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Which benefit of dancing specifically aids in reducing the risk of osteoporosis?
What is a key distinguishing feature of street dance compared to traditional dance styles?
Which of the following statements about B-boying is true?
What technique is essential in the popping style of dance?
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Which type of dance involves footwork-oriented steps performed while standing up?
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Who is credited with the creation of locking in dance?
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What is one of the primary functions of dance in an individual's daily life?
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In hip-hop culture, what other aspect is closely associated with its dance styles?
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Study Notes
Street and Hip-Hop Styles
- Street dance evolved outside dance studios. It's performed in streets, parties, parks, and schoolyards.
Active Recreation
- Active recreation is a therapeutic way to refresh the body and mind.
Dance
- Dance is a recreational activity promoting physical, mental, social, and emotional health.
- It sustains fitness and well-being.
Dance Origins
- Dance origins date back to cave paintings in India (8000 BCE).
- Egyptian tomb paintings also depict dance (around 3300 BCE).
Dance Characteristics
- Dance teaches the importance of movement and fitness.
- It encompasses a variety of reasons.
Dance Benefits
- Improves heart and lung condition.
- Increases muscular strength, endurance, and motor fitness.
- Boosts aerobic fitness.
- Enhances muscle tone and strength.
- Supports weight management.
- Strengthens bones and reduces osteoporosis.
- Improves agility, flexibility, and balance.
- Enhances spatial awareness.
- Increases physical confidence.
- Improves mental functions.
Street Dance
- Street dance styles developed outside dance studios.
Hip-Hop
- Hip-hop is a cultural movement, best known for its impact on music.
- It includes a genre of music with the same name.
B-Boying (Breakdancing)
- B-boying is a street dance style, originating with Black and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1970s.
B-Boying Styles
- Top Rock: Footwork-oriented steps, performed while standing.
- Downrock: Footwork performed with both hands and feet on the floor.
- Freezes: Stylish poses done on hands.
- Power moves: Full-body spins and rotations, giving an illusion of defying gravity.
Popping
- Popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam and his crew, the Electric Boogaloos.
- It involves quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to create jerky movements.
Locking
- Created by Don Campbell in Los Angeles, 1969.
- Characterized by distinctive stops that halt fast movements, positioning the body, and holding the pose.
Krumping
- A dance from the African-American community in South Central Los Angeles.
- It's a relatively new form of "Urban" Black dance.
- Krumping is a dance style for expressing anger.
Tutting
- A creative way to create geometric shapes by forming right angles using body parts.
- Derived from ancient Egyptian positions.
Shuffling
- Also known as Rocking, or simply the Shuffle, is a rave and club dance.
- Originating in the late 1980s Melbourne, Australia, underground rave music scene.
- Focuses on footwork.
Waacking
- An African-American street dance style originating from the 1970s disco era.
- Characterized by stylized posing and synchronized arm movements to music.
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Test your knowledge on various dance styles, particularly street and hip-hop. Learn about the origins of dance, its characteristics, and the numerous benefits it offers for physical and mental well-being.
