Tribu Zaouli Dance - Origin of the footwork in Breakdance

The ’Footwork“ in breakdancing originated from the African Zaouli Tribe (not in Chicago,USA) wich today it transformed into what is known as “The Shuffle“. This dancing techniques were used by many legends in the Music industry such as James Brown and then adopted in hip hop’s breakdancing by Crazy Legs and many others. There was one DJ name Dj RP-Boo who attempted to isolate the Footwork from the Hip Hop beats but it was impossible to achieve that divorced. Then it was modified and mastered my B-Girls (see
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