The document discusses various dance genres including dubstep, hip-hop, tap dance, belly dance, breakdancing, ballet, and salsa. Dubstep is characterized by its sub-bass, while hip-hop dance encompasses styles like breaking and popping. Each dance style has unique characteristics, origins, and performance elements.

2. Dubstep is a new genre within
electronic dance music.The
best way to recognize a
dubstep track or mix is by the
reverberating sub-bass that is
present in most productions.
The sub-bass is reverberated
at different speeds to give a
sense of movement and
insistence.

3.  Hip-hop dance refers to
“Street Dance” 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 and made
popular by dance crews in
the United States.

4.  Tap dance is a form of dance
characterized by a tapping
sound that is created from
metal plates that are
attached to both the ball
and heel of the dancer’s
shoe. Special shoes are
made for dancing the tap.
These metal plates, when
tapped against a hard
surface, create a percussive
sound and as such the
dancers are considered to be
musicians

5.  The term “Belly
dance” is a
misnomer as every
part of the body is
involved in the
dance.The most
featured body part
being the hips. It
basically originated
from Middle East.

6.  The dance consists of
four primary elements:
toprock, downrock,
power moves and
freezes/suicides.This
style of dance is very
acrobatic and has
elements of gymnastics
in it, this style of dance
calls for strength, skill,
balance and technique
amongst other things.

7.  The dance is usually
choreographed with
vocal or orchestral
music. It involves
pointe work, flow and
very precise acrobatic
movements.The ballet
went from romantic, to
expressionist and
neoclassical ballet.The
word originally
translates into ‘to
dance’.

8.  Salsa is a syncretic dance
genre from Cuba. Salsa is
normally a partner dance,
although there are recognized
solo forms. Salsa is usually
danced to the salsa music
although most people perform
the steps with Latin American
music as well. Salsa requires a
couple, although you can
choreograph it as a form of
line dance in which a partner
might not be necessary.