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Hip hop is quickly becoming one of the most popular styles of music and dance around the world today . What is hip hop, and where does it come from? Let's have a look!
Hip hop dance is a style of dance originating with the hip hop culture that started in the last 1970s. Hip hop culture has a rich history, with roots in Jamaican and African culture. The music associated with hip hop culture is very percussive, meaning it has a strong, heavy beat and usually lots of bass. Where this kind of music might have been played with drums or other percussion instruments many years ago, much of it now is electronic or remixed by DJs.
This emphasizes another important part of hip hop dance: it is largely improvisational. Unlike the many other styles of dance that are rehearsed or structured, solo hip hop dancers usually make up their moves and dances on the spot. There are, however, three main ‘styles’ of hip hop dance. Let’s look at them one by one.
The first style is called breaking, or break dancing. This is the kind of dancing you see people participating in when they spin, jump, flip, or twist on the ground. There are a few basic moves or techniques for this style of hip hop dance that are commonly used amongst all breaking performers.
The second type is called locking. It originated as a style offunk dance, but is now considered a part of hip hop. Locking refers to stopping a fast movement very suddenly and freezing in place. This is done to the beat of the music, making for very rhythmic dance moves.
The last main style of hip hop dance is called popping. It is also a funk style that originated in California. Popping refers to very quick, controlled reflexes in the muscles, called pops, ticks, or hits. This is done continually in rhythm with the music, mixed in with different poses.
All three of these styles are often combined in hip hop dance performances. It’s very common to see dance ‘battles,’ called competitive jams, where dancers try tooutperform each other. These three areas make for a veryversatile, expressive, and innovative style of dance that epitomizes the free style of hip hop culture. Why not try to find some hip hop dance videos online? Check out the history of hip hop dance and see if you like the music and the style, too.
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