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Hanifa Macqueen-Hudson, formally known as "Bubbles" , rose to fame in the 1980s and is accepted as the ....UK....’s first B Girl. Her artwork, which is known as Art Breaker, is a unique and creative way of painting patterns onto canvas, without the use of paintbrushes or aerosol paint. 

B-boying is the tool used to create shapes and patterns by applying paint to the hands and feet. Performed to therapeutic and authentic ambient sounds of nature, Jazz and percussion, each break dance step, twist and spin movement create patterns of hand and foot prints. This is a step by step guide to the dance on canvas, a visually
arresting choreographed dance pattern.

To view samples of my canvasses please see my pictures. MORE PICTURES TO COME...
VIRUSES GOT MY PC DOWN!!!!

ART BREAKER is project managed by KALA PHOOL.
For further information, project updates and artist interviews, please contact...

Indy Hunjan:

T: +44 (0) 79774490542

E: [email protected]
W: www.kalaphool.com

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Hanifa McQueen-Hudson is the UK's pioneering B Girl ofthe early 80s and is widely accepted as the first UK B Girl and undoubtly, one of the best B Girls worldwide to have ever competed on the same level of UK B Boys. Been born and raised of Jamaican parents. Hanifa’s African Caribbean culture and heritage strongly influenced her skills and knowledge in black music and
dance from a very young age.
From the age of 5 she was taught how to play African drums; ..congo.. ’s (which she considers as the ‘break beats’ today), and various percussions from ..West Africa.. , before been introduced to b boying scene in the early 1980’s.

Hanifa who was formally known as “Bubbles” started B Boying in 1982 at the age of 12 when she first saw her brothers practicing in the front room of their home, and kitchen lino floor. Hanifa rosed to fame a year later after her featured role in the UK’s first ever bboying pop music video known as Electro Rock , which she became most famous and remembered for, when the host of the show announce her appearance by saying,
“check out the one in red…it’s a girl.”

Her nominated role by Polydor Records 1985, and James Street Productions, as Electro Rock’s best female performer promoted Hanifa’s career. Since this achievement by the age of 16, Hanifa made numerous of guest appearances on various TV programs such as, Bombin , Saturday Super Store , Freeze Frame , Electro Rock , Black and Blue , Saturday Starship, and also appeared in sportswear commercial trailers for her major sponsors, such as Puma , Pony , Australian , and also Kappa .

Martha cooper and Nika Kramer recently opened a new chapter in 2005 for Hanifa after she was feature in the new historical book of female break dancers, titled We B Girlz. A complimentary documentary honouring Hanifa’s story and acknowledging her role as a pioneer B Girl in the UK titled Redder Than Red, has also been launched, in Germany , The Netherlands , Finland , USA , France , and the UK .

Hanifa’s legendary status continues to influence both B Boys and B girls around the world and today has recently been awarded with a Welsh B Boy Championship Excellence and Achievement Award for her Significant Contribution to the UK B Boying Scene in 2006, she is also the first Black British woman to have an African American Black History Month Award named after her legendary status called the “Hanifa Bubbles Queen Awards” .

Her latest project which is known as Art Breaker , has been given it rightful potential mark in the Uk’s British Hip Hop history, and has been accepted as 1 of UK top 40 creative artist for 2007 Decibel Showcase , Birmingham.

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