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*77] Br KF < Br ^1 RRt7^?>; ^ ^1 M <* <* ^1 -?! 1 In the streets of the South Bronx, where it was born, break dancing is no longer just an outlet for letting off steam ? it's a shot at fame. Break dancing has been commercialized, packaged, mass produced and now tops the best seller how-to-list as the most popular dance craze since the twist. Break dancing has made its way to the 14th Street Recreation Center in Winston-Salem and neighborhood kids such as 14-year-old Alex Groves can't keep off the heels of one of its finest practicioners. "Ernest Mclntyre is better than good," says Groves. "He's the best." Fifteen-year-old Ernest Mclntyre III, son of Winston native Ernest Mclntyre Jr., is making his annual summer visit to the East Coast from his home in Los Angeles, where he lives with his mother. This is the second summer he's taught the basics of break dancing at the recreation center. He's now even more equipped to handle his number Patterson Y*s wpiiwiicsjw?^ - : ^4 ^nmetsa^ixsssn^'^srjom nm^tTmtu MI .- - ....? .r, ? -, -T-- -- -,-mm.-, Once the Winston Lake YMCA is comple and ready to take the place of the aged Patter: Y,supporters of the present facility say more p pie will be inclined to take advantage of the s vices offered. Barbara Young, a Winston native and a law < dent at Wake Forest University, is taking adv tage of the Y's Fitness Center and the five- i six-week aerobics classes for men and women fered Monday, Wednesday and Friday fr 5-6:30 p.m. The morning class is held on the Sf days, but from 9:30-11 a.m. A four-week si nasties class is also offered on Tuesdays Thursdays, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The aerobics classes have been sponsored by Patterson Y since the exercise craze hit a pea 1V8U. Young says she joined Barbara Dunlap's e' ing aerobics and weight training class over a u ago because the class was affordable and jus good as the more polished figure salons fitness centers in Winston-Salem. "I don't think the community is aware of al outlets the Patterson Y has to offer/' she s "They go to the glossier and more visible grams but maybe that'll change with the edifice. \ * e oftfaga. B^v ~i .. ^3b IIK' Pv I ^1 " *v V J jf ii gf^k\jJE/>C<?5^^ /C0^?* ?"-r: H ^ ~ WL I one status in Winston-Salem, especially since he's featured for four minutes in the British crossover group Kraft Werk's latest video, "Tour de France." He predicts the recently released video will soon make its way to the East Coast. In break dance lingo, Ernest is the "3-D Robot," a name he adopted after perfecting the two moves that have made the dance so popular. His warm-up routine, which has been mistaken for the actual dance itself, he says, is a rigorous '7 can *t even dance at the skating rink or they 7/ kick me out, 'cause everybody will stop skating and start watching me and they lose money." ? A/frlntvrp III r r?WV/ft 4 r j V ? ' ? ?y t w m m m stretch and writhing of the body, using hand stands to lift his small frame off the floor. When the warm-up is completed, Ernest begins to twirl his body across the floor, gliding, sliding and popping. For a moment, you wonder if it's an art or just skill. "Yeah, 1 guess you could say that," says Fitness Centerted "This class is within my budget constraint,' son Young says. eo- The Patterson Y's Fitness Center was a part or j >er- renovation process in 1977 and 1978, which in eluded additional and separate facilities for mei ;tu- and women. It is equipped with universal weights an- a treadmill and Olympic weights, and Executive Director Richard Glover says he' of- sure the new facility will attract more health en om thusiasts, but he adds that the present structure* ime Fitness Center is just as inviting. The new facility* lim- x- Fitness Center will house a sauna, steam bath an* and jacuzzi. "Right here a lot of people might perceive tha the the Patterson Y is just for youth,*' says Glover k in "but it's not. "We have even seen an increase in women usin ven- - the facility (Fitness Center)," he says /eek "Historically and traditionally, the Y has bee it as youth-oriented, but now the role of the Y is chanj and ing and it will change more so in the new facilit because it will be designed for the whole family. 1 the In the evening class, Dunlap, a former Elair ays. Powers figure salon instructor who has devote pro- her life to keeping healthy, distinguishes her cla new from the morning one by putting her studen Please see page B5 \ zine Secti i : B Kj ? " * "' v' " r~ ' ' <^BI ifl ^^Bfl mm i IB Wgf 1 IL^'^V H Break Dancing: Ar Story by Audrey Williams Though 15-year-old Ernest Mclntyre III lives in Los Angeles, Calif., his visits to see family members in Winston, and what he Groves. "It's fun to do and it's a good thing to get known by." Close to 20 young boys pack the room where Ernest teaches his class in the basics of break dancing. As they watch, they slap the five in approval of the awesome moves the 5-3 breaker makes with his body. "That's bad," says Groves after witnessing Ernest's rendition of the helicopter. Even with a video to his credit, Ernest still strives for perfection. He has to, for there's no telling when he'll have to battle against a fellow popper or break dancer. "I popped against Turbo one day on Hollywood Boulevard," says Ernest, "and I beat em. Michael 'Turbo" Chambers is featured in the Lionel Richie video "All Night Long" and the movie "Breakin'." Ernest specializes in the rhythmic and jerky pop, a "skill" he says he learned in the first grade from Robot Darryl, who is also featured in "Breakin'." "He taught me everything I do," says Ernest. "I learned it from him." as good as the col *m mm g KdMQ^y ^Hj^^dH EiMWBgB^^^^ le ,d ; , fy&rks'~ '*'*tzhy '* *fc xM'WmBHmmKKi SS ts Aerobics Instructor Daisy Baldwin: "They see me - this 52-year-old woman - and ?? , */ V I r IT | Section B L/JL A. Thursday, July 5, 1984 1: sj3 WfBr^m ^kft m/ .*"**"* ^^^ &??vv "5H^B9 ^HQjp ^Br~ jl i B H^_',tj> SmSM^? ; ^ ,^l^^:i x?4.: ppppp^ - ||^& <?^ypw ; Iw \v^B i&iss&i&N. *:u v'~"r. *' ^^fWMHliPIWfcST? \WW!1 .* ^TK-TWPJr* v* t and Sport Photos by James Parker does better than most, break dancing, has made his name and face familiar to Twin City residents. His large dark eyes focuses on an object and off he ones into his version of the aerial and the wihd mill. It all appears painful, but he dares to grimace. Like the break dancers before him, who were jeered at and asked to leave the city's sidewalks oj; face a public nuisance charge, Ernest is not welcome at a local skating rink, he says, even though break dancing has become well-known in the South. "I can't even dance at the skating rink," says Ernest, "or they'll kick me out, 'cause every body will stop skating and start watching me and they lose money." Despite being the center of attention and the heartthrob of the dance floor, Ernest, a track enthusiast, envisions a career far removed from entertainment. "I want to be an architectural engineer," he says. "That's what I really want to do. Break dancing is just a hobby for me." A youngster himself, the 125-pound, browneyed dancing sensation has become an eye-level role model for the kids who are students in his Please see page B5 mmercial ones H^s"?**-*- %B30^^K2|JD| MMwiu1w ^WP^/ >wV iini^^^^M P135S*5^^sK??^^ pSMwK^;R3lk%> *?* - ^ think: 'If she can do it, I can too'" (photo by James Parker). \
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