As a young white girl living in suburban Ohio, I didn't get a lot of exposure to street dancing. Until the movie Breakin', which I saw in the movie theatre at the tender age of 13. Yes, please laugh. It's funny. Yet there was something so exhilarating about seeing these teenagers and young adults dancing with such passion and ingenuity. These weren't numbers danced on stage in front of a quiet audience. It seemed to me that these dancers made it up as they went along, feeding off of each other's creativity, using the heat of the moment, the music being thrown down by the DJ and the crowd's energy.

Street dancers, like all dancers, practice for hours a day every day and work very hard at their art. They only make it seem effortless. One such dancer is South Korean breakdancer B-boy Joe, from the group Last For One, 2005 Battle of the Year Champions and featured dancers in the film Planet B-Boy.

B-boy Joe: "I started dancing in 1992 when the word B-boy was not even known in Korea.In 2000, hip hop gained momentum in Korea and, as I got acquainted with the special genre of dance called B-boy, I became engrossed in it, big time. I was 18 at the time."

B-boying is the most physically demanding style of breakdance. It came out of the Bronx in the early 1970s, gaining popularity in the mid-80s. B-boy stands for break boy, a moniker coined by DJ Kool Herc because B-boys danced to the break (percussion section or interlude) part of music.

Last for One will be debuting a new work, Soul Beat, for U.S audiences at the Ford on Sept. 10 as part of the show Rhythm & Passion of Korea. Asked about the inspiration behind the work, B-boy Joe said, "In 2006, I had a chance to perform with a Gayageum, a Korean traditional stringed instrument, and thought B-boying would perform well with another Korean percussion instrument called the Samulnori. Since then, I've performed with a percussion team. While performing with them, I've developed new moves and dramatic elements which have helped in the creation of our collaborative performance, Soul Beat, featuring Dodo, an all-female percussion team."

Breakdancing with a Korean spin. Bring it.