understanding dance

Street Dance

• also known as vernacular dance

• started in new York in the 1970’s improvised social dance outside the norm of traditional high art dance, this dance starts as a popular movement among the African-american community in Bronx and Manhattan where it came from

• Due to its popularity and because of its energetic and competitive dance move street dancing was introduced to a greater range of audiences.

Hip-Hop Dance

• a cultural dance that originate in Bronx new York in the 1970’same to street dance, it started in the African American and latin American communities the dance moves were inspired by African dancing rhythm and beating of drums, it also incorporates movements ad steps with latin American origin such as tapping and swinging

• it is a category of a street dance but they differ on the complexity of movements in street dancing.

Break Dancing

• Is a style that includes body spins and rotations

• a style of street dance developed by African American and Puerto Rican communities in The Bronx, New York City, United States.

Popping

It is a technique consisting of quick contraction and relaxation of muscle that causes jerking the dancers body

Locking

It is the technique were the body stops or hold the steps In a position as if the body movements are frozen or hailed to a sudden pause and will quickly resume the movement frequently a musical phrase

Krumping

It is technique where the dancer is free to express their emotion in a high and energetic way possible, it is also coined as a expressing ones anger dance style

Tutting

It is a dance style where geometric shape, angle and other shapes are formed using the hands and other body parts

Shuffling

It is a dance style with a fast heel and toe action suitable for various types of electronic music

Waacking

It involves stylized posing and fast synchronized arm movement patterned to the beats of the music