Hip-Hop/Street Dance PDF

HIP-HOP / STREET DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION  HIP-HOP Hip-hop is a genre of music most often characterized by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track. The genre originated in New York City in the 1970s as a cultural exchange among Black, Latino, and Caribbean youth and has grown in...

HIP-HOP / STREET DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION  HIP-HOP Hip-hop is a genre of music most often characterized by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track. The genre originated in New York City in the 1970s as a cultural exchange among Black, Latino, and Caribbean youth and has grown into one of the most consumed genres of music in the United States. RAP (MCING) Stands for Master of ceremonies gained its moniker from Jamaica. MCs are in charge of entertaining the audience by delivering rhymes in a rhythmic manner. DJ Disk jockeying is the moniker given to those who are capable of creating new music using previously recorded songs, music, noises and similar sounds.  B-BOY A street dance that began in New York City that displays complicated floor work, often involving spinning and contorting. ELEMENTS OF BREAK DANCING / B-BOYING TOPROCK- refers to shuffles and upright dancing DOWNROCK- used to describe floor-based footwork dancing FREEZE- includes poses into their dancing sets to provide punctuation to certain beats. POWER MOVES- the most striking acrobatic moves that are usually in circular motions.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS POPPING- popularized by Sam Solomon a.k.a. Boogaloo Sam in which the dancers tightens and relaxes their muscles to produce jerk-like movements that are usually rhythmic.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS LOCKING- a.ka. “campbellocking” as it was invented by dancer Don Campbell in 1969 in Los Angeles, California. It is distinguished by its different stops.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS KRUMPING- a newer king of urban black dance that is free-flowing, expressive, and invigorating.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS TUTTING- a unique way of producing right- angle geometric forms with your body parts. It is based on postures that people were drawn to during the ancient Egyptian era.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS SHUFFLING- the Melbourne shuffle a.k.a. rocking is an underground rave and club dance that began in Melbourne, Australia in the 1980s. The movements are a quick heel-and-toe action with a style that may be adapted to many sorts of electronic music.  BASIC HIP-HOP STEPS WAACKING- is an African-American street dance that originated in the underground club scenes during the disco era of the 1970s. It is done with stylized posing and rapid synchronized movements to the beat of music.  MODERN DANCE Is a theatrical dance that began to develop in the United States and Europe in the 19th century, receiving its nomenclature and a widespread success in the 20th. It evolved as a protest against both balletic and interpretative dance traditions of the time.  MODERN DANCE Dancers frequently perform barefoot and in tight clothes that highlight their bodies’ contours.  CHARACTERISTICS OF MODERN DANCE FREEFORM & IMPROVISATIONAL EMOTIONAL REJECTS CONVENTION  BASIC DANCE MOVEMENTS IN MODERN DANCE CHASSE PAS DE BOURREE PORT DE BRA CHAINE TOUR GLISSADE PREDICATE JETES TOUR DE BASQUE FRONT-TO-BACK STEPS SIDE-TO-SIDE STEPS PROMINENT PEOPLE IN MODERN DANCE RUTH ST. DENIS  RUTH ST. DENIS WAS AN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE INNOVATOR WHO INFLUENCED ALMOST EVERY PHASE OF AMERICAN DANCE. PROMINENT PEOPLE IN MODERN DANCE MARTHA GRAHAM  MARTHA GRAHAM REGARDED AS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIONEERS OF AMERICAN MODERN DANCE. CONTEMPORARY DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION CONTEMPORARY DANCE A raw kind of dance that does not follow any rules, unlike traditional dance approaches. It emerged in the 20th century as dancers sought themselves more fully through their movements.  PROMINENT PEOPLE IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE MERCE CUNNINGHAM MERCE CUNNINGHAM A LEGENDARY AMERICAN CHOREOGRAPHER WHO PUSHED THE BOUNDARIES OF ART, VISUAL ARTS, PERFORMING ARTS & MUSIC THROUGHOUT HIS SEVEN-DECADE CAREER.  CUNNINGHAM’S IDEA OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE Rejects the leg technique of classical dance Not necessarily a narrative sort of art. Techniques are applied in contemporary dance, but the routines may still look disorderly Sudden changes in speed, rhythm, and direction happens Dance is marked by multiple, simultaneous actions Freedom in perspective and symmetry Dancers have creative freedom Autonomy from dance and music from each other  TECHNIQUES IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE STRONG LEGWORK STRESS ON TORSO CONTACT-RELEASE FALL & RECOVERY FLOORWORK BENT KNEES CHANGES IN DIRECTION RHYTHM & SPEED