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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
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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
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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.
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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."
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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*
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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
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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."
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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
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