Hip-Hop Dance Styles Lesson 6

T RE N D Y A N D SP O R T Y D A NC E S HIP-HOP DANCE THE DANCING STYLE OF HIP-HOP DEVELOPED FROM THE MUSIC STYLE THAT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED DURING THE 1970S IN NEW YORK CITY AMONG YOUNG HISPANIC AND AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. POWERED BY THE RECEPTION AND EXPOSURE IN MOVIES AND TELEVI...

T RE N D Y A N D SP O R T Y D A NC E S HIP-HOP DANCE THE DANCING STYLE OF HIP-HOP DEVELOPED FROM THE MUSIC STYLE THAT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED DURING THE 1970S IN NEW YORK CITY AMONG YOUNG HISPANIC AND AFRICAN- AMERICAN COMMUNITIES. POWERED BY THE RECEPTION AND EXPOSURE IN MOVIES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS, HIP-HOP DANCE FOUND A GREAT POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SOUTH KOREA. IT REMAINS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR DANCES BECAUSE IT COMPASSES ATHLETICISM, FLEXIBILITY, ENERGY, AGILITY, POWER, AND SOUL. HIP-HOP – A DANCE STYLE THAT INCLUDES THE MOVEMENTS OF FUNK, BREAK DANCING, AND BODY POPPING. FUNK - A HIGHLY CHOREOGRAPHED DANCE AND FEATURES A MIXTURE OF SHARP AND FLUID MOVEMENTS, POPPING AND LOCKING, AND ANIMATED EXPRESSION. HIP-HOP STYLES LOCKING – INCLUDES A LOT OF ACROBATICS AND PHYSICALLY DEMANDING MOVES, SUCH AS LANDING ON ONE’S KNEES AND THE SPLIT; ITS NECESSARY TO WEAR KNEE PROTECTION WHEN DOING THESE. OTHER FAMOUS MOVES ARE WAIVING OF ARMS, POINTING, WALKING STATIONARY, AND GRABBING. THE MOVEMENTS ARE GENERALLY BIG AND EXAGGERATED, AND OFTEN VERY RHYTHMIC AND CLOSELY SYNCED WITH THE MUSIC. POPPING – IT REQUIRES PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE BODY; INCLUDES BODY ISOLATIONS AND SOFT WAVE MOVES. A GOOD SENSE OF RHYTHM WITH MAJOR USE OF COUNTER-TEMPO IS ALSO NEEDED. IT DEMANDS NONSTOP CONTRACTION OF THE MUSCLES TO THE BEAT TO GIVE A JERKY/SNAPPING EFFECT OR A BOUNCY STYLE. HIP-HOP STYLES BREAKING – POPULARLY KNOWN AS BREAKDANCING. TOPROCK - IT REFERS TO UPRIGHT DANCING AND SHUFFLES. DOWNROCK - IT REFERS TO FOOTWORK DANCING PERFORMED ON THE FLOOR. FREEZE - IT IS THE POSE THAT BREAKERS THROW INTO THEIR DANCE SETS TO ADD PUNCTUATION TO CERTAIN BEATS AND END THEIR ROUTINES. POWER MOVES - THESE ARE THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ACROBATIC MOVES NORMALLY MADE UP OF CIRCULAR MOTIONS WHERE THE DANCER SPINS ON THE FLOOR OR IN THE AIR. HIP-HOP STYLES ELECTRIC BOOGIE – IT IS A STYLE OF POPPING (TICKING) THAT CREATES MORE JERKY WAVES WITH MICRO WAVE MOVES AND IT IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN CLASSICAL POPPING. UPROCK – A SOULFUL, COMPETITIVE STREET DANCE USING THE RHYTHMS OF SOUL AND FUNK MUSIC THAT INVOLVES FOOT SHUFFLES, SPINS, TURNS, FREESTYLE MOVEMENTS, SUDDEN BODY MOVEMENTS OR JERKS, AND HAND GESTURES OR BURNS. IT IS SAID TO BE MASTERED WITH DISCIPLINE, PATIENCE, HEART, SOUL AND KNOWLEDGE. STREET DANCE – A VERY PHYSICAL TYPE OF DANCE THAT INCORPORATES DANCE MOVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. STREETDANCE IS A FUSION OF STYLES FROM HIP-HOP GENRE. HIP-HOP STYLES TUTTING – IT IS A DANCE STYLE THAT IMITATES THE ANGULAR POSES SEEN IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART. BATTLE – A FREESTYLE DANCE WHERE DANCERS ‘FIGHT ’ ON THE DANCE FLOOR WITHOUT CONTACT. LIQUIDING – IS A FORM OF GESTURAL DANCE THAT SOMETIMES INVOLVES PANTOMIME. THE TERM DESCRIBES THE FLUID-LIKE MOTION OF THE DANCER ’S BODY AND LIMBS. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE STYLES OF POPPING AND LOCKING. RAGGA – THIS STYLE IS A COMBINATION OF HIP-HOP MOVES, AFRO MOVES WITH LATIN INFLUENCES, AND WITH SENSUALITY. IT REQUIRES VERY GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION AND CORRECT EXECUTE REQUIRES GOOD TECHNIQUE. HIP-HOP STYLES LYRICAL HIP-HOP – IT IS A FLUID AND MORE INTERPRETIVE TYPE OF NEW STYLE OF HIP-HOP MOST OFTEN DANCED TO DOWNTEMPO RAP MUSIC OR R&B MUSIC. STEPPING – IT IS A FORM OF PERCUSSIVE DANCE IN WHICH THE DANCER’S ENTIRE BODY IS USED AS AN INSTRUMENT TO PRODUCE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND SOUNDS THROUGH A MIXTURE OF FOOTSTEPS, SPOKEN WORD, AND HAND CLAPS. PUNKING – THIS STYLE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1970’S IN LOS ANGELES CLUBS AND UNDERGROUND SCENE VOGUE – A FORM OF MODERN DANCE THAT WAS CREATED BY THE GAY COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS STYLE IS INSPIRED BY PHOTOS OF MODELS IN POSES IN VARIOUS FASHION MAGAZINES LIKE VOGUE AND ELLE