Breaking and the New York City Breakers: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A book written by Michael Holman called Breaking and the New York City Breakers. The cover features a colorful drawing of the New York City Breakers dancing on a city street. The interior contains 176 pages of information, photographs, a history of, and instructions on break dancing. It also features information about the dancers of the New York City Breakers. The frontispiece features an inscription from Michael Holman to his parents. The second title page features Holman's signature. The back cover features eight photographs of members of the New York City Breakers surrounding their logo. Each photograph has a small bio with the dancers' names and nicknames.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1984
• Written by: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
• Published by: Freundlich Books, American, born 1982
• Subject of: New York City Breakers, American, founded 1982
• Type: books
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Closed): 10 7/8 × 8 in. (27.6 × 20.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Open): 11 × 16 in. (27.9 × 40.6 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Break dancing
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Object number: 2016.31.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Michael Holman Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.