Joe Nolan's Insomnia » 1930′s http://joenolan.com/blog Stay Awake Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:54:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Old School Breakin’ http://joenolan.com/blog/?p=3453 http://joenolan.com/blog/?p=3453#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:53:08 +0000 Joe Nolan http://joenolan.com/blog/?p=3453

Do the roots of breakdancing stretch all the way back to the 1930′s? It’s unlikely that the connection is conscious, but this clip from the Mills Brothers’ film Caravan shows that there seems to be some kind of genetic memory at play in the evolution of the form. The whole clip is entertaining, but the dancer who comes in at about 1:50 is an anachronistic acrobat of who seems 50 years ahead of his time…



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