Films by Nico Raschick

Germany 2006
by Nico Raschick (Pi)

They called themselves Hahny’s Break Crew, Dynamics, Big City Breakers, Stretch Breakers (by mistake, because nobody knew how to spell “scratch”), DownTown Lyrics, or Ronny’s Break System: break-dancers in the former GDR. A single body-wave – seen in the early 80’s in a program presented by West-German public broadcaster ZDF – became an entire movement. Teenagers started to perform out on the streets, wearing self-made Puma track-suits, painted fake Adidas trainers, and created their ‘home-made’