“It’s kind of a promotional tour for us,” Gaines said. “This is like a direct, in your face, brought straight to you experience.”

Along with the tour, the club plans to bring lessons to Holden Hall next Tuesday.

Some of the main moves taught during the lesson Tuesday were the basic Indian step, freeze moves and six step.

Students were taught step-by-step moves and gained knowledge of what the club is all about.

“People hear hip-hop, they think Drake (and) Lil’ Wayne, but this is hip-hop right here,” Gaines said.

A new member to the club, no-preference freshman Island Ellerby said she joined to meet new friends.

“We’re basically a family,” she said. “We go out to dinner and we hang out.”

In the time she has spent with the club, about four members have joined through various workshops.

Despite doing workshops before, this was the club’s first touring workshop, MSU Breakdance Club Vice President and packaging junior Antonio Ziegler said. The club created workshops not only to gain new members and spread the word, but to break the stigma associated with break-dancing.

“Everyone thinks we are mean and that we go on the floor and are disrespectful to each other,” Gaines said. “The club is more of a cultural experience than just dancing.”

Ziegler has been with the club for about two years.

“Most people get embarrassed because it is dancing,” Ziegler said. “It’s kind of an embarrassing thing at first — I’m not as good as so and so. You should not compare yourself, everyone goes through progression here.”

Journalism freshman Graciella Oteto was passing by Tuesday evening and decided to check the event out. Although she is injured and could not dance herself, she watched from the sidelines as students bumped and hopped to the music.

“I think it’s going great,” Oteto said. “A lot of people are trying it, which is risky.”