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Richard Colón (born January 1, 1966) better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is a b-boy from the Bronx New York City, USA. He featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983. Today he is also involved in community outreach, dance instruction and dance theater productions. His pioneering status is reflected in his appearances in fiction films and documentaries, old and new. Crazy Legs is the most popular & commercially successful of the few original members remaining of the Rock Steady Crew, and is its current president. == Career == Richard "Crazy Legs" Colón grew up in the Inwood section of Manhattan, New York City, where he was introduced to "breaking" by his older brother when he was nine.〔Alan Feuer, ("Breaking Out Of the Bronx: A Look Back; A Pioneering Dancer Is the Last of His Breed" ), ''New York Times'', August 27, 2002.〕 He was an original member of the Rock Steady Crew after its foundation in 1979.〔 Dance critic Sally Banes in an April 1981 piece on the form in the ''Village Voice'' quotes Crazy Legs listing the best dancers extant and documents his accidental invention of the "W" move, in which the dancer sits with his legs double-backed behind him.〔Sally Banes, "Physical Graffiti: Breaking Is Hard to Do", ''Village Voice'', April 23, 1981. Reprinted in Cepeda, Raquel (ed.). ( 2004). ''And It Don't Stop! The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years'', New York: Faber and Faber, Inc. ISBN 978-0-571-21159-3〕 He is also known for the "continuous back" move or "windmill", in which the dancer spins on his upper back with the assistance of his elbow like a turtle move, but spins once then again and so on each time repeating a spin 3 to 4 times calling it continuous back spins. Some people laughed at him for his newly invented move, but once it was mastered, they wanted to learn it as well. "Alright, my father invented this move, and when he first did it, people made fun of him, but once it was done, they saw the speed in it, everybody was doing it, everybody loved it, everybody wanted to learn it"—Bboy Kid Glyde (Crazy Leg's son).〔"How to Windmill | B-Boying." ''YouTube''. YouTube, 9 Aug. 2011. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se4lzkP-6Cw>.〕 The next month saw the ''New York Times'' cover a three-day conference on "Bronx folk culture". "There is a system of apprentices: a 'Lil' Crazy Legs with Crazy Legs," the ''Times'' reported, "Dance steps are performed solo to an accompaniment called ''rapping'' - chanting voice and percussion."〔Barbara Crossette, "A Three-Day Celebration of Bronx Folk Culture", ''New York Times'', May 15, 1981.〕 His first film appearance was as himself in Charlie Ahearn's independent release ''Wild Style'' (1982), followed by his featuring in the early documentary on hip hop culture ''Style Wars'' (PBS, 1983). As a craze for all things hip hop took hold, the 16-year-old Crazy Legs, now President of the Rock Steady Crew, took hip hop dance to Paris and London as part of the New York City Rap Tour, with recording artists Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmixer D.ST, graffiti artists Fab 5 Freddie and Futura 2000, and the World Champion Fantastic Four Double Dutch Girls.〔David Hershkovits, "London Rocks, Paris Burns and the B-Boys Break a Leg", ''Sunday News Magazine'', April 3, 1983. Reprinted in Cepeda, Raquel (ed.). ( 2004). ''And It Don't Stop! The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years'', New York: Faber and Faber, Inc. ISBN 978-0-571-21159-3〕 Appearances in Hollywood films were another consequence: he was a street dancer (and also a heavily disguised body double for Jennifer Beals' final dance scenes) in the movie ''Flashdance'' (Paramount, 1983) and, as with ''Wild Style'', played himself in the fiction film ''Beat Street'' (Orion, 1984). In 1991 he danced in ''So! What Happens Now?'', "probably the first hip-hop production on a mainstream dance stage in New York City," according to the ''New York Times'', which reflected that the production proved "street dance is an art as demanding and inventive as mainstream dance forms like ballet and jazz."〔Jennifer Dunning, "Street Dance Moves Up to Mainstream", ''New York Times'', November 22, 1991. Jennifer Dunning, " Nurturing Onstage the Moves Born on the Ghettos' Streets", ''New York Times'', November 26, 1991.〕 The following year came ''Concrete Jungle'' as part of a program at the Lincoln Center which the ''Times'' called "a turning point in the evolution of urban street dance," the piece itself being "extraordinarily affecting".〔Stephen Holden, " Festival Featuring Hip-Hop Dancing", ''New York Times'', July 10, 1992. Jennifer Dunning, "Mo' Moves, Alice Tully Hall", ''New York Times, July 13, 1992.〕 The "jubilantly hyperactive" and "astonishing" ''Jam on the Groove'' debuted in 1995, and in 1999 Crazy Legs instructed dancers of the Urban Youth Theater for their show ''Minotaur''.〔Jon Pareles, "Hip-Hop in All Forms, But Mainly the Dance", ''New York Times'', November 18, 1995.〕〔Laurel Graeber, "Family Fare", ''New York Times'', July 30, 1999.〕 His connection to hip hop culture outside of theater remains strong, with hosting of b-boy contests, appearances at live events, and staging of Rock Steady Crew Anniversaries. Documentaries continue to feature Crazy Legs: a look at contemporary hip hop called ''The Voice of a Nation'' (Goldcrest, 1993), ''Here Come the Drums'' (8mm, 1993), ''Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme'' (Bowery, 2000) and ''The Freshest Kids'' (QD3, 2003). He joined a host of hip hop personalities in providing voice-overs for the television comedy series ''Kung Faux'' (Dubtitled/Tommy Boy, 2003). He is also a character in the video game ''Def Jam Fight For NY'' (EA, 2004). In 2006 he was invited by the Smithsonian Institution to contribute to a collection for the National Museum of American History.〔Ben Sisario, "Smithsonian's Doors Open to a Hip-Hop Beat", ''New York Times'', March 1, 2006.〕 Crazy Legs officially retired from competition as of July 28,2012 after competing at the Rock Steady Crew's 35th Anniversary at The Altman Building in Manhattan, NY.〔http://dazeroc.blogspot.com/2012/07/crazy-legs-retiring-letter.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crazy Legs (dancer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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