Vintage Break Dancing

[bobbobato]

I do hate the music. But since the original's on Youtube... it's ok.

[princessofdarkne1000]

I would want to dance like that on my birthday.

[johnnymoondog]

Interesting to note that Kurt Cobains Great uncle was also in that film ! : P

[EsteeNack]

rotena....my question to you is....what do you call a "latino that looks black"....or what do you call it when a "black" person looks "latino"?...your lack of knowing that MOST latino's are black(original) people nullifies any validity in the obviously hatred backed comments you're making....Love is the highest form of understanding god....blessing

[busa89]

big boy is gettin down lol

[MrUnidyne]

Paul Whiteman's dancing double was Paul Small.

[Xdarkninjalotus420]

that prodigy part is insane lol

[rotena25]

Which racist white boy put this video on youtube. If you want to see vintage b boying put some vintage blacks dances on their. Not some imitation white boy shit

[algoriddm]

cocksucker, what the fuck are you talking about? calling something 'white boy shit' sounds pretty racist to me

[blakegriplingph]

Actually, today's b-boys owe a lot to them jazz legends like Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman and ragtime groups, so I don't see anything insulting here. They might do such a remix back in the 30s if they already had access to software...

[rotena25]

B boying is part of african american culture. Not white, latino or asians. They are just imitators. And jazz, ragtime are african american music not white music. Get it straight bitch

[busa89]

You need to learn your history. Break-dancing was formed MAINLY by Blacks and Latinos. Not exclusively. Zulu Kings have members who are not only Black and Latino, but even a Japanese chapter. Rock Steady Crew was made of Black, White and Latinos. New York City Breakers were Black, White and Latino. These are just a few of the old school crews. Your way of thought must mean Jimmy Hendrix was an imitator cause he played white rock music. Lose your ignorance. This is 2009.

[rotena25]

First of all jimmy hendrix did not play white music. He played black music, rock n roll originated from rnb and blues black american music. Rock n roll may be white now, but wan not always that way. I dont give a fuck if latino, whites and asians break dance. What I am saying is that it is of african american origin.

[busa89]

Rock started from Blues(combo of Gospel, jazz and RnB), American Country( combo of Folk, Celtic, and Gospel), and Gospel (combo of Christian Hymns and Negro spirituals) actually. Rock wasn't exclusively found by blacks. It was a combination of styles by many races. Once again learn the history before you make an ass out of yourself. Before you say something else out of ignorance I am black by the way.

[rotena25]

Oh I know it came from different styles of music. But how where the one that created rock n roll? it was black people, they used to call it race music. Elvis did not invent shit, he just made it more exceptable to white america. Blues,hip hop, rap, swing, ragtime, rock and roll, jazz, rnb and break dancing is part of black culture

[busa89]

your not only ignorant but also a moron. please shut the fuck up cause your making my head hurt with your dumb fuckery.

[rotena25]

The style of music is from black people. Over time whites and latinos took part. But they where not the creators of the music and dance. White rock music hahhaha that one was funny man. Their is no white american music. Just diluted black music they remade to fit their racist taste.

[swingi25]

It is not important who invented it, if you go back far enough we are all Africans: "According to both genetic and fossil evidence, archaic Homo sapiens evolved to anatomically modern humans solely in Africa, between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago" :-)

[johnjo569]

fucking excellent! You KNOW the vibe dude!!!

[majaxira]

Nice 5 stars, songlist?

[LazlosPlane]

Rather moronic effort.

[kageki6]

Where is the clip taken with those girls doing those scottish dance?

[MrUnidyne]

I believe all this was taken from the film 'King of Jazz" (Made in 1930!).

[chrisqx2]

lmao

[electrozaps]

mint !

[Khultan]

This is fantastic!

[MrUnidyne]

It's even more fantastic when you realize this was filmed in 1930! I'm certain that there are breakdancers today who wish they had the moves of Al "Rubberlegs" Norman (4:17)

[woodgrainlove]

yo dis vido be fuckin of dey hook niggy

[m9654]

COOL VIDEO

[Eightbanger]

Blah,Blah,Blah! Same ol race relations shit goin on here too.

Good Vid!!

[tazzee]

if its commercial hiphop what your people finance, then that sucks because commercial hiphop is absolute garbage and every bboy knows that.

[NonstopLAB]

Your critique of commercial hip hop is real close but not quite on target. Commerical hip hop uses real hip hop to promote some corny stuff that real hip hop would'nt ever be a part of... so yea..your'e correct...

[tazzee]

nonstoplab, no offence but if you dont like whites then get the fuck out of there country, all the godfathers of hiphop said its for everyone, and if you dont think that then you obviously aint hiphop...

[NonstopLAB]

NO i am not hip hop...i am what hip hop promises...bold, and revolutionary, creative, and free...and critical of ppl who try to forget what should'nt ever be forgotten...it's bigger than hip hop...this is my country...my ppl built it and still finance it..with commerical hip hop..so keep buying it.

[CedRockstarr]

This isn't the white man's country.. No more than Iraq is now George Bush's

[1000RedBallons]

LMAO! this is cool!

[NonstopLAB]

This is bullcorn...white people still can't dance..all over the world...Dont even put breakdancing on this crapola....the good stuff was clearly stolen from blackfolks...the rest is garbage that does'nt connect to any of my BBOY roots...

[BboyBara]

Excuse me? I am a Bboy, I am white, and I can dance, pretty damn good. As a bboy, I can say you are reflecting bboys VERY Badly when you post things like this. Afrika Bam (The Godfather of hip hop), and DJ Kool Herc (THE FATHER of hip hop) have both stated bboying is for those of all races. And not all dance can be stolen from Black Poeple. It was the Godamn hispanics that put BBoys on the ground. So shut the hell up.

[NonstopLAB]

white?say no more.still chasing the funk? Do you know what soul means? whatever you think your'e doing.just follow "our" rhythm and STFU and keep "trying" to rock the floor haha.youngsta.dont know what your'e talking about.emotional fool.lmao Of course "white" person would reply. The god father of hip hop..the father of hip hop!{hahah)were talking about"dancing" now what?just keep working all your life,just to be whack anyway..foolish mortal.

[75pacent]

ok

really

shut the fuck up. For 1- EVEN IF YOU WERE THE DOPEST BBOY EVER WITH AN ATTITUDE LIKE THAT YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE THE WHACKEST.

For 2- how old are you? 11? no no because not even I was as immature or ignorant when i was 11 as you are. Dancing is for EVERYONE not just black people ( Yes I'm black). you sound like someone who decided to b-boy just so you could say you do and try to act better than anyone.

And PS - don't disrespect Jeffro I bet he could serve you.

Peace out bitch

[NonstopLAB]

I can tell you sold out a long time ago..heh you are not even thinking...brother. you should have not even jumped in on this one...fool

[Lionwings]

retard LAWL

[MaDDTC]

All the good stuff was stolen from yo peeps? You mean like all the Latin influences? Yes black people are quite Latin...

Hahaha

[NonstopLAB]

Good reply..I'm not that closed minded at all..the fusion of all races has happened and is not insignificant, however the main ingredient can't possibly be overlooked!After all the orgin of man began with a celebrations of dance...to correct you...latin people are quite black. and that's were the soul is. no offense, Peace.

[artofwar420]

Dude, we're all black.

[RYANSANTOSBE]

we ARE all black. either that or we are all white or all asian or seomthing.

[bboymango]

daaamn u see all the roots in jazz

at around 4:33 the c - walk is born ahah

this vid is dope

[driedbanana]

1:o4 and out is so fucked up like katsu and quick

[ickerish]

when it got fast at 1:13 man that had me laugh pretty good..

[artofwar420]

Hellz yeeah.

[DjDedan]

yep break dance owes alot to flash dance, tap and lindy and even russian steps... Capoeria however was pretty much isolated down in brazil... some nasty flash dancers were the berry brothers and of course the nicholas brothers

[steviebee81]

lol he did a which-a-way at 4:43.. wow how old is this???

[MrUnidyne]

"King of Jazz" was released in 1930 (That was 78 years ago!). The man with the elastic bones was Al "Rubberlegs" Norman, who also appeared, often uncredited, in a number of other musicals. Search IMDB for his name and track down his films. This man deserves to be credited for laying the groundwork for lots of innovative footwork.

[ilikebuds]

look at the footwork at 4:19 killer killer killer stuff!!

[limeytrash]

What is "daning"?

[kunglek]

nice!

[islandparadise]

this is one tripping video. damn

[OchyxixAchy]

wow!

[erickliddell]

Orgins of breakdancing?! You need to check into Capoeria

[illkosby]

I know this is meant as a joke, however, the problem with this type of codified humor is that it displays signs of appropriation. Real research has shown that bboy, top rock and up rock movement has come from Rara dances in Haiti, Samba in Brazil as well as many other Island movements combining that of African Slave dances with dances in Peru, South America, Haiti, Bermuda, etc. And the research continues.

[ceviche666]

well done , even thoughit's tap or a chorus line the ONE thing B-Boys can take away from this is to dance ON BEAT.trust me ..it means everything

[DjDedan]

original b-boys do dance on beat lol but i hear ya!

[MrUnidyne]

Damn but Paul Whiteman could dance! I think he'd be flattered by the re-dubbing of his moves.

[MrUnidyne]

I was fooled! The original footage under "King of Jazz: Happy Feet: Part 3 of 3" shows this was a body double!

[ginsushark]

those are awesome clips of fancy dancing. are they available in their original style? it would be tight to see with with the orig soundtrack and without the colorization and etc.

[vasqezo]

Help me please !!!! Who plays music used in this video clip ???? Prodigy and......????? Help me please !!

[dhmast]

Mostly from Urban Dance Squad "Life in Perspective"

[vasqezo]

Dhmast You're Great.Thank You Wery Much !!!

[and2oo7]

sensacional fat dancing!!!! anderson batera from brazil

[funkberto]

YOU WANT A ORIGIN OF BREAKDANCING? CHECK THE VIDEO "JAMES BROWN FUTURE SHOCK" , Here in Youtube.

[qqnpp]

i really liked the beginning, and as a feminist i really hated the smack my bitch up piece.  Other than that it rocked. Long live the mashup! of course jazz, tap, and step dancing all emerge out of the african diaspora, but you can really see the similarities between the uprock and those dances.

[justyncredible]

The Origin Of Break Dancing!!!!!!

thats tap dancin mate

[Honnis]

true dat

[brianvotaw]

the blue bird stutter rap was silly, but the rest is sweeeeeet!

[shivui]

nice stuff. i don't where the untouchable opinion comes from. it's not burning bibles. who cares if it's clever or not. and seriously who cares if it's 100% original. check around. very little is anymore so get over it.

i happen to be a very big fan of meat beat manifesto and they chop & mix old footage for videos all the time. it's fun to do and to watch.

[braveczajar]

fake shit

[zdeli]

that is sick. whatre the songs in this video?

[dhmast]

Glad you enjoyed it. The Rag doll segment has Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up", the stuttering "Max Headroom" bit uses DJ Shadow's "Untitled Heavy Beat: Pt 1&2, The rest is from Urban Dance Squad's "Life in Perspective" album.

[HonoraryMarine]

This is so cool!

[twobarbreak]

You made Paul Whitemen cool for the first time in his life....thank you very much.

If someone wants to watch the film unedited, they can start their own collection or watch Turner..

keep it up, spread to joy of authentic Jazz dance!

[superbu1]

This is fantastic. Thank you for posting this. Goes on a bit long, but it's very entertaining.

[pearleking]

fair enough....

You have your view, I have mine.

We're both entitled! QED

[pearleking]

Utter crap; a dreadful violation of the original film

[dhmast]

Apparently, you are a Paul Whiteman fan and a purist.

[pearleking]

No particular fan of the man who called himself 'the King of Jazz', but never played any! But I do feel that it's not clever to muck about with other peoples' work (particularly if its of a 'vintage') rather than create original work of your own.

Thanks for being polite, however! We are all entitled to our own view.

[dhmast]

I do respect your opinion, but I find it ridged. Do the same principles apply to Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie "mucking" with Ellington's Caravan, or Coppola "mucking" with Heart of Darkness, or Kevin Raffery "mucking" with stock footage in Atomic Cafe?

Not that my stupid clip compares to the talent of these artists.

[dhmast]

But I do feel that editing is a legitimate art and can be clever. "In poor taste" would have sat better than "Utter crap" and "dreadful violation", but I appreciate your criticism and concerns, and I do encourage folks to watch and listen to the original footage.

[bikercowboy1]

I like... no love it! No "poor taste" or"crap" ec and in my humble opinion its great art. Parts reminded me of "Dr.Caligari" a German-movie from the 20`s. You are also right when you say it shows the modern roots of music and dance in the old. Cause everything flows.

[Direness]

Just to throw my 2 cents in - Its not so much mucking about, but showing how these dance moves translate or even evolved into todays dancing and music. I used to try to convince the guys I breaked with the similarities between Charleston and some of their break moves, and they would scoff, even after I showed them old clips. Yet, you show something like this, and ANYONE can EASILY see how it translates. Music makes the difference.

[eltorrencito]

Great point, there are too much similarities. My uprock is charleston-like.

[Direness]

My uprock was always too girly, so I resorted to latin/charleston movements. Old jazz movements like "The Itch" are still visible in break dance, and "Snake Hips" is visible as its evolved form, Locking/Popping. Even play acting (checking time/playing golf/baseball/slow motion) you can see in swing dancing clips. Kids in the 50/60s saw what their parents/gparents were doing at parties, & incorporated it into their dancing when break dancing started evolving in the early 70s/80s.

[twobarbreak]

yOU STraight pUnked me with that Vid... LOL

You rock...But Ill come back!

[hrsbs]

fantastic

[dirtyharry74]

Wow, that's great!!! Did you do the editing? I just love the UDS tracks...