HIP-HOP/STREETDANCE
HIP-HOP/STREETDANCE
HIP-HOP DANCING ORIGINATEDIN NEW YORK
CITY DURING THE LATE 1960’S AND EARLY 70’S,
PRIMARILY BY INDIVIDUALS LACKING FORMAL
TRAINING BUT POSSESSING A NATURAL TALENT
FOR MOVEMENT. THIS DANCE FORM WAS
DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
RATHER THAN TO CONFINED TO ACADEMIC
SETTINGS. INFLUENCE BY COMPLEX RHYTHM
AND AFRICAN DANCE STYLES.
CLASSICAL
LITERATURE
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Street dance is an umbrella term for a
large number of social dance styles, Hip
Hop dance is one of them, however 'hip
hop' is not solely a dance style - it's a
culture (more on this in a moment) . What
are 'social dance styles' These are
styles, with many accompanying steps,
created organically from a culture, a
moment in time, a way of life, by the
natural social interaction between people.
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CLASSICAL
LITERATURE
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What is hip hop dance? Hip hop is a
culture, not a dance style on its own,
however dance is a huge part of the
culture as well as music, graffiti and so
on.
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HISTORY OF HIPHOP
Theword “hip” was used as African
AmericanVernacular English (AAVE) as
early as 1904.The colloquial language
meant “informed” or “current”, and was
likely derived from the earlier form hep.
Hip-hop Dance refers to street dances
styles primarily performed to hip-hop
music or that have evolved as part of hip-
hop culture. It includes a wide range of
styles primarily breaking, locking, and
popping which were created in the 1970s.
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JAMES BROWN
In itsearliest form, it began as
elaborations on James Brown’s
“Good Foot” dance which came
out in 1972. Breaking at this period
was not primarily floor-oriented as
seen today; it started out as top
rock which dancers perform while
standing up.
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CLASSICAL
LITERATURE
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DJ KOOL HERC
In1973, DJ Kool Herc invented the
break beat.
A break beat is a rhythmic, music
interlude of a song that has been
looped over and over again to
extend that instrumental solo.
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FUNK STYLES
The funkstyle refers to
several street dance styles
created in California in the
1970s such as roboting,
bopping, hitting, locking, bustin’,
popping, electric boogaloo,
strutting, sac-ing, and dime-
stopping.
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BOOGALOO
Out of allthese dances, boogaloo is one of the
oldest. It started out as a 1960s fad dance and
was the subject of several songs released during
that time such as “Do the Boogaloo” and “My
Baby Likes to Boogaloo”. From being a fad, it
developed into a dance style called electric
boogaloo and a music genre called Latin
boogaloo.
BREAKING
/B-BOYING
CYPHER
APACHE LINES
Are moreappropriate when the
battle is between two crew-teams
of street dancers.
Breaking was created in
the South Bronx, NewYork
City during the early 1970s.
It is the first hip-hop dance
styles.
Is a circular shaped dance space
formed by spectators that
breakers use to perform or
battle in.
LOCKING
Is a styleof funk dance, which means
freezing froma fast movement in a
certain position, holding that
position for a short while and then
continuing at the same speed as
before.
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POPPING
Popping was createdin Fresno,
California in the 1970s and popularized
by Samuel “Boogaloo Sam” Solomon
and his crew the Electric Boogaloos.
Popping is also used as an umbrella
term to refer to a wide range of
closely related illusionary dance styles
such as strobing, liquid, animation,
twisto-flex, and waving.
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14 STEPS OFAN OLD SCHOOL HIPHOP DANCERS
1. The Heavy D Shake - shake moves from
the right-left with a single-single-double-
double step.
2. The Humpty Dance – this one you could
actually do with a female and it had its own
song with it.
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3. The Robocop– it was basically the robot
breaking and powering down or back up.
4. The Running Man – it is a classic but its
diluted and made into a joke.You really
couldn’t do it with another person, you
looked dumb.
5. TheTroop – it was almost like stationary
running man, but you could also move
forward with it as well.
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6. The SteveMartin – this dance move developed
from the actors move in 1980’s film.
7. The Roger Rabbit – one of the silliest dance
moves you’ve probably seen out around town actually
has a name.
8. The Reebok – a dance that a lot of people did but
didn’t know it was. The key to the reebok was what
you did in the middle, you had to shake it up and
make it funky.
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9. The BizDance – created by the diabolical
Biz Markie, one of the funkiest dance out.
10. The Cabbage Patch – played out for a
while and definitely fun of. It was very popular
and easy to do.
11. The Fila – a mix of the cabbage patch and
something else, it was side to side with a dip.
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12.The Wop –it is the dance point blank period.
It’s the easiest of the dances, and when you make
it funky with the arm’s its incredible.
13.The Prep – you checked the mirror, dusted
off your shoulders, mushed your partners faced,
put your nose in the air, that wing flap thing you
did with your arms some of everything.
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14. The Smurf– a dance that people did
forever and didn’t know that’s what it was.