Toprock is what a
breakdancer does before he or she actually gets down and shows off his personally-styled moves like
windmills,
six-steps,
headspins,
1990's,
flares,
poses, etc. in his "
downrock". Toprock basically looks like a sophisticated type of
skipping around.
The purpose of toprock is to clear out the dance floor or ground of people. Other purposes of the toprock are: to warm up and to "step to" another breakdancer which is called uprock. To step to means to challenge one to a breakdancing war. Uprock moves resemble "stealing" the opponent's face, ripping off his/her arms, and cutting off his testicles or her breasts.