Recreational Activities and Dance Styles Quiz

Recreational Activities

• Recreational activities are done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure, and have a main objective of revitalizing physical, mental, social, and emotional aspects of a person.

Dance as a Recreational Activity

• Dance can develop physical, mental, social, and emotional health.

Street Dance

• Street dance refers to dance styles that have evolved outside of dance studios.
• It is performed in streets, dance parties, parks, schoolyards, or any available space.

Hip-Hop Dance

• Hip-hop dance is a cultural movement that originated in the Bronx, New York City, in the 1970s, mostly among African Americans and with some influence of Latin Americans.
• It is best known for its impact on music in the form of a musical genre of the same name.

Street and Hip-Hop Dance Styles

• B-Boying or Breakdancing:
  • Originated among Black and Puerto Rican youths in New York City in the early 1970s.
  • Is a style of street dance and the first hip-hop dance style.
• Popping:
  • Popularized by Samuel Boogaloo Sam Solomon and his crew, the Electric Bogaloos.
  • Based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to create a jerk in a dancer's body.
• Locking or Campbelllocking:
  • Created by Don Campellock Campbell in 1969 in Los Angeles, California.
  • Popularized by his crew, The Lockers.
  • Identified by its distinctive stops.
• Krumping:
  • Originated in the African-American community of South Central Los Angeles, California.
  • Is a relatively new form of the "Urban" Black dance movement.
  • Is free, expressive, and highly energetic.
• Tutting:
  • Is a creative way of making geometric shapes using body parts.
  • Originally practiced by young funk dancers.
• Shuffling:
  • Also known as the Melbourne Shuffle or Rocking.
  • Originated in the late 1980s in the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Characterized by a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music.
• Waacking:
  • Is an African American form of street dance originating from the 1870s disco era.
  • Originated in the underground club scenes in Los Angeles and New York City.
  • Consists of stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movements to the beat of the music.