Jill Murray
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I ended my hiatus from breaking last night with back-to-back Break and Break-Fusion classes with Helen at Studio Sweatshop. I so missed the feeling of my hands on the floor and my elbows on my knees, and my weight on my head, etc, etc… It felt amazing to get back to [...]
Continue Reading →I have an important event recommendation for anyone reading this in or near Toronto: My dear friends JoDee Allen and Helen Simard of Solid State Break Dance are at the Factory Theatre for the Next Stage Festival, today through Sunday at various times. The show blends two of my favourite dance forms, [...]
Continue Reading →I was talking to some friends recently about some of the quirks, advantages, limitations and particularities of b-girling, b-boying, breakdancing– whatever you might like to call it. Something that came up was the use of the term b-girl or b-boy, and how one can be a great breaker but not a b-girl, or a [...]
Continue Reading →Hello, b-girls and b-boys and people like me who just like to watch and dream and maybe try on a few moves from time to time!
Are you all aware of Battle Of the Year, Canada, which is just 10 short days away, in Toronto?
BOTY Canada is a face-off between Canada’s best b-boys [...]
Continue Reading →In the great tradition of b-girl Maehem’s long-since-melted Bonnie & Clyde partner, Bruce the Angry* Urban Snowman, the K-town Kold Krew burst on the scene this weekend in Kingston. Formed mere hours ago under the direction of Missy Fit and Renewable Energy, they are already fans of Street Dance Academy, Hip Hop [...]
Continue Reading →The ultimate purpose of my Journey To The Centre Of The Earth last week was to take in some of the battles at the Rocksteady Crew 30th Anniversary. This year is my 30th too. 1977 needs to stick together.
If I can just interrupt myself here (self: “Sure. Why not?”), I’d like [...]
Continue Reading →While a nice old-fashioned Maehem-style ass kicking might have done me a world of good, and it would be great to get out among the b-people, I have developed a trembling aversion to the gym at Trinity St. Paul’s. I can’t make myself spend twelve of my hard-won earned-at-home dollars to practice on a possibly unwashed floor, without mirrors, when I have a perfectly good, clean, somewhat mirrorful dance floor in my apartment, and a list of moves to work on as long as my arm.
Continue Reading →I held a shoulder freeze. For as long as I wanted. Like, a good 30 seconds. I’d still be up there if I didn’t have to pee.
For anyone keeping track, this would be one of those “easy” moves as mentioned in my earlier post. I don’t care. I feel good about it.
Continue Reading →People are so funny when it comes to talking about skill. Case in point:
If youre a beginner learn the easy breakdance moves before doing advanced breakdance moves.
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