note: Contrary to appearances, those acrobats are not kids.

Retro dopeness vol.18 Feat. Paul Remus & Toy boysThis week, in the 18th edition of Retro Dopeness, we're featuring a trio of comedic acrobats from the golden...

15/11/2023

Updates:
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15/11/2023

Connections vol.4 Feat. Stuntman

The year is 2002 and Lord of the floor is in full effect, Stuntman is on the floor representing originality stands alone dropping one of his signatures.

Back tracking to 1936 and Harold childs part of the trio "The Three Loose Screws"throwing almost the exact same move linking the 2 dancers through time.

15/11/2023

Connections vol.3 Feat Phase-T

It's 2005 in Germany and Phase-T are on stage performing at B.O.T.Y a show that would qualify them to the battle for 3rd place, then little Kev with the aid of his crew is performing an Aerial cartwheel assisted by his crew.
Jumping back to to 1902 or 1903 where we got Julian's troupe acrobatics performing the exact same trick.
How do these two teams connect through time is unknown but remarkable to see the connection between through time.

15/11/2023

15/10/2023

Connections vol.13 The Taco Bell A.K.A The Jelly Beans
In this episode, we travel back to the iconic second edition of Lords of the Floor in 2002. Witness the battle between Originality Stands Alone and Havikoro, where Stuntman introduces the world to the 'Taco Bell' A.K.A The Jelly Beans.
But the history of this move goes further back in time as we journey back in 1943 as we explore 'The Dummy Talks' in this classic film were a group of unnamed comedic acrobats performs a slightly different take on the same move revealing a fascinating thread of dance evolution.
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Connections vol.13 The taco bell aka jelly beansIn this episode, we travel back to the iconic second edition of Lords of the Floor in 2002. Witness the battl...

26/07/2023

Here it is! out annual deep foundation vol.3 spanning from connections Vol.81 to connections vol.111 and little bit of extra in there, with moves originating all the way back to at least 1898, can you make all the connections?
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Here it is! out annual deep foundation vol.3 spanning from connections Vol.81 to connections vol.111 and little bit of extra in there, with moves originatin...

12/07/2023

Connections vol.110 Feat. Nicka
Nicka from Lithuania, the 16 year old protege demonstrating her hand glide against an un-named Chinese acrobat from the 1970's. Both using different transitions and different means to achieve the spin, Nicka her sleeve and our Chinese acrobat her balancer both resulting in pretty much the same move.

Nicka from Lithuania, the 16 year old protege demonstrating her hand glide against an un-named Chinese acrobat from the 1970's.Both using different transitio...

12/07/2023

Next up in the Vault:

09/07/2023

Menno van Gorp hailing from The Netherlands, the man with 1000 moves with one of his many signatures that he brought with him from judo connecting with Barry Lupino an English comedian and film actor with a very similar movement all the way back in 1931.

Menno hailing from The Netherlands, the man with 1000 moves with one of his many signatures that he brought with him from judo connecting with Barry Lupino a...

03/07/2023

It's the year 2023 and Bgirl Firebird from Bulgaria just won 1 vs 1 world kidz battle in Slovenia where she performed this impressive dolphin dive to 1966 World Gymnastics Championships - Women's Competition where we see a similar concept performed from a standing position instead a Valdez/monkey flip.

It's the year 2023 and Bgirl Firebird from Bulgaria just won 1 vs 1 world kidz battle in Slovenia where she performed this impressive dolphn dive to 1966 Wor...

23/05/2023

Connections vol.107
From Phil Wizard Canada's finest battling Victor in Redbull Bc one 2022 to 1974 and the Third Generation Steps performing on live TV for the Jerry Lewis Telethon a move with no name (let me know if you know it) performed through time.
Big up to (liquid fire) for bringing this connections to my attention

Connections vol.107From Phil Wizard Canada's finest battling Victor in Redbull Bc one to 1974 and the Third Generation Steps performing on live TV for the Je...

14/05/2023

Connections vol.106 (Hand hops to one arm stand) Feat. Shingo

Got a short one this week, starting off with Shingo From Japan with one high level one handed combination (you can see the extended version in the comparison part of the video left there for the sheer dopeness of it) followed by the Danish hand balancer-juggler "Little John" that has also appeared in our reverse 90's video performing a back handspring into 1-handed hops straight to 1-hand balance. Enjoy

Connections vol.106Got a short one this week, starting off with Shingo From Japan with one high level one handed combination (you can see the extended versio...

08/05/2023

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01/05/2023

Connections vol.105

You've probably seen it in crew battles, many consider this a breaking choreography but the truth it's not, it's origins are unknown but from the current evidence it looks like acrobatics is responsible for this routine.

Starting this weeks journey all the way back to 1910 and the Tontolini Acrobats from Italy to The Bragazzis in Sweden 1944 and entering the early and mid 50's with the Spanish(?) trio the Charlivels.
The Charlivels trio of acrobats are a very interesting act with many moves similar to breaking such as the 3-man helicopter Zulu spin dolphin dive etc.
The next act that finishes today's journey and takes us all the way to the end of the 50's era is the Lucky Latinos another trio of acrobats with moves we use in breaking today such as headspin drill.

Connections vol.105You've probably seen it in crew battles, many consider this a breaking choreography but the truth it's not, it's origins are unknown but f...

16/04/2023

Connections vol.103 Feat. Focus (The Shoulder chair)
The shoulder chair:
The original pose seems to originate from yoga, the pose was practiced from the 17th century onwards in hatha yoga under names such as Narakasana, Kapalasana & Viparitakaranasana.
In breaking it was pretty popular back in the 90's but now is one of the "forgotten" moves and not commonly seen, an example of a shoulder chair taken to the next level is Uzee rock (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BQsqapIISBM).
On to the video, we start with Focus (Flow-mo Finland & https://bboydojo.com) demonstrating the shoulder chair followed up by a 2 drawings
The first drawing that dates back to 1830 depicts a very primal version of the shoulder chair that has no hand support followed by 1898's depiction of a Viparitakarani” A.K.A shoulder chair that was posted in The New York Herald showing full hand support.
Moving on to 1931 and Legs in the Air” from Building the Body Beautiful The Bagot-Stack Stretch and Swing System.
In our first clip from back 1938 Krishnamacharya & B.K.S. Iyengar show some variations of the Viparitakarani specifically a crossed split and a piked vesion.
Second clip is a blink and you miss it moment of a child from somewhere between 1941 - 1939 in Chapel Hill- NC performing the Viparitakarani on the street for the camera.
Next another photo (I promise it's the last one) from 1940 - A very young Indra Devi teaching the Russian, Michael Volin, in China.
The last and longest of all the clips we have B.K.S. Iyengar showing once again even more variations of the Viparitakarani among them some that are very similar to the ones in breaking as you can see in the comparison section at the end of the video.
https://youtu.be/qQcnsnyhzL4

The shoulder chair:The original pose seems to originate from yoga, the pose was practiced from the 17th century onwards in hatha yoga under names such as Nar...

06/02/2023

Connections vol.100!!! Feat. the very talented Tarantism Vasiliki Papapostolou give her a follow at
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Don't really know what this move is called in contemporary the closest description I can give with is a shoulder roll to a worm

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30/12/2022

The cricket, one of the foundational moves for freezes in breaking.
Where does it come from? From the research so far acrobats and contortionists seem to be the originators of it (although the turtle version seems to have been in Yoga way waaaay before) later on finding it's way into floor gymnastics and eventually into breaking as demonstrated by Bruce almighty.

The cricket, one of the foundational moves for freezes in breaking.Where does it come from? From the research so far acrobats and contortionists seem to be t...

07/12/2022

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30/10/2022

Another one from the South African all stars back in battle of the year 2000, a choreography with countless variations done by many many crews round the world nowadays that "surprisingly" doesn't originate in breaking...

Connections vol.98 Feat. South Africa all starsAnother one from the South African all stars back in battle of the year 2000, a choreography with countless va...

16/10/2022

Connections vol.97 Feat. Dennis

From Dennis in Battle of the year 2000 to Boris Amarantov (1964) performing, from acrobatics to Breaking it's all connected...

Connections vol.97 Feat. DennisFrom Dennis in Battle of the year 2000 to Boris Amarantov (1964) performing, from acrobatics to Breaking it's all connected.....

14/10/2022

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17/07/2022

Connections vol.96 Feat. Gravity
This week we take a look at Gravity and his Gymnastics background and how that has affected his breaking with one of his signature dives.
More and more my research leads me back to gymnastics and circus acts and more and more stuff come up that we borrowed (and evolved) and most people are totally unaware.

https://youtu.be/Z_tJe0EEX7s

Connections vol.96 Feat. GravityThis week we take a look at Gravity and his Gymnastics background and how that has affected his breaking with one of his sign...

16/06/2022

Connections vol.95 Feat. Rock steady crew
This week we tackle a move that I don't really have a name for it (feel free to enlighten me if you do) in the video we see at least 3 versions of it.
The base 2 man, a rare 3 man & a group version as well as the move being done on different levels starting from 1984's Uprock by the rocksteady crew as referecne, all the way back to 1910 and the Kellino acrobats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJ_8O3HFZA

22/05/2022

Did you know that Michael Viner and the Incredible Bongo Band - Apache is not the original? the credit goes to The shadows (originally known as the Drifters) from the UK.
A bit of a lengthy and a different direction for this installment of connections, connections vol.94 feat. DJ Funktual sharing some info about Michael Viner and the Incredible Bongo Band and the songs bongo rock and Apache.
https://youtu.be/MEh7fvNUqME

Did you know that Michael Viner and the Incredible Bongo Band - Apache is not the original? the credit goes to The shadows (originally known as the Drifters)...

18/05/2022

Coach Sambo's shout out sometime last year big up!
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05/05/2022

It's been a minute but am back on track.
Connections vol.93 Feat. Bboy Kuzya (The applejack / the alpha)

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16/03/2022

This week we are visiting a not so much of a breaking move but just uncommon movement, the lotus dash Feat the French legend Bboy Benji and the twinkling tappers - Syd & Max Harrison (1933)

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10/03/2022

Connections vol.82 Feat. Bboy machine (The W(ack) A.K.A the back breaker) a popular move in tap dancing that made it's way in to breaking.
The move takes it's name from the shape of the legs from a P.O.V perspective, it's done towards the opponent in a battle signifying that he is wack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzBF7R7h2ik

Connections vol.82 Feat. Bboy machine (The W(ack) A.K.A the back breaker) a popular move in tap dancing that made it's way in to breaking.The move takes it's...