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Richard Colón (born January 1, 1966), better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is an American b-boy who was featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983. Today he is also involved in community outreach, dance ...
(One battle he did win: including the film’s famed breakdancing scene featuring Crazy Legs and the Rocksteady Crew, which has been credited as the first time the artform appeared in a mainstream ...
Kenneth James Gabbert (born August 13, 1966), better known by his stage name Ken Swift, is a second generation b-boy, or breakdancer.He was a longtime member and key figure in the Rock Steady Crew, and its former Vice President.
Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jennifer Beals as a passionate young dancer, Alex Owens, who aspires to become a professional ballerina, alongside Michael Nouri, who plays her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.
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Prior to Black Swan, there had also been dance doubles in other films. In Flashdance (1983), Jennifer Beals ’ dancing was doubled by Marine Jahan and, at one point, the male dancer Crazy Legs for a difficult break dancing sequence.
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Crazy Legs opened a Manhattan chapter of the crew and made his friends and fellow b-boys Wayne "Frosty Freeze" Frost [note 3] and Kenneth "Ken Swift" Gabbert co-vice presidents. [20] RSC was instrumental in the spread of breaking's popularity beyond New York City. They appeared in Wild Style and Beat Street—1980s films about hip-hop culture ...