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Jaaved Jaaferi: ‘Beat the system, just turn to jugaad’
Updated On: 28 July, 2024 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
One half of Boogie Woogie, jazz break dancer Jaaved Jaaferi on why there’s still hope
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Jaaved Jaaferi
Actor, host and choreographer Jaaved Jaaferi was one of the first to bring breakdancing to the mainstream gaze on television shows like Boogie Woogie. “I wasn’t technically just a break dancer. I incorporated elements of break with jazz, Indian, martial arts, trope. I was in college then, and I was one of the first few to start in Mumbai. The form evolved with contemporary dance blending with it. A lot of fads come and go, but this form has stood the test of time. Even the fashion [associated with] break dance is still in vogue. They say fashion changes every 10 years but since the 1980s, the clothes peculiar to break dancers—baggy pants, loose tees, long shirts, baseball caps—are still around,” he recalls.
Amid some scepticism over why breakdancing has been categorised as a sport, he says, “Breakdance is at the Olympics because it’s physically excruciating. It is a mix of dance and gymnastics. Other dances need physical metamorphosis. But breakdance is a physically demanding dance form.”
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