Street Dance and Hip Hop Origins

• Street dance is a self-styled dance that includes improvisations
• Street dance originated outside dance studios or on "streets"
• Street dance can be traced back to the 19th century
• Street dance evolved from traditional jazz dance
• Street dance is very interactive and encourages social interactions

Hip Hop Origins

• Hip Hop dance originated from a cultural movement that began in the 1970s in the Bronx, New York.
• Djing, rapping, and graffiti are elements of hip hop culture.
• Robert Keith "Cowboy" Wiggins coined the term Hip Hop in 1978.

Hip Hop Characteristics

• "Hip hoppers" dance along with DJ music which includes beats with looping breaks, percussion, and rapping.
• Both street dance and hip hop are incorporated into "ZUMBA," a dance fitness program created by Alberto "Beto" Perez in the 90s.
• African Americans and Latin Americans were among the first to engage in hip hop culture and dance.
• Hip hop dance has evolved and been modified over the years.

Hip Hop Evolution

• Breakdance is a form of Hip Hop
• Popping is a form of Hip Hop
• Locking is a form of Hip Hop
• Waacking is a form of Hip Hop
• Krump is a form of Hip Hop
• House dance is a form of Hip Hop

Breaking

• Breaking also known as "Break dancing".
• Breaking includes B-boying and B-girling
• Breaking was the first dance style created in the south Bronx, New York by black and Puerto Rican youths.
• Breaking is composed of acrobatics, gymnastics, and rhythm.

Fundamental steps of Breaking

• Top Rock
• Down Rock
• Power Moves
• Freeze

Locking Origins

• Locking originated from Los Angeles, California
• Campbellocking was created by Don "Campbellock" Campbell in 1970.
• The Lockers were founded in 1974 by Toni 'Mickey' Basil and Campbell.

Locking Characteristics

• Locking includes quick movements with freezing of muscles.

Fundamental Steps of Locking

• Muscle Man
• Twirling
• Punch/Pacing

Waacking Characteristics

• "Whack" is an arm movement that creates a striking motion
• The motion looks like you are hitting or whacking something.
• Waacking started in the 1970s in Los Angeles.
• Waacking was formulated by gays who are members of the LGBTQ Community as their form of expression.

Fundamental steps of Waacking

• Rolls
• Overhead
• Lines

Krump Origins

• Krump means Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise
• Krump is a dance developed by Tight Eyez or Ceasare Willis and Lil C in the 2000s in Los Angeles.

Krump Characteristics

• Krump is a spiritual dance composed of aggressive and strong body movements.

Krump Terminology

• Battle: a one-on-one competition where dancers showcase their skills and moves.
• Biter: A person who copies someone else's style and claims it as their own.
• Buck: is a term for someone who is really good in Krump dancing.
• Call Out: When a person challenges another into a battle.

Fundamental steps of Kramp

• Chest Pops
• Stomps
• Jabs and Arm Swing

House Dance

• House Dance originated in Chicago and New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
• House Dance is the only style performed to house music and emerged after the fall of disco
• House Dance is a style heavily focused on footwork with influence from Afro, Latin, and jazz roots.

Fundamental Steps of House Dance

• Jacking : Groove
• Footwork
• Lofting: fluidity, often through the way a dancer moves in and out of the floor

Popping Origins

• Boogaloo Sam was inspired in the 60's to create a new style of dance after watching some dancers who were locking on television.

Popping Characteristics

• This style incorporates foundation popping techniques initially referred to as "Posing Hard".
• "Popping" is quickly contracting and relaxing muscles and creates a jerking effect (a "pop" or "hit") in the body.
• It is also known as posing hard from the boogaloo tradition, and the sudden tensing and releasing of the muscles should coincide with the rhythm of beats in music.