HipHop Style of HipHop BboyBgirl Break Dancing Street

Hip-Hop

Style of Hip-Hop • B-boy/B-girl (Break Dancing) • Street • Freestyle/Popping/Locking

B-Boy/B-Girl • Developed by African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the 1970 s • Consists of 4 primary movements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes/suicides • Often called “break dancing” but “b-boying” or “breaking” are the original terms used to refer to this type of dance

Street Dance • Refers to dance styles that evolve outside of a dance studio at: block/dance parties parks school yards raves nightclubs

Freestyle, Popping & Locking Freestyle a random and personal dance developed by a single person Popping developed from street dancing in California in 60 s/70 s based on the technique of quickly contracting & relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer’s body called a pop or a hit

Locking • Style of dance based on locking movements • Freezing from a fast movement & “locking” in a certain position, holding that position for a short time and resuming the same speed as before • Relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs

Practice • Click to learn a few basic steps • Click to learn a short hip-hop routine • https: //www. youtube. c om/watch? v=m. K_rsgr g. AKk • https: //www. youtube. c om/watch? v=Hum 3 f. S s 8 KDY