 Performing signature moves in a street scene with Jennifer Beals character Alex, the Pittsburgh steel worker by day, pursuing her ballet dancer dreams. The street style dance made it into other movies and music videos, too, and got a name in the 80s that stuck. Samaya says the majority of people who are in the breaking community today, though, don't call it break dancing. If I did that here at the studio, they would not come. I would have no teachers. So we're at a dance studio, but you can't call it break dancing? No.