Breakgirl.COM BLOG

2011-12-13T02:28:00.001-08:00

Check out Bgirl Peppa ACTIVATE DANCE MODE!

2011-12-09T00:06:00.001-08:00

Check out little bboy Jermaine with Mr. Rogers on TV!

Awww...

2011-12-02T01:55:00.001-08:00

I found some old footage of me practicing 2009 at JUICE, one of my fave spots to practice back from 2004 to 2009
then it changed spots...

2011-11-30T23:37:00.001-08:00

Hello Friends, Please come see this amazing performance Dec 6th, featuring amazing talent and friends, in honor of Steelo Vazquez, a very talented bboy and inspiration to me. I was blessed to have performed with him, seen him battle /perform many times, battled him, ciphered with him, learned from him, sang, and laughed with him, , and I'm so happy he's alive and well!
INFO FOR EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/events/128845177219394/

I do believe in miracles, and Steelo, I dedicate this song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuXwTSrFQPo "I GET LIFTED" when i think of you! Steelo sang this song amazingly at rehearsal one day and forever I think of him when I hear it!

♥ Peace n Love, 444 Bgirl Peppa

2011-11-21T22:49:00.001-08:00

AWeSome commercial of dancing girl!

2011-11-16T23:25:00.001-08:00

Outer Circle Crew

Performing @ the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Fest

Featuring: Bgirl Peppa, Gyroe, Ingel, Minja, WenRock, MisVon, Tales, Quinton, Villn!

Friday November 18th 8pm (Program A)

and Saturday November 19th 8pm (Program A)

Palace of the Fine Arts Theater

3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, CA 94123

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS!!!

2011-10-05T01:18:00.001-07:00

For those of you who love funk! I just saw one of the best documentary films ever about a high school funk band in the 60s and 70s in Texas...

Here's one popular well known song in the Bboy community:
Super Strut Pt. I (Kenny Dope Remix)

The documentary really was a great example about how having Arts Education in Schools is so important in cultivating youth, and enriching peoples lives.

It showed how one man, one teacher, known as "PROF", was able to cultivate these young highschool students in to creating a professional sounding band. So much Funk, So much Soul!!! Little did I know the history of this band!

I've been breaking 11 years now, and I've heard many of their songs, not knowing they were a high school band!

Thanks to Stones throw Records for helping let this music continue in it's legacy.

Some other of my fave songs, some are re-arrangements

2011-09-16T02:17:00.000-07:00

This VIdeo Made my day!
So inspiring. this kid KILLS it: Personality, facial expressions, feeling, control! hypeness!

RINGA!

RINGA :)
Shared by Stefanie Klaussmann on Facebook!

2011-09-16T02:03:00.001-07:00

Check out this DOpe Music VIdeo!
featuring
Some DOPE dancers including my friends HOK (quest crew), GIGI Torres, Flea Rock, Luigi...

2011-09-15T03:55:00.001-07:00

check out bgirl nadia! hilarious!

2011-07-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

check out my homie DUNCAN TRAN aka Lil D
(i also call him asian Justin Bieber)

In this Reebok Commercial!! IT's HYPE
music by Swedish House Mafia!

I was just a bg featured dancer, you can see me at 5seconds with a pink hat >>>>>

2011-03-17T22:36:00.000-07:00

OMG
Check out my friend SOPHIA, MAYA YODA, in this MIchael Jackson VID
SOOOO DOPE!
SOOO DOPE!

F-Rock Presents the Top Ten Sets of 2010

2011-01-24T00:13:00.000-08:00

bboying has really changed within 10 years that I've been around...

There even more like Mutants..

This vid is a great compilation of some amazing sets from last year....

2011-01-23T23:30:00.001-08:00

From a dope female dancer:

Deena 'SnapShot' Clemente

You Should be Hip Hop Party Dancing...

No Wonder Dancing Feels So Good......

Music and dancing has been a part of many different cultures for centuries. It is part of celebration and entertainment. And whether they knew it or not, way back when the dancing began, there are numerous amazing health benefits. Now that the American population is facing a major obesity epidemic, health benefits from dancing is something that should be taken a closer look at.

The Amazing Health Benefits of Hip Hop Dancing

Not only is dancing an exceptional way to let loose and have fun, but it also provides some terrific benefits for your health.

In fact, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that social dancing helps to:

* Reduce stress

* Increase energy

* Improve strength

* Increase muscle tone and coordination

Hip Hop Dancing

Dancing the night away can burn more calories per hour than riding a bike or swimming.

And whether you like to kick up your heals to hip hop, salsa or country, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute says that dancing can:

* Lower your risk of coronary heart disease

* Decrease blood pressure

* Help you manage your weight

* Strengthen the bones of your legs and hips

Hip Hop dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage your mental activity by being creative with your freestyle and following a routine.

The amount of benefit you get from dancing depends on, like most exercises, the type of dancing you're doing, how strenuous it is, the duration and your skill level.

Hip Hop Dancing

* Builds endurance and stamina

* Helps with weight loss

* Relieves stress

* Helps you release toxins via sweating

* May help lower blood pressure and improve cholesterol levels

* Can lead to a reduced heart rate over time

* Builds Confidence

Dancing Off Those Calories

How many calories will you burn while dancing? That depends on the type of dancing. Here's a range of some of the most popular varieties, based on a 150-pound person, per hour:

* Swing dancing: 235 calories/hour

* Ballroom dancing: 265

* Square dancing: 280

* Ballet: 300

* Belly dancing: 380

* Salsa dancing: 420+

* Hip Hop dancing: 500+

* Aerobic dancing: 540+

Mental Benefits of Dancing

Dancing is a unique form of exercise because it provides the heart-healthy benefits of an aerobic exercise while also allowing you to engage in a social activity. This is especially stimulating to the mind, and one 21-year study published in the New England Journal of Medicine even found dancing can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia in the elderly.

In the study, participants over the age of 75 who engaged in reading, dancing and playing musical instruments and board games once a week had a 7 percent lower risk of dementia compared to those who did not. Those who engaged in these activities at least 11 days a month had a 63 percent lower risk!

Interestingly, dancing was the only physical activity out of 11 in the study that was associated with a lower risk of dementia. Said Joe Verghese, a neurologist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a lead researcher of the study, "This is perhaps because dance music engages the dancer's mind."

Verghese says dancing may be a triple benefit for the brain. Not only does the physical aspect of dancing increase blood flow to the brain, but also the social aspect of the activity leads to less stress, depression and loneliness. Further, dancing requires memorizing steps and/or working with a partner, both of which provide mental challenges that are crucial for brain health.

So clearly dancing is excellent for your body, mind, and soul. Pick up a new heart healthy habit and learn to dance.

GIVE THE GIFT OF DANCE

Snap, Pop n' Rock

A Product of

Tru Essencia Dance and Wellness, Inc.

Deena 'SnapShot' Clemente

2010-12-30T00:30:00.001-08:00

A DOPE film by Daniel "Cloud" Campos shot on the set of LXD episode HO DOWN.

2010-11-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

This Saturday!
OUTBREAK in INGLEWOOD, CA

	CHUCOS JUSTICE CENTER 1137 E. Redondo Blvd. Inglewood, CA

Created By	Renato Mardo Squid Rock, Anthony Ortiz, Kane Kano

More Info	SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BBOY/HIP HOP SCENE AND SHOW UP TO REP YOUR CREW!!!!!!!!!!!!! BATTLES START AT 7:00pm SHARP

2010-11-05T11:21:00.001-07:00

E:60 "The New Old School" ESPN BBOY DOCUMENTARY 2010 from Donnie Counts on Vimeo.

2010-10-01T01:18:00.000-07:00

Miriam Lavelle
Real Old School Bgirl/stuntwoman/Dancer! Acrobat!
I've never seen girls now a days do all this in heels

2010-09-24T02:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.science20.com/scientific_blogging/dancers_are_genetically_different_rest_us

2010-09-21T18:28:00.001-07:00

2010-09-03T16:05:00.000-07:00

SHE GOT GAME – WORLD’S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL B-GIRL COMPETITION
SUNDAY 3RD OCTOBER, 2010
AVALON HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES

The World's Largest International B-Girl Competition is making its way to the United States in 2010. After being held for consecutive years in Melbourne, Australia, Freestyle4 Entertainment is bringing SHE GOT GAME to Los Angeles in collaboration with the legendary B-Boy Summit. Crews from around the world will compete in a 2 on 2 B-Girl Battle to take out the $2500 first prize. SHE GOT GAME is taking place on Sunday 3rd October 2010 from 12pm-4pm at Avalon Hollywood, Los Angeles.

SHE GOT GAME created a world-resounding buzz in its inaugural year in 2007 and continued to do so in 2008. Prominent B-Girls flew to Australia to attend and compete in the event from countries including U.S.A., Japan, Finland, Germany, China, Austria and New Zealand. No other all-female B-Girl competition exists on the same scale as ‘SHE GOT GAME’ anywhere in the world. Previous winners include USA crew Beta & Vendetta (2007) and Finland crew Taya & A.T. (2008).

The B-Boy Summit is renowned as the pioneering event in breakdancing and hip hop lifestyle since it’s inception in Los Angeles in 1994. The Summit’s producers, No Easy Props are thrilled to welcome on board SHE GOT GAME at B-Boy Summit 2010 as a part of the 3 day festival.

The day will also feature other events as part of the B-Boy Summit which comprise of a B-Girl Action Panel, MZK Color Warz Crew Battle, Street Dance Theatre Show and Funk Styles Battles. Be sure to get down to the Avalon Hollywood, don’t miss out or it’ll be game over!

For more information and full Summit schedule-
Myspace.com/freestylefour
Bboysummit.com

For any further queries and She Got Game crew registrations please contact- freestylefour@gmail.com

2010-08-09T15:30:00.001-07:00

some of my fave jap bgirls:

esp. AYUMI!

2010-08-05T13:43:00.001-07:00

AWesome FOOTWORK OLD SCHOOL GUY from EUROPE! BBOY NICO!
thanks KID DAVID!

2010-08-03T21:10:00.001-07:00

2010-06-06T22:46:00.001-07:00

AMAZING... One of My fave...

2010-05-23T14:53:00.001-07:00

2010-05-13T23:48:00.003-07:00

Pinky runner up of Oxygen's #1 hit show Dance your A** off is in search for curvy female dancers for her new dance group!

Can you dance? Can you perform your ass off? But, dont fit the hollywood criteria of a "skinny" dancer? Then we want you!! We are looking for curvy fierce divas that can perform! This will be a sexy female dance group with a little flavor of this and that. Salsa, reggae, hip hop, burlesque, ect...

We are looking for ladies with Swagger, Confidence, sex appeal, Class, sophistication, fun and with Curves!

18-30yrs
Must be able to perform infront of a live audience.
Choreography experience needed.
Must be able to dance in heels.
Must be commitment minded and reliable.
This gig is currently not a paid gig but a lot of exposure in the entertainment industry.

Auditions will be held in NORTH HOLLYWOOD Sunday May 30th. Must submit to be considered. Audition is by invitation only.

Please submit a headshot (does not have to be proffessional headshot, 1-2 pics of yourself is ok. and resume(if you have one).
Prepare 30second Freestyle or choreography Piece. Feel free to bring your own music.
Bring heels and sneakers.
Come camera ready.

Please submit informarion to bgirlologycasting@hotmail.com
Name
phone number
headshot (If you have one) or picture
dance resume (If you have one) or note experience
Age
email address.

www.pinkyrock.com
www.vinicioestrada.com

2010-05-13T23:48:00.001-07:00

2010-05-08T15:34:00.001-07:00

BFEST!
All B styles of Dance!

INCLUDING BREAKIN!

2010-05-07T03:40:00.001-07:00

one of the best bgirls in the world

2010-04-27T02:48:00.001-07:00

I learn something about dancing every day!
TURF DANCING, from oakland, ca, the Bay Area, where I started dancing too!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turfing

2010-04-12T01:19:00.001-07:00

2010-04-03T12:31:00.001-07:00

Get $5 off if you use PEPPA to buy yo TICKETS FOR WOD of this weekend APRIL 10th, SAT. BBOY BATTLES, 1st ever Bgirl Battle at WOD, crews from all over performing...

2010-03-22T00:30:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite BBOYS: nasty Ray
teaches a workshop in VA

2010-03-17T19:22:00.001-07:00

Japanese Bgirls of Body Carnival | AYUMI, NARUMI, MI-CHAN | EVOLUTION 4

2010-03-09T02:25:00.001-08:00

MY HOMIE MADD CHADD

2010-03-03T14:07:00.000-08:00

Bgirl Spindarella headspinning and singing!

2010-02-24T00:18:00.001-08:00

My Favorite BBOY
doing WHAT GRINDS MY GEARS

2010-02-13T02:59:00.001-08:00

Feb. 16: Memorial for Greg Campbellock Jr.
Tuesday, Feb. 16th, 2010 from 7-11pm. Admission Free. Donations Optional. 18+ welcome to attend. Locking Tributes by Friends, Fans and Students of Greg Campbellock Jr including The Groovaloos, The Beat Freaks and more. Event Link

The Highlands
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood CA 90028

2010-02-10T04:21:00.000-08:00

This is where I'll be this weekend!
THE OFFICIAL OPENING PARTY & REGISTRATION PARTY FEAT. K-SOLO

Presented By:
Zulu Gremlin/CEO Entertainment in assoc. w/ Waterhole KIDS

PRO-AM 2010 Tour in assoc. w/ Redbull

OFFICIAL PRO-AM Opening Party & REGISTRATION Party
9PM - 3AM

Monte Carlo Resort and Casino
3770 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
21&OVER

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
14Yr. Anniversary PR0-AM TOUR 2010
International Performing Arts Conference

Face book invite for the PRO-AM TOUR MAIN EVENT SATURDAY Link:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=216368522298

LAS VEGAS X SAN FRANCISCO X NEW YORK CITY X MIAMI BEACH X LOS ANGELES X TORONTO X MONTREAL X PARIS X TOKYO!!!!!

The World's Best Dancers Assembled to Compete for over $10,000.00 in Cash, Prizes, & A Chance To Compete In:

THE PRO-AM 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.

-3 0N 3 BREAKIN BATTLE FOR $1,000.00
-GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION FOR $1,000.000
-DUO POPPIN CONTEST FOR $500.00
-DJ BATTLE
-PLUS MANY MORE PRIZES!!

ARTIST Icons As Seen In:
Wild Style / Beat Street / Flashdance / The Freshest Kids / You Got Served / Beef / Step Up 2 / America's Best Dance Crew / Dancing with The Stars and Many More!!

-Master Classes
-Workshops
-Panels
-Fashion Show
-Performances
-Competitions & Battles

Registration FORM for Main Event:
http://www.4shared.com/file/182603269/6f0a3970/updated_Reg_Form.html

2010-02-04T14:59:00.001-08:00

2010-02-04T14:48:00.000-08:00

CATFOX Choreographed this!

2010-01-27T13:13:00.001-08:00

I CAN TRANSFORM YA - CHRIS BROWN MUSIC VIDEO

My friends PopnTod and MAdd Chad in this,
and some others I think kIM DO?

2010-01-27T12:53:00.001-08:00

Inside the Circle NOW AIRING ON MTV2!

Tues Feb 24 at 5 pm EST/PST (4 pm CST)
Tues Feb 24 at 11 pm EST/PST (10 pm CST)
Thur Feb 26 at 2 am EST/PST (1 am CST)
Fri Feb 27 at 8 pm EST/PST (7 pm CST)
Sun Mar 1 at 9:30 am EST/PST (8:30 am CST)
Thur Mar 5 at 2:30 pm EST/PST (1:30 pm CST)

2010-01-18T18:45:00.001-08:00

LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE DVD RELEASE OF THE URBAN BREAKDANCING FILM, B-GIRL FEATURING THE WORLD’S MOST DECORATED FEMALE BREAKER LADY JULES ON MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH

DVD release celebration for the independent breakdancing film, B-GIRL. From some of the amazing dance talents in You Got Served, Step Up, and Save The Last Dance, B-GIRL tells the modern day underdog story of a brilliant young female dancer in LA forced to find her inner strength the only way she knows how…breakdance.

For more information on the film, go to www.bgirlmovie.com.

Jules “Lady Jules” Urich (Step Up 2, You Got Served, “America’s Best Dance Crew” and “So You Think You Can Dance”), director/screenwriter Emily Dell, and producer Elizabeth Dell

Special appearances by the Beat Freaks and crews of “ America ’s Best Dance Crew,” stars from the Step Up franchise and “So You Think You Can Dance”

Monday, January 25, 2010

9pm – 1am

Arrivals begin at 8:30pm

Burgundy House

6202 Santa Monica Blvd

Hollywood, CA 90028

Suggested donation at the door to benefit JUiCE (“Justice United in Creative Energy”), a Los Angeles non-profit Hip Hop Youth Community Center

2010-01-13T23:45:00.002-08:00

BBOY PROAMS VEGAS FEB 13th 2010

2010-01-13T23:45:00.000-08:00

Tonight I performed some freestyle throw downs along with some mcs and poets at the premiere screening of a documentary called "GIRLS on the WALL". About a group of incarcerated teenage girls in a juvy correctional facility who get a shot at redemption via a musical based on their lives.

http://www.fandango.com/girlsonthewall_130577/movieoverview

Cat fox and I were really impressed that the director could gain access to getting inside the facility, let alone film these girls who were all about 17 or younger.
It was a really enjoyable documentary, I suggest you all go see it.

2010-01-13T02:06:00.001-08:00

Me and Loan hosted UNDErDOG coverage

2010-01-13T02:05:00.000-08:00

I got to interview the Bronx Boys at Outbreak Orlando, FLA 2009

2010-01-09T01:11:00.001-08:00

A-B-Girl thinks she might have obsessive-compulsive disorder.
“I’m not clinically tested, but my friends and my man tell me I have OCD because I can’t stop cleaning,” she says, laughing. “I have to have a clean environment.”
It might come as a surprise to fans of A-B-Girl – the same super-gangsta A-B-Girl who has had a reputation of roasting b-boys and b-girls alike worldwide for the past 11 years.
“I set goals with breaking. Part of it was, to be the illest, you have to practice and put it down hard. In order to blow up, you have to rep everywhere you go.”
Most b-boys and b-girls can remember the first time they saw A-B-Girl, whether it was on a video or at a battle, the same way they can remember the first time they saw b-boying. That moment of A-B-Girl-consciousness usually entails some kind of a “Damn, I didn’t know girls could move like that” vocalization followed by some kind of a silent, guilt-driven thought along the lines of “Damn, I need to practice more.”
So it can be hard to imagine A-B-Girl scrubbing a floor with anything other than powermoves.
Then again, it explains a lot. How else, other than with an abnormal attention to detail and a near-obsessive determination, would some short suburban Filipino kid with nicknames like Brattygail and Slavigail end up being one of the most respected and inspiring b-girls in the world?
“I put in a lot of time and effort and passion from the beginning,” A-B-Girl says. “I set goals with breaking. Part of it was, to be the illest, you have to practice and put it down hard. In order to blow up, you have to rep everywhere you go.”
Going hard. Keeping it clean. Cliché as they may sound, they’re values that A-B-Girl lives out every day, and it shows in everything from her passion to her goals – and her footwork.

A-B-Girl, known to friends and family as Abigail Pinili, was born on September 4, 1978 .
Growing up in the suburbs of New Jersey, she had little exposure to hip-hop, much less b-boying. However, she found her niche in house dancing – a dance that A-B-Girl says taught her how to battle in clubs by representing and rocking hard, regardless of the time, place, or opponent.
Over three years of battling in the house scene, A-B-Girl slowly gained insight into the underground hip-hop scene, eventually leading her to a New York club – then called Vinyl – where the Rock Steady Crew was battling. It was 1996, and A-B-Girl was 18.
“My friend introduced me, and [Crazy] Legs happened to start teaching,” A-B-Girl says. “I lucked out and fell into the hands of the right people.”
As fate would have it, it only made sense that Kinetic of the Arsonists would provide her with the quintessential name that would help define her identity for the next decade.
“At the time, I didn’t have a b-girl name and I was taught that people got their name for a reason in the breaking scene,” A-B-Girl recalls. “And I didn’t want to just come up with any name. And I heard ‘A-B-Girl,’ and I was like, ‘Oh shit, that made sense.’ I break. I’m a b-girl. My name is Abigail. And that’s pretty much it.”
But even with a picture-perfect entry into the b-boy and b-girl community, A-B-Girl still found herself on the grind, scraping up any free time and money she had and devoting it to practicing and buying gas and plane tickets.
Working fulltime at a Holiday Inn for four years while attending college fulltime at the County College of Morris in Randolph, she traveled to battles on the weekends to further her experience – and reputation.
“B-Boy Summit was the first event I went to,” A-B-Girl recalls. “I was starting to see how breaking was nationwide and worldwide. I wanted to be one of the illest. You have to travel, and that’s what I did. I didn’t want to get props just as a girl. Even battling in house clubs, I fucking brought it. I was kind of tomboyish growing up already. Not that you have to be a tomboy to be a good b-girl, but I brought it to people hard.”
2007 TRAILER[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfw0-uYQsJA 390 326]

2006 TRAILER[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chKqDxGVsw8 390 326]

Tomboy or not, now edging near the age of 30, it’s evident that A-B-Girl’s dedication to bringing it hard has paid off.
Her YouTube trailer from 2006 has been favorited over 1,000 times and viewed over 350,000 times, and her newest clip has brought her back into worldwide b-boy and b-girl consciousness.
She’s a 2008 recipient of the Rock Steady Crew’s Spy Award, an honor reserved for b-boys and b-girls with outstanding integrity, experience, innovation, and experience.
People from all over the world, both male and female, leave comments for her clips and on her MySpace praising her for everything from her inspirational story to her powermoves to her physical features.
A-B-Girl acknowledges her relative b-girl fame, but she shrugs it off as she attributes it to a facet of her personality and a matter of good timing.
“Um, okay, I’ll tell you this much. All that happening is not something I asked for. It just happened,” she says. “I’m just a friendly, charismatic kind of individual. I just befriended so many people in the scene. I didn’t really care for all the bullshit that went on. I was just one of those people who was cool with everybody.
“During the time when I first started coming up, girls weren’t doing what I was doing,” A-B-Girl continues. “Of b-girls, very, very few had the strength that I had. There wasn’t really girls around doing hard shit. I’ve always tried to humble myself. People always talk about ‘A-B-Girl, world renowned b-girl,’ but I always tell myself it’s not even like that. But I know I’ve been an influence worldwide.”
That influential reputation was tangibly manifested in a significant way in 2002, when A-B-Girl suddenly found that she had achieved professional international b-girl status, literally living off of dancing.
She was sponsored by Tribal. She was getting paid by Maxim and Bud Light to travel the world, dancing alongside Full Force’s Ronnie and Street Masters Crew’s Elmo, her b-boyfriend. Her travels were taking her across the globe, from Canada to Spain to Norway to Australia, and almost everywhere in between – including the Middle East.
On her 2002 tour, A-B-Girl found herself traveling across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kuwait performing with Kurtis Blow for the US Army, Navy, and Air Force. Because 9/11 had occurred only nine months earlier, high security measures required that she and the other performers be escorted everywhere.
“I loved doing what I was doing,” A-B-Girl says. “Being a part of the scene. What we’re doing reminds them of home. Even if you’re a white boy from the country, and if you bring hip-hop they’ll know that. I’d do it again.”

Successful as she’s been, A-B-Girl is still hungry for more.
Though grateful for the opportunity to live off of b-boying for years and travel around the world for free, A-B-Girl says she’s passionate about striving to accomplish new goals that have arisen.
“It’s a hustle kind of thing. You do you one gig one time, and the next second it’s over. It’s not a regular 9 to 5 with regular pay,” A-B-Girl says. “If I could live off breaking for years and years, I would do it. I’m always going to break, until my legs fall off. But as I get older, I realize I have to take care of priorities.”
The priorities to which A-B-Girl refers are the same types of goals anyone else might have: Regular work. Health insurance. Job stability. A family.
Oh, and maybe a prodigy.
“I still give myself a good two or three years. But if my kids would like to do it, I’d train my kids,” A-B-Girl says. “Or maybe some b-girl or b-boy that I can bring up from scratch and them wind up being someone nasty. Maybe I’ll be teaching or something too. I can see myself evolving the scene.”
And indeed, A-B-Girl has the authority to speak about influencing and being influenced by the scene after having paid dues worldwide since she first emerged over a decade ago.
Like Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, she reminisces and about the memories she’s accumulated since the good ol’ days – back before the Internet was blowing up, back when heads scrambled to get their dirty hands on VHS tapes. Memories of rocking ciphers with Style Elements and HaviKoro when they were first emerging on the scene. Memories of representing with her crew – then Problemz Kru and Supernaturalz, now Domestic Apes – in ciphers all across the country, meeting b-boys and b-girls everywhere she went. And especially memories of her family getting to see her perform on TV, letting them see dancing as a sustainable vocational option.
Even from a sheer technical perspective, A-B-Girl says she has noticed that the dance itself has fluctuated with several waves of different influences, and she suspects that it will continue to change.
“I think that breaking has never stopped evolving,” A-B-Girl says. “It was more of a simple kind of new style in the ‘80s, and power moves come up, which were still ill. Our generation in the late ‘90s until now, around when I first started, California was blowing up and evolving the dance. The East Coast tradition never changed. Then Texas blew up, and that helped evolved the dance.
“If I know you and you are a b-boy, and if you practice hard and cipher, then I’ll respect you.”
“Then it started to go back in a way that people started getting sick of seeing all that, going back to keeping it traditional, which is now. Now you see people that are well-rounded in so many other aspects. People are gonna get sick of all that foundation. Next, people are gonna start doing crazy blow-up shit, but more well evolved.”

But past and future aside, there’s plenty to keep A-B-Girl preoccupied in the present.
After all, not all the changes taking place in the b-boy scene in the past 11 years have been positive ones. Take, for instance, the explosion in popularity of b-boy related shit-talking online, from which A-B-Girl tries to stay away – though she admits it’s interesting.
“Why you gonna put your business all out there online?” she says. “I hate seeing that shit at jams. People have big mouths nowadays. I just wanna see what you got on the floor. People who talk the most shit will come to shake your hands after the battle. Depending on what part of the country you’re at or whatever, some people don’t take that lightly. You can get smacked in your face. B-boys have a certain character, but that doesn’t mean you have to put up a front or be somebody else. You’re acting fake.
“I think it’s not even breaking. It’s anywhere you go. If I’ma talk shit, I’ll do it among my friends,” A-B-Girl continues, laughing. “I won’t be out there talking smack in front of everybody.
And then there’s that hot button issue about “selling out” – the question of whether b-boys and b-girls should compromise their talents for popular media forms that might not portray the artform accurately.
Take, for instance, Step Up 2 The Streets, which shows respected b-boys like Crumbs and K-Mel as street dancers who vandalize studios and attack rival dancers.
A-B-Girl argues that it’s all about respect. In fact, the only reason she wasn’t in that particular movie, she says, was because of scheduling conflicts.
“I recognize all the b-boys and b-girls in there, and that makes me happy,” she says. “If people I know and others know are getting the work, then they’re doing something they love and they’re doing something great. If I know you and you are a b-boy, and if you practice hard and cipher, then I’ll respect you.
“I think [critics] are just hating, I’m sorry,” A-B-Girl continues. “Breaking has evolved now. Overseas, in Korea and Europe, b-boys and b-girls and poppers and lockers get paid to teach from the government. Over here in America, it’s not that easy. There’s good and bad to it, but I see more good out of it. I wouldn’t want it to be exploited, but people are more educated now about not getting jerked and all that.”
Then again, as much as times are changing, some things never change, even in the versatile b-boy scene. As fresh as many b-girls are nowadays, females are still likely to be targets of what some might consider sexist behavior and comments in ciphers or battles.
As with everything else, A-B-Girl continues to take it in stride and focuses on her dancing and her goals, giving everything she has.
“It’s up to the girl how you’re gonna handle it,” A-B-Girl says. “Anybody’s fair game whether you’re a girl or guy, as long as they don’t touch you. You have to know how to handle it in a cipher or a competition. When people did that to me, I’d say, ‘Fuck that,’ and burn him right back. Don’t cry and don’t take so much offense unless it does effect you by touching you. A girl can easily clown a guy right back.”

But hating, shit-talking, and clowning aside, A-B-Girl still maintains a personal determination and passion to be the best by her own standards.
She practices at least four or five times a week at one of several practice spots across New Jersey and Queens.
“I’m a foundational b-girl, and I also have power and can also do style and hard shit,” she explains. “I’m not a trick kind of b-girl. I’m well rounded in everything else. Because I’m strong the way I practice, I practice power really hard. And I started with foundation.”
She pauses to think.
“I have hard moves. I don’t know how to describe it,” she concludes.
And years of sessioning, battling, and touring hasn’t slowed A-B-Girl from focusing in on her passion of dancing, whether it’s on or off the dance floor. She usually takes vitamins, eats healthily, stays hydrated and tells herself to do her stretches to keep her body in prime b-girling condition.

But then again, she plays as hard as she trains.
It’s not just her training that she keeps simple and clean – she carries the same mindset to her other hobbies and activities, whether it’s kicking it with her friends and family or with her two dwarf hamsters, Bill Murray and Carl Lewis.
“We keep it very simple,” she says. “We ain’t that old. We do it while we can.”
And occasionally, she admits, she does splurge. During her downtime on the weekends, she’ll probably be chilling with her friends or family, watching movies, or going out to eat.
“I do try to watch what I eat, but I do eat,” A-B-Girl admits. “Some days I eat whatever I want because I’m fat like that. I’m a little person but I’m a fat girl inside. Fried chicken, candy, cookies.”
But then again, even on weekends, maybe it’s that suspected OCD that pushes A-B-Girl to work a little overtime, still dancing at clubs or lounges.
And though being obsessively compulsive about anything carries some negative connotations, perhaps for A-B-Girl, it’s a blessing that gives her the drive to pursue what she loves. After all, at the end of the weekend, it always comes back to the same things: keeping things clean, dancing – and keeping her dancing clean.
“During the week, it’s all about breaking,” A-B-Girl says. “Practicing is my workout. When I work, I train. I don’t dillydally at practice. I train hard with my people. If you’re a true hardcore b-boy or a b-girl, it really is a break life.”
A-B-Girl sends shout-outs and thanks to Domestic Apes, Elmo from Street Masters, Problemz Kru, Supernaturalz, and Rock Steady Crew.

2010-01-06T03:49:00.001-08:00

2010-01-04T13:58:00.001-08:00

2009-12-27T19:52:00.001-08:00

2009-12-27T19:51:00.001-08:00

Secret Santa Syrenz

2009-12-26T22:34:00.001-08:00

2009-12-14T13:06:00.000-08:00

Evolution IV - RECAP

Evolution IV in Atlanta GA, was a blast. The location, relapse theatre, provided some really nice walls that local graff artists got to cover, making the bg of all the video footage look like the even was held in some real hip hop church of some sort. There were constant ciphers upstairs and downstairs. Three downstairs, with three different types of floors (linoleum, the wood panels, and a linoleum with grip).
Upstairs there was 4 linos taped down and a nice hard wood stage floor where main battles were held.

By far some of the best crew battles I've seen live in a while.
Check out Strife.tv later for my commentary on the battles. Also a EVO IV DVD will be produced by Strife.tv.

The footage all came out nice, nice lighting, dope bgirls repped from Japan, as well as some other bgirls I've never met before from east coast and mid west. I met Bgirl Maresco from Virginia, she threw some rounds with me, so did Naj from Seattle, and some other local girls. Mystify and Severe had an exhibition battle. There were some really great routines pulled out by Body Carnival from japan, and Dynamic Rockers from Queens.
Winners of crew battle was a super crew calle FLYING FISTS, featuring some key bboys like Domkey, Napalm, Mijo, Flying Buddha, Toys...

I'll write more later.
Lack of after parties, but we did manage to get to one, when it was almost over, it was freezing in some crazy warehouse area with lowriders, and some hard poppin funk music.

2009-12-14T12:55:00.001-08:00

Movie One vs Narumi Exhibition Battle
Last night i witnessed one of the best one on one bgirl battles I’ve ever seen in my life.
Movie One (Lunatiks, Spain) vs Narumi (Body Carnival) At Evolution 4 in Atlanta, GA.
Narumi was also entering the crew battles with her crew and did the crew prelims before her exhibition. Both girls measuring in at what I call “optimized for breakin” heights, (under 5′ tall) are well respected b-girls in the world, and have really put in their time battling all around the world, repping hard at national events and battles both bboy and bgirl battles.
Narumi is one of the best bgirls in the world, amongst many other dope bgirls in japan. Noted, in an interview with strife, she states that the bgirls are treated equally as the bboys, and are not given easy props for just being a girl. She says it’s not good for the bgirls to get such great props for doing just head spins.
Movie One is known for having a sweet refined cleaned style, versatility, originality, and flavor combined with power and foundation.
The girls battled first 4 rounds, and the panel of 5 judges voted each round who the winner was. After 4 rounds it was 3 points(Narumi) to 2(Movie).A point meaning a win on that round. There was then a pause because MC Trixx had to explain that one more round was given chance to see if Narumi was the winner. If movie won the next round they’d be tied and have to do yet another round.
After the next round, Although Movie was still clean and well rounded in her throw down , Narumi won the last round with her explosive 2000, and Movie was just a smidge tired.
The whole room was hyped up about the battle and all attention was on this battle… the crowd went wild for both girls… and I know every single bgirl who was in the room is definitely inspired to push them selves harder.
I’ll do a round to round recap later once i look at the footage. Props to movie and Narumi, two of my favorite bgirls in the world.

Peace,
bgirl Peppa the Hot Steppa
Youtube is having tech difficulties and we’ll get the footage up soon

2007-12-31T12:44:00.000-08:00

NEW! BREAKGIRL STARS T-SHIRT on sale now!
Design by B-Girl Peppa

Bgirl IDEAL rocks Breakgirl Stars T-shirt at Bboy HO DOwn 2007

2007-10-23T22:39:00.001-07:00

Check out the article on B-Girl Bounce (NYC) written by Dvora Meyers.

2007-03-18T02:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/She-Got-Game/

Article from when me and wen went to Austrailia for SHE GOT GAME

2006-12-07T02:16:00.000-08:00

BREAKGIRL.COM's ONLINE STORE IS NOW OPEN!

2006-08-12T12:14:00.000-07:00

In 1981 Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the summer series of free events in various parts of the Lincoln Center campus, offered a “battle” between two “crews” of b-boys, meaning New York City break dancers. Among break dancers, a battle is supposed to be a contest of skill and attitude, but this one turned into a real battle, meaning a fight.

A quarter-century later, break dancing, along with hip-hop music, is an international phenomenon. So Lincoln Center decided to celebrate its formative role in bringing this kind of dance and cultural bravado to the mainstream by staging a follow-up called We B*Girlz, this time with female break dancers. Their show late Thursday afternoon on Josie Robertson Plaza, between the fountain and the Metropolitan Opera House, was appealing community fun but a long way from the ferocity and intensity of the original battle.

Break dancing has traditionally been a man’s or boy’s world, partly because of the taunting associated with the form and partly because of the sheer athleticism required to execute its various moves — strutting, spinning, rolling, kicking — in a distinctive way.
Women’s sports have established themselves as popular attractions on their own terms, so why not break dancing? Women have been doing it since at least 1981, but to judge from their interviews, they are still seeking the respect they feel has been denied them.
Thursday’s event, attended by a good-natured and enthusiastic crowd that appreciated the moves but still made room for wandering children and their moms, centered on a battle among four crews. The names of the teams and their members (along with their costumes and hairstyles) were typically colorful, if by this late date a little quaint: Natural Born Killahz from New Jersey (G.I. Jane, Katlogic and DoubleA); Style Comes First from Philadelphia (Emiko, Eri and Infini-T); Fox Force Five from New York (Bounce, 1Love and Suprema); and Flowzaic from London (Angel, SunSun and Genesis).

The New York crew won the contest and the $600 prize, according to the five judges, but it looked like a hometown vote, given the excellence of the trios from Philadelphia and London. No matter. This was meant as an exercise in good cheer, not bloodletting competition.
The hourlong event was festooned with a fast-talking host, Toni Blackman; a D.J., Sparkles; a guest dancer from Britain, Rowdy; a dance medley performed by a large East Harlem outfit called Mixed Flavaz; and a b-boy old-timers’ reunion.

Mixed Flavaz included several young men, and in conviction and skill and personality and sheer brilliance, they were simply better than the women. Women who want to break dance rightly resent the demeaning images of their sex in rap videos; they want to be strong and assertive. But they would make a stronger impact if they developed a style of street dancing that was more their own, whatever that might mean. As it is, for all their spirit and good cheer, they seemed like boys manqués.

2006-03-06T10:15:00.000-08:00

Check out Jules and Sophia on the NIke women website!
Go to Europe and commercials

2005-11-01T10:11:00.000-08:00

Some of the nastiest funk beats you can find on:

wefunkradio.com - you can download entire shows. look for the funk and break mixes.
greasybeats.com - I just saw these guys play at the ROXY on Sunset. THey ROCK. They'll be at the rootdown this month.

2005-09-29T21:16:00.000-07:00

We B*Girlz BOOK has arrived in the warehouse!!
Yea Yea !! The book is now available—if you wish to pre-order copies you can do so on the special link on the powerhouse website—but they can only ship them after Martha is back in town to sign them. http://www.powerhousebooks.com/girlzFor Germany, Switzerland and Austria you can check with http://www.mzee.com/ they should be up there in about a week!and for France check http://www.righters.com/ the book should be up there soon, too!Hope you like the book just as much as we do! Cant wait for your comments!Peace & Respect!SnapZ & Neek

2005-09-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

Bboy Battle Game - someone emailed this to me, it' s really cute... McDonalds I think sponsored it... I get a little impatient playing and transitions aren't very good but it's cute anyways.

2005-08-15T00:11:00.000-07:00

Here's is a mail from Amber from Recife, Brazil, it's good to know that ladies so far away are being blessed by hip hop and breakin.

Hello Peppa,

This is Amber writing you from Recife, Brazil. Here I'm known as B.Girl
Berinha. I'm actually canadian, but I've been living in Brazil for
three years and I've made my home here with my husband Sérgio who is from
Recife.

I'm mostly writing to let you know that your videos and words that I have encountered on-line have been a wicked inspiration.

Here in Recife as well as the rest of Brazil, as I'm sure your aware of, Hip Hop is a very serious thing and is considered a social/political/cultural movement that can be used a tool to transform society. Its a way to bring information to the huge perifery that exists and a way for them to protest, espress and talk about their realities. Youth living in the favelas (shantytowns, ghettos) of the big cities really relate to Hip Hop
culture and it's a huge mobilizer.

I'm part of an all girl crew called Rosas Urbanas Crew. Its made up of
a bunch of ladies who decided to get together to share ideas and
strengthen the small representation of females in Hip Hop here. We have ladies
practicing all 5 elements. On the B.Girl side of things, we have really
grown. Lots of little girls and teens in the hood have began to train
the art of B-girling, and let me tell you, this is a very revolutionary
thing.

Unfortunately in this northeastern, Brazilian society, women still
suffer much repression despite the cliché of the "hot Brazilian samba dancer".
In the media, women are portrayed as these sexually liberated
free-spirits. But in reality, women get paid less, are less-educated and often carry the burden of taking care of the homes as well as work and often as single
moms. AND they are under the pressure to be beautiful and available for men.

We work on all sorts of things through break dancing, from basic values
like respect and humility, to how to work in groups and trust eachother. As
most of the girls are afro-descendant, we enter into the question of ethnic
identity which mostly manifest itself through HAIR issues. The Black
Power movement here was quite weak, and in the favela communities, big fros
are seen as dirty and criminal. So we're workin on doing away with the term
"bad hair' and encouraging the girls to accept themselves for who they are
and be the best they can be.

Its a familiar story for you I'm sure. I just wanted to pass on this
info to you. What has been available online has been wonderful for us on this
end.

If you'd like to know more, our venezuelan friend shiver translated
some of our info and its on-line (funny english, but you'll get the point!)

http://rockonloc.bizhat.com/rosasurbanasrecife.htm

Peace, amber

2005-03-09T00:05:00.000-08:00

JAE WALKER started her own clothing line...

2005-02-23T10:18:00.000-08:00

Martha Cooper comes to L.A. to photograph local Bgirls at Venice Beach...

2005-02-17T11:22:00.000-08:00

Check out Danielle's website Mischief Photo. She's photographed many bboys and bgirls...

2005-02-16T18:08:00.000-08:00

1st Annual We B*Girlz Dance Battle
Saturday, February 26th, 2005
2:00pm - 3:00am
@ SOLE LOUNGE
BROOKLYN NYC
2 pm.

We are planning on having a panel discussion and a class or two. Anyway, we're gonna be there from 2 pm o! n, and, as Kenny puts it: -playin' music, vibin', practicin'...all Hip Hop type stuff.....

P.S. Marty will be taking pictures for our upcoming book We B*Girlz.

So here's a little tip for all of you that want to make an impact in the photos while dancing: -don't wear black or white clothes. Black blends in with the crowd and white just looses all the details. Be cheerful and wear colors

2005-02-16T18:07:00.000-08:00

Martha Cooper was recently in town in LA shooting photos of Bgirls for her new book We BGIRLZ. Asia and Gel made a dope piece in Venice, on one of the old grafitti pit walls, and by night fall the piece was already tagged over and the girl's face was covered up!

2005-02-16T16:44:00.000-08:00

Sophia from France in a NIKE SPOT Peep this dope commercial , bgirl sophia rocks it. The Speakers area all CG done in XSI.

2005-02-16T16:37:00.000-08:00

Gene Kelly Breaks! It's Elsewhere... in a VW GTI commercial! Dope compositing done. If that link doesn't work copy and paste this:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-video/Media/video/2005/01/27/golfgti.mov

2005-02-16T16:30:00.000-08:00

Badass BBOY
How do you guys feel about this guy? He's strong...

2005-02-16T15:40:00.000-08:00

The Qween B 2003 Video is in production, but here's a clip.

2005-01-22T17:35:00.000-08:00

CONGRATS TO BETA for winning Mighty Four in S.F!

2004-06-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to Lady Jules for winning the BEST BGIRL at BBOY SUMMIT X! If anyone saw her, she was tearing up the ciphers raw style... battling everyone she could.

2004-06-23T15:29:00.000-07:00

GIRLFITTI DESIGNS BY ANGIE VEE
- Angie Vee tags up your clothes and hats.... personalized...