2008 Woodie Awards
Breakdance Club shows BSU how to bust a move
COLBY STREAM
News Writer
Issue date: 3/10/08 Section: News
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The members put together routines in hopes of performing and competing.
"[We're] just not up to that level yet," Breakdance Club President Chris Carducci said. "You need to build your way up to that point."
Two members breakdance on the floor at a time. Different people switch in and out to highlight their moves. Six people are involved in each routine.
"We all do different moves," Carducci said. "It wouldn't make sense for all of us to do the same thing."
Club members practice four times a week for two hours each session to prepare for routines on the stage.
"It's a matter of hours and hours of practice," Carducci said.
The club recently acquired new members, but most of them have little or no experience with breakdancing.
Carducci and other, more experienced members on the team help teach new members to execute simple moves such as footwork and freezes.
Club Vice President Nguyen Pham, a sophomore at Boise State, is one of the people who had never breakdanced before joining the club.
"I just started fresh during the summer," he said.
He is working on a different routine with another group of guys.
"We're just trying to get the word out … get others involved," he said.
Another member of the club, A.J. Murphy, has been involved for about five and a half months.
Murphy said he joined the club with no experience in breakdancing, although he enjoyed "messing around" with his friends by copying some of the moves from the Men in Black music video.
"Before joining this club I couldn't even do a handstand," Murphy said.
Murphy likes the fact that he has found a place where he can learn the basics. He believes it is an extra bonus that members feel comfortable teaching everyone else a new move.
The club has only performed once, Saturday, Feb. 23, when the Boise State Student Programs Board hosted the U.S. Breakdancers at its Winter Windup event, and SPB asked the club to perform as the opening act.
The club will continue practicing throughout the summer with the same dedication it features now.
More information, including practice times and location, can be found at the club's official Website at bsubreakdance.googlepages.com/home/.
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