Street Dancing

On the corner of Queen West and Soho this evening, there was a group of guys dancing on a 10 foot x 10 foot piece of linoleum. It was a typical brown with a grid to make it look like tiles; you've seen it many times in kitchens. They weren't ballroom dancing, or anything like that, but were break-dancing, if that's what it's still called. The linoleum was laid down outside the Black Bull patio.

There was a large crowd on onlookers, many putting money in a large white plastic bucket, and applauding at the various moves. The music came out of a beat up 'ghetto-blaster', that looked like it came from the '80's. The music played from a cassette tape, and had some good funky beats.

A few people, including myself, were taking some candid photographs, and I was able to get a 15 second video clip that turned out well, with people walking past. One man had a video camera, and was taking some extended video footage of the troupe. One of the dancers approached the camera man, and entered into a discussion about what he was filming for. The dancer ended up writing his contact information into the camera man's date book, for what I assume is a future endeavour.

Cars and trucks were driving by, on the busy summer evening, with the sun shining, and the temperature warm. With the music blasting, the drivers were craning their necks, to see what the commotion was all about. A bicycle cop was across the road, also taking in the show.

The Queen streetcar showed up as the crowds were moving on, and a new crowd started to gather. I stepped onto the streetcar, and could hear the music playing, as I went further away.

DB