First recorded in 1980–85; b(reak dancing) ( def. ) + boy ( def. )
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But Steve Gow, the group’s secretary and long-time b-boy Stevie G, tells the BBC the size and isolation of Australia inhibits the growth and development of the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
That makes every Paris b-boy and b-girl battle in this Olympics historic including, for better or worse, Gunn’s overnight notoriety.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2024
Culbreath’s dance of grief, though a touch maudlin in its miming, uses the expressive potential of b-boy steps, the way he spirals and windmills on his back, to intensely moving effect.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
An all-rounder in the early hip-hop scene, Rammellzee was an honorary member of legendary b-boy group Rock Steady Crew and likely the first Five Percenter to rock the mic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
“It was...it was...the P-Potter b-boy and t-two accomplices....”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Asked about making the program, French B-boy Mounir Biba responded: “It only remains for us to live up to the honor bestowed upon us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
DJ Supreme and Carter McGlasson, aka B-boy Fever One, emerged from our crew and became internationally acclaimed, contributing to Seattle’s unique break style and flavor that survives in new-generation crews like the Massive Monkees.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
By comparison, the snappily dressed kids in group shots typically arrange themselves in poses, crouching with their arms upraised or wingspread like the Jackson 5 or folded on their chests B-boy style.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
Among the upcoming offerings is one featuring Luca Patuelli, Canadian B-boy and founder of ILL-Abilities Company, in a work created by Alessandro Giaquinto of Stuttgart Ballet.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
But I just stood there in my B-boy stance, empowered by strains of “The Bridge Is Over” running through my head, until I felt like the message had gotten across.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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